Metroid Prime Trilogy And Other Wii Games Will Be Downloadable On Wii U

Ishaan Sahdev

Published: Jan 14, 2015 06:12 am

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Metroid Prime Trilogy, Super Mario Galaxy 2, and other Wii games are coming to the Wii U as downloadable titles, Nintendo announced today.

You will be able to play these games without having to switch to Wii mode on the Wii U. Some of these games will also be compatible with the Wii U GamePad, president Satoru Iwata said.

Super Mario Galaxy 2 will be available today. Meanwhile, Punch-Out!! will be available on January 22nd and Metroid Prime Trilogy on January 29th. At launch, all three games will be available at half price for a week.

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Ishaan Sahdev

Ishaan specializes in game design/sales analysis. He's the former managing editor of Siliconera and wrote the book "The Legend of Zelda - A Complete Development History". He also used to moonlight as a professional manga editor. These days, his day job has nothing to do with games, but the two inform each other nonetheless.