A Look Back at Virtual Console - Scott The Woz

What a great Sunday to talk about the Virtual Console.
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Music Used:
"Forest of Illusion" from Super Mario World
"Title Screen" from Tetris DS
"July 2014" from Nintendo eShop (Wii U)
"Main Theme" from Everybody Votes Channel
"Main Theme" from Wii Shop Channel
"Main Theme" from Nintendo Channel
"Cut Man" from Mega Man
"Stage Theme 1" from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (NES)
"Main Theme" from Nintendo DSi Shop
"June 2011" from Nintendo eShop (Nintendo 3DS)
"Tal Tal Heights" from The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
"Mute City" from F-Zero
"Muda Kingdom" from Super Mario Land
"November 2012" from Nintendo eShop (Wii U)
"Onett" from EarthBound
"Littleroot Town" from Pokemon Ruby & Sapphire
"Breakout" from 3D Dot Game Heroes

[@NoahClevinger]

Oh boy, do I love Sunda-- Hey, wait a minute.

[@leahluostarinen]

Tuesday

[@hi5bboy295]

Tuesday is the new Sunday

[@spongepencil5957]

Me: (looks at the calender) Me: shoot, now it's April again

[@dru4111]

It looks like Wednesday to me Chief. I live in Britain By the way.

[@aaronkintner3049]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/j4Sui6apbsxjqZo Johnny Dee Revenge Creepr Aww Man!

[@colinm4055]

Rest in peace, Virtual Console. November 19, 2006-March 27, 2023 Gone, but we will never forget.

[@supermarioben9575]

I'm glad I'm not the only that didn't watch thus before the eshop closed

[@JmMateo933]

Rip

[@jim437]

We won't?

[@JmMateo933]

@@jim437 Yes, we won't...

[@jim437]

@@JmMateo933 Well i will but y'all other people won't

[@Nick-ht5yi]

I can tell Scott’s parents loved him very much as a child. Idk about now as an adult, but he gives off hella “I enjoyed childhood” vibes. I wonder what compels me to comment things no one will see…

[@Tonjit41]

I appreciate your contribution to this comment section and my life.

[@gex8305]

I literally thought I was having a stroke when that smooth as hell transition between the classic controller and classic controller plus happened

[@KangarooFam]

6:39 here, free strokes

[@muthaducka6835]

Haha...... You fucking lizard......

[@kingmushroomboy824]

Gex

[@gfmhd1280]

100 gecs

[@liambackpack]

Haha, what a funny story Gex!

[@plosflow7556]

"What a great Sunday to talk about the virtual console" Never change Scott. Never change

[@poolicker7271]

Plo's Flow too bad this was uploaded on tuesday instead of sunday

[@tastethepainbow]

@@poolicker7271 It's a joke you fucking moron.

[@sable.11]

@@tastethepainbow hey we are all "hey alls" here my friend. Chill

[@twikkzy]

@@poolicker7271 r/wooooosh

[@poolicker7271]

Twikkz OMG YOU USE REDDIT HPU SHHIY HOLY SHIT O HOLY SHOT OMG EEDDIT R WOOSH OVMX JSJSJSJSJSJSHZH SHIT REDDIT USER HAVE MY CHILDREN

[@omaraguilar5210]

Can’t believe this was uploaded on Sunday

[@gamingalpha5175]

Coolguy8091 ?

[@Rehncohro]

@@gamingalpha5175 Description.

[@namingisdifficult408]

In such a beautiful Duwang

[@arthurboyle7982]

@@namingisdifficult408 chew

[@plaguemaster308]

@@gamingalpha5175 description

[@Pigmcginnyrig]

Imagine turning your Wii Remote to the side and seeing it suddenly turn into an NES controller

[@icemine2418]

that would be cool

[@ComradeHax]

What do you mean imagine? It happens to me all the time

[@victino1684]

@ Kindagamer The sideway joycon is a tiny SNES controller with a joystick instead of a D-pad.

[@AvetFox]

The most realistic reaction would be to scream and throw the controller.

[@Jakepearl13]

Complete with paralyzer playing

[@bubblesnopemporium5880]

The angry mob is there because you insulted Warios Woods, not because of the 3ds cards

[@lightspeedmurphy7546]

Nintendo: We're sorry but the OG 3DS hardware can't handle SNES emulation Homebrew devs: Oh really.........

[@64ios]

@@sipp4727 Thats not emulation though.

[@Fattydeposit]

@@sipp4727 Accurate emulation requires huge resources and the O3DS CPU is obviously too slow. There's only one homebrew SNES emulator that can run games well and fast on O3DS - but it isn't accurate like Nintendo's own SNES emulator for N3DS.

[@juno6332]

the original 3ds can run warioware gold but it cant run snes games

[@Fattydeposit]

@@juno6332 Warioware Gold runs on a 3DS because is a 3DS game.

[@redwidow1358]

Dude, not even homebrew devs can get them going at full speed or with perfect emulation because the Old 3DS is just too weak

[@j.t.6113]

18:18 Balance: $15.71 Ok, Mr. Rich, dont gotta flex on all of us

[@PassTheSnails]

Mr moneybags over here

[@HappyLittleWorker]

Why do the fuckers at nintendo hq still gotta charge sixty fucking bucks for a digital game that doesn't even need shipping or anything like that

[@ashercoates4345]

@@HappyLittleWorker this is sort of related but not really. I watched a video on how much video games are worth today. After inflation and larger development costs, it should be $90. As for Nintendo's actual reasons, they have to cost the same digitally and physically. Otherwise, no one would buy physical so why release it?

