

GameFreak made this game, and it is just downright fun. Shoutout to for refreshing my memory before making this thread. You aren’t going to get those levels without this, so I call Thai the lost essential purchase out of the whole list. This was basically Super Mario Maker before that was even a concept. Why would you get yet another version of this game (and potentially your 5th version of the Mario Bros game added onto these releases and Mario and Luigi)? Because this game has all of the e-reader levels added in from the start. Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros 3 (Wii U - $7.99) Since this year is now the year of the STPG, might as well add another to your backlog. Might as well check them out.įinal Fantasy Tactics Advance (Wii U - $7.99)īizarre that Square Enix made this their only Westerm GBA release, but loaded Japan’s VC with basically every FF game. I think they are great and we probably won’t get anymore with Camelot not being as prolific and the DS game poisoning the franchise. These are really two parts of one story, and game data from the first can be transferred to the second. Golden Sun/Golden Sun: The Lost Age (Wii U - $7.99) Fusion is a little more linear but has a darker tone with Samus being stocked most of the game. I consider Zero Mission to be the best 2D Metroid game. Metroid Fusion/Metroid Zero Mission (Wii U - $7.99)īoth of these games are essentials. New Play Pikmin 1 and 2, Wario Land Shake It, and Pandora’s Tower come to mind as games everyone should get. Honorable Mention: I could list most of the games, that’s how great the Wii was (minus PokePark). RIP to the time when Treasure still made games. The best on rails shooter Nintendo has published. Sin and Punishment: Star Successor (Wii U - $19.99) I know there are rumors of a Prime remake, but this is an insane value anyway and control scheme works amazingly well. This was one of the first games that really showed that the control input was special. Zack and Wiki: Quest for Barbaros’ Treasure (Wii U - $19.99)ĪA more classic adventure game that used the Wii remote pretty well. Pinball - this one was added for is technically cheating since it’s not listed as VC since it runs of the Wii hardware, but need to include it as there are a ton of great games that have lesser odds of making it over to the Switch. I find these too hard to be enjoyable, but I know people like them. Honorable Mentions: Ninja Gaiden 2/3 - not on NSO. I suggest everyone find the NontendoLife video made for this, as I can’t do it the same justice. The Mysterious Murasme Castle (3DS - $4.99) This was actually developed for a shooting game competition and saw this as the first Western release. Probably not coming to NSO so think about picking this up if you are interested. Import title that is an early Metroidvania. Ufouria: The Saga (Wii U - $5.99? I bought this so can’t see the price)
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Other games similar to this include Wild Gunman and Hogan’s Alley. This uses the IR pointer in the Wii Remote, so it’s pretty faithful. This game is an outright classic and probably many of your first game since it was in the double pack with SMB. Who knows if this will make it to Switch, but was not released on 3DS. Sequel to Star Tropics that takes Mike Jones into space. Zoda’s Revenge: Star Tropics II (Wii U - $4.99) With the background info out of the way let’s get to some of my essential purchases: I am also going to leave out anything available on Switch NSO. I will also list pricing in USD since that’s where I live, so keep that in mind when pricing things out. I will try my best to indicate what system the games are available for next to the titles. The list will be organized by Virtual Console system since there might be overlap on each system. Nintendo website on the eshop discontinuation The dates for adding credit above are specific to adding to those systems with the old Nintendo Network ID. Systems linked to a Nintendo account used on Switch can still share that balance and add money that way. MaPurchasing ending for WiiU and 3DS eshops.I will keep it somewhat trim so that we can get some actual discussion (and spread it out over 3 or so posts). This thread will be a place to list essential purchases and recommendations and have discussion about the games.

Nintendo will be shutting down the Wii U and 3DS eshops in March of 2023.
