CM's Wii Virtual Console Guide, Volume 5

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA
Published by : Nintendo
Original Release : Nintendo Entertainment System, 1987

Long time gamers probably won't be able to help but have a warm feeling at the sight of the first Zelda game's clumsily translated introduction ("Many years ago Prince Darkness GANNON stole the Triforce with power!") and scrolling list of "All Of Treasures", and that's exactly how Nintendo intends to reach into your pocket and fish out five bucks in spite of this game being emulated far and wide, re-released for the GBA, included as a bonus in Animal Crossing, mailed out to people who diligently filled out warranty cards for Gamecube products as part of the Zelda collection disc, and even ported to the PC with enhanced graphics and map editing in the form of Armageddon Games' "Zelda Classic". The Wii version may well be the most convenient and accessible to casual gamers however, this port is pretty much perfect, and I guess $5 isn't too much to ask for a classic adventure that still stands up in the gameplay department today.

YOUR OTHER OPTIONS : I pretty much just went over all that

F-ZERO
Published by : Nintendo
Original Release : Super Nintendo Entertainment System, 1991

F-Zero takes place in the year 2560, in hover-cars that ride on a magnetic track, which leaves it free to emphasize simplicity and fun without having to worry about being any kind of a realistic simulation of anything. You pick one of four characters to compete in a straightforward series of races with, all for the entertainment of the wealthy elite of society (according to the instruction manual anyway). Later games in this series would use the magnetic track setting to have you doing loop-de-loops and corkscrews and such, but at this point the hardware was still a little too limited for that sort of thing and the tracks are just a flat plane, sort of a faster and looser Mario Kart. Still, it was one of the first releases for the SNES and the graphics and use of Mode 7 at high speeds were pretty impressive at the time.