After hinting about LucasArts games coming to Nintendo’s Virtual Console, LucasArts delivers today with the release of Super Star Wars for the SNES at 800 Nintendo points, along with upcoming releases of Super Empire Strikes Back and Super Return of the Jedi.
Along with the new games on Virtual Console, other channels across Nintendo’s platform will have Star Wars-themed happenings throughout the week. There will be a contest for creating the best Star Wars Mii on the Check Mii Out channel, and users can vote on Star Wars related questions on the Everybody Votes channel.
Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing, spoke on the matter. “Our expanded partnership with LucasArts brings the Star Wars and Nintendo universes together,” she said. “These three Super Star Wars games represent fantastic additions to the growing Virtual Console library, and the exclusive Star Wars content on the other Wii Menu channels is sure to have people from different generations having fun and interacting with one another.”
LucasArts President Darrel Rodriguez also had something to say, assuring us that this is just the beginning on Virtual Console.
“Virtual Console on Wii is a great way to make these games available to our fans again, and it’s an awesome opportunity to expose our classic console titles to an entirely new audience.”
Great news for both LucasArts and Nintendo fans. I know these are three games I have been wanting to see released on Virtual Console for quite some time now. Will we be seeing Shadows of the Empire or Zombies Ate My Neighbors next? Stay tuned!
Super Star Wars, Other LucasArts Games Coming to Wii [Kotaku]
From the “Lucasarts Workshop” blog, “Indiana Jones Greatest Adventures” is set to be released on the Wii’s Virtual Console.
