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The State of WiiWare, Xbox Alternatives

Posted by Soulskill on from the one-of-the-lesser-known-states dept.

CVG is running a piece discussing the current state of WiiWare, and where they expect it to go in the future. They point to the success of Mega Man 9 on WiiWare and other platforms, but worry that the perception will arise that certain games are "too good" to be featured on WiiWare. GameSetWatch has a related interview with independent developer Ninjabee discussing their recent games and comparing WiiWare with Xbox Live Arcade. Meanwhile, Microsoft has announced that the new Xbox Experience coming in November will included their Community Games initiative, which will allow amateur game developers to create and share games using the XNA development tools.

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  1. You still get your WiiWare/VC games after repair by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I had my Wii repaired because of a problem with it overheating and displaying black boxes from time to time. (The repair was free, btw, and I recommend it if you are having the same problem.)

    Essentially they copied all my data over to another Wii and sent that Wii back. So from a DRM-standpoint, it's like getting a new Wii. From what I recall, my WiiWare and VC games stayed on there just fine.

    The only downside I noticed was I can no longer edit the Miis that were on there before because they don't allow you to edit them on someone else's system.

    DAMN YOU NINTENDO, GET RID OF YOUR OVERLY RESTRICTIVE Mii DRM!!!!!

  2. Re:decent but needs work by philspear · · Score: 2, Funny

    not like there are any really really good games for wii.

    Begs the question "what do you mean by really really good games when there's..." But I'm not going to ask it. So there, foiled your plot! :-P