I'll confirm that in March, but I'm willing to take PB's word on it.
I'm still hard pressed to throw down $30 for what amounts to an emulator shell with a rom on a DVD.
Yeah, resell value, sure, but in terms of gaming, the version of it with Mario World is sitting on my Wii's SD card. The soundtrack and book just didn't seem worth it.
Well, it's a valid point. I try to play by Big N's rules whenever possible, though I'm not above SNES9Xing when it isn't (ActRaiser 2, Joe & Mac, Star Fox...).
I look at it this way: All four games on Virtual Console total $20. So, an extra $10 for the box, the bells and whistles, a little less SD hassle (and no I'm not referring to HBC, but rather to the Wii's craptacular storage limit) and dodging the whole "licensed to play" bullshit for anyone who pays attention to that. It's worth it to me, even if the collection could have stood to be a bit fuller.
As for World, 'tis a shame, and there really is no excuse, but I still have it on GBA, where I can play as Luigi without having to kill Mario (though possibly killing Yoshi due to bulimia).
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