Free old school games for Wii?

i've been watchin the wii for a while and i have not heard anything about those games being free.
Could u plz post a link of where you have seen that?

you are right, but we can't change anything!!
if you bought it back in the days, you schould have them now, so you can play them on the old console and mustn't buy them again!!!

Wine wine wine. It's 5 bucks! A lunch! Who cares?! I'm already doing that on the Xbox 360 for re-releases and new IPs and I can tell you, I've got no problem at all paying 5-10 dollars for a Nintendo game that I know is going to be good. Besides, they cost that much when you buy them used anyway, and more when they're rare.

The cost is more than Nintendo cashing in on outdated content. As you stated yourself, online service isn't cheap. Plus, someone has to make sure everything's working properly (test labs cost money) and ensure that we continue to recieve new content (research and deals cost money). Not to mention that not every customer is going to dive into the marketplace as much as we will. Besides, did you honestly think the Wii is going to turn the company around to #1 status? They need to make as much money as they can on this system if they're going to remain competitive in the future. I want them to, and so do you, so I'll support them as best I can, with my wallet.

I'm done ranting now.

I'm in the media and it was never stated by Nintendo that the games from the classic systems would be free. If any site/mag/news agency reported it, they made it up.

As Johanthegnarler tated, the games must be hosted on servers for download. Don't forget they need to be recoded and advertised as well.

Some titles will soon have extras beyond the originals including updated graphics and online play (no titles have been announced merely that it's something that is going to happen Q1 next year since that is when the official servers for Wii online play launch).

Also, N64 titles are available. As are Sega Genesis, TurboGrafx16 and Commodore 64 titles.

Keep in mind that not everyone that plays games now played them back then and many that will download them now never had them to start with.

Think of it another way. If you bought a VHS movie in 1990, do you really think the movie studio is going to allow you to have the same movie now for free just because they put it on DVD?

Really? I haven't heard anything about C64 games on Wii. No mention of it on the site. Since you say your "in" the media, is this a leak?

jk about the leak, but I am curious if they will have C64 games.