--- title: Star Fox 64 Coming to Nintendo Wii U Virtual Console description: The classic Nintendo space shooter Star Fox 64 is doing a barrel roll onto the Wii U virtual console this week, the company says. canonical: https://time.com/4639322/star-fox-64-wii-u-nintendo-switch/ author: Alex Fitzpatrick article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-19T15:30:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:43:51.657Z og:title: Here's a Great Reason to Dust Off Your Wii U og:description: This will hold you over until the Nintendo Switch is out og:url: https://time.com/4639322/star-fox-64-wii-u-nintendo-switch/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's a Great Reason to Dust Off Your Wii U twitter:description: This will hold you over until the Nintendo Switch is out twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Here's a Great Reason to Dust Off Your Wii U  by [Alex Fitzpatrick](https://time.com/author/alex-fitzpatrick/)  ## Alex Fitzpatrick Jan 19, 2017 3:30 PM UTC  by [Alex Fitzpatrick](https://time.com/author/alex-fitzpatrick/)  ## Alex Fitzpatrick Jan 19, 2017 3:30 PM UTC Quick, name your five favorite N64 games. _Star Fox 64_ is somewhere in there, right? Well then I’ve got great news for you. The classic Nintendo space shooter is doing a barrel roll onto the [Wii U virtual console](http://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/star-fox-64-wii-u) this week, the company says. It was previously available as a Wii U downloadable in Europe, but this is the first time it’s showing up stateside. This particular nostalgia trip will run you $9.99.  Star Fox 64 Nintendo Alongside the recently released [NES Classic Edition](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01IFJBQ1E/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timetechafitzgadgets-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B01IFJBQ1E&linkId=2b3481646e490fdbe93b6656d8df09b8), this should be enough to tide Nintendo fans over until the [Switch console](http://time.com/4632820/nintendo-switch-nx/) is released in early March — especially if you were [disappointed](http://time.com/4300280/star-fox-zero-review/) by the [Wii U’s ](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01EQKRTM6/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timetechafitzgadgets-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B01EQKRTM6&linkId=97357ce69fd6b2142c887df773b572eb)[_Star Fox Zero_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01EQKRTM6/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timetechafitzgadgets-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B01EQKRTM6&linkId=97357ce69fd6b2142c887df773b572eb)_._ Fair warning: It [isn’t yet clear](http://time.com/4635415/nintendo-switch-online-reggie-fils-amie/) if your Wii U virtual console purchases will carry over to the [Switch](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01LTHP2ZK/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timetechafitzgadgets-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B01LTHP2ZK&linkId=9a3d88d18aae6360cd45d2248f0a2ab1). [(_Read TIME’s affiliate link policy_.)](http://time.com/4605406/time-affiliate-link-policy/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4639322/star-fox-64-wii-u-nintendo-switch/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4639322/star-fox-64-wii-u-nintendo-switch/"},"headline":"Here's a Great Reason to Dust Off Your Wii U","datePublished":"2017-01-19T15:30:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:43:51.657Z","description":"This will hold you over until the Nintendo Switch is out","url":"https://time.com/4639322/star-fox-64-wii-u-nintendo-switch/","keywords":["Video Games","Tech","Nintendo","timeshop"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alex Fitzpatrick","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alex-fitzpatrick/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/video-games/","name":"Video Games"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4639322/star-fox-64-wii-u-nintendo-switch/","name":"Here's a Great Reason to Dust Off Your Wii U"}}]}] ```