Reason Behind Capcom Being Unable to Release Certain Classics on VC

Twisted | September 10, 2008 | News | Wii Company

If you remember, Capcom had a lot of games for the NES and the SNES, and they aren't on the VC, and probably aren't ever going to be. The reason is that Capcom had done many of those games with Disney, and there would be a big licensing issue if they wanted to port them over.

Many will recall that Capcom has numerous classic titles from the days of the Nintendo Entertainment System and the Super Nintendo as well, yet there are specific games from that era that have still yet to make their way onto the Virtual Console retro download service. The reason behind this has now been revealed.

Unfortunately, because Capcom teamed up with Disney for many NES, SNES and Mega Drive classics, such as Duck Tales, Chip ‘N Dale, Aladdin, DarkWing Duck and TaleSpin, it means that there is a massive licensing headache to deal with that will probably mean the likelihood of such best sellers appearing on Virtual Console are slim to none.

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RKRigney | September 10, 2008

So it'd be a hassle to get the license. So take the hassle for us gamers!
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  Big A2 | September 10, 2008
  
  Why? Those Disney games sucked.
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    Akira_EX | September 10, 2008
    
    Duck Tales sucked?
    
    What?
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    Seproth | September 11, 2008
    
    Mickey's Magical Quest was *bleep*ing awesome.
    
    Let me guess you never played them, and you're making a general statement?
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  Koloth | September 11, 2008
  
  To what end? Disney would likely want a peice of the action too. So Capcom would either have to pay royalties or a licensing fee. In the end it probably wouldn't be worth the cost to Capcom. And companies aren't in the habit of doing things to please the fans for free.
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Final Blade | September 11, 2008

_{I don't really care about the VC, however that means PSN and XBLM won't get them.}