Virtual Console: Difference between revisions

[[File:Virtual Console.png|thumb|300px|The Virtual Console logo.]]The '''Virtual Console''' ({{ja|バーチャルコンソール|Bācharukonsōru}}, ''Virtual Console''), sometimes abbreviated as '''VC''', is a feature of the [[Wii]], [[Nintendo 3DS]], and [[Wii U]] that allows players to officially emulate games from older video game consoles. Supported by the  {{h2|Wikipedia:Wii Menu|Wii Shop Channel}} on the Wii and the [[Nintendo eShop]] on the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS, the different consoles offered differing coverage as to what games they featured. The Virtual Console has since been retired, with the currently available [[Nintendo Switch]] offering classic games with a Nintendo Switch Online subscription. The currently supported consoles on this service are NES, SNES and Game Boy/Game Boy Color with the base package, with N64, GBA, and Sega Genesis costing extra as part of the Expansion Pack.

A majority of the [[Masterpieces]] featured in ''Brawl'' and {{forwiiu}} work via the Virtual Console engine. In addition, all Masterpieces are timed, and when the timer runs out, the player is told about how the full version could be purchased for the Virtual Console.

Unusually, ''Smash 4'' features Masterpieces of Game Boy titles, which were not supported by the Wii U's Virtual Console. As a result, players are told about how they could download the two Game Boy titles, ''Kirby's Dream Land'' and ''Dr. Mario'', on the Nintendo 3DS's Virtual Console.

 

While the Wii Shop Channel and the Nintendo eShop (on both the Wii U and 3DS family) have been discontinued, the demos can still be played in their respective games (Brawl and Smash 4). And by extension, Smash 4 still links the player to the Nintendo eShop at the end of the demo.