Natsume won't release Harvest Moon 64 on Wii U Virtual Console

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Agul 24.10.2014#1

Damn. Nintendo needs to step up their own support for both VC services, but they also need to get more 3rd parties involved. Like ASAP. Barely any 3rd parties support VC now compared to Wii's VC days.

This is ridiculous. We're still waiting for N64 support to arrive on Wii U, Wii U's VC is missing a bunch of classic consoles Wii's VC supported, and 3DS' VC doesn't support a bunch of classic consoles/portables you'd think would be a no-brainer like GBA, VB, SNES, TG-16, Master System, Mega Drive, Neo Geo Pocket, Wonder Swan, etc.

I'm going to be super pissed if Nintendo skimps on emulating the N64's Rumble and Controller Pak accessories once N64 does actually hit Wii U's VC service. I can't imagine them not including support for the N64's Expansion Pak, though. After all, a few games were released on Wii's VC that required it. Majora's Mask being one of them.

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jb 24.10.2014#2

Agul said:
Damn. Nintendo needs to step up their own support for both VC services, but they also need to get more 3rd parties involved. Like ASAP. Barely any 3rd parties support VC now compared to Wii's VC days.

This is ridiculous. We're still waiting for N64 support to arrive on Wii U, Wii U's VC is missing a bunch of classic consoles Wii's VC supported, and 3DS' VC doesn't support a bunch of classic consoles/portables you'd think would be a no-brainer like GBA, VB, SNES, TG-16, Master System, Mega Drive, Neo Geo Pocket, Wonder Swan, etc.

I'm going to be super pissed if Nintendo skimps on emulating the N64's Rumble and Controller Pak accessories once N64 does actually hit Wii U's VC service. I can't imagine them not including support for the N64's Expansion Pak, though. After all, a few games were released on Wii's VC that required it. Majora's Mask being one of them.

Ya true, it's weird - I thought Wii U would have a solid catalogue, but it's really pretty piss poor. So much first party potential even, but alas - no Nintendo 64 games, no GameCube games. No enhanced editions (like online support). Jack. They could easily form a VC studio with a small team of 5-10 devs and really churn out content. Content is king.

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~~Vorash Kadan 27.10.2014~~#3

Well I hope they put it on Wii U VC at some point, Harvest Moon 64 is by far my favorite in the series. I remember being soooooo hooked that I went through an entire calendar year in one sitting on a Saturday!

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Rian (guest) 17.03.2016#4

Honestly it's really sad that they don't seem to want to do an HM64 re-release. It's widely considered to be one of the best games in the series, even with all of the bugs and translation errors. This would be the perfect game to get a new generation hooked on the series, but no one seems to want to step up with it!