Introducing WiiWare World

This is fantastic i'm definetly considering this!

I'll definitely consider applying, nice idea

EDIT: Can our sample review be on any game or...?

It's a possibility. Does it pay well? Hehe. I'm working a dead end job.

I know I should'nt go off topic but WiiWare's launch games have been revealled!

mod edit: please keep discussion to the dedicated news story here

Such a shame my Wii is only online once in a bluemoon. I would love to be your "unwitting victim"

Does this mean all the WiiWare news will stop cluttering up the VC site? Not that I don't want the news; I just meant a second site is definitely the best way to go. Thanks, guys, and keep up the great work!

I would definetly give it a shot, but I'e been already signed up for a local videogames portal and I have a full time employment... id be overwheleed with work... Ill have to pass, sadly.

I've been reviewing games for quite some time, so I'll try to join. =D Only one thing though...Would we get the games given to us or would we have to use our own money? I might be able to afford a game a week, but it would sort of cut some bucks...
EDIT: Yay, I submitted. =)

I would definitely do this if I wasn't such a cheapo. I don't want to download crappy games that I have no interest in and review them. Besides, I already waste enough time on the internet as it is! (not that reviewing game is a waste of time....oh, you know what I mean!)

Aww, hot damn! I forgot to talk about that WiiWare game! Is it alright if I send you another app?

edit: Sent. Hope you don't mind 2 apps from the same user^^

edit2: Crap twice: the return of the crap! Forgot to type what region I'm from...s-should I send in a 3rd application?

I'd love to, but I don't buy Wii Points that often anymore. I'll think about it though, because I legitimately am interested.

...I haven't bought Wii Points since Adventures of Lolo unfortunately. Don't get me wrong, I like VC titles, but I don't buy in bulk, I buy one, complete it, buy another, complete it, it's a vicious cycle.

Damn, now I have to check two sites every Friday!
Well, I'll survive it... maybe

I'd really like to take a foot step into the gaming journou, but I don't think I'd buy much Wiiware Games, and since Wiiware games always show something new I can't review from experiences with the Original game (like I could have with VC games like Megaman or Super Mario Bros.).

Plus, I don't think I'd have much time to write some

can't wait.
now i get to check two websites,
so if one brings disappointing news, maybe the other site will equal things out.

Wow thats a cool oppurtuniy , I would consider except I busy working on my Masters degree at this time. Maybe in the future

Anyway it will be neat to have 2 sites. I am looking forward to see what you guys think of Dr. Mario and Star Soldier R

@Dazza-
"We’re not asking that you are expert reviewers or masters of the English language." Was that a directed sentence? I actually have a grammar correction that I have decided to withhold for this article. I would love to review for you, and I have written several very long reviews for GameSpot. My Pikmin review was almost two pages in ten font and single spaced. I tend to ramble... Unfortunately, like Slangman, my Wii is also only online once in a blue moon. I look forward to the WiiWare reviews, and I hope you get some top notch journalists.

This site gonna need Mods?

@Dazza:

Like I asked in my last post, should I send in yet another app? I forgot to mention what region I'm in.

I kind of liked the idea of one single site for both...
But I'll role with it. Impressed with all the work you guys do.

@Dazza

Are there any age requirements? Please tell me not!!!

I sent in an app, I'd love to be able to put this on my resume, lawlz.. maybe if I worked for Nintendo Power:)

Can I be an editor too, I'm so good with grammar, like not using 2 negatives in a single sentence, plus you made a mistake, "If you are interesting in helping out- ", you mean interested in helping out... PLEASE LET ME JOIN :').. I'm hyped

How much reviewing would you have to do if you were picked? As many or as little as you would like (with some boundaries, obviously)?

Basically the same questions as everyone else. I'll send in an ap anyway, but I would like to know of any requirements for number of reviews, etc. I don't get a ton of money to buy WiiPoints with, but am still interested in doing what I can.

edit: lol, thanks Dazza for answering right before I posted

Thanks Dazz, just writing my review now

Also, any deadline for this?

I just sent mine in. I want to be work for a Game Magazine someday so this would be great. (I'm going to study Journalism in college) And Dazza mentioned a great point. I can pay for the games I WANT TO review because I'm going to get them anyway, but for games we hopeful reviewers don't plan to get, it would be nice to receive "gifts." Are Gifts US only? I ask because I know Japan doesn't have them.

Thanks, Dazza. I sent it in (for the third time).

@Objection_Blaster: If you're talking about the VC Gift function, it's in Europe too.

Expect to get my review soon Dazza.

Just sent my app anyway Dazz

When will we be hearing from you guys about whether we've been accepted or not?

Just a quick question Dazza, Any preference on what game Wii game I should review? I am personally thinking of reviewing Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles since it's one of my favorite Wii games. Would that be okay?

I submitted my review. I'm looking forward to your response.

@Dazza-
Now that you mention it, I would have no problem proofreading! I think you were being sarcastic, but I honestly wouldn't mind.

No problem Dazza, good luck with everything

@Dazza

Whens the site launch, and how are you going to notify people of they get to be part of the team?

PLEASE LET ME JOIN!! I'm an ace in spelling... sigh and grammar

Oh, and I reviewed Pokemon Battle Revolution, since other people are showing what they reviewed. Unfortunately, I didn't know what coding it would use to italicize and bold words in the message, so I didn't bother trying. I gave you a link if you wanted to read it formatted, but I also posted an unformatted one in the message. Of course I can change the review style to be like the ones you use on the site, but this was a few days ago when I wrote this. I hope you enjoy.

I was also worried about that Sariku, since when I originally wrote it on MS Word I italicized the title of the game I reviewed and emboldened the questions...

