With the up and coming release of sonic 4 sega are releasing sonic and knuckles on VC on the 12th of feb, i hope this is the release in europe as well cos thats my birthday! :D

Any word on connectivity though? I'm really curious how Sonic 3 and Knuckles will work, or Sonic 2 with Knuckles. They'd have to be total d-bags if they try to charge 800 points for them, it's also why I've held off on getting S3 from the VC store.

Thats what i was thinking im going to have a look now see if i can see anything!

It say japan has the connectivity, but not sure if we will get it or not, and not sure when its coming to america

http://vc.nintendolife.com/news/2010/02/sonic_and_knuckles_coming_to_eu_virtual_console_on_12th_february

It's guranteed to have the connectivity since Japan has the same. I'll have to grab some Nintendo points now, can't remember the last time - it was years ago!

For once it's actually good to live in the EU.

If this has connectivity I will download it instantly.

Japan has connectivity? Nice, good news.

Sonic & Knuckles has the best damn ending in a platformer of all time. Doomsday Zone was epic.

Yeah it has the connectivity in japan, no release date for america yet but i would of thought it will be shortly dont see ahy they wouldnt release it there

Similar to Nintendo's strategy with VC games, releasing a predecessor game of a franchise for an upcoming new successor game.

Yeah, MegaMan 1-2 preceeded MM9 (and MM3) came not long after.  Evidently they're doing the same for MM4-6 with MM10.