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'''Virtual Console''' is the name given to re-releases of classic games for the Wii, 3DS, and Wii U. The first Virtual Console releases were on November 19, 2006 with the opening of the [[Wii Shop Channel]].
'''Virtual Console''' is the name given to re-releases of classic games for the Wii, 3DS, and Wii U. The first Virtual Console releases were on November 19, 2006 with the opening of the [[Wii Shop Channel]].
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On the Wii, one big complaint was that Nintendo basically "downloaded a ROM from the Internet and sold it back to you". Super Mario Bros. for example, 1:1 matched a ROM of it founded on the Internet. It also used the iNES ROM format made by someone outside of Nintendo made for emulators and such.
== Platforms ==
== Platforms ==