Tagged: WiiWare

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European WiiWare launch titles

We now know the exciting list of games that will be available to purchase on launch day for Nintendo’s new download service; WiiWare. Prices start from 500 Wii Points (£3.75) which can be purchased either via the Wii itself or via cards sold by many retailers nationwide and online. Here are a list of available WiiWare games to download: Dr. Mario & Germ Buster FINAL FANTASY CRYSTAL CHRONICLES: My Life as a King Lost Winds Pirates: The Key of Dreams Pop Star Soldier R Toki Tori TV Show King

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Nintendo announce Wii Channel release dates

The kind souls at Nintendo’s Euro headquarters have finally given in to demand and told us the release dates of their upcoming Wii digital distribution software. On 20th May we will be able to download WiiWare titles from the Nintendo Wii Shop Channel. Although similar in design to the Virtual Console store, rather than being full of vintage retro classics, WiiWare is primarily intended for brand new games from developers both big and small. With some great titles to look forward to including the new Final Fantasy Chrystal Chronicles RPG and a nice looking remake of Nintendo’s classic puzzler Dr...

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WiiWare and Xbox Live downloadable games

So I’ve managed to get some points to spend on some downloadable games for the 360 and the Wii so I thought I’d share with you what I chose to download and whether it’s worth it. The first game I tried was Speedball 2 on Xbox Live arcade. If you’ve never heard of this where have you been? It was a classic ball game on the MegaDrive and Amiga made by the Bitmap Brothers in the late 80s and played a bit like the movie rollerball. You play the game in a top down vertical perspective a bit like Sensible...