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Nintendo Confirms Original Downloads for the Wii
The Computer and Videogames site touched base with Nintendo in the wake of an interview with a game company in Game Informer magazine, to check up on their plans for original content on the Wii. A marketing director from Hudson Entertainment stated in GI that the Wii would feature a new games channel for downloadable games, and CVG wanted to follow up on the claim. Nintendo's response was that while they haven't decided on the specific method by which they'll be offering the games online, downloadable original content is definitely in the cards for the console's future. No timeframe was given for this content, but it is reassuring to have this piece of the Wii puzzle reaffirmed by the company.
Damn I'd love to see bookworm adventures out on the wii....with the wiimote pointer, it would be pretty sweet.
Subject says it all. They're relatively easy to program (compared to, say, first person shooters or RPGs), and, done with the right gameplay design and challenge level, they're damn fun to play for hours.
...when the legend of zelda: link to the past is on the VC now!!! (news channel is also available.)
Why can't all fpga/microcontroller manufacturers just release free optimizing compilers???
1.5 VC downloads says "now overpriced old games."
"A marketing director from Hudson Entertainment stated in GI that the Wii would feature a new games channel for downloadable games,"
How frickin sweet would it be to have a nice new 2D* version of Bomberman for the Wii?!
* Or a tastefully done 3D like Bomberman fight that manages to keep the 2D elements in tact. Anything but Bomberman 64 style play.
1.5 million, rather.
Allowing for downloadable original content for the Wii always seemed more a matter of "When" rather than a matter of "If". I wonder how accessible development kits will be for those interested in getting involved with this stuff. Moreover, I'd be interested to see what sort of breakdown pops up in indie games between traditional control schemes, and going the motion-sensitive route. In any case, I'm pretty excited to see what sort of fresh projects start popping up on the Wii in the future, and how they will compare and contrast to that available for download on the Xbox 360 and PS3.
There are a hell of a lot of Nintendo fans out here who are all saying "Ok, I completed Zelda, now what?" ... and then someone tells them to play Rayman, Wario Ware, Trauma Center, or Elebits!
Anonymous Coward Sony Fanboy Troll, you really need to stop worrying so much about the PS3 and stop lashing out about the Wii. Not everyone needs to like the same stuff, you like the PS3 and glass dildo's you shove up your ass other people don't enjoy those things and that's cool.
Original content? Who knows!
Nintendo has always suggested that original online content would be distributed through the Virtual Console; in fact they commented that it would allow games like "Tetris" to be viable (from a development perspective) again.
Actually playing games online? Who knows!
It has been confirmed that Pokemon Battle Revolution and Battalion Wars are both online games produced by Nintendo, and that the necessary libriaries have been made available to third party developers.
News/weather channels? 480p is all you get!
That doesn't seem to bother the people who are buying Wiis at a rate of 3 to 4 times that of the PS3.
There are a hell of a lot of 360 owners out there who are all saying "OK, I have this thing for a year now and all the games are shit. Where the fuck is Halo, motherfuckers? The best title on this POS is a game you complete within 4 hours, has shiny graphics but no substance and a glitch-o-tastic online play. And why the fuck do I have to pay to play online anyway, you cunts?"
There a few PS3 owners somewhere who are all saying "W.T.F.!"
So all the consoles stink. The Nintendo DS is pretty good though...
Funny thing is I have been CRAVING these types of games for a long time, and was pissed they stopped being popular. The first few I bought right away, but even now I'm like... Ok guys... Space these out a little and bring some more Genres in... How about a strait up traditional RPG?
News/weather channels? 480p is all you get!
Yeah, because I really need HD to get my weather forcast. "Damnit, I can't tell if that Partly Cloudy icon is a cumulus or stratus cloud!"
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So you'd be willing to accept Bomberman: Act Zero?
It's like sex, except I'm having it!
Seeing as the Virtual Console doesn't offer any games that really make proper use of the intuitive controls of the Wiimote, I would think that many non-gamers would brush it off as irrelevant. Seriously, your gramps may love Wii bowling, but I don't think R-Type is going to work for him. However, with original content, it's time for Nintendo to get their wheels rolling on some things that will attract the non-gamer crowd. There's load of possibilities. All of these board and puzzle games can be readily exploited and actually make more sense to some people who use a Wiimote.
OTOH, I see more online multiplayer titles as a smart move. The console is lacking the online support it needs ATM, and I think some original titles could help give it a much needed boost. There is a lot of potential, so let's see if Nintendo does the right things with it.
What's wrong with the oldie-but-goodie Bomberman '93 now available for download, complete with 5-player joy if you have a WaveBird lying around?
For some very cool free content (games!) for the Wii, Opera internet browsers should bookmark this place: WiiFii.net . It's a very cool second home with a bunch of flash games (including that cool SLED game) playable through the Opera browser.
My plea to Sega is the following: You, Sega (SegaSoft) needs to update and release a WiiConnect24-capable and local multi-player capable version of the classic game Rocket Jockey for the Wii.
The control system alone is PERFECT for the Wiimote's balancing act, not to mention the kicking surf guitar soundtrack and classic retro style.
Please let Sega know about this perfect game that they already own. I'm on the verge of starting a letter writing campaign.
The words "tastefully done" in my original post should've cleared up that Bomberman: Act Zero is not in any way, shape or form acceptable to me.
