Virtual Console folds over for Mario

By Laura Jenner, GameSpot UKPosted Jul 13, 2007 7:34 am PT

Europe's Wii owners have two more games available to them via the Virtual Console; Paper Mario and Air Zonk.

The gaming world's main action may be taking place at E3 in Santa Monica this week, but back in Europe, Nintendo has released two new games to join the previous 109 already available on the territory's Wii Virtual Console.

First up is Paper Mario, which made its debut on the Nintendo 64 in 2001. The mustached plumber becomes as thin as a piece of paper during one mission to free the Star Spirits from Bowser, in a move that Nintendo says makes "the link between 2D and 3D like never before."

This week's second release is Air Zonk, a shoot-'em-up that was released in 1994 on the TurboGrafx-16. The titular hero forms Team Cool with his friends to take on King Drool, who is intent on conquering the world.

Paper Mario is available now for 1,000 Wii Points (approx. £7.50) and Air Zonk comes in at 600 Wii Points (approx £4).

127 Comments

  • Miracle_Air

    Posted Jul 17, 2007 12:37 pm PT

    @chisoxrule: Not to mention, when they do post the news articles, it's typically a few hours after they're up.

    Every monday we get new games at exactly 12pm PST and THAT is how I found out about Paper Mario.

    It really can't be that hard to just turn on their Wii and check the store, can it?

  • KingSigy

    Posted Jul 17, 2007 12:19 pm PT

    PAPER MARIO!!!!!!!!

  • JAREDJR

    Posted Jul 17, 2007 9:47 am PT

    They haven't put up a news story for NA virtual consoles yet. I'm disappointed that they haven't. For once I found out first on Nintendo.com. Who would have guessed!

  • BadMunky

    Posted Jul 17, 2007 8:47 am PT

    you guys forgot to put up balloon fight

  • chisoxrule

    Posted Jul 17, 2007 8:12 am PT

    Finally an N64 game worth downloading since I already have Mario 64(DS) and Zelda OoT(GC disc). The others are "meh...". Yes as Miracle_Air said, whats the deal lately with GS updates on VC? They've been getting very lackadaisical lately even before E3 started.

  • Miracle_Air

    Posted Jul 16, 2007 9:16 pm PT

    Paper Mario is stateside on the VC today for those people who don't know.

    And god damn gamespot, get your **** together and just make a quick news post about it... Did E3 really tire you out or are you guys just lazy?

  • SephirothSyZtem

    Posted Jul 16, 2007 8:41 pm PT

    Same game with no updates, awesome?
    Get with the program wii and put some updates on your classics!

  • gohantech00

    Posted Jul 16, 2007 2:10 pm PT

    YES!!! PAPER MARIO!!!!! Wait, for Europe only? NOOOOOOOO !!!

  • GreenGoblin2099

    Posted Jul 16, 2007 1:12 pm PT

    Another old game!!! yay!!

  • res0i39c

    Posted Jul 16, 2007 12:52 pm PT

    Paper mario is up for download in the USA.

  • Narroo

    Posted Jul 16, 2007 6:01 am PT

    Could've sworn that was on the game cube....

  • res0i39c

    Posted Jul 16, 2007 12:57 am PT

    JasonQ87: Yes thats what i ment to say. super mario rpg. The one from square soft.

  • padouke

    Posted Jul 15, 2007 5:37 pm PT

    wow, i cant believe paper mario has recieved such a high score after so many years. in fact, its the highest rated game on the wii to date, but hopefully metroid prime 3 or SSBB will change that...

  • IKKF

    Posted Jul 15, 2007 4:40 pm PT

    Paper Mario definately needs to come to the US! As for Air Zonk, I could care less.

  • ArfenZard15

    Posted Jul 15, 2007 3:51 pm PT

    Woah woah woah...now i dont need to pay an outrageous price for Paper Mario! SCORE!

  • ReeceBrown

    Posted Jul 15, 2007 2:43 pm PT

    i already own the game and beat it at least 5 times why would i want it.....cuz now i dont have to hual my N64 outa storgae to play itBEST GAME EVER!!!!!

  • xboxlover175

    Posted Jul 15, 2007 2:17 pm PT

    thats $15 for a 100000 year old game. gay

  • Shishio817

    Posted Jul 15, 2007 1:45 pm PT

    Please come out in the US soon! I must play Paper Mario again!

  • SephirothEX

    Posted Jul 15, 2007 11:46 am PT

    @AlphonseElric23:
    Actually, regardless of what content owners tell you (because they'll spread all sorts of misinformation when it's to their benefit), it is legal to own backup copies. You own a license to that content, not the physical medium, meaning you can shift it to any format you want, you just can't distribute it to anyone without a license. A lot of software has an EULA that forbids this, but copyright law itself doesn't. In a lot of cases those EULAs have been ruled unenforcible on top of that.

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