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News‎ > ‎August 09‎ > ‎

LucasArts joins list of VC-supporters, more Star Wars games in the queue

posted 10 Aug 2009 06:17 by Knuckles Sonic8   [ updated 10 Aug 2009 06:30 ]
Just today, Super Star Wars popped up on the ESRB and now it's been revealed that it'll be heading our way in the update for today. But that's not all. LucasArts is promising that this isn't the last we've seen of them! Both Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back and Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi will be heading to the VC very soon. 

They also promise that "additional" titles from their backlog will be announced in the future so we have that to look forward to as well. See below for the full PR.

Full press release


REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Fans of Star Wars® and classic Nintendo games will want to keep an eye on their Wii™ Shop Channel for the next month. Nintendo will be releasing multiple LucasArts favorites for Virtual Console™, starting today with Super Star Wars®. In the coming weeks, both Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back® and Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi® will be added to the Virtual Console lineup. All three Super Star Wars games were originally released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System™ and will be available at 800 Wii Points™each. 

The arrival of the first three games will 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 sixStar 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. 

Additional classic LucasArts games for Virtual Console will be announced in the future.