 You can play Nintendo Wii games in HD Legally with Nintendo's full support Right now or well soon if you happen to live in a certain country these games include Mario Galaxy Twilight Princess and punch out, but you heard right you could play those games in HD Now obviously we know Twilight Princess HD existed for Wii U So you can actually play Twilight Princess HD right now, but we're talking about the OG release on Wii You can play Mario Galaxy Twilight Princess punch out and probably several more titles in HD right now or Well soon on a Nvidia shield Only if you live in China Hey everyone, I am Nathaniel Ruffal Jantz and we're talking about this interesting story out there that comes from Z huge x Daniel Ahmed over on Twitter. He happens to be a Analyst at Niko partners covering digital games market in China in Southeast Asia And he's actually even got screenshots and images to go along with this that we are taking a look at right now This includes the shield TV, etc. essentially What he says that this is an official partnership between Nvidia IQI and Nintendo to bring Wii games to Nvidia shield Apparently he first reported on this back in January and the announcement says that there are more Wii games coming and That these games will run in HD now. He does know. He's not exactly sure what HD means per se as in Does it actually mean 720p or 1080p? Is it upscaled? Is it new textures? We don't really know exactly what HD means outside of the fact that it's obviously a resolution bump over the 480 that we played them on the Nintendo Wii So what does this mean? Well, what implications does this have? I don't know It does implicate that Nintendo is putting their Wii games in HD For Nvidia and it does specify that this partnership they have with them over the Tegra X1 Extends beyond the Nintendo switch This is the benefit that Nvidia is getting in China and that they are getting Nintendo's games Now does this mean that the switch isn't going to release in China? No, that that does not mean the switch isn't going to release in China because the shield itself is not going to get Nintendo switch games And right now you cannot play Wii games of any type whether in HD or original format on The switch as is although it could be part of virtual console in the future I know knock on wood that we actually get virtual console But beyond that we also have to consider some other things out there Like the fact that Nintendo is obviously going to make money on these games being on the show when people purchase it This would mark Nintendo's third platform now if you count smart devices like mobile phones and tablets That Nintendo is bringing their games to legally now. Obviously a lot of us have been able to play Wii games in HD for some time There's plenty of emulators out there dolphin being the most popular one that was the original GameCube emulator And since the Wii hardware is basically a GameCube It didn't take long to start emulating Wii games and we've seen a lot of Wii games in HD In fact a lot of the screenshots you are seeing now our images of the said three games that are going to be happening on this platform probably at launch in China in HD through a dolphin or dolphin emulator or Whatever it's happening. These games are going to be in HD The screenshots you're seeing now are not indicative of what the final product is going to be But just to give you an idea what these games look like in HD. So It's going to be interesting. The Nvidia shield itself is going to be priced at RMB 1499 A decent price in China The shield itself is going to be focusing on games in China You know such as the games like Tencent makes and it's also going to run popular PC games League of Legends as an example is really popular in the Asian countries And it's going to run Nintendo Wii games as we previously discussed So this is just a huge thing to me for a couple of reasons first off Nintendo releasing games from their old platforms on another System that is not their own granted. We know they have a tight relationship, but this is not a Nintendo platform This is the shield it existed before the Nintendo switch before there was even a partnership between Nvidia and Nintendo. So very interesting that Nintendo is putting Wii games on that platform In addition these games are in HD. What could this mean for the future of switch? Could we be seeing HD Wii games on switch because if the games are already being put in HD for the Nvidia shield What's to prevent these games from being in HD on the Nintendo switch? Which is using the exact same technology as the Nvidia shield? Absolutely nothing. That's what's so brilliant about this Nintendo might be giving the shield these Wii games Exclusively in China meaning that Nintendo might never release these games these we HD games on a switch in China If they ever released a switch in China, which hasn't happened yet But the rest of the world they could take these games reporting in HD that maybe arrived first in China on the switch in the future now I don't know. I don't know. I mean, is this a