[@HappyLittleWorker]

@@ashercoates4345 True. But I honestly don't like buying things digitally because if a company shuts down the service that allowed you to keep the game downloaded to your system and you forget to back up save data or whatever, you can lose lots of money

[@putridmoldyman306]

@@ashercoates4345 That was also extra credits, therefore point invalidated

[@anthonymignano8194]

Well that intro hits differently now lol

[@ravus9935]

Lol, it certainly does.

[@protim344]

“That is the happiest looking angry mob I’ve ever seen”

[@ericsaenz3209]

Lmfao

[@shoeliver]

How?

[@ericsaenz3209]

@@shoeliver Pandemic

[@Lanosrep]

Nintendo 2008: Had released most of their library in VC already Nintendo in 2020: Donkey Kong Country on the Snes is the biggest release of the year so far

[@thebubblewormofficial2622]

Animal crossing: what? Paper Mario: are you challenging me? Pikmin 3 deluxe: pathetic

[@AshyMuted]

This aged well.

[@oldoldmeme]

@@AshyMuted three lazy ports, can I get a whoop whoop

[@light_player07]

@@nickname2239 Super mario all stars says hello

[@joinkswag]

@@light_player07 its not big news lol its 3 incredibly lackluster ports with no optimization for the games at all or even widescreen support

[@dmansuperich2800]

Switch: "Virtual console? Never heard of it!"

[@urielc918]

“I’ve only heard of Nintendo Entertainment System!”

[@BasicRock123]

Cough cough NES online cough cough

[@egamer22]

@@BasicRock123 Cough cough notareplacement cough cough

[@BasicRock123]

Zakry esch cough cough good enough for me cough cough

[@somb0]

I skipped the wii and Wii U but if I could play SM64, Ocarina of Time, link to the past, earthbound etc... I wouldn’t be leaving my house for a while

[@StarBird06]

Me: Today is Sunday. Person: No. It's Tues- Me: *TODAY IS SUNDAY!!!!!*

[@AwesomeX]

Squidward: IT'S SUNDAY

[@JasontheFolf]

No, it's Tuesday.

[@cristianarreola8582]

No, this is Patrick

[@oofiederp]

Nah it's actually Monday.

[@Fluffinyan]

for someone who’s not a pokemon fan, Scott sure does use a lot of pokemon music in his videos and its always the best ones quality man right there

[@nuclearnadal3116]

Yep pokemon music slaps

[@monke1919]

@@nuclearnadal3116 especially lavender town

[@novamarpo3]

@@monke1919 Oh no

[@jomaq9233]

I’ve seen people who aren’t fans of the Persona or Xenoblade Chronicles series… but absolutely LOVE the music from those games

[@valkyrie4Ok]

@@monke1919 it did a little more then slap

[@jooperino]

If im not mistaken, Nintendo weren't satisfied with the GBA virtual console on 3DS not because the emulation wasn't good, in fact it wasnt emulation, it was 100% native because of the 3DS sharing a common architecture with the DS which had a bit of GBA DNA. The problem was that core 3DS functions like sleep mode didn't work well with GBA mode active. Nowadays it's possible to patch the GBA roms to support sleep mode thanks to homebrew, but it's hit or miss.

[@GameboyFanatic]

Most gba games had sleep modes in them once the sp came out bruh that's a bad excuse

[@jooperino]

@@GameboyFanatic Right? Probably due to how the 3DS's sleep mode works differently. I think Nintendo didn't want to sacrifice background processes like StreetPass for GBA support. Not entirely sure though, but it's possible.

[@GameboyFanatic]

@@jooperino They could have just said streetpass wouldn't work and we would understand

[@jasonsnusberry3654]

@@GameboyFanatic Streetpass didn't do anything when it existed so I woulda been fine lol

[@MrMarinus18]

That would explain it. If they can't get an emulator to work they would have to program each one of the games in one by one which is just far too expensive.

[@crate4886]

“The 3ds is not powerful enough for SNES games” Me, playing super Mario world on my ds lite

[@nicholasmitchell6025]

The SuperFX chip on the SNES is actually incredibly complex (it's what enabled "3d" scalable graphics as seen in star fox). By today's standard, its paltry 20MHz clock speed seems primitive, but it's magnitudes harder to emulate one graphics card on an entirely diffently structured graphics card than it is to just, you know, use that chip. So the clock speed of 120 MHz or so 3ds graphics card wouldn't be able to keep up. Although it obviously can for the not so complicated games, like Super Mario World.

[@goofy9697]

Me playing Super Mario Fking 64 on my ds lite

[@gg-vv8ew]

@@goofy9697 I homebrew my 2ds, and it can run snes games. (Also its using a fan emulator)

[@amateurprogrammer25]

@@nicholasmitchell6025 Super FX chip was inside the cartridge, not the console itself; including an entire second CPU in every single cartridge drove the cost to manufacture up by about $10, and few game publishers were willing to put up with that ($10 per cartridge adds up fast when you're ordering 10,000 cartridges). Making just that handful of SNES games that used the Super FX exclusive to New 3DS and making the rest available on Old would have made sense (proof: if you hack your console, 3rd party SNES emulators run them on the old 3DS just fine). Maybe they just wanted to convince people to buy New 3DSes. Who knows? In fact, if you're willing to put up with *massive* emulation inaccuracy, and lack of compatibility with cartridge hardware such as the SuperFX, DSP-1, and others, you can run SNES games at 60FPS on your original DS.

