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As revealed, Nintendo is teaming up with NVIDIA to release some of its Wii and Gamecube games in China for the first time. While NVIDIA's of the, in this case, the games will run on the NVIDIA Shield, which hit the market today in China. NVIDIA confirmed that New Super Mario Bros. Wii, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess and PUNCH-OUT!! Are all available now for the Shield in 1080p, while others including Super Mario Galaxy are 'coming soon.' Ahmad posted videos of Nintendo games running on the Shield (sourced from ) and provided some pricing info, saying that the Shield in China costs 1499 RMB (about $226), while each remastered game costs 68 RMB (about $10).
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We wouldn't expect anything about this arrangement to expand beyond China in the foreseeable future, but the licensing arrangement is a way for Nintendo to crack the market officially. We don't have much information on the Shield that's available in China, but it is different from the US version, with local 'content, store, search and more' plus a voice control AI powered by Baidu.
Here is some gameplay of Twilight Princess running on Nvidia Shield. It is said to be running in HD (Not sure what that means exactly in terms of the port). Wii games on Shield will cost RMB 68. — Daniel Ahmad (@ZhugeEX) NVIDIA: Extending the business relationship that brought NVIDIA technology to Nintendo Switch, some of Nintendo's most beloved Wii and Nintendo GameCube titles are officially headed to China for the first time.
New Super Mario Bros. Wii, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess and PUNCH-OUT!! Are remastered in 1080p and available on the China version of NVIDIA SHIELD, released today. SHIELD owners in China will be able to download and play select Wii and Nintendo GameCube titles, with others coming soon – among them,Super Mario Galaxy. These amazing games have been provided to NVIDIA under license.
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Customized for the China market, SHIELD is a completely localized device, with local content, store, search and more. SHIELD will bring Chinese customers a brand-new experience in gaming, AI and home entertainment with Baidu's DuerOS conversational AI system and abundant entertainment options from iQIYI.
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The article goes on to suggest that Nintendo is also prepping popular GameCube lifestyle sim Animal Crossing for the Virtual Console. It seems as though the company is also looking into making the console compatible with the Wii U's GameCube controller adapter. Given Super Smash Bros Melee's evergreen popularity at fighting game tournaments and the Switch reveal trailers focus on eSports, its inclusion is an easy win for Nintendo. The GameCube emulator is rumored to be developed by Nintendo's European Research Department - the people responsible for this year's Christmas sell-out, the NES Mini., its game emulation runs flawlessly, meaning that if true, GameCube emulation on the Switch looks rather promising indeed. Frustratingly, it looks like old Virtual Console purchases won't transfer over to the Switch, requiring users to pay a small 'upgrade' fee to unlock the rom on Switch. In an age where account purchases on mobile transfer seamlessly to your next handset, if true, it's hard not to see this as a cheap cash grab.While none of this has been officially confirmed, Eurogamer's previous rumors about the system proved to be true.
With Nintendo holding a press event revealing more about the Switch next month, we won't have long to discover how much truth is in this reports.