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|release='''Wii:'''<br>{{flag list|World|November 19, 2006<ref>{{cite|url=https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2006/11/8124/|title=Nintendo announces full Wii, Virtual Console games release list|website=arstechnica.com|date=November 2006|accessdate=September 30, 2025}}</ref>}} '''Nintendo 3DS:'''<br>{{flag list|World|June 6, 2011}} '''Wii U:'''<br>{{flag list|World|January 23, 2013<ref>{{cite|title=TWO ZELDA GAMES, MARIO, MARIO KART AND OTHER FAN-FAVORITE FRANCHISES PLANNED FOR WII U|url=http://press.nintendo.com/articles.jsp?id=37262|publisher=Nintendo Pressroom|accessdate=September 30, 2025|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20130126063335/http://press.nintendo.com/articles.jsp?id=37262|archivedate=January 26, 2013|date=January 23, 2013}}</ref> }}
|release='''Wii:'''<br>{{flag list|World|November 19, 2006<ref>{{cite|url=https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2006/11/8124/|title=Nintendo announces full Wii, Virtual Console games release list|website=arstechnica.com|date=November 2006|accessdate=September 30, 2025}}</ref>}} '''Nintendo 3DS:'''<br>{{flag list|World|June 6, 2011}} '''Wii U:'''<br>{{flag list|World|January 23, 2013<ref>{{cite|title=TWO ZELDA GAMES, MARIO, MARIO KART AND OTHER FAN-FAVORITE FRANCHISES PLANNED FOR WII U|url=http://press.nintendo.com/articles.jsp?id=37262|publisher=Nintendo Pressroom|accessdate=September 30, 2025|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20130126063335/http://press.nintendo.com/articles.jsp?id=37262|archivedate=January 26, 2013|date=January 23, 2013}}</ref> }}
|discontinued='''Wii:'''<br>{{flag list|World|January 30, 2019<ref>{{cite|url=https://www.extremetech.com/gaming/284753-nintendo-begins-phasing-out-wii-virtual-console-classic-games|title=Nintendo Begins Phasing Out Wii Virtual Console, Making Classic Games Inaccessible|publisher=Extremetech|author=Whitwam, Ryan|language=en|date=January 30, 2019|accessdate=September 30, 2025}}</ref>}} '''Nintendo 3DS and Wii U:'''<br>{{flag list|World|March 27, 2023<ref>{{Cite|url=https://www.theverge.com/2022/7/19/23269792/nintendo-wii-u-3ds-eshop-closing-date-2023|title=Nintendo will close the Wii U and 3DS eShops on March 27th, 2023|date=July 19, 2022|author=Faulkner, Cameron|publisher=The Verge|accessdate=September 30, 2025}}</ref>}}
|discontinued='''Wii:'''<br>{{flag list|World|January 30, 2019<ref>{{cite|url=https://www.extremetech.com/gaming/284753-nintendo-begins-phasing-out-wii-virtual-console-classic-games|title=Nintendo Begins Phasing Out Wii Virtual Console, Making Classic Games Inaccessible|publisher=Extremetech|author=Whitwam, Ryan|language=en|date=January 30, 2019|accessdate=September 30, 2025}}</ref>}} '''Nintendo 3DS and Wii U:'''<br>{{flag list|World|March 27, 2023<ref>{{Cite|url=https://www.theverge.com/2022/7/19/23269792/nintendo-wii-u-3ds-eshop-closing-date-2023|title=Nintendo will close the Wii U and 3DS eShops on March 27th, 2023|date=July 19, 2022|author=Faulkner, Cameron|publisher=The Verge|accessdate=September 30, 2025}}</ref>}}
|successor=[[Nintendo Switch Online#Nintendo Classics|Nintendo Classics]]
|successor=[[Nintendo Switch Online|Nintendo Classics - Nintendo Switch Online]]
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The '''Virtual Console''' is a discontinued line of downloadable software titles that was available for the [[Wii]], the [[Nintendo 3DS]], and the [[Wii U]]. Players were able to download games that were originally for older consoles, including some games of the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]] on the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] (all models), [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]] (Wii, Wii U, and [[nwiki:New Nintendo 3DS|New Nintendo 3DS]]), [[Nintendo 64]] (Wii and Wii U), [[Game Boy Advance]] (Nintendo 3DS ambassadors and Wii U), [[Nintendo DS]] (Wii U), [[Game Boy]] (Nintendo 3DS), and [[Game Boy Color]] (Nintendo 3DS).
The '''Virtual Console''' is a discontinued line of downloadable software titles that was available for the [[Wii]], the [[Nintendo 3DS]], and the [[Wii U]]. Players were able to download games that were originally for older consoles, including some games of the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]] on the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] (all models), [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]] (Wii, Wii U, and [[nwiki:New Nintendo 3DS|New Nintendo 3DS]]), [[Nintendo 64]] (Wii and Wii U), [[Game Boy Advance]] (Nintendo 3DS ambassadors and Wii U), [[Nintendo DS]] (Wii U), [[Game Boy]] (Nintendo 3DS), and [[Game Boy Color]] (Nintendo 3DS).


With the discontinuation of the Wii Shop Channel in January 2019 and the Nintendo eShop for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U in March 2023, Virtual Console games can no longer be purchased. Many of the games that were available on Virtual Console are available in the [[Nintendo Switch Online#Nintendo Classics|Nintendo Classics]] library offered through the [[Nintendo Switch Online]] service.
With the discontinuation of the Wii Shop Channel in January 2019 and the Nintendo eShop for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U in March 2023, Virtual Console games can no longer be purchased. Many of the games that were available on Virtual Console are available in the [[Nintendo Classics]] library offered through the [[Nintendo Switch Online]] service.


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