Well most of you by now have heard, or read, Mr. Satoru Iwata's GDC keynote address and the news that a Sega back catalogue of Megadrive games will be made available to Revolution owners. Sega has now officially confirmed the news offering some additional details.
Sega announced that they will be providing SEGA titles as part of the Virtual Console system for Nintendo's new generation console Nintendo Revolution.
SEGA's support of the Virtual Console system will introduce more gamers to classic MEGA DRIVE hits and reinvigorate many of our popular brands, said Naoya Tsurumi, Chief Executive Officer, SEGA of America, Inc. and SEGA Europe, Ltd.
Nintendo's Virtual Console will allow Revolution owners to download and play classic NES, SNES and MEGA DRIVE games through the Revolution network. With a game library of more than 1,000 titles for the MEGA DRIVE, SEGA is planning to provide a best of selection for gamers, enabling them to relive their favourite titles.