[@nicholasmitchell6025]

Amateur Programmer Thank you for the correction, I was mistaken about the chip. Although I had issues trying to get any sort of decent SNES emulation on my DS, and I'm sure even for the old 3DS Nintendo wanted everything to be 100% accurate. In fact, I just did some more research and apparently they never released a single superFX game on virtual console, just mode 7 games! So it's probably just Nintendo being perfectionist/nitpicky again.

[@billfusion]

Switch: What is this Virtual Console everyone is talking about?

[@billfusion]

@JC [Ridley] I would love GC games on Switch!

[@bluchicken_995]

Bill Fusion My dream is Nintendo announcing gba games alongside Tomato’s Mother 3 translation. I’ve beaten the game like 3 times but I just want to have it on an official console.

[@bluchicken_995]

Bill Fusion I want GC games but without Melee so all the 20XXheads rage

[@bluchicken_995]

Brendan Lewis I just started replaying it yesterday, it’s my favorite game. My last play through kinda got ruined because I grinded for the best equips so I was way over leveled. Killed Porkey in no time by slamming PK Ground and PK Love.

[@CDRiley]

I want switch games on Nintendo Entertainment System.

[@wayzerz2799]

The GBA on 3DS excuse from Nintendo is kind of funny considering the 3DS actually has hardware to play GBA games, it doesn’t even have to emulate them it’s natively supported.

[@hamflavoredlipbalm6077]

every night i pray for gba games on the switch

[@EvanOfTheDarkness]

Oh, you can play them. They work flawlessly. You only need to hack your console and use a VC Injector to create a Virtual Console for any GBA (or GB/GBC/NES/SNES/SEGA...) game.

[@williamkoscielniak820]

@@EvanOfTheDarkness Not all of us understand this whole "technology" thing. I'd love to home-brew and all of that but I'm a technological dolt.

[@Recarsonated]

@@EvanOfTheDarkness ah, makes sense

[@Ms_Drake]

I think Nintendo is also focusing on emulator features like save states. Since the GBA is natively supported, this means no emulator features.

[@aritelford3160]

“Just being able to play the older games without having to yank out an old console” *doom footage*

[@TailsKirbo]

Me who downloaded doom and doom 2 on my switch: •_•

[@thedangboi7198]

@@TailsKirbo switch hackers: noooo this is a computer it should run doom FBI: haha arrest warrant go wee woo wee woo

[@noahwadhams9797]

@@thedangboi7198 Me who just got Doom off the eShop: visible confusion

[@mattguy1773]

Every mainline doom game is on Xbox game pass pc

[@steelbear2063]

@@thedangboi7198 Lmao sure, FBI has nothing better to do than going after people who hack their consoles

[@jbeeson0876]

Just when I think Scott has run out of comedic material, he proves me wrong. Keep it up Scott.

[@EvilishDem0nic8732WhatItDo]

He is running out of material .....but it's still funny

[@isthatkennyy]

Felipe Solis what makes u think that

[@plantpoyo]

And dig dug... OH

[@brandbusters183]

I never think that. SCOTT THE BOSS!

[@jameslawrenson1208]

He could always do more individual games.

[@BigRobertsons]

Wii U Virtual Console was such a mess, it was always something stupid like: Phantom Hourglass & Spirit Tracks release simultaneously in Europe 5 months later North America only get Phantom Hourglass, then another 6 months later we finally get Spirit Tracks Japan just gets neither of them for no reason

[@hind__]

God tell me about it. I feel happy for Europeans since they usually get the short end of the stick but Nintendo was playing the fool

[@Thoomas2001]

I remember hearing that Super Sluggers was finally coming out on the Virtual Console, so I was incredibly hyped. I then found out it was still not getting released in Europe. That was the day the last bit of my soul died.

[@miletilblight2181]

Japan didn't get them because they can still sell the for full retail price over there ds was booming more then anything else at all times And I'm assuming they though releasing two Zelda games I'm such a short amount of time from each other was too much for pea sized American brains .... I hate Japan sometimes

[@TheMGMfan]

Another example was that the Sonic Advance trilogy was never released on the Wii U Virtual Console outside of Japan, even though to my knowledge, the Sonic series isn't nearly as popular there as it is in the West; this especially sucks because the only other rerelease of the first Advance game I know about was Sonic N, a port for the N-Gage that by extension doesn't have a good way to play it (you either had to play it with large borders and a small viewing space or in full screen but with stunted visibility because the N-Gage's screen is taller than it is wide, while the game was made for a screen that was wider than it was tall), and the last two never even got that, so the only legal way to play these games on something on original hardware wasn't even available to most American and European Wii U owners.

[@salem_meow7137]

It was when Scott said that those who grew up with the GameCube and Wii are getting old enough to feel nostalgic. That hit me hard.

[@goldflowergamer3139]

“Stuff like Feeding Frenzy!” ... “... and Dig Dug.” OH!

