


Here, the player can save and load restore points, reset the game, and access various other features. A new feature for the Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console is the addition of the Virtual Console menu, accessible by tapping on the bottom screen or pressing X (except with SNES games). Similar to the Wii Virtual Console service, by returning to the HOME Menu the game will create a Suspend Point, returning the player to that point in the game the next time they load the game turning off the console, however, results in the game returning to the title screen. The service then began to add Nintendo Entertainment System titles in 2012, followed by a selection of Game Gear titles between 20, TurboGrafx-16 titles in Japan in 2014, and finally began to add Super Nintendo Entertainment System games in 2016.

The Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console service originally launched on June 6, 2011, alongside the launch of the Nintendo eShop for Nintendo 3DS, with Game Boy and Game Boy Color titles. This is a list of all Virtual Console releases for the Nintendo 3DS.
