vherub

this is one of the games I often send nintendo as my poll question for the vc

Nintendo needs to get more people into the wiishop. Whether that means packaging wii points with wii systems, 1st party games, or 1st party controllers.
If they bundle a 500 point coupon into wiiplay or wiiresorts, it would create gigantic, exponential growth in wii shop purchases.

Agreed with JK, it's the only game available to spend points on. Club nintendo needs to offer a better range of items- and cycle more stuff in. I will probably end up getting this, because nothing else is good, and my hopes of seeing a new item pop up have dwindled.

If nintendo wanted to hit motionplus out of the park, releasing it with resorts at $40 would have been the idea. I want as many wii owners as possible to have this so companies support it rather than fracturing the market.

8 player offroad/super sprint- good
online support- would be so awesome

interesting post (and followup), nintendo does need to find a better way to get more people into the wiishop- giving everyone who buys a wii wiipoints- as they have done with the dsi would be a huge step to opening the gateway

Reviewing the release date for the US:
to be announced is a 0/10

he does have a point that awesome games on ps3/360 tend to sell better, but awesome games on the wii, simply do not always sell better. It has to be frustrating that you can make a really great game, have this giant installed base, and not hit a homerun.

I wonder if Nintendo is purposefully holding vc and wiiware titles back or there really is such little interest from companies wanting to put their backlist on the vc or release smaller sized games

hadn't heard of this,
and it shows $15 new at ebgames

my friend and I spent countless hours when we were kids trying to beat rush n' attack, we could never get past the 3rd level.

keep in mind, in the US, this is $10 now at ebgamestop (game only)

uncharted? damn, that is a nice surprise

Upon initially getting wiifit, I would have agreed with the praise, but the more I used it, the less useful it was. Users are far too constrained in how they want to workout. You can't set time limits, you can't set routines. There is way too much menu navigation, selecting, button pressing and explanation. The workout timer is dreadfully broken. 30 second workouts record as 2 minutes sometimes. The more you want to push yourself, the worse wiifit pushes back. I used wiifit for about 6 weeks, at which point I felt the time I spent with wiifit would be more productive elsewhere.
What also bothered me is the games. Playing sports like football, baseball, soccer or tennis are fun, and you forget that you are working out. The games on wiifit are neither fun after the initial playing, nor are they workouts.
And it would have been nice to allow music to play in the background- most people exercise to music.

this is a day 1 purchase for me

I had to retype the address into the browser a couple times, thinking I had gone to a different site.
The redesign and merger looks great to me.

will the dsi have a better opera browser than the wii?

I'm buying a game to celebrate.

Sounds suspiciously like pay-for-demo action
though I remain optimistic

unfortunate winds, maybe I should get a credit card from a state that doesn't charge sales tax

might purchase this tonight as I just finished Lit

I'm quite glad I picked up Lit, really enjoying it (currently on room 125)

because of the control scheme, is there arm fatigue?

I played through the first boss, and I'm glad I picked this up. There are little touches that ramp up how complicated the play mechanics, and once I figured out each new wrinkle, it was an aha moment.
Someone made a comparison to Tiki Tori, and I agree. So far, it feels like a puzzler, but it is unique enough and refreshing in the gameplay, that I would not lump it in with other puzzlers.
A demo of the first few levels would have been huge for this, I think.

downloaded, will give it a spin tonight probably

Nintendo should either update the wiiware shopping experience, or move to a top 30 list

1st party sales drive hardware sales historically for nintendo, but the wii doesn't need any help right now. And if anything, you see 3rd party struggling a bit to compete with 1st party titles like wiifit or mario kart. Nintendo has a balancing act because any mario (or pokemon) wiiware game will sell tons- perhaps at the expense of the other wiiware titles. Could be similar with the vc games where the aaa nintendo titles are slow to release. Is 1st party or 3rd party more important right now and for the future of nintendo?

co-op for $5, could be worth it pending review

seems similar to slap jack

hope it works out, I'd also be worried about the gorgeous 800x600 artwork making the transition to the larger screen.
What's the deal with memory limits for the dsware? maybe that would be a better fit.

drop in co-op is a strong indication they know what I want

the video quality of trailers shown on the nintendo channel is rather poor, interesting idea, but depends on quality, price and selection

waiting for something awesome like the zelda gamecube disc they had a while back

Lost Winds should have a pricedrop or limited time sale. Get some more people to play it and build up more sequel support.

I played the demo off steam and was disappointed with the controls, it was frustrating to play with a keyboard, especially feeling floaty and imprecise. That said, I am still looking forward to this game when it releases on the wii and with a good control scheme it could be a blast.

Also, gencore, it sounds like you are taking a perverse glee in rooting for this game to fail. If you want to bash the developer, I don't know if this is the proper place for that. And if you want to bash the game, well the wii version isn't out yet to bash.

perhaps sf iv or sf hd are not destined for the wii. But I would think many wii owners would enjoy a new 2d fighter, especially one with online matches. The visuals can be vastly improved from the 16-bit era withou needing to look as nice as the 360/ps3.
The underrated and overlooked street fighter 3 could make for a nice wiiware experience.

virtual corn hole, can I win any goldfish?

the staying power of defend your castle is a testament to its $5 price. While wiiware games are influenced by quality, word of mouth and reviews, they are very price sensitive even if most games are cheap. I would bet games would have a huge surge in sales if they ever went on sale. Toki Tori sales have probably cratered, they would definitely benefit.
If the service had a weekend sale, similar to steam, that would also be a great way to get relatively older titles back in the mix. Eventually there will be enough great games that there won't be room in the top 20 for all the Goo or Lost Wind titles.

ogre battle, wow, I bought the japenese snes cart years ago, thinking I could use it to teach myself japanese.
that was a poor plan.

really enjoyed this game when it released, now that goo has raised the bar, I don't know if I still would

thanks for the review, the nintendo channel video was rather confusing. I'm having a great time with orbient and may pick this one up at some point.

the pc version is region free and available:

http://2dboy.com/games.php

For people in the US, Toys R Us has 40% off wii points in store (soldout online) for today only 10/13.

I'm playing orbient and really enjoying it. Pricepoint is so important, I'm surprised no game has gone on sale yet, the 500 point titles hang around for a very long time.

miis could have been used well in opoona, here they look a little odd

I recall capcom disputing an okami wii sales figure vgchartz a while ago.

anyway, i got mm9, and I hope it is popular enough that capcom does some more retro revival games with the same about of care.

having to wait: thumbs down
finally getting a solution: thumbs way up

perhaps as the ware library gets bigger, nintendo should post access to the top 25 or 30

cool beans

an impressive monday, love the 4 game pace.