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Topic: The end of WiiWare demos.

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Mange

Soo.. that was that with WiiWare demos. Today the last WiiWare demo (Bit.Trip Beat) disappeared from the Wii shop channel. CommanderVideo spent a lonesome week by himself in the WiiWare demo genre before leaving it echoing empty. If I remember correctly Bit.Trip Beat also was the first game demoed. Is this the end of the WiiWare demo saga?

Mange

Sneaker13

I hope not, but I fear the worst. I helped me get some games, but also saved me some money. So a demo is always a good thing.

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brooks83

My guess is they will start up again in a month or two.

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PALgamer

There hasn't been a new demo since the 15th of April, so yeah, WW has been in a dead state during this last month.
RIP WW demos

[Edited by PALgamer]

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legochesser

Probably, yes, since all old demo's are gone. Have all demo's (as far as I know they excist) n my SD card, even the ones from November 2009 It would be pretty unfurtunate if they really stopped with it. :/

[Edited by legochesser]

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SKTTR

Can't be everything....

There are still demos in NA that EU has not: lilt line, BIT.TRIP CORE, BIT.TRIP RUNNER.
And demos in EU that NA don't have: HoopWorld: BasketBrawl, ColorZ

Apart from that there are a few games that really should have a demo: Bonsai Barber, LostWinds, Swords & Soldiers.

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n0body

I know of newer games like Liight where the developers themselves said there would be demos because they submitted them already, so I wouldn't call the service dead just yet.

n0body

n0body

well, I think this thread can be safely locked now that we know for sure this isn't the case (not yet anyway )

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Sneaker13

I saw that America gets another Bit. demo, but Europe has zero demo as of last thursday.

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Lolza64

Nintendo really didn't support wiiware demo's at all. They tried it, but didn't really take full advantage of it like they could of, and it would have made a difference in wiiware sales if they did. Oh well, hopefully they will see it's greater potential one day and use it like they should of in the first place.

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Mange

There sure is several more games that´s worthy of a demo. Personally, without checking any "games out now" lists I´d like to see as demos: Plättchen, You me & Cubes, Lostwinds. Yeah, that old Plättchen game

Mange

KnucklesSonic8

I'm not sure why we never got the HoopWorld demo...

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PALgamer

We are talking about PAL here, no demo this week either... 1 month and a half

PAL is the new NTSC

CrazyOtto

3 out of the 5 demos left on the American Wii Shop are Bit.Trip demos.

CrazyOtto

SKTTR

Clinker wrote:

3 out of the 5 demos left on the American Wii Shop are Bit.Trip demos.

you mean "out of the 7 demos"...

Demos in NA:
1. BIT.TRIP CORE
2. BIT.TRIP VOID
3. BIT.TRIP RUNNER
4. Dart Rage
5. Frobot
6. lilt line
7. Pong Toss Pro: Frat Party Games

Demos in EU:
1. ColorZ
2. HoopWorld: BasketBrawl

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Sneaker13

@SKTTR, I don't have those demo's in the Netherlands.

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Yasume

Sneaker13 wrote:

@SKTTR, I don't have those demo's in the Netherlands.

He's talking about the exclusive demos. Colorz and Hoopworld were available a few months back in Europe but NA never got them.

All demos are gone now, yes.

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PALgamer

It's back with NyxQuest again
Why the hold up Nintendo? You have no more demos?

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SKTTR

We already got the NyxQuest demo some time ago.... or is this demo different from the earlier one?
I'd rather see new demos, instead of seeing them re-releasing older ones.

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