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Very important for me. When a new console launches I often find myself playing much more through the library of the previous system whilst waiting for new games to be released than actually the games on the system themselves. They'll always be a month or two, maybe more, where game releases are very few and far between come the launch of the new system, so BC allows you to still use your new system without the concern that it was a waste of money, for me anyway.

Case in point? I played through Pokemon Black, Spirit Tracks, Chinatown Wars and DQIX within the first 3 months of buying my 3DS, and I've recently played through Radiant Dawn, Skyward Sword and Okami on my Wii U. Without the option for backwards compatibility, I would likely have never played these systems as much as I have.



 

Here lies the dearly departed Nintendomination Thread.