Reggie's recent address in New York failed to tell us much that we didn't already know, though it did throw up the slide you see above, indicating that Nintendo is promising us 200 Virtual Console games in the US by the end of this year. We can probably all agree that the world would be a better place if Pilotwings 64 and River City Ransom were included in that number.
But we digress. See, the folks over at Game|Life did the math, and discovered that would mean Nintendo has only eight Mondays left in 2007 to deliver 34 games. Average that out, and you get 4.25 games a week. Currently, of course, we only get three titles every Monday. So, is this a genuine miscalculation on Ninty's part, naughty marketing hyperbole, or will we really be seeing more retro goodness than normal pumped down our tubes in the coming weeks?
Either way, Nintendo, we are now absolutely holding you to this. 200 by December 31st or you're ripped from our BFF collage. And we do not make such threats lightly.
[Via The Tanooki]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
11-09-2007 @ 10:01AM
Jeremy said...
I think that it was poor math. I doubt we will see more than our normal 3 titles a week. But if they do want to toss out more titles at us then I would be the happiest guy on the block.
PS: IDEA I HAVE
Wouldn't it be nice to see some classic real pinball tables turned into downloadable games?
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11-09-2007 @ 10:06AM
psyborg said...
Probably just rounded up.
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11-09-2007 @ 10:28AM
troy said...
Why didn't they round 140 to 150 then?
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11-09-2007 @ 10:29AM
Ben said...
Pilotwings64 would be sweet, but what about freakin Goldeneye!?!?
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11-09-2007 @ 10:45AM
racecar said...
Christmas Eve = Monday. My guess is there will be loads of games released then or on Christmas itself. Gotta give us something to spend all of our recently gifted Wii Points on.
-racecar
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11-09-2007 @ 10:56AM
ssuk said...
It's just rounded up, imo. They got 187 games and thought "Hm, may as well make it 200" to make a nice round figure. Though, it would be nice for them to add one more game.
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11-09-2007 @ 10:56AM
guttertalk said...
Two words: September surprise.
Don't hold your breath.
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11-09-2007 @ 11:10AM
Julien said...
We want HERZOG ZWEI... please?
Best two player game evar :P
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11-09-2007 @ 11:13AM
samfish said...
If they give us the following by the end of the year:
• Mischief Makers
• Illusion of Gaia
• Super Mario RPG
• Star Fox
• Crono Trigger
Then I'll be as pleased as a pig in mud.
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11-09-2007 @ 11:54AM
Ave. said...
How about Goldeneye?
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11-09-2007 @ 11:55AM
Bill said...
Golden eye
Pilot wings
Perfect dark
Episode I racer
and I would probably not leave the house for the entire winter. Okay I wouldnt leave anyway, but I'd be happier!
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11-09-2007 @ 12:06PM
Nils said...
how about the end of the fiscal year, that would kinda add up wouldn't it.
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11-09-2007 @ 12:11PM
sn1per420 said...
sorry, but Goldeneye, Perfect Dark, Conker's Bad Fur Day, Banjo-Kazooie, etc. will never make it to the VC. These games were made by Rare, which is now owned by Microsoft.
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11-09-2007 @ 12:47PM
guttertalk said...
Earthbound!
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11-09-2007 @ 1:08PM
cristi? said...
I want majora's mask :(
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11-09-2007 @ 1:17PM
Tim said...
Goldeneye would not be the same without the N64 controller anyway.
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11-09-2007 @ 1:49PM
Garst said...
Somebody already mentioned Goldeneye, so what about Snake, Rattle, N Roll? That would bring back a lot of memories, especially when I get to that jump I could never get passed.
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11-09-2007 @ 2:25PM
Rocketman said...
Majora's Mask.
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11-09-2007 @ 4:08PM
samfish said...
"sorry, but Goldeneye, Perfect Dark, Conker's Bad Fur Day, Banjo-Kazooie, etc. will never make it to the VC. These games were made by Rare, which is now owned by Microsoft."
Rare has said on numerous occasions that Nintendo could release them if they wanted to.
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11-09-2007 @ 10:13PM
Elsnerma said...
Sure he says that now...next thing you know, Nintendo changes it and says we'll have 200 VC games by February 10th, but it's okay, because one of them will be "Sonic and Knuckles" :-|
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