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  • News So Long Wii Shop Channel, And Thanks For All The Games

    Closing down after more than 12 years

    Today sees the discontinuation of the Wii Shop Channel, an online service for the Wii which has hosted a wonderful and quirky collection of digital games since December 2006. Back in September 2017, Nintendo announced that the Wii Shop Channel would be closing in 2019. The closure would mean that players would...

Friday28th Apr 2017

Wednesday30th Mar 2016

Friday12th Dec 2014

Monday3rd Nov 2014

Wednesday9th Jul 2014

Sunday6th Jul 2014

Thursday3rd Jul 2014

Friday9th May 2014

Saturday26th Apr 2014

Thursday24th Apr 2014

Tuesday15th Apr 2014

  • News BurgerTime World Tour Meats its End on WiiWare 30th April (UPDATE 2)

    Will be half off while still available (except on WiiWare)

    [UPDATE 2: MonkeyPaw Games has now confirmed that the WiiWare version of the game will not be receiving the discount.] [UPDATE: As of the posting of this article, the discount has not appeared on the Wii Shop Channel. However, a representative of MonkeyPaw Games has said via email that the...

Sunday1st Dec 2013

  • Review Deer Drive Legends (WiiWare)

    Legends of the Fail

    There’s a new WiiWare game available in North America. Let that sink in for a moment. After nearly nine months of silence, a new title emerges from the depths of Maximum Games's back pocket and lands squarely on the WiiWare service as Deer Drive Legends, the light gun shooter that you probably haven’t been waiting for...

Monday25th Nov 2013

Thursday14th Nov 2013

Thursday31st Oct 2013

Friday11th Oct 2013

Tuesday3rd Sep 2013

Monday6th May 2013

Saturday4th May 2013

Tuesday9th Apr 2013

Saturday30th Mar 2013

Monday11th Mar 2013

  • News The Creator Of Retro City Rampage Suffered To Bring The Game To Market

    Brian Provinciano is keen to work with Nintendo again, though

    Vblank's Brian Provinciano has been speaking about the development of Retro City Rampage, and has revealed that getting the game finished came with a terrible price for him personally — it impacted his health. Talking to Wii's World, Provinciano explained the events surrounding the...

Monday4th Mar 2013

  • Review Retro City Rampage (WiiWare)

    Rack up those combos, Player!

    Retro City Rampage is a lot of things, but subtle isn't one of them. One of the first screens — with the title "Common Sense Warning!" — informs you that the game is packed with parodies, and it continues to bludgeon you over the head as you play. You may be a pixellated character given some freedom to romp around a...

Saturday2nd Mar 2013

Friday1st Mar 2013

Thursday28th Feb 2013

Wednesday27th Feb 2013

  • News Vblank Entertainment: Nintendo is "Great To Work With"

    Retro City Rampage developer says Nintendo is welcoming to small developers

    Retro City Rampage will most likely be WiiWare's swansong when it finally becomes available for download on 28th February, and its developer Vblank Entertainment seems to have enjoyed working with Nintendo while making it. Speaking on Twitter Brian Provinciano, the game's...

Monday25th Feb 2013

Sunday24th Feb 2013

Thursday21st Feb 2013

  • News Yes, Retro City Rampage Has A Release Date

    The WiiWare wait will finally be over

    Retro City Rampage has been eluding us for as long as we can remember. It sees you play as the bad guy in an open-world 8-bit environment and has been out on PC and PlayStation Network for a while now. Unfortunately the WiiWare version has been delayed more than a few times, leaving some to speculate that it...

  • News You, Me, and the Cubes Designer Dies Ages 42

    Kenji Eno passes away

    Respected game designer and musician Kenji Eno passed away yesterday. Cause of death was heart failure induced by high blood pressure. He was 42 years old. Best known for founding the game studio WARP, Inc. and creating the Sega Saturn RPG adventure D, Eno was also involved in the WiiWare title You, Me, and the Cubes. He also...

Thursday31st Jan 2013

  • Review Babel Rising (WiiWare)

    Bad religion

    God games are usually about protecting people, not condemning them. Babel Rising, however, tears a page or two out of the Book of Genesis and sees you, as the heavenly overseer himself, casting down any subjects that dare to defy. Hundreds of heretics are constructing a gigantic tower to reach the skies, but by smiting them and their...

Monday21st Jan 2013

Monday14th Jan 2013

Friday11th Jan 2013

Friday4th Jan 2013

Wednesday2nd Jan 2013

Saturday29th Dec 2012

  • News Swords & Soldiers Battling Its Way To 3DS eShop Next Year

    A virtual war is coming

    Originally released on WiiWare back in 2009, it has been announced that Swords & Soldiers is getting the 3D treatment and making its way to the 3DS eShop. Developed by Romino Games, the strategy title is heading to the virtual store courtesy of Circle Entertainment, which has taken responsibility of helping to bring the...

Thursday27th Dec 2012

  • Review Vampire Crystals (WiiWare)

    Vampires, they don’t always suck

    One fact that we all need to face is that fast-paced and frantic video games will never go out of style. Whether they’re classics being played on an arcade cabinet or new entries on a home console, intense action coupled with multiplayer mayhem can be downright addictive. Another fact that we all need to face is...

  • Nintendo Download 27th December 2012 (Europe)

    Mario returns, chess galore and heroes of the world

    Most of the world is currently in a vague fuzz of lazy relaxation, but not the download team at Nintendo. It's the usual update, this time incorporating every system with the exception of Wii U, so barring a surprise a certain pinball series isn't going to make it to the new system this year...

Friday21st Dec 2012

Thursday20th Dec 2012