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1,000 points LOL.

Umm, no.

What a bargain!

500 points would be a stretch, but at least defensible based on nintendo pricing. 1000 points is just insulting.

I'd rather cut it, personally.

You could buy this on WiiWare, or Ocarina on VC.

Cave Story costs nothing on PC and 1000 points on WiiWare (1200 points in NA).

1,000 points for this? Thats ridiculous!!!
@Omega At least Cave story is a big game, a game like this should be 500 points, not 1,000!

Nintendo sets the prices for games, correct?

Not everybody owns a iDevice, though. I don't, and probably won't at any point ever. I agree it's quite a price hike, but if it's really that good of a puzzler (and there must be something well done about it if it's sold 5 million), I'd definitely be willing to pay it when there's a bit of a dry spell on the service. Besides, it beats all the utter crap we get for 1000 points, so why all the complaining?

@bro exactly my thoughts. I'll wait for the review before dishing out the points though.

1000 points?! are they crazy!

i could go in the yard and actually burn some rope but yea sounds good this never played it

@9 Yes they do... they just sent this one out to die..

I dont get why all of you are complaining 1,000 points is 1 DOLLAR!!! the same price as it is for the iphone/ipod

@eddypikachu: 1,000 points is $10. 100 points is $1.

@JayArr and @n0body: Nintendo has final say on pricing, but developers/publishers almost always get the price they want for a game. My studio (Big John Games) has never been told we had to set a different price than what we requested for any WiiWare or DSiWare game we've released.

Big Blue Bubble must have wanted that price. The description says that the iOS version is $0.99 but has extra levels available as DLC. It doesn't look like the WiiWare version offers DLC, but the description says that over 100 levels are included, so maybe they figure the price is more comparable to what you would pay for the iOS version plus a bundle of DLC?

I've never played the game, but it would be useful to know what is included. The iTunes store page lists $0.99 DLC just to remove ads, which we know wont be present in the WiiWare. Not sure how many levels are included in the main iOS download.

I got it for free on my ipod

The game is freemium on Android. I'm guessing you twist the Wii Remote to alter the screen orientation. With the DLC the pricing might be comparable.

I've stopped using Wiiware a long while ago...

.... Um yeah the ipod version is worth the price.... this not so much. :/ stop over charging Ipod games. Jeez. Just look at Zenonia!

It might be cheaper on other systems. But regardless, it still looks like an interesting and innovative game. And 100+ levels is not that bad, assuming you like puzzle games. The only thing I do not like is the "To Be Announced (UK/EU)" (also known as: "Don't expect it!").

1000 points! What a joke, this game isn't even fun on the iOS either! Lameeeeee.

1000 points....yeah...no.

At that price, I'm a afraid not(geddit).

@ 21

At least Zenonia is a good, long game, unlike Burn the Rope

Looks pretty ropey.

More rope jokes please!

LOL, nintendo how can you continue to talk about the "value" of your games when you are releasing the same exact game on Wiiware for 10x the price. Most of the time nintendo is correct, but the way they handle digital games is very disappointing. Rarely any demos, no sales, no bargain.

EDIT: Also even with 100 levels...I doubt the majority take more than a minute or two to complete...so when you think about replay value and amount of content...it just doesn't add up.

but... you HAVE to burn the rope.

$10 for a $1 iOS game? HAHAHA nooooooooooooo....

@fco: lol, i immediately thought of that game too. glad i wasn't alone

@30 That's what I thought it was for a second...

This does not get me hot.

I'd rather hang myself with the rope than pay that price.

Burn the Rope on WiiWare: 1000pts
Burn the Rope in real life: priceless

@fco now THERE is a game that is worth $10! lol (awesome little game)

yeah, people are sure acting weird about this.
Had this not been an $1 ios game first at all, it would be touted as an interesting puzzler with lots of content, but since it's one of the many simply designed time wasters that is cheap an fun for an ios, it's blasted as "not good enough" for a Wiiware game.
It's just a puzzle game like the other stuff on Wiiware, it just happens to be already finding wider success in another form on other platforms with a cheaper, more attractive marketing model than Nintendo still has. That doesn't mean it sucks or even that it's a bad value overall.

In app purchases take the iOS price up to 3.60GBP.

@MeloMan

AHAHAHAHAHAHA

10 Euro's/Dollars...And Nintendo wonders why so few people use the Wii-shop!

@Ren Even if this wasn't an ios game it wouldn't be worth 1000 points, if the art style series cost 600 points then this should be a similar price.

MM This should of came to DSi or 3DS before WiiWare, I would think..

If I bought Burn The Rope, I'd have to burn my Wii.