So, apparently there's been this picture flying around the internet and it's been said to have been posted on the Big N's FB Page. I'll save you the trouble of looking it up and tell you that I have been unable to see this picture on the actual page, however I do have the image itself.

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Four words for ya:

EarthBound on Virtual Console.

That is all.

It's pretty clear the Virtual Console is coming to the Wii U. It's just a matter of when, and three days does sound like a valid time frame.

I can't honestly be the only one with a Facebook account here, can I? Oh well, that image wasn't on their page. But I found this.
http://www.nintendo.com/wiiu/downloads/famicom-30
Could this be something? Interpret it as you will.

Which Nintendo Direct would that be?

Oh, that, I already knew about that. We know for a fact that it's coming next week and it'll be a day after the software update. I'm just trying to find specific days.

Sorry to double post, but I think I have enough information to announce that the picture is accurate.
Evidence A: I was browsing through other sites to see if they were suffering the same difficulties, and I came across this screenshot:

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