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Sonic Mega Collection - $40 initial price, now $20
Sonic 1 - $8
Sonic 2 - $8
Sonic 3 - $8
Sonic and Knuckles - $8
Flicky - $8
Ristar - $8
Dr. Rbotnik's Mean Bean Machine - $8
Sonic Spinball - $8
Total cost on Virtual Console: $64

Mega Man Anniversary Collection - $30
Mega Man 1-6 - $30
Mega Man 7 - $8
Mega Man 8 - $10 (assuming PSX games would be the same price as N64)
Total Cost: $48 (not counting the two arcade games as well)

Mega Man X Collection - $30
Mega Man X 1-3 - $24
Mega Man X 4-6 - $30
Total Cost - $54

Midway Arcade Treasures 2 - $20
Spy Hunter II - $5
Gauntlet II - $5
Arch Rivals - $5
Mortal Kombat 2 - $8
Mortal Kombat 3 - $8
Pit Fighter - $8
14 Other games I can't immediately classify into generations - at least $70
Total Cost - at least $109

Midway Arcade Treasures 3 - $20
Hydro Thunder - $10
Rush 2049 - $10
Off Road Thunder - $10
Super Off Road - $5
4 More Games - at least $20
Total Cost - $55


Bah. Who cares about the stupid price of the Wii? That will come down eventually. Who cares about Wii Sports being packed in? At some point they'll have a package that won't include it. Who cares about the high price of peripherals? You can always buy them used. But somehow I doubt Virtual Console prices will EVER fall.

What a ripoff. Considering the Virtual Console was my primary interest in regards to the Wii, this just makes me sad. So much for amassing a huge collection of retro games. And time to start looking for a real NES. We all know Nintendo ain't gonna help me relive the past.

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	Genj - September 16, 2006 (03:26 PM) I read on WikiPedia that Castlevania: SotN will be on Xbox Live Arcade. If it's true, that's pretty cool. Much cooler than these prices for Virtual Console.