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GDC: 3DS eShop bringing TG-16, Game Gear titles

by Steve Watts, Mar 04, 2011 11:00am PST

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The Nintendo 3DS eShop will bring back TurboGrafx-16 and Game Gear titles on its own Virtual Console, president Satoru Iwata announced this week at his GDC keynote. Though specific titles weren't mentioned, Sega claimed in a separate announcement that five of its Game Gear classics will come when the eShop launches in May.

This comes in addition to the Gameboy and Gameboy Color titles set for the service as previously announced, bringing the total number of systems represented to four. The Wii Virtual Console by comparison has built up eight consoles, and various arcade games. The TurboGrafx marks the first announced home console addition to the 3DS' Virtual Console.

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- Blazing Lazers, Bonk, et al would be pretty cool to have on the go. : Sideways Bob
- What a strange twist of events to have another console's games on a Nintendo platform. Then again, there... : daggot
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  3DS is going to be the perfect Game Gear emulator. It will match the original's battery life! : ghost in my shell
  - I spent countless hours laying in bed playing my Game Gear plugged into the wall when I was supposed to b... : Patch-e
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  I wonder if they will ever join the 3DS shop and the Wii Virtual Console so that purchases on some system... : amrbean
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    That last issue is always the toughest to get over. : one random winner
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      I wonder if company realize more people will by digital titles, if they know there investment won't be lost when the next thing comes along.
      
      Mar 04, 2011 11:56am PST
      
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      I wonder if company realize more people will by digital titles, if they know there investment won't be lo... : amrbean
      
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      Some one will pick up on that eventually and will create a good following based on that alone. : one random winner
      
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      I guess the Apple and Android markets are kind of like this. : amrbean
      
      More or less at this point in time. : one random winner
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  Such an odd choice of platforms to put gamegear and original gameboy titles on. Why not gameboy advance ... : deathofrats
  - I'm sure GBA titles will make their way to 3DS eventually. In fact, I think discontinuing the GBA cartrid... : David Craddock
  - Agreed. If they're not going to make a new Mario Golf, at least let me play the old one. : Haxim
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  Hmm, I wonder if they'll have the different background layers at different 3D depths for the emulated gam... : timmie
  - Apparently they will have some titles that will be enhanced in exactly that way, yes. But it's not going ... : Conan
- Give me the entire Neo Geo library muthafuckas! : Godhatesfatpeople
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  Its like a Turbo Express and Game Gear in one. : Vorlonesque
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    And a Game Boy, and a Game Boy Color, and a DS, and probably a GBA at some point, plus a whole new librar... : David Craddock
    - The GBC stuff alone is enough to peak my interest. I played Link's Awakening in GB greenscale...I'd love... : Vorlonesque
- Wish they would include GBA games. I want to play Fire Emblem again. : herradura99