Nintendo has revealed the eight titles that will launch alongside Wii U's Virtual Console later this week. In a post on the Wii U Facebook page, Nintendo revealed the following eight NES and SNES games:
Balloon Fight (NES)
Donkey Kong, Jr. (NES)
Excitebike (NES)
F-Zero (SNES)
Ice Climber (NES)
Kirby’s Adventure (NES)
Punch-Out!! (NES)
Super Mario World (SNES)
During a Nintendo Direct conference last week, Nintendo also revealed that titles including Super Metroid will also be headed to the Wii U Virtual Console in addition to Nintendo 64 and Game Boy Advance games at a later date. Much to the excitement of longtime fans, Nintendo also confirmed that EarthBound will come to Virtual Console this year.
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