Nintendo has announced the worldwide re-release of selected Game Boy Advance titles for download via the Wii U Virtual Console platform on the Nintendo eShop.
Game Boy Advance titles for the Wii U Virtual Console now available in Japan include F-Zero for Game Boy Advance, Game Boy Wars Advance 1+2, Kirby of the Stars: The Great Mirror Labyrinth, Made in Wario and Super Mario Advance 2.
Nintendo has also confirmed plans to re-release further Game Boy Advance titles for the Wii U Virtual Console in 2014.
The Virtual Console for Nintendo Wii, Wii U and 3DS game consoles is an online service that allows users to purchase and download titles originally released on past home and handheld consoles, including the Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Nintendo 64, as well as Sega Master System and Mega Drive/Genesis, NEC TurboGrafx-16 and SNK Neo Geo AES.
According to Nintendo, Virtual Console titles for the Wii, Wii U and 3DS platforms have been downloaded over ten million times worldwide since the service was launched in December 2007.
