Great article. One of the best written here on WW:W and VR:R. Keep up the great work guys! Hope this hits some mainstream news sites and gets Nin's attention.
Actually, it's a very cool channel. My wife won't watch videos online and this is a great way for her to check out the new Wii games that we are interested in.
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!
From what I've seen of the game and video it looks like a < 500 point game to me. True the devs don't get much, but look, it's not much of a game. Even at 500 points say they sell 100K copies. That's 50 MILLION dollars worth of games. Even if big N gets 50% of the payout, that's still 25 million in their pocket.
100K realistic? I think so, especially with the 10+ million consoles sold in the USA alone. That's 1% of Wii owners.
Ah the glorious C64. I spent many hours when I was a freshman in HS playing on the C64. Loved the system. Loved the games. This would be a great VC fit.
I tried the Tower of Goo on EG site and thought it was pretty original. Course I couldn't get my tower higher than 6 meters or so..hehe Hopefully this will be on WiiWare.
Is WiiConnect 24 that hard to program for? Course I'm not a developer but it seems that a lot of folk drop that out. I imagine network coding on the basic level is pretty easy. Guess the server management, 'achievments', leaderboards, matching, etc is a lot harder. Hmm, wonder if companies could license things like that to speed up dev time?
500 points though looks pretty good. Go indie devs!
@ Jogurt - forget Risk! (although that would rock). I'd be happy to see Catan or Carcassonne on WiiWare. (or even one of the other awesome board games out there...)
I'm with Jogurt's comment. I have a SNES, N64, GameGear, GBA, GC, PS2 and now a Wii. I can only have so many hooked up to my TV at once or the wife will blow a gasket.
So I have the Wii and PS2 hooked up. I love being able to sit and play VC games on the Wii without worrying about another console, cartridges, etc.
So for me it's a great deal, especially for consoles I've never owned.
Wii update came out this morning in the US. Now supports USB Keyboards and updated the Everybody Votes and Internet Channel. Other than that I'm not sure what else was changed/updated. No demo channel though
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Re: WiiWare Publishers Lament Release Date Shambles
Great article. One of the best written here on WW:W and VR:R. Keep up the great work guys! Hope this hits some mainstream news sites and gets Nin's attention.
Re: Nintendo Channel Finally Comes to Europe
Actually, it's a very cool channel. My wife won't watch videos online and this is a great way for her to check out the new Wii games that we are interested in.
Re: WiiWare World Finds Fame On German TV!
Congrats guys! I love VC:R and this site as well. Clean, great info, good community, etc.
Keep up the great work!
Re: Review: Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King
Downloaded this game and am so glad I did. I'm at Day 39 right now. Holy cow it's addicting. Just one more day....
Got 2 Thieves, 1 White Mage, and 5 Warriors. Trying to level up my lower level warriors since I just got the Guild Hall.
Best Wii points I've spent period. This game is terrific.
Re: Pirates: The Key of Dreams - First Screens and More Information
Yarr! Pirates! Yum!
Re: Castlevania Producer Hints At WiiWare Instalment
oops..typo in the subject line. Installment has 2 L's
Re: Join The WiiWare World Facebook group!
Yay! I'll join. Although for the most part FB groups are useless But fun nonetheless. It's like some exclusive membership...
Re: Pop
@Nnooo - cool stuff. Thanks for replying so quickly! Hope this game gets much success for your company and leads to more great WiiWare games!
Re: Pirates: The Key of Dreams
Now this looks interesting...
Re: Pop
Any way to see the leaderboards from a non-wii (ie firefox)?
Re: Pop
This is good to know. I've been holding off on getting anything but this might be a good fit for my wife and I...
Re: Introducing WiiWare World
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!
Re: WiiWare: Pop Pricing Still Unconfirmed
From what I've seen of the game and video it looks like a < 500 point game to me. True the devs don't get much, but look, it's not much of a game. Even at 500 points say they sell 100K copies. That's 50 MILLION dollars worth of games. Even if big N gets 50% of the payout, that's still 25 million in their pocket.
100K realistic? I think so, especially with the 10+ million consoles sold in the USA alone. That's 1% of Wii owners.
Re: Major League Eating munches its way to WiiWare
Man, this is sad....
I want Catan! Carcassonne! Undertow!
But no, we get..Eating.
Re: Commodore 64 coming to Virtual Console?
Ah the glorious C64. I spent many hours when I was a freshman in HS playing on the C64. Loved the system. Loved the games. This would be a great VC fit.
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Re: World of Goo - First Impressions
I tried the Tower of Goo on EG site and thought it was pretty original. Course I couldn't get my tower higher than 6 meters or so..hehe Hopefully this will be on WiiWare.
Re: WiiWare Focus: Interview with Nnooo (Pop)
Dazza - great work on the WiiWare interviews. There is a lack of good updates on the 'net and I'm glad to see you guys covering this stuff in detail!
Can't wait to read your review/interview on Twist N Paint! That game looks good!
Re: Wiiware Focus - Interview with Medaverse (Gravitronix)
Is WiiConnect 24 that hard to program for? Course I'm not a developer but it seems that a lot of folk drop that out. I imagine network coding on the basic level is pretty easy. Guess the server management, 'achievments', leaderboards, matching, etc is a lot harder. Hmm, wonder if companies could license things like that to speed up dev time?
500 points though looks pretty good. Go indie devs!
Re: Harvest Moon
Looks like a sweet game. Now to scrounge up some points somewhere...
Re: Butterfly Garden Coming to WiiWare
@ Jogurt - forget Risk! (although that would rock). I'd be happy to see Catan or Carcassonne on WiiWare. (or even one of the other awesome board games out there...)
Re: Are Virtual Console games good value for money?
I'm with Jogurt's comment. I have a SNES, N64, GameGear, GBA, GC, PS2 and now a Wii. I can only have so many hooked up to my TV at once or the wife will blow a gasket.
So I have the Wii and PS2 hooked up. I love being able to sit and play VC games on the Wii without worrying about another console, cartridges, etc.
So for me it's a great deal, especially for consoles I've never owned.
Re: Win a Classic Controller! - Caption competition
"Do we tell them they need to check our shorts?"
Re: Soldier Blade
Ugh. I love this game but am so frustrated. Can't get past level 2. Go figure. lol. I just stink.
Re: Nintendo press conference - 5 new WiiWare games, DS demos, and a new Wii update!
Hey yeehaw, I tried using a PS2 keyboard with a USB adapter. Didn't work. I got a quick keyboard flash light then nothing.
Re: Nintendo press conference - 5 new WiiWare games, DS demos, and a new Wii update!
Wii update came out this morning in the US. Now supports USB Keyboards and updated the Everybody Votes and Internet Channel. Other than that I'm not sure what else was changed/updated. No demo channel though
Re: Volleyball
Ugh. This looks horrible. I am looking forward to Super Spike Volleyball though! Use to play that in college all the time. Love that game.
Re: US VC Releases - 16th July - Paper Mario
Hmm, I just bought Super Paper Mario: Thousand Year Door for my Wii/GC the other day. Might have to scrounge up some points to get this soon...hehe..