It'll seem like an understatement to the regulars of this thread, but I feel like getting these words off my chest after years of keeping my fingers crossed: the VC is a colossal disappointment.
I bought the Wii on the assumption that, at the touch of a button, I could access a vast library of old gaming classics - some of which may not have even originally made it to European shores. It was also a golden opportunity for Nintendo (et al) to release certain titles in their original NTSC format, allowing us to play these games without the borders or 17% slowdown inherent in the lazy conversions at the time. They were all set to offer the world an Ultimate Nintendo Entertainment System (if you'll indulge me on that one...), with the most comprehensive backward compatibility support available on any console, up to and including the Gamecube. Not to mention Nintendo were no doubt poised to make some big profits off the old-school "hardcore" gaming crowd.
Two years since, and it's become apparent that Nintendo don't see that business model as nearly as lucrative as their recent endeavours in the "casual "market. As undeniably true as that may be, it's still worth arguing that they're missing out on some major additional profits; 2-3 releases per week isn't much of a commitment. As it stands, I'd say we now have around 10-20 bona-fide all-time favourites to play with, depending on where your tastes/nostalgic tendancies lay. By this point, I was at least expecting to see the following (even at extortionate prices):
FFI-VI
Dragon Quest I-VI
Chrono Trigger
Front Mission
Seiken Densetsu 1-3
Lufia 1&2
BoF
(and all the other classic SNES RPGs)
Super Mario Kart
Goldeneye
Earthbound
Sonic 3 & Knuckles
(etc etc...just to name a couple off the top of my head.)
I'm genuinely surprised at the near-stagnant third party support for this service, and wonder if their priorities have changed since the Wii's emergence as a clear leader market leader. Surely they recognise that there's easy money to be made?