{"id":8809,"date":"2016-01-05T20:57:17","date_gmt":"2016-01-06T01:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/?p=8809"},"modified":"2016-01-05T23:18:24","modified_gmt":"2016-01-06T04:18:24","slug":"final-fantasy-mario-kart-see-virtual-console-release-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/2016\/01\/final-fantasy-mario-kart-see-virtual-console-release-in-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Final Fantasy, Mario Kart see Virtual Console Release in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three notable games were released on the Virtual Console in Japan today, and all for the Wii U. <em>Mario Kart 64<\/em> (N64), <em>Super Mario 64 DS<\/em> (NDS), and <em>Final Fantasy I \u00b7 II Advance<\/em> (GBA) were all released.<\/p>\n<p>In North America <em>Mario Kart 64<\/em> is available for the Wii Virtual Console for 1000 Wii points and <em>Super Mario 64<\/em> (N64) was released for the Wii U Virtual Console, but this will be the first digital release for <em>Final Fantasy I \u00b7 II Advance<\/em>, which was originally released Game Boy Advance in 2004.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->The two N64 titles retail for about $8.00 while the GBA title retails for about $6.00.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UQ-8OmTRfSk?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GJdSbXJlqPg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6-pSg-1-AMo?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three notable games were released on the Virtual Console in Japan today, and all for the Wii U. Mario Kart 64 (N64), Super Mario 64 DS (NDS), and Final Fantasy I \u00b7 II Advance (GBA) were all released. In North America Mario Kart 64 is available for the Wii Virtual Console for 1000 Wii points [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8810,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[75],"tags":[1159,1386,1395,26,199],"class_list":["post-8809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nintendo-wii-u","tag-japan","tag-nintendo","tag-nintendo-wii-u","tag-square-enix","tag-virtual-console"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/final_fantasy_i_ii_advance.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6HXYU-2i5","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9131,"url":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/2016\/01\/final-fantasy-tactics-advance-hits-wii-u-virtual-console\/","url_meta":{"origin":8809,"position":0},"title":"Final Fantasy Tactics Advance Hits Wii U Virtual Console","date":"January 27, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Just yesterday Square Enix released Final Fantasy Explorers for the Nintendo 3DS and now tomorrow their classic GBA game Final Fantasy Tactics Advance will arrive on the Nintendo Wii U Virtual Console. 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