During the Nintendo Direct event this morning, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata talked about the upcoming ‘Wii U Virtual Console’ and how titles will be priced, and played. Here are the details. 

 

Nintendo already eluded to the fact that they were bringing classic Nintendo titles from the Nintendo Entertainment System and the Super Nintendo onto the Wii U earlier this year. Today Iwata was prepared to discuss the venture with more details. Starting this spring, Nintendo will bring NES and SNES titles onto the Wii U after a spring Wii U update. This will allow classic titles to be playable both on the Wii U through a TV or on just the GamePad controller.

 

There was great news for previous Virtual Console customers, all of the titles that you purchased on the Wii will be heavily discounted if you want to play them on the Wii U. Nintendo stated that NES games will be priced between $4.99 and $5.99 but will only cost previous Virtual Console customers $1. If you are more interested in SNES games, they will be priced between $7.99 and $8.99 and will only cost $1.50 if you had the game on the Wii Virtual Console.