@7 (Dazza):
Thank you!

Yeah. Except I originally wrote it on WiFi Wars, and then copied it to SmashBoards. I didn't know if the settings here would use HTML Bold/Italics <B>[I] or Forums form [B][I], so I just put them in quotation marks and such.

I would except that I would probably never get around to doing it. sigh...

btw, I looked at the source and there is alot of work to be done!

I'd love to do this but while I've gotten better with practice I still find it very difficult to write reviews...

Can't wait to see the new site!

Just sent my review. I don't think I did my best review though.

Curious...is there any requirement to be able to do the writing then really? Age and general region aren't a factor. How about money? You won't be supplying Wii Point cards will you or 'gift' games so they can be reviewed on schedule?

I'm just basically curious if this is just a help the site out thing where you buy what you want and then review it much like the reader write-ups at Gamefaqs and everywhere else.

I wrote reviews and some specials for AMN(now Kombo) for 2 years from 04-06 and miss doing reviews. I think that the Wii Ware service is a great way to try out indy wares for sure from people and I think I'd love to drop my name into the bucket perhaps. I'm good to review whatever for the most part as I did in the past, but if I'm buying I'd be very much more choosey on what I'd grab as I'm not a 'game gambler' when it comes to personal funds.

Like others....when I read this topic I became quite excited....but have since lost a little bit of my enthusiasm after having read the entire article and all the comments. I just don't feel that I will buy enough Wii Ware games on my own to be a competent and trusted reviewer. Readers develop trust with reviewers because of their ability to discriminate and be (hopefully) objective. Both sporadic reviewing and reviewing things you have a personal bias towards (after all, you chose to buy it) are both counterproductive to reader trust. There is no body of work on which to judge a reviewer and there is no faith that someone isn't merely trying to justify their own purchase or destroy a game they wasted their money on.
Just my two cents, but I don't think I will be applying.

I hope my submission isn't too late. I saw this news item before I went to work this morning, but I didn't have enough time to finish it until afterwards. =/

Thanks bud

Panda's gonna kill you though, we've only just redone the credits for to add the Pod Cast, lol.

Just sent my review in. Good luck to everyone else who sent in reviews too.

When will the new site be launching then guys?

My only critacism is, you guys still haven't fully introduced everything you said the VCR would have, so what's happening with that?

Because I really want to be able to post a link to all my games and the ratings I've given them, as well as being able to rate games without them being classed as owned by me (Like ZAMN, which I don't own on the VC, but I'd still like to give it a 5).

Well, I didn't make it, but the reply was very respectful and I hope that I'll be a "second chance" reviewer in the future. I completely understand that there shouldn't be too many reviewers and now I that I know there were 40 applicants...well, congrats to those who made it!

I'm curious about the forum. Is it going to expand the VC-Reviews forum or are they going to be completely separate from one another? Frankly, I'd think the former would be a lot more beneficial.

I look forward to your new site. It seems like a good idea.

Thanks for the consideration guys, it's nice to know that there would still be another chance in the future. Look forward to the new site.

That's ok, I was just worried that WiiWareWorld meant no more VCR updates

I'd have applied for a job, but I want WiiWareWorld to be successful, lol. And unfortunately my written reviews, while they were well received, they were, long... My Castlevania DOS review was over 6 A4 pages long. Plus, I'd never be able to score Dr. M anything higher than a 0, lol.

Never liked the game, always felt inferior to Tetris to me.

On the subject of the forum, I fail to see why you guys would need to make a new one, because the one Divine runs is mint and could just as easily be expanded to add more WiiWare forums.

Maybe getting him to change the name though, so that people searching for Wii Ware forums could find the VCF too.

I agree DEMON, I hope that the forum we know and love will stay as the sole forum. Some more sub-forums for WiiWare could be good though.

The new site's gonna be interesting indeed. Will it sport a look different from THIS site?

Good luck with Wiiware world

I'm looking forward to the new site!

@52. Pocketim: Don't give up, just keep practicing like I am. You can only get better, right?
I saw one of your reviews quickly and it wasn't that bad.

Damn I missed this
is there likely to be any more chances?

thanks, Ben

@dazza

have you said who's going to be the new reviewers?

To bad I missed the chance to apply =( oh well. Cool to see though a new site will be dedicated to Wii Ware games.

Please list the number of blocks required for new WiiWare and VC games. It'd be good to know how much I need to copy and delete before going to download new games. Thanks.

I can't wait to see the site tomorrow.

Dang, I go away for one weekend and a sweet job is offered?

I'd love a chance like that.

Can't wait to see the Wiiware World ratings

All these guys are gutted about not getting a job, and all I had to do was ask about Mods, lol.

Totally different job, but it still makes you feel nice and warm inside

I'm looking forward to the new site, I want to see who the reviewers are, read the reviews, condense and Pod Cast them??? (Yeah, need to know what's happening with that actually, are they covering WW or are we?) And most importantly, find out my powers and how to use them

Excellent work Dazza! Looking forward to the new site dedicated to WiiWare titles. You guys are still my favorite source for VC info and I'm looking forward to using WWW for my other info!

Sounds good D-man

Still though, I'll need to know for script writing purposes, so if you could find out for me, that'd be great

Oh, and I'll plug it in my next VC vids

Is the site still launching today?

The site has launched! Hurrah!

The wiiware world site looks pretty cool! So will it have its own forum as well or will it share the vc reviews one?

Ok, cool!
If you make it easy to switch between the VC & Wiiware sites I'll be really happy

Will the world ever be the same?? Your tongue must be through your cheek dazza