The Nintendo 64's Paper Mario Now Available On Wii U Virtual Console

[compl3x]

Mario's second RPG adventure and first paper craft adventure, Paper Mario, is now available on Wii U.

 

Announced during Nintendo's most recent Direct presentation, you can grab the game now for $9.99 on the Wii U. This, Super Mario 64, and Donkey Kong 64 are among the first of the Wii U's initiative to release Nintendo 64 games on the Wii U's Virtual Console.

 

As far as announced DS and Nintendo 64 Virtual Console games from Nintendo go, this is the last one. There will be more, but we don't know what to expect in the coming weeks.

 

[source: Nintendo]

 

Our Take

I have a vivid memory of renting Paper Mario when it first released, and I enjoyed it tremendously, but I never beat it. Video producer Ben Hanson recently replayed the game and has been raving about it highlighting, in particular, how well it has stood the test of time. I'm excited to have the opportunity to go back and finally finish it.

 

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[fusi0n]

Much rather just buy the real thing.. 

[Elliot B.]

The controller doesn't have the same controls as the N64 controller (and I don't just mean layout) so ports on the Wii U are a bad idea.

[Nick H. Supervisor]

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[compl3x]

Much rather just buy the real thing.. 

 

 

Good luck finding it for $9.99

[fusi0n]

Good luck finding it for $9.99

I already have it.. Don't really care about $9.99.. Rather pay $50 and have the real deal. But, thank you.

[compl3x]

Then this product isn't aimed at you. If I wanted to play the real deal I would have to buy a N64 and the game which would be prohibitively expensive.

[n_K]

Then this product isn't aimed at you. If I wanted to play the real deal I would have to buy a N64 and the game which would be prohibitively expensive.

Or you could get a gamecube and load the ROM into nintendo's zelda emulator and play on that with the HD output cable.

[compl3x]

Again, still much more expensive than buying it on the VC.

 

Shouldn't we first establish that there is a reason to go out and buy all of these old system? Has anyone here played any of the N64 titles on their Wii U? How do they play? Are the modern controllers capable of using button layouts which these games can use?

 

If people want to buy old school systems they can but it is an expensive endeavour. People complain Nintendo doesn't bring enough of their good titles to the VC and when they try to people rag on them. I think some of their pricing is step, and I would like to see some more discounts, but I like to see some of these games come to modern systems.

[Eric Veteran]

Or you could get a gamecube and load the ROM into nintendo's zelda emulator and play on that with the HD output cable.

 

That requires a chipped Gamecube from the first manufacturing run that has a digital AV port and a cable that resells for over $100, though.