28th October 2010, 3:22 PM
No, Allstars is not on Virtual Console. The original NES versions of all four titles are, of course, but not the SNES collection.
Why is this a disc and not a VC release? Simple. The four NES games together on VC cost $21. Nintendo doesn't want to release all four of them, combined, for a mere $8! That'd be throwing away money when they know they can charge more than that... so this is the result, selling them on a disc, with some bonuses, for $30.
It is kind of annoying, I wish there was more on the disc other than just an SNES rom, but still, overall it's not a terrible package. I mean, you do get that soundtrack and Mario artbook, which sound cool, and it's not a full price release at least. And on EBay a copy of the loose SNES cart is going to cost at least $10 or $15, more with box and manual, so even the original version is still a game with some value...
Why is this a disc and not a VC release? Simple. The four NES games together on VC cost $21. Nintendo doesn't want to release all four of them, combined, for a mere $8! That'd be throwing away money when they know they can charge more than that... so this is the result, selling them on a disc, with some bonuses, for $30.
It is kind of annoying, I wish there was more on the disc other than just an SNES rom, but still, overall it's not a terrible package. I mean, you do get that soundtrack and Mario artbook, which sound cool, and it's not a full price release at least. And on EBay a copy of the loose SNES cart is going to cost at least $10 or $15, more with box and manual, so even the original version is still a game with some value...
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