[@novamarpo3]

Pog

[@generikusername]

Based profile

[@goldflowergamer3139]

Thx

[@tysonfontanez]

“On the 3DS, Wii U and... that’s it” RIP virtual console for switch 😔🤟

[@los_erocs]

Tyson Fontanez except it actually does have it, nintendo online

[@Lifesizemortal]

@@los_erocs you call that a virtual console???

[@shecklesmack9563]

It’s almost like Nintendo thinks they’d make too much money putting VC on Switch-or they’re waiting for some of the steam to run out on Switch so they can have another big thing to get people invested.

[@derek-64]

@@los_erocs NO! it is not a proper virtual console service. it's a "subscription" based rental service. where's the option to buy, download, and play offline? not there. it's a piece of shit rental service.

[@VanArkride]

@@Lifesizemortal I call it a virtual console just because I can never remember what Nintendo actually decided to call it. Definitely isn't virtual console though

[@gianbailey8729]

Description: "What a great Sunday to talk about the Virtual Console" *releases on a Tuesday*

[@axonn101]

Gian Bailey it sounds like an unintentionally perfect Scott joke

[@its_elkku135]

@@axonn101 I'd guess it's intentional?

[@mahirooyama9424]

@Orgasming soldier it was tuesday in arizona

[@mvpandrew93]

@Orgasming soldier Tuesday in MEEECHIGAN

[@MH-sg8rn]

Orgasming soldier it’s called a timezone idiot

[@dialga236]

welp here we are, about 1 year from now the virtual console will be completely dead and gone forever. godspeed 3ds and wii u, see you next game.

[@ashercd6487]

With the way you worded it, I thought the games that people buy would be gone. Thankfully (but still sadly) it still let's you play games, just not buy them.

[@CocoTheMii]

Scott: "You have all the buttons there, and it feels close enough to work well." Wii Remote LEDs: *end my suffering*

[@NeoGio87]

Wii Remote LEDs: Kill Mii

[@squiddler7731]

2006: Virtual console with SNES games and Mario 64 available at launch 2019: "HEY Y'ALL REMEMBER DONKEY KONG 3 STARRING STANLEY THE BUG MAN?"

[@CaptainObliviousV]

Finally, Scott released the prequel to the Wii E-shop Apocalypse!

[@patriciarickenleroux463]

what about the 3ds e-shop apocalypse?

[@zanemeyer6006]

The Wii U e shop is great

[@Mr_Mimestamp]

Now that the Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pass is coming out, I’m beginning to appreciate the Virtual Console a lot more.

[@azuredusk991]

🚨ANALOGY ALERT🚨 As of March 27, 2023, it will no longer be possible to make purchases in Nintendo eShop for the Wii U system and the Nintendo 3DS family of systems. It will also no longer be possible to download free content, including game demos. Furthermore, as this date draws closer, related services will cease to function: As of May 23, 2022, it is no longer possible to use a credit card to add funds to an account in Nintendo eShop on Wii U or the Nintendo 3DS family of systems. As of August 29, 2022, it will no longer be possible to use a Nintendo eShop Card to add funds to an account in Nintendo eShop on Wii U or the Nintendo 3DS family of systems. However, it will still be possible to redeem download codes until March 27, 2023. Users who link their Nintendo Network ID wallet (used with Wii U and the Nintendo 3DS family of systems) with their Nintendo Account wallet (used with the Nintendo Switch family of systems) can use the shared balance to purchase content on any of these systems until March 27, 2023. After that, the balance can only be used to purchase content for the Nintendo Switch family of systems

[@WyattoonsComics]

Like financially it’s a better deal in the long run and I guess the selection is better, but sometimes I’m a grumpy old man who just wants to simply buy a game. No subs or monthly fees, just here’s money now give me the thing.

[@ThomastheDankEngine8900]

@@WyattoonsComics actually, in the long run NSO is worse, because you spend more and end up with jack once you unsub or Nintendo axes the service

[@garnerdoubleday3718]

“June 2011 eshop theme” is so nostalgic for me, hearing it just felt good

[@dmansuperich2800]

Nice use of the 3DS Eshop music, really underrated soundtrack

[@Dorian_Scott]

The winter music was my favorite. I remember just booting up the eShop on my 2DS just to listen to that song all the time.

[@nenidetic]

I rarely buy stuff on the eShop. I just listen to the music, watch trailers, download tons of demos, and put random shit on my wishlist.

[@150alv]

@@nenidetic It gave me nostalgia... why? It's just from some years ago

[@Dorian_Scott]

@@150alv The music was always my favorite part. It always puts me in a good mood every time I looked for demos and filling my wish list.

[@connorwithanor613]

6:39 Okay, could we just take a moment to appreciate this transition between classic controllers? Scott’s clearly improving on his editing skills and trying to make higher quality videos. No wonder it took a while to release this one. Well done, Scott. Keep up the good work!

[@nathaelblais6249]

Well he did say it was delayed for... uh something like « unknow reasons » but not really the term for it. Can’t see it i’m on Ipad

[@oceana1910]

@@nathaelblais6249 i think the episode scott delayed had to be another episode,since he said in his comunity that the episode would release in August 11th

[@leighdappa]

@ConSpirator20: Indeed. I actually rewound the KZbin video to watch it again.

[@mergieismoronic]

+Con Spirator20 He did the same thing in Game Controllers.

[@Alzter0]

Morph cut

[@tobiasmitchell8191]

8:25 at the top of the screen ate this moment in the video is a game named “Break In”, which is currently Scott’s outro song… neat 😊

[@Tonjit41]

You!!! I finally find who's been eating my moments!

