WiiWare will be added to the Wii Shop on the 20th of May. No specific titles have been announced to release on that day, but from what's been rated by groups such as the OFLC, we predict that the titles will include one or more of the following:
- ActionLoop Twist
- Critter Round-Up
- Dr. Mario & Germ Buster
- Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King
- LostWinds
- Plättchen Twist 'n' Paint
- Pop
- Project Bang!
- Star Soldier R
- Toki Tori
The Nintendo Channel, released at the end of last year in Japan as Everybody's Nintendo Channel, will let you download demos or additional content for DS games, view trailers and commercials of Wii games and get more information on games.
According to Wired's Chris Kohler, who spoke with Reggie, the US will see the Nintendo Channel soon after the launch of WiiWare. Reggie also said that you'll be able to review WiiWare games you've bought on the Nintendo Channel, but only if you've played them for more than an hour.
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The Nintendo Channel sounds intriguing. It would be nice if they expanded it to include demos of Wii and VC releases instead of just DS.
Review them, but only after an hours play. What?
I'm confused. Does he mean we can give them star ratings?
The Wired article says you'll be able to actually review them, aside from giving a rating.
Yeah, this is gonna be awesome. And you guys get LostWinds too. Hooray!
Time to get 'Old Red' out for those reviews
No Pokémon Ranch at launch?
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What am I gonna do? Play Mario Kart Wii until June 27????
All sounds great, but there is still no answer to the space issue. All this great new stuff and nowhere to put it. It's such a pain having to move games onto my SD card and then back again when i want to play them. Nintendo should have sorted this out first.
Remember that the titles are just the titles that have been rated and we think could be released - It's very possible we could be getting Pokemon Ranch at launch but that it hasn't been rated yet.
Im not sure about wii demos, space issues and all that. But I agree with Kelvin it would be nice to see other demos aside from DS available through the Nintendo Channel.
I mean how small would it be to download the equivilant of the Zak and Wiki taster that was on the internet. Or even mini games that could be used to promote forthcoming games instead of full blown demos. At least until space issue is resolved.
Better start working on finishing those VC games I have in my console's memory... I made a point of not deleting any game I haven't finished from my Wii's mem... And it's almost full !!! Please Nintendo... Let us use the SD card slot !!!
Good news
The Nintendo Channel sounds fun ... But not if they only update it every 2 months. I hope they use it wisely. Also Wii-fit was released here today! Yay
@Raptor78: Maybe in the future they would put Wii and/or VC demos on the Nintendo Channel from a channel update by the Wii Shop Channel!
Anyways, I'm SO happy that this channel is finally coming out soon! I'll be getting a DS now!
Yeah! I have been hanging out for Nintendo Channel for so long... AND Brawl!
Yeah Dr.Mario!!
@ Drake. Cool
I'm just happy we're getting demos full stop. Sony and Microsoft haven't been as lucky recently :
But still, two new features coming and a final release date for Brawl? Cue me in!
US will get nintendo channel soon after wii ware release, does that go the same for Europe?
I hope FFCC will be rated... our launch doesn't look too special.
FFCC was rated too, I must've missed it earlier. But even without it, how can't you get excited? Dr. Mario and Star Soldier R are confirmed to be great and if Toki Tori's anything like the original it'll rock too.
About time! Now, Nintendo, lets talk "storage solutions", shall we?
oh plz!!! nintendo channel!
i hope i can finally put my hands on Chocobo Tales secret cards (if the channel indeed works like a download station then it may be possible!)
do you think its possible?
oh plz!!! nintendo channel!
i hope i can finally put my hands on Chocobo Tales secret cards (if the channel indeed works like a download station then it may be possible!)
do you think its possible?
Storgage yes. Dates for Nintendo Channel awesome. But I dont know why so many peopl are excited about Pokemon Ranch, the 2nd stupidest Pokemon game ever. (No.1 reserved for Pokemon Box.)
fulgor_astral you get those cards by inputting cheat codes. Try gamefaqs if you need them. I better get me some wii points ready for may 20th! Can't wait!
Good enough then, I'll most likely get Dr. Mario and FFCC on launch
Yes!! Finally the Nintendo Channel is announced for the US...but what took so long? I'm sure we missed plenty of demos for the DS during that time unless they keep all the demos there all of the time.
It's really crazy how long Japan gets things before the US... I never really noticed before (probably because I wasn't on the internet all the time when I was a kid), but jeez! They've had the Nintendo Channel since November, right? Not to mention they've had Wii Fit since December, while we have to wait half a year. Although I guess I shouldn't really complain seeing how Europe gets screwed over more then we do. I feel really bad for you guys not having Brawl yet.... that wait for the release date was pretty excruciating. I'd hate to still be waiting, and it's gotta be made even worse by the fact that you probably know all of the characters and you won't be getting any addition fighters despite the long-ass delay.
yes mrpoo it is annoying, what would delay brawl so much? why would it be six months between US and Europe but with mario kart we get it first? maybe it's a matter of demand.... i dont know. Japan gets things first coz its made there and they have to translate everything before it goes global, actually maybe thats why it takes a while to come out here after the US coz we have a zillion languages in europe
Don't try to make sense of Nintendo of Europe's game plan, you'll just end up even more confused. The translation thing can't be right, for example, it took Super Paper Mario 6 months after the US to come out here, while it took Paper Mario 2 (Much more text heavy since it's more of an RPG) only a month. Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour (Almost no text) took a YEAR, while Advance Wars: Days of Ruin (Quite a bit) took half a week. I could go on and on with more examples.
The Ninty channel comes out in America sometime in May also
true, there has to be SOME reason! The wait with brawl must be bad for sales, I'm much less excited about it now than I was when it was coming out in america, I mean i'll still buy it but it'll feel like i'm buying an out of date game in some way.... Surely the sooner they get the money from sales the better, coz they can start earning interest on it. Either way they suck balls
Yay Wiiwarw .
Time to delete some files from the 512 kilobyte flash memory .
@kawaiipikachu
Megabytes, not kilobytes
Dokenzz i said kilobytes as a joke because its whats it fells like some of the time .
I don't have the space for Final Fantasy: My life as a King. I wanted the Eatting Competition game =(. Oh well I will wait then for it to come out.
regarding the space issues, can't nintendo find someway to decrease the amount of blocks being used per game since they clearly won't be giving us more storage.
i heard somewhere that the cheat codes for chocobo tales only worked in the EU version, so i never tried em... thats why i hope i can use the nintendo channel as a download station to get those precious cards (Omegaaa!!)
And its not that difficult to make some space in your Wii... i have some games in my console memory, and some others at my SD card... whenever i want to play a game, i trade games in my SD and Wii... the save files are always in my Wii, due to the very limited space it needs... it takes some minutes, but its the best way to have tons of games in your Wii
So, i'll ask again you guys know if i can get the chocobo tales cards using the nintendo channel? i damn nintendo for not bringing Download stations to Mexico ¬¬
This news is so good I nearlly did a whoopsie in my pants!
I can't wait for the Nintendo Channel!
BAH, still no TV Guide Channel. Waste of time!!!! [/sarcasm]
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