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Nintendo Releases Five Wii U Game Boy Advance Virtual Console Trailers
The Game Boy Advance virtual console is preparing to launch on Wii U, and Nintendo has released five trailers showcasing the first batch of games.
Below you'll find trailers for Advance Wars, Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, Metroid Fusion, Kirby & The Amazing Mirror, and WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! in that order. Nintendo has also announced F-Zero: Maximum Velocity, Golden Sun, and Yoshi’s Island: Super Mario Advance 3 will also be available in the following weeks.
You can check out the trailers below, as well as a list of other GBA games not published by Nintendo we would like to see made available.
Available April 3
Advance Wars
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
Metroid Fusion
Available April 10
Kirby & The Amazing Mirror
WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!
Our Take
I've been writing a lot about the Virtual Console this weekend becasue I'm excited to see these games come to Wii U. Of the three games available on April 3, the one I've played the least is Advance Wars, so I think I might download and play it on Thursday.
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