This seems like a waste but it’s a almost zealous level of consistency and authenticity that Nintendo want to bring to their classic games. That’s why most Virtual Console games are roughly the same size and usually much larger than a raw ROM dump of the game itself. The Game Boy Advance games offered as part of the Ambassador program don’t do any of this, they don’t even pause when you close the 3DS lid – they’re different to the Virtual Console games and worse for it.Īs it stands, Virtual Console games are essentially a dumped ROM wrapped in a specially coded emulator that Nintendo tweak for each game. Some Virtual Console games offered on the 3DS (NES ones in particular) even have the ability to play multiplayer over the systems wireless functionality. On the Wii U, there’s even fully mappable controls.
All Virtual Console titles released thus far on the 3DS have save states, suspension of play when the system is closed. The ten Game Boy Advance games offered as part of the Ambassador program aren’t technically Virtual Console games.
This initiative was known as the Nintendo 3DS Ambassador Program.Īt the time of the announcement, Nintendo also took time to emphasise that there were no plans to release these games to the public. To apologise to early adopted, who purchased the console at a higher price, Nintendo offered players ten free NES Virtual Console games as well as ten free Game Boy Advance Virtual Console games. On the 28th of July 2011, Nintendo announced that the 3DS would receive a large price cut. The fact of the matter is that the Nintendo 3DS, at least for now, can’t properly play the Virtual Console renditions of Game Boy Advance games to an acceptable standard, and here’s why: – Surely portable games on a portable console is the way to go? Why are they on the Wii U? It’s a home console, after all. Surely it makes sense to release Game Boy Advance games on the 3DS. Now with the recent reveal of the price and release schedule, it has finally hit home, despite the seemingly illogical nature of it – Game Boy Advance games are not being released on Nintendo’s handheld, but instead on the Wii U. It wasn’t until a year later that Nintendo mentioned the words Game Boy Advance again, and confirmed (later in a Nintendo Direct) that Game Boy Advance games were arriving in April – with one caveat – they were coming to the Virtual Console on Wii U, and only the Wii U. When Nintendo announced that Game Boy Advance titles would be coming to the Virtual Console on Wii U, it was generally presumed that Nintendo would announce them for the Virtual Console for the 3DS at some point too.
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