When Nintendo Wii released in 2006, the system launched alongside the Virtual Console. The Virtual Console was a digital storefront where fans could download games released on older video game systems ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. News and opinion about video games, television, movies and the internet. It’s been a hallmark of Nintendo hardware for ages now, ...

With not many new game releases on the immediate horizon for the Nintendo Switch, now is the time to unleash the Virtual Console on the system. However, simply repeating the setup from prior consoles ...

Although Nintendo has attempted a variation of the system bundled with its online membership that plays NES and SNES games, Switch owners have been clamoring for a return of the company's iconic ...

Although Nintendo Switch will receive revamped retro games as part of its online service, don’t consider that program a Virtual Console replacement, according to an interview in Famitsu. “Classic ...

Virtual Console is no more, but that doesn’t mean that Switch won’t become the best place to play classic games. It’ll just be done in a different way than what Nintendo’s tried in the past. And ...

Nintendo might not have plans to bring Virtual Console to Switch, but that doesn’t mean somebody else won’t. In light of new details about how Nintendo Switch Online will work and the company’s plans ...

Nintendo recently confirms that the Wii U eShop is being shut down in March 2023, so there's a number of great games to grab before then. The Nintendo Switch Pro seems to be on its way, and with it ...

Nintendo’s Virtual Console, the service that offered classic video games from previous console generations and arcade machines, isn’t coming to Nintendo Switch. The company told Kotaku in a statement ...

The announcement of an online service for the Nintendo Switch yesterday raised more questions than answers, it seems. People have been waiting for the Switch Online service ever since the release of ...

Nintendo's announcement that its Nintendo Switch Online service won't be ready until 2018 left me with more questions than answers regarding how the company will roll out old games. Over the weekend ...

After months of frustration following a less-than-auspicious debut, the Wii U video game console will receive its awaited Spring System Update next week, Nintedo president Satoru Iwata said Wenesday ...