Nintendo Showcases New Wii U Virtual Console Games April 19, 2013

After releasing their most recent Nintendo Direct, Nintendo released several trailers showcasing new Virtual Console games which are coming to the Wii U.  Many of these games have not yet been announced for the Wii U, as currently only Balloon Fight, Kirby’s Adventure, Punch-Out, Super Metroid, F-Zero, Donkey Kong and Yoshi have been announced as part of Nintendo’s 30 cent promotion.

From the looks of it, Nintendo plans to ramp up their release schedule of VC games on the Wii U after the next major system update, which should be coming later this month.  Take a look for yourselves at what is coming!

First off, Super Mario World.  This was originally a launch title for the Super Nintendo, and has been considered by many to be the finest Super Mario game of the entire series.

Next up, Ice Climber.

Next, the NES game Excitebike.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAuqvTFbosc

And of course, Donkey Kong Jr.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vI_Fuz9fasM

Nintendo hasn’t announced when these games will be released yet, but I would imagine that they should be coming following the next system update, and the end of the current 30 cent Virtual Console promotion.  While these games will likely go for $5-9 US by themselves, anyone who has already purchased these games through the Wii’s Virtual Console and wish to buy the updated Wii U version of the game, can do so at a large discount of $1 for NES games and $1.50 for SNES games.  You’ll just need to transfer all of your Wii’s system data to your Wii U, and you can read here how to do it.