[@Uhbliviun]

its like poetry, it rhymes

[@Freeborger]

@@Uhbliviun star wars

[@thesewinggeekmiri9029]

honestly, may we all find someone who will hold and touch you as reverently and affectionately as Scott patted that Xbox console at 1:05

[@TheSmart-CasualGamer]

What, someone who's going to slap you?

[@weather_boy]

So we're not gonna pretend that 6:39 wasn't the *smoothest* transition we've ever seen?

[@crispy9542]

did you mean: 6:19

[@kalekidsav]

Crispy Nuggies exactly

[@Sweetface01]

The same happend with the duelshock in the game controller video

[@solared]

thats called a morph cut. it always looks good when the 2 pieces of footage are very similar.

[@vizthex]

@@crispy9542 ikr

[@diamondduck373]

Ok, for everybody who missed the community message. Scott said: “Due to certain circumstances, the video that was supposed to come out today (Sunday), has been delayed to Tuesday. Hope you guys understand.” The post got a very positive response, but the reason it wasn’t seen by most people, is because community features are not see able on item’s such as iPads.

[@davidramsey8525]

My iPad gets those, but im not on it now

[@I_Am_Wasabi_Man]

i dont see community stuff at all because i use my subscriptions, so thanks.

[@diamondduck373]

Easy Pete No problem.

[@diamondduck373]

TheKgg I didn’t know that, but thanks for telling me.

[@Niborino9409]

It felt like pure magic with just the thought of being able to play Mario 64 n such on my Wii. Was a different feeling when you were a kid and only had like 150 wii points so I had to choose carefully!

[@paperluigi6132]

14:48 And now, with the end in sight, they suddenly do.

[@SpawnWave]

I gotta be honest, I'm a bit surprised a black hole didn't form when you put the Flip Camera and the Ouya Controller next to each other.

[@NunchuckOmega]

Reality is often.... confusing

[@rustnomagics]

Spawn Wave Good to see you here!

[@DarkTyyp]

Hi John 👋

[@Nic5Cyprus]

Fancy seeing you here

[@mcShmups]

Spawnwave joycon video please

[@ChristopherMoom]

I'm surprised Scott doesn't miss uploads more often, honestly. He's incredibly consistent with his videos, and I'm genuinely impressed.

[@maddiequestionmark]

he’s a good boy

[@freehugs_xoxo]

You have to truly respect his dedication. What a guy.

[@samfahrenkopf8679]

Right?? It's insane he needs to learn to maybe take a break.

[@Marzimus]

Michael Hill 🐶🐾🌭

[@thepurplemudkip9998]

Chris P. Bacon why

[@ABemis]

There's a key thing that the Wii U Wii releases were great for. Some of them were quite rare, and thus very expensive to buy second hand. Xenoblade Chronicles and Metroid Prime Trilogy for example were really expensive on ebay, and quite cheap on Wii U.

[@CarlosSanchez-en6mr]

What I want is a release of Pokemon Soulsilver, that my nostalgia game from when I was 10

[@rusty8311]

@Carter Kwakye-Safo Doesn’t matter if it’s a rerelease of a rerelease of a deluxe port, a game like Pokémon soul silver would sell like hot cakes on Switch.

[@nitronikolai]

@Carter Kwakye-Safo It was a remake, not a rerelease.

[@killabaseballguy]

Signs of the Apocalypse: 1. Pewdiepie playing Minecraft 2. Scott posting a video on Tuesday.

[@GavinKnightYT]

killabaseballguy 3. People turning on the ‘ass green’ effect on 3ds virtual console game boy games

[@kflemonice]

Pewdiepie's first video was him playing Minecraft lol

[@charlieben3354]

Wednesday in Australia

[@seduyo]

Lemon no it wasn’t

[@cosmicjenny4508]

+killabaseballguy Signs of the Apocalypse: 1. PewDiePie

[@joedonovan3356]

I honestly thought it was Sunday already. Thank you Scott for the quality videos.

[@spookyscaryskeletonsmith2840]

As a member of the WiiU hacking community, i can confirm that the Wii U can run Gamecube games natively (can be run without an emulator and at full speed)

[@beego9131]

true, then the Wii U would be the perfect console to play old games

[@MaxLoafin]

@@beego9131 It kind of is. The Wii U was terribly managed during it's generation and doesn't have a lot of good exclusives imo, however, it's fucking easy as all hell to play older games. I basically have the whole of the gamecube and wii library to play thru. Not to mention Wii U games are usually pretty cheap if they aren't being artificially inflated, like most first party nintendo games. Remember when they pulled Pikmin 3 from the Wii U eshop: an online service you literally have not been able to put money into for over a year? All because like 10 people might have potentially bought pikmin 3 for less than $60. I don't even care for pikmin that much but that's just dirty, Nintendo. Like you haven't bashed Wii U owners enough already. We still remember 2015!

[@ianeons9278]

69th like. I’ll have to add that somehow to my Wii U since I have GameCube games and controllers.

[@0mehga455]

2:07 literally me... I have been playing A LOT of dig dug

[@NathanielBandy]

Feeding Frenzy was my shit when I was 10 years old

[@blazingtrs6348]

Nathaniel Bandy ikr

[@petermusic1478]

A wild nathaniel bandy comment with 7 likes?

