Nintendo soon to reach Virtual Console milestone (News)

Eugene Huang, GamePro (online)

01/06/2007 16:45:03

According to Nintendo's statistics, more than 4.7 million VC games have so far been downloaded on the Wii since the service opened for business on November 19th, 2006. The vast number represents a rate of more than 1000 games per hour since the console's launch last year.

The company also has a list of the five most popular VC titles, which are, in order:

1) Super Mario Bros. (NES)

2) Super Mario 64 (N64)

3) Mario Kart 64 (N64)

4) Super Mario World (SNES)

5) The Legend of Zelda (NES)

Nintendo has not yet announced the other titles that will accompany the release of Zelda II, but will make an official announcement prior to the Virtual Console update, which is scheduled to go up on 9 AM PST next Monday.