LucasArts Hits Virtual Console

Nintendo and LucasArts announced today that gamers will want to keep their eyes on the Virtual Console over the next few weeks as some Star Wars classics will be hitting the online service. Super Star Wars has hit the Virtual Console today and in the coming weeks, both Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back and Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi will be added as well. All three of these titles were originally released on the Super Nintendo and will be available for 800 Wii points.

The arrival of the first three games will also be accompanied by additional Star Wars-themed content on other Wii channels throughout the week. The Check Mii Out Channel will invite people to submit their best Mii character renditions of classic Star Wars characters. On the Everybody Votes Channel, users can cast their votes to help settle old debates, such as the proper order to watch the six Star Wars films, and who fired first – Han Solo or Greedo?

“Our expanded partnership with LucasArts brings the Star Wars and Nintendo universes together,” said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. “These three Super Star Wars games represent fantastic additions to the growing Virtual Console library, and the exclusive Star Wars content on the other Wii Menu channels is sure to have people from different generations having fun and interacting with one another.”

“Virtual Console on Wii is a great way to make these games available to our fans again, and it’s an awesome opportunity to expose our classic console titles to an entirely new audience,” said Darrell Rodriguez, president of LucasArts.

While they did not mention specific titles it was also said that additional classic LucasArts games will appear on the Virtual Console in the future.