[@Suesaine]

here is a 4 comment

[@mackavelly]

dont swear nathaniel

[@JacksterDraws]

Same

[@butt317]

Honestly scott's style of humour feels so genuine and wholesome. I don't even care too much about the games he usually talks about (cept madden 08) but I watch every upload.

[@sylviaonthehighway2840]

For anyone wondering why GBA games were hard to get onto the 3DS, it’s because the Ambassador titles ran natively on the 3DS instead of being emulated. So Nintendo probably didn’t want to go through porting a ton more for a wide release. And I just assume they didn’t care to release the Ambassador titles.

[@gcn3dsi636]

So who’s here after the announcement of the 3DS and Wii U eshop closing, and with that, the virtual consoles for both systems?

[@FletcherReedsRandomness]

There's one major fault with Virtual Console: Where are my Virtual Boy games? Both even start with the word "virtual"!

[@papa_maple6437]

You make me sick

[@stratusgio]

I actually really wanted the virtual boy titles on 3ds... Since both were 3d systems, would've been nice to play that piece of history

[@prmrise]

Just play it on your virtual boy

[@BluestSoldier]

@@papa_maple6437 *Shows him the chad Wario Land Virtual Boy * I bet you feel stupid now.

[@mariajimenafigueroa8311]

They could be remade in color

[@trevdude73]

Scott: “The nostalgia for NES has died” Nintendo: so the people don’t want NES remix 7?

[@strawhatmonty22897]

I mean, I'll be the first one to say that if Nintendo announced NES Remix Deluxe for Switch I'd be super excited. I'd buy that before Luigi's Mansion 3. And if they decided to release 5 more NES Remix games over the switch's life span I would not complain.

[@trevdude73]

@@strawhatmonty22897 well my friend, you are an anomaly

[@burlyfoil1022]

@@trevdude73 I also am an anomaly, I don't hate the switch online.

[@VanoverWomack]

I have never seen this video before and until I looked at the comments, that intro made me believe this couldn't have been more than a few months old.

[@MultimediaLucario]

9:29 To be fair Scott, you can get GBA games to work on a DSi by softmodding the system, then download roms from the internet, and putting said roms on to the SD Card.

[@slowpokefriedrice]

Holy shit that original 3DS eshop music brings back memories

[@PH96Official]

This coment was sent via a Nintendo 3DS.

[@andrewhxrris]

Bewear Gaymer hell yeah it does. I miss that shit.

[@LinearCarp1209]

Like Dunkey said, "Nintendo: they're great at making games, but have no idea how to run a company."

[@supermariof0521]

In other words their like Disney. Just burning money without giving a shit.

[@Viktoria_Selene]

@@supermariof0521 but Nintendo makes good products

[@TaigaGaoo]

It's more like Nintendo has no idea how to keep up with the times and that's in part because the people in charge of the decisions are, by now, almost 60+ years old (Miyamoto is 68 for example). They are great at making games and innovating with their consoles and controllers (kinda, the Joycons suck ass), but they suck complete and utter ass at anything considered a modern standard. Their online, online store, online app offerings, refund policies, profile options, friends, chat options and so much more are straight up from the 90s. Literally. Of all the things I listed here, the original Xbox did all of them better and just to remind you, the original Xbox came out in 2001. Nintendo is behind everyone else by at least 20 years, Let that sink in. The people in charge of their consoles and games, keep them, maybe give them a better budget (or stop being afraid of using current hardware) so that their consoles are not 1-2 gens behind anymore (seriously, I don't think anyone would be mad at a Switch with the PS4 power, for example) but their online, connectivity division? Fire them. Seriously. All of them. Or fire the guy in charge of that division because they've proven to be the very definition of incompetent or accept MS help, remember Xbox saying they wouldn't mind helping Nintendo with their online infrastructure? Just let them do it. Please.

[@o4ugDF54PLqU]

@@TaigaGaoo The problem with the Switch is that it's also meant to be a handheld, and having PS4 power on a handheld would kill the battery, both in terms of longevity and battery life. It's hard making a chip that is both power efficient and can be safely overclocked when docked (without damaging the battery). And if you mod your switch and overclock it manually, it actually isn't that far off of a PS4.

[@gabsprado121212]

@@Viktoria_Selene **laughs in joycon drift**

[@coolness1768]

RIP 3ds and Wii U eshop.

[@jumpfold]

its crazy how many of these old games passed through my hands over the years wish i held on to them

[@daleynotdaily]

Dear Scott, Your videos are always worth the wait. They are very high quality videos. Thank you for making them. With gratitude, Daniel

[@MerleAmbrose]

fuck you daniel

[@tastethepainbow]

@@MerleAmbrose Fuck you, asshole.

[@robot2971]

jesus christ

[@kstreet7438]

Damn Daniel

[@AutauchofUrth]

Daniel gang rise up

[@BugsyFoga]

"Now that is the happiest angry mob I have ever seen" -Scott

[@Sgt-Wolf]

They are all wearing smiley face masks.

[@JS-kh2tb]

It's more of a mildly upset mob

[@TheBritishSn0rlax]

“And then he was neutered”

[@BlueFlagAlpha]

Scott Integrity

[@wolfstar3883]

16:31 If you think about it, the Wii versions of the GameCube games are available on the Wii U eShop.

[@bluejay21.]

Welp, it's closing soon...

