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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.
...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???
"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.
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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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.
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.
are you cirrus?
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