hint. Are we finally finally getting a hint at virtual console here? I know right seems crazy to even think about that We're talking about Nintendo's putting their games on a come on another platform entirely and that could lead to virtual console But because the Nvidia shield uses the Tegra X1 already it that's literally the new video shield is basically a Nintendo switch Without the screen because you just see these images you're seeing them advertise What we call in the United States the shield TV Rather than the the thing that attaches on to the controller It's just this is good news This is good news and thing is the shield with support of Wii games and popular PC games and such We'll probably do well in China because unlike these under TV gaming boxes These digital only game up gaming boxes that haven't really taken off in places like the United States or Japan China's a different market because they haven't had official products That have been had official branding and support from companies like Nintendo. Yes We know IQ has been Nintendo's brand there for a while They own that company and that's how they've released systems like n64 and SNES and stuff in the past But because of the strict regulations that came along around the Wii era through the Wii U era Nintendo hasn't really had a presence in China at all so this this could basically Allow the shield to sell on the premise that hey look we're basically the Wii but we're offering the games in HD Hello, we HD what I thought Nintendo should have did back in 2010 And they are offering obviously popular PC games to go along with it making it a very enticing product for Chinese gamers Who are just now starting to get options in their gaming life? This is good. This is good news for Chinese game gamers This is also good news for Nintendo since the switch itself uses the same technology. It is literally Like flipping a switch. I did just have to be like Switch and bring these games over to switch That's why this makes so much sense for Nintendo if you're gonna maintain this partnership with Nvidia and help them make money Well, you make some extra money and some penetration in the Chinese market At the same time that you're putting work into bringing these games in the HD for them These games are also reusable and transferable over to switch and you could create a virtual console environment or subscription environment Or whatever sort of environment they want. I am pumped because Nintendo still won't talk about virtual console, but it feels like this this official like announcement thing from Nvidia is Almost semi confirming that we're gonna have Wii games in HD and we're not talking I mean the fact that they mentioned Twilight Princess specifically. We're not talking about Twilight Princess HD on Wii U We're talking about the OG game in HD. This is oh, I'm excited and I think I'm all excited about Twilight Princess I'm a big Zelda fan, but Hello Super Mario Galaxy in HD punch out apparently in HD. Let's do it. It looks like they also have a screenshot of a suit new Super Mario Brothers Wii that's in HD. However, of course, that's not an officially announced title at this time But that's it is gonna be more Wii games coming. These are obviously just the titles they have working right now. I'm pumped I'm excited. I hope you're excited too because I think this is a hint I think we finally finally have a hint that not only are we going to get some form of virtual console on switch This is the first time I've had any real hope of that in a long time But that we might get Wii games in HD Of course Where's the GameCube games on virtual console HD or otherwise? I don't know. I don't know where they are You tell me. I don't know mean we're still waiting for all the Wii U games to come to switch as well So maybe I shouldn't get ahead of ourselves, but if these games already exist on HD on the same tech that That the switch uses then why the heck would we not get those games? I'm just pumped Obviously further frustrations could set in as we get to the end of 2018 This comes out in China It gets like 30 seconds like 30 Wii games in HD and we hear nothing about those games coming to switch I might start get a little agitated, but I feel like we're gonna hear about this Potentially at the January Nintendo Direct. I feel like that would be a huge get for Nintendo I hope that doesn't mean that they ignore the GameCube era Since GameCube and Wii tech are similar. What about GameCube games in HD if you're gonna go that far Very interested to see what this leads to but you guys let me know if this raises your excitement level even just a little bit Because this is happening Nintendo and Nvidia have partnered up with a DVD shield releasing in China And they're gonna have Wii games in HD Whatever that means we're 720 1080 brand new assets upscaling. We have no idea, but I'm pumped Anyways folks, I'm the thinner of a dance from Nintendo Prime if you like this video You know what to do if you decide to hit that dislike button subscribe Content and I'll catch you in the next one