Official Wii General Thread: Virtual Console, WiiWare, Wifi, and more

[Detomah]

This is the place to post about the Virtual Console, WiiWare, Internet Channel, firmware, anything.

The back story:
The Virtual Console is an online service that allows players to purchase and download games and other software for the Wii gaming console. The Virtual Console lineup consists of titles originally released on now defunct past consoles. These titles are run in their original forms through software emulation. The library of past games currently consists of titles originating from the Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Nintendo 64, as well as Sega's Mega Drive/Genesis, NEC's TurboGrafx-16 and TurboGrafx-CD, and SNK's Neo Geo.

Pricing:
NES - 500
SNES - 800
N64 - 1000
GENESIS - 800
TG-16 - 600
Neo Geo - 900

Currently available titles: Wikipedia keeps a close list on available titles.
North American titles
European Available titles
Australian/New Zealand Available titles:

WiiWare:
Downloadable gaming software will be made available in 2008. Among those confirmed are Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Young King and the Promised Land and Pokemon Farm.
Wiki entry for WiiWare. Some of which may be Japan-only.

Other available to Wii:
Internet Channel

Announced channels to hit Wii:
Mii Contest Channel will allow players to share their Miis and enter them in to popularity contests. Announced to hit US Wiis 11 November 2007.
Wii Fit Channel, where users of the game can compare their results and progress on a new channel on the Wii Menu. A high tech Weight Watcher's channel.
Everybody's Nintendo Channel allows Wii users to download various demos and game trailers. It will work similar in concept to DS Download Stations. A search feature will assist in finding new games for the user to try. This channel is due to be released in Japan in November 2007.

Confirmed Feature:
Demos!! According to the tranlsation of a German website, Nintendo not only is making demos, but will allow Direct-to-SD and HDD support. Big news.

New Wii Shop Channel Feature:
Gift feature:
The new Wii Shop feature will allow users to purchase a game (a Virtual Console game, for example) to send as a gift to another Wii owner. The recipient will then be notified of the gift and, once they accept, their Wii will automatically log into the Wii Shop to download the selected game.

[Harv]

They still haven't made the Wii play dvd's yet but I sill have to buy a classic controller to play the downloadable games

I still enjoy my Wii and think it is the coolest looking playing console I have owned to date but it will always be more of a party console for me than a gaming console.

[Minus]

gamecube pads work as the 'classic controller' for the virtual console games if u have any, might be able to find them cheaper but i guess they rly rare now, but i prefer the gamecube controller to the classic control