I totally agree that Nintendo should add GameCube games to the Virtual Console. It totally makes sense for them to do that. But I'm not going to be mad about this news because it isn't that.
Some Wii games are hard to find, and are often too expensive to be worth buying, so that's why I haven't played games like the Prime Trilogy yet. But now I can, at some pretty affordable prices too. Granted, the same can be said for GameCube games, and I still believe that they should do that. But if I can get previously rare Wii games at $10 or $20, I'm in no way complaining.
Also, the European Direct had some other interesting information about this.
They also got Galaxy 2 today, and are getting the Prime Trilogy on the 29th, but the game that they are getting on the 22nd is Donkey Kong Country Returns.
Plus, the European Direct announced 4 other games that will eventually be ported to their eShop, being Punch Out (the US's third game), Kirby's Adventure Wii (or Kirby's Return to Dreamland in the US), Sin and Punishment: Star Successor, and Pandora's Tower.
I can only imagine, since Punch Out is in their later group, that the other four games not mentioned in our Direct will be among the next games to be ported.