Nintendo downloads: The calm before the 3DS

by Steve Watts, Mar 21, 2011 7:00am PDT

It's officially the last Monday before Nintendo's 3DS becomes available in the US. Though the new handheld won't launch its store until May, it's set to play DSiWare titles along with its own Virtual Console of Gameboy, Gameboy Color, Game Gear, and Turbo Grafx 16 games.

Now might be a good time to look back on great Nintendo downloads over the years. Or, alternately, it might be time to release a few unknown indie games and an extremely obscure Super NES title. Guess which option Nintendo went for? Check out the full list of offerings below.

Virtual Console

Natsume Championship Wrestling ($8, SNES)

WiiWare

Arcade Essentials ($5)
Dive: The Medes Islands Secret demo (Free)

DSiWare

G.G Series D-TANK ($2)
Shapo ($5)

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  It's such a shame what happened to the Virtual Console. So much potential wasted. The release scheduled s... : Zek
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    I think if the games were just a little bit cheaper then people would be buying more VC games. : Mecha Tofu Pirate
    - Yeah, if they just gave up on the service without ever trying to lower the prices that would be really sh... : Zek
    - At $1-2 a pop (e.g. phone app pricing), I would buy the ever-loving crap out of so many VC titles. : Agrona
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    Agreed, although I think part of the problem may have been the industry's poor archiving history, a lot o... : one random winner
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      Maybe the source code, but finding copies of the games that actually matter is never that big an issue. F... : Zek
      
      yeah, they might have to pirate their own games before sending it over to Nintendo, although I'm sure som... : one random winner
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    If they had VC support of all SNES games I'd probably buy the 3DS at launch.
    
    Mar 21, 2011 8:02am PDT
    
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    If they had VC support of all SNES games I'd probably buy the 3DS at launch. : Vincent Grayson
    - All of SNES and NES would be awesome. : guido anchovy
    - If they were going to put all the Mother games on the 3DS I would buy it at launch. : one random winner
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  Seeing the line up it looks more like it'll be "the calm during the 3DS". : pillzer
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    It seems like consoles never have strong software launches anymore. Maybe it's just because of the time i... : Zek
    - I'm betting this is just a big marketing strategy, all of the really good games seem to come out around M... : XSilencedXDream
- Summary: Today's Nintendo downloads include Natsume Championship Wrestling for Virtual Console, Arcade Es... : SporkyReeve

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