[@ITZBerto]

cant wait for the video about it

[@ThatFanBoyGuy]

Scott: "Why does Super Mario Bros. 3 cost the same as soccer?!" Also Scott: "Why am I paying $2 more for Earthbound?!"

[@CyberLink70]

To be fair, it is bizarrely inconsistent.

[@lightvoid7089]

smb3 >>> eb, therefore smb3 should be $x more than soccer and eb

[@MarcuStar745XD]

That's the thing, they should have rather lower the price of the other NES games than just charge $2 extra for Earthbound. On top of that they decided to not release Earthbound Beginnings on 3DS FOR WHATEVER REASON. The past era of Nintendo was really a trail of odd omissions and bad decision

[@faultyvideos2215]

I mean he probably meant that Soccer should be $3 or $4, not Mario 3 should be more than $5. I’m not saying that mario 3 isn’t a $5 value, hell I’d pay $10 for the game it’s so good, but I feel as though soccer shouldn’t cost $5. That’s a $3 value and even that’s being generous. Also the SNES classic is a thing and since it’s $80 with 21 games, with tax included that’s about $4 a game not counting modded games, meaning you could pay $80 to get Earthbound for $4 plus a lot of their awesome games along with Kirby’s dream course.

[@nostel6436]

Cool

[@gaspardsavoureux8680]

when he says "play" too

[@FilthyCasualty]

Gamer Monkey IKR and the worst thing is, we can’t explain it.

[@laughoutloudpaperanimation4846]

Consul as well

[@FilthyCasualty]

Laugh out loud Paper animations I think we all just like it when Scott speaks...

[@majalis7010]

*gaemz*

[@andrewturner4375]

0:53 I don't know why but the way Scott says "play" is really comforting

[@genesis4322]

I do wish i was a Wii fan back in the day because it sounded real cool to replay older games you haven't gotten to before.

[@LostKefin]

It's crazy to think that VC is now a relic from the past. Such an amazing service that is just left to die. And now we have to pay 20 bucks for games we don't want. Albeit some games are amazing but the rest are just so... Underwhelming. I would love for this series to return to switch. #BringBackVC

[@Gatorade69]

It seriously makes no sense why there isn't a virtual console on the switch...

[@CarloNassar]

Not to mention that there are still retro games with no proper re-release. The Super Star Wars trilogy (Sure, the 1st game was released on *PS4* but this is about the Switch and I know they got released on Wii VC but come on!)? Blast Corps? Castlevania N64 games? The Lawnmower Man? The Lion King? Mega Man and Bass (No thanks for not putting it in MMLC, Capcom!)?

[@LostKefin]

@Trey Hamilton exactly!!!

[@ag23415]

**Virtual Console ends with Wii U** Oh No... **NES Online is created** OH NO!

[@thegameradmin]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO-

[@hudde814]

They've redeemed themselves, kinda. They put SNES games for the Online service now! It's still no Virtual Console, but it's certainly a step up!

[@iverson64_]

*SNES Online is created* NOOO-oh

[@hideofreakingkojima5457]

*Explosion* SNES Online: *OOOHH YEEAAAHH!*

[@dumbass2240]

**snes online is created**

[@mikaela5938]

Wii U was where i fell in love with Metroid, playing Fusion, Zero Mission and Super on there was really fun

[@charlesw7397]

Seeing the Wii menus in this video really bring me back. I was 10 when the Wii came out and was lucky enough to get one that Christmas. I remember dying to get one up until then and when I finally got it, it felt like the future. The virtual console, Wiiware, random Mii apps, news/weather, etc. were so fucking cool and entertaining to me as a kid. I have more nostalgia for GameCube/N64 games but the Wii brings back a ton of excitement for me

[@eggo3230]

Man, the 3ds E-Shop was a treasure. You looked for a simple game, and ended up buying Super Mario Bros, two Wii ware games, a Mega Man clock and lackluster Flipnote Hatena sequel. Honestly some pretty good times.

[@dubsky_]

Input from someone with a hacked old 3DS, earlier SNES games that used the base graphical capabilities emulated just fine, but older SNES games that used more advanced tech like the Super FX chip struggled.

[@NB_06]

I have a hacked OG 2DS and Yoshi's Island works just fine.

[@dekuskrub2154]

The intro to Kirby Super Star would totally freeze Snes9x

[@acehealer4212]

The Virtual Console is leaving in a year, and that is making me panic

[@Bats645]

Did you buy the games?

[@acehealer4212]

@@Bats645 I bought Super Mario World and some Pokémon games.

[@Bats645]

@@acehealer4212 Cool.

[@Luschan]

This makes me wish I’d been there for 3DS at launch. Something about revisiting/rediscovering Gameboy games because there were only a few 3DS launch games is really appealing to me. Getting the most out of your new toy. By the time I bought one, it had been out for a while and I took the virtual shop for granted.

[@fortherecord1569]

Anyone remember when Mario Kart 64 initially came out on Virtual Console? Moo Moo Farm ran at almost DOUBLE SPEED until they released a fix.

[@cyberdusttv]

This actually used to be a bug on PC emulators as well

[@supermariof0521]

@@cyberdusttv What about on the original cartridge?

[@julioproductions8847]

@@supermariof0521 Tt works fine on the original, as I own it and play it a lot. But what do I know I don't own the Wii U or PC ports.

[@supermariof0521]

@@julioproductions8847 There was a PC port? Or do you just mean basic emulation?

