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    Steve Watts posted a new article, Wii U needs connected Wii to transfer purchased games.

    A Nintendo representative has confirmed that you'll need to keep your Wii around to transfer data from it to the Wii U.
    Sep 14, 2012 9:30am PDT
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    Steve Watts posted a new article, Wii U needs connected Wii to transfer purchased games.

    A Nintendo representative has confirmed that you'll need to keep your Wii around to transfer data from it to the Wii U. : ShacknewsThis person is cool!

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      oh well. so much for that copy of smash bros and a link to the past i purchased on that wii i no longer o... : rtrson
      • Huh? : dante2010This person is cool!
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      Ohhhh? Is this the first confirmation we've received that Virtual Console games will be transferable? : sevogajreThis person is cool!
      • It was already announced shortly after E3, but we had yet to see how they would procede. : gzubluck
    • You also need an SD card in the wii u to transfer the games over. The vc and wiiware games will play in w... : snubble100
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      Hopefully there will be some kind of scaling. Playing NES games via VC on an HDTV is a blurry nightmare. : Gorkgork
      • No it isn't, it's sharp as fuck, what are you doing wrong? Unless you mean you can count the individual ... : one random winner
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      I wonder if this will happen with the Xbox 360, 720 too.... : excessusThis person is cool!
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        doubt it. those purchases are actually tied to your account, not your console. so transferring them will ... : KorbanThis person is cool!
        • Yeah, this is a Nintendo only problem. : one random winner
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      I was really hoping they would come out with accounts for 3ds and wii u. This is so backwards. : Rahzar
      • There will. They just didn't have it for the wii before so they need to do this. : razlebol