30th Anniversary Discount Wii U Virtual Console Games Get Dates

One of the most exciting announcements for Nintendo fans during their last Nintendo Direct, was that on top of the Wii U finally getting a Virtual Console, several top notch retro games would be released for a ridiculous discounted price in celebration of the NES' 30th anniversary.  Now those games have release dates you can look forward to.

Sure, the Virtual Console won't be fully here until the Spring, but Nintendo has already started this discount program with Ballon Fight.  They promised to bring a new games for the discount program for only 30 cents (for 30 days) over the next several months.  Now we have release dates courtesy of Joystiq:

  • February 20: F-Zero (SNES)
  • March 20: Punch-Out!!! Featuring Mr. Dream (NES)
  • April 17: Kirby's Adventure (NES)
  • May 15: Super Metroid (SNES)
  • June 12: Yoshi (NES)
  • July 15: Donkey Kong (NES)

I know I'm really excited about this, which ones are you looking forward to?

-Jordan

Jordan Maison

A film/video editor at heart, Jordan dips his hands in many areas of filmmaking, including producing and VFX.  On top of that he's a huge nerd and cartoonist, though you shouldn't hold that against him.  He's been writing on the film industry for a number of years now and has had his worked featured on a number of other major film sites. 

Email him at: jordan@cinelinx.com

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