[@TOMMYTV-xl5fb]

The Switch NEEDS the virtual console, its the perfect system for it.

[@Ketorulz]

We aren't getting it...that was a branding from Iwata's era...it's not his era sadly anymore.

[@ARCSYS4049]

Hack your console. Nintendo isn't going to do the right thing. Why should you? When I can repurchase and download my old games legally, I'll quit doing it illegally. Simple solution to a simple problem.

[@marx4538]

*cough cough* Switch isn't backwards compatible with any of the previous consoles, which means everything has to be emulated, which means a lot of the games like 3DS games/GameCube games/Wii games are never going to appear on the Switch unless they do it from scratch/they somehow still have the source code of those games *cough cough*

[@ARCSYS4049]

@@marx4538 The 3ds and Wii aren't worth emulating because of their unique hardware. GameCube games work well on a modified Switch. Why wait and pay Nintendo to do what I can do better for myself?

[@marx4538]

@@ARCSYS4049 GameCube games work well on a Switch? Using emulation, porting or what? Because i don't think that Switch is able to emulate GameCube lol

[@liam-no2kn]

Wii U virtual console button mapping was a godsend.

[@desplaynam3]

I just got an ad on this it was just the first 5 seconds of the Rick roll video LOL

[@moiseslango8465]

VIDEO DESCRIPTION: "What a great *sunday* to talk about the virtual console" ME: *DOUBT*

[@MrDrvideogame]

18:30 IM SO HAPPY IM NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO REMEMBERS THIS. I used to look at the wikipedia pages for virtual console games on the Wii U to see if it would ever get released, but it never did LOL. rest in piece, Yoshi's Cookie.

[@vmibar]

That controller transition man... smooth

[@batorerdyniev9805]

15:26 we got it on the wheat

[@k.p.u.g1263]

Scott posts on any other day: Everybody: wait that's illegal

[@SMEARGLEX75]

ITS SUNDAY! REEEEE!

[@Tyler-sf4kv]

"What a great Sunday to talk about the Virtual Console" Yes, what a great Sunday indeed

[@Mikau888]

The ending to this always kills me. Classic Scott moment lol

[@alexfryer3896]

The transition from the Wii classic to classic pro blew my mind

[@thogameskanaal]

You forgot to mention the missed opportunity to have Virtual Boy games on the 3DS

[@astra3766]

Scott talking about the Wii Shop Channel always makes me tear up So many good memories and I was genuinely sad to find out it was shutting down

[@Dragular]

You and me both.

[@allmight9227]

12:44 fun fact: not only *can* the 3ds run GBA games, it actually *does* run them natively. no emulation. NATIVELY. Although if you were to compare the implementation to later vc it's clear that they were keeping it in their back pocket when the 3ds launched, as gba games don't have save states or even sleep mode.

[@thefabulouskitten7204]

As a younger adopter of classic games the wii u virtual console was a lifesend and helped introduce me into a lot of these classics. I got to play through minish cap, metroid fusion, paper mario etc. There were definitely some disappointments, but I really enjoyed it.

[@MfROb]

The wii virtual console is so great! I can't wait to go in the wii shop and download a bunch of games!

[@wilfredynunez5263]

Rip

[@arbi9506]

:(

[@no_4259]

F

[@junio7605]

i have depression now

[@ianloh3720]

F

[@charmandyorton006]

2:04 _Feeding Frenzy:_ *- _ -* | _Dig Dug:_ *O H !* 6:39 Dang that edit was really cool

[@BlueFlagAlpha]

It's a fun game, he hates it

[@Zeldon567]

Thanks for pointing it out. Didn't even notice that slick edit.

[@soulstice6890]

Feeding frenzy is life feeding frenzy is all, he has chosen to disrespect feeding frenzy and will some day pay for this mistake.

[@KreepKarnage]

He better put some respek on Feeding Frenzy's name, that was my whole childhood

[@dragonicbladex7574]

I love feeding frenzy and 2 do much lol I played them 24/7 when I was younger. I love the difficulty of the first despite it being frustrating.

[@bentleymilnes1977]

I just brought earthbound on virtual concert on 2DS XL I love it chuggaaconroy introduced me to it love you Scott sending you love from Seattle Washington love your channel

[@manamaster6]

OOfff, that whole explanation spoke directly to me. (0:44)

[@MrAhmes2001]

I just realised I also say ‘Hey’ To Scott at the beginning of his videos.

[@SteleCat]

Hey Scott, all here.

[@mryoshi1221]

he can hear you , he loves it when you do it

[@blob1588]

*Sad dog noises*

[@flamingo_bacon8566]

k

[@GardenCelluloids]

Scott: Fixing the world since 2017

[@Crazycool2548]

Scott the woz deserves to have his own tv show because he’s awesome

[@elcuy3544]

This aged.

[@rodrigolefever2426]

He had onde but i think its abandoned now

[@NunofYerbizness]

For whatever reason, Mario Bros. on the Wii Virtual Console was the first time I ever anticipated a game's release. I remember when the Wii was brand new, I was looking at the manual book thingy that came with the system, and I saw a picture of Mario Bros.'s Wii Channel picture (or however it's described)… Now this may just be because I'm from Canada, but I wasn't able to find it on the Wii Shop Channel itself at the time. I don't remember when it first popped up here on WVC, but I do remember getting it the first time I saw it there.