If you are a modern gamer that has Nintendo’s current offering, the Wii U, chances are you are curiously awaiting the arrival of upcoming games to download from the Wii U Virtual Console, when it launches this coming Spring. We already knew that classic games would become available, but today we have some new information about the systems involved, as well as what the standard pricing is going to be.

President Satoru Iwata revealed that the Wii U Virtual Console will be available right after a system update that will be occurring this coming spring. At the launch, both NES and Super NES titles will be made available instantly, while Nintendo also made the announcement that games for the Game Boy Advance would also eventually come to the new service. The games that you download will be play on the Wii U’s GamePad controller, plus it has also been said that the games will also be integrated with MiiVerse, the console’s social network, in some shape or form.

You might be asking yourself, “What if I already purchased games on the original Wii Virtual Console, and I want to re-download them onto the new system?” Well, while we all would wish that there would be no cost for this, unfortunately, that is not the case. Players that have already purchased Virtual Console games on the original Wii will get a severe discount on a re-download. Nintendo will be offering NES games for $1, while Super NES titles will cost $1.50. This will be discounted from the typical $4.99-$5.99 for NES titles, and the regular price of $7.99-$8.99 for the SNES offerings.

Bear in mind however, that the Wii U Virtual Console, while will launch with NES and Super NES games ready to download (or for re-download), will not carry all of the titles already previously available on the Wii. The complete library should not be expected. This is because the Virtual Console games are being re-developed for the Wii U, so games will have the ability to play directly on the GamePad.