Downloadable Wii games coming to Wii U eShop – Initial Lineup revealed

The Wii U Virtual Console is gaining another supported platform. It’s just not the one you were expecting.

Overnight, Nintendo announced that Wii games were coming to the Nintendo eShop and will be fully accessible from the Wii U home menu. There’s no need to boot into a specific Wii mode for these games as Nintendo has figured out how to make it all just work. Games will of course require a Wii Remote, unless they support the Wii Classic Controller and in that case you can use the Wii U GamePad to control the games.

The lineup for the Wii games on Wii U Virtual Console varies depending on the country but all of them retain the same special introductory pricing. For the first week of availability, the game will be half price. Which is great because the first game, Super Mario Galaxy 2 is up on the eShop right now and it’s a mere $13. The standard price would then be $26AU.

Along with the below titles both Sin and Punishment 2 and Pandora’s Tower were also teased.

Australia and Europe

January 14th: Super Mario Galaxy 2
January 22nd: Donkey Kong Country Returns
January 29th: Metroid Prime Trilogy

America

January 14th: Super Mario Galaxy 2
January 22nd: Punch-Out!!
January 29th: Metroid Prime Trilogy

Thirteen dollars for some of these games is an absolute bargain!