European VC Update 02/23/07

I told everyone that last week with the release of DK Country here in NA I wasn’t jealous of the Euro market anymore. Well my eyes turned green again this week with the latest Euro VC update.
Kid Icarus (NES, 500 Wii points)
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64, 1000 Wii points)
It is widely known throughout the games industry that the market most commonly screwed on prices, release dates and content is Europe. I guess that Nintendo is trying to make amends by giving them access to one of the most widely anticipated VC games, Ocarina of Time.
What interests me is not that the game is available in Europe but that it only costs 1000 Wii points not the previously rumored 1200 Wii points. Will we see a change in the price point for the NA release of the game on the VC? That remains to be seen but I sincerely hope not. Every one’s used to getting screwed by Msoft, Sony, EA et.al but when Nintendo screws you it hurts….deep down inside.
So will we finaly see OoT hit the NA market with the coming monday update? Check back on Monday to find out.

February 23rd, 2007 at 1:02 pm
For OOT, VC Japan is getting NEO GEO games! NEO GEO man! The NEO GEO is home to so many classic arcade games, it would be an absolute crime to deprave NA VC of it.
If NA VC get’s NEO GEO games, I’ll have to buy a Wii.