For years the Virtual Console allowed us to relive our favorite memories in gaming. Downloading The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and playing it in its original unrelated state was of great value … but sometimes the service went above and beyond.
Did you know Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. has nearly 40 new levels. 3 made specifically for e-Reader Game Boy Advance? If so, have you really played them? (If the answer is still yes you were one of 10 people). The Wii U Virtual Console release was launched with all unopened e-Reader standards – including the standards that were only released in Japan. Those weren’t just regular old levels either, they would take elements from all over the Mario Advance series and use a mechanic that wasn’t even in Super Mario Bros. 3. Chargin ‘Chuck? He is here. Cap Super Mario World – present! You can even spin turnips as if it were Super Mario Bros. It was 2.
Then we had games officially released in English for the first time as Earthbound Beginnings that had been sitting in Nintendo’s cellar for decades. Every game in this video allowed new players to experience features that would otherwise be inaccessible or even impossible on their original consoles. We’ve seen Nintendo continue this trend with the recently launched Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and Blade of Light and hopefully this is far from the last release of its kind.