"Updating “Update Day,” or the Wii Shop Wednesday song, the bossa nova ode to the Virtual Console runs a little shorter. McCarrol still croons out the names of F-Zero, ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron and Donkey Kong Jr. Math, but it's hard not to wince when his lyrical rendering of the Ninja Gaiden and Adventures of Lolo series ends abruptly."
"This version of the song is walled in by the Nintendo Switch Online program, which is part of a paid subscription bundle but offers the game collections as an added bonus, a la Game Pass or PlayStation Plus. NSO's collection is currently limited to titles off Nintendo consoles from the NES through GameCube, plus the Sega Genesis. The Virtual Console library offered each retro games at a traditional one-time purchase, but had a vast collection, including deeper cuts off the Turbografx, Neo Geo, MSX, Commodore 64 and arcade."
"If we're being pedantic, and it's a pedantic subject so hell why not, the edited jingle doesn't tell the whole story. Certain games are available elsewhere on the Nintendo eShop, such as Mega Turrican, Fatal Fury, and more. Curiously, the Namco classic Dig Dug is not available on NSO, but the less popular Dig Dug 2 is. NSO seems openly crafted around deals Nintendo has struck with certain publishers, such as Koei, Sunsoft and Interplay."
"Noticeable omissions are likely better leveraged for a standalone purchases as remakes or remasters, such as Nintendo's own Super"
A fan edited the Wii Shop Wednesday Virtual Console song to exclude games unavailable on Nintendo Switch. The updated version still includes some titles but ends abruptly where certain games no longer exist in the Switch Online catalog. Switch Online provides retro collections as part of a paid subscription, limited mainly to Nintendo console titles from NES through GameCube plus Sega Genesis. The original Virtual Console offered broader access with one-time purchases and a much wider range of systems, including Turbografx, Neo Geo, MSX, Commodore 64, and arcade. Some games missing from Switch Online appear on the Nintendo eShop instead, and availability seems shaped by publisher licensing deals, leaving notable omissions for separate purchases like remakes or remasters.
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