Downloadable content aye? Probably related to this announcement :) Get your original downloads at any trustworthy nntp provider.
Nothing at all. However if they introduced a Bomberman where you could import Mii's and play up to 8 players localy (using 4 remotes, and 4 GC controllers) I'd buy it in a second.
If it was online... The world would unite, and sing a song in perfect harmony.
I, for one, wouldn't mind seeing some newer, graphics intense shmups. Though I still cannot beat Ikaruga on any difficulty setting.
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and I don't think I ever will... Great game though. Hardest game I own.
There is still the important question of where are these downloadable games going to go? The internal memory isn't much to work with, and has basically eliminated any chance of getting Wii game demos via download, at least I see it that way.
Nothing can directly be accessed from a sd card aside from photos, which either tells me that there are no big plans for the download service, or a hdd is planned for release in the future.
Parts of the copyright in GoldenEye 007, first published on the Nintendo 64 console, are owned by Nintendo, Microsoft (owner of Rare and manufacturer of a competing console), and EA Games (current licensee of James Bond video game franchise). It's likely that Microsoft won't agree to a release through Virtual Console on Wii unless Nintendo agrees to a simultaneous release through Xbox Live Arcade on Xbox 360.
If your company does not yet have experience developing for video game consoles, then you'll need to start by obtaining incorporation papers, a detached office in leased space, and a published title on the Microsoft Windows platform.
I bought it an enjoy it. But I remember liking multiplayer in the SNES version (can't remember if it was #1 or #2) much much better.
What I'd really like is a revamped SNES version with full online play. Just gussy up the graphics, add in online functions and keep the gameplay mechanics the same. Oh, and add some more GOOD boards. If they're not good, don't even bother. I'd pay $50 for something like this.
I actually bought '93 on VC thinking it was '94, serves me right for not double-checking in an emulator before buying...
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You do know that Gradius V was made by the same people that made Ikaruga, right?
Your quote is innacurate. See:
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A second issue is that law demands us to sacrifice freedom for security. "I give up my freedom to kill people so that they don't kill me" (i.e. murder is illegal) seems to be an essential commandment in every society. Rephrasing it to "essential" fixes this issue.
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NES and SNES games wouldn't take more than a meg each, hell SNES game carts were only 4 megabits (half a MB) max. N64 games could be bigger (up to 64 MB) so you might have to do something different for them.
If your company does not yet have experience developing for video game consoles, then you'll need to start by obtaining incorporation papers, a detached office in leased space, and a published title on the Microsoft Windows platform.
Actually, I used to run a games company as a sole-proprietorship. To dev for the Wii you don't need Windows. You can use your garage (I used my basement).
Myth != Reality.
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I used Windows as an example of an open platform on which one can demonstrate skills using GCC and a graphics API to develop video games. The others are Mac OS X and Linux, but due to the smaller market share, it is more difficult to recover expenses through donations or registrations if a developer does not port a product to Windows.
You can use your garage (I used my basement).What you say contradicts Nintendo's stated policy: "an authorized developer must have a stable business organization with secure office facilities, equipment, personnel and financial resources in order to insure the security of Nintendo proprietary information and in order to ensure an effective environment for working with Nintendo and/or its licensees. Home offices do not meet this requirement" (my emphasis). Are you permitted to disclose details of how you were able to work around this restriction?
So I actually own like every game for the TG16 (seriously) and I have all the HuCards ripped and have been happily using emulators for years. Anyone have any idea how I can get those HuCards transferred to the Wii and play em?
This would be so bad ass....
Come on, you KNOW you want to play snood on your wii. I could imagine tilting the wiimote to control the angle of the shot, or even using the pointer functionality to aim. Either way, ninty needs to get off their butts and license snood for wii PRONTO.
Shmups are a popular indie genre in Japan, at least 50% of the indie ("dojin") games are shmups. Some are freeware like Kenta Cho's games, Cho Ren Sha and Galax. For the rest you can go through Palet or Himeya (Dojin section), look for games in the catalog and paste the name of the game or developer into Google, often there are playable demos available.
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Hell yes!
Rocket Jockey is one of my favorite games of all time. I would absolutely love to see it reincarnated in any format. For a while, I seem to recall that there was a Rocket Jockey mod in development for UT2K4, but it evaporated (a shame).
On the positive side, apparently somebody's started remaking it. Unfortunately, it's currently a solo effort. We must all pitch in and help, lest this effort, too, fall by the wayside!
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This could also be a real boost or episodic gaming. Something like Sam & Max on the Wii seems like it'd be a perfect fit!
You can copy them onto a memory card. You can't play them from the memory card, but you can transfer them back and forth between the main memory and memory card. You can then take them onto a PC and back them up onto CD.
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There's a manual in every VC game. While you have the game loaded, hit 'Home' then 'Operations Guide'.
The wii has somewhat 25 games of them 3-4 are really good 10 good and the rest is the usual shovelware. Add to that a few hundred games from the cube lineup and around 20 virtual console games, and you can see those, Zelda now what people simple do not look at what is there!
Gradius V is considerably harder than Ikaruga. Also, if you like R-Type, you can also get R-Type Delta and R-Types (arcade R-Type I and R-Type II) for the PS/PS2. They're all great. There's also a good Gradius III & IV compilation, and the arcade Gradius III is quite a bit different from the SNES one in terms of enemy placement and speed.