WiiWare (It's like XBLA you dummies)!

Princess Rocco · Post by **Princess Rocco** » 14 May 2008 12:11 am

Australian Launch Date: May 20, 2008

Game Cost: Between 500-1500 Wii Points

There are currently over 100 games in development for WiiWare!

Most of the games are also using the uniqueness of motion controls (i.e. Pop & LostWinds) and WiFi (i.e. Dr Mario & Final Fantasy)!

Australian Launch Titles -

Dr. Mario & Germ Buster (Nintendo)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bqBiODY ... re=related[/youtube]

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King (Square Enix)

LostWinds (Frontier)

Pop (Nnooo)

Star Soldier R (Hudson)

Toki Tori (Two Tribes)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-83RXFt ... re=related[/youtube]

TV Show King (Gameloft)

Pirates: The Key of Dreams (Oxygen)

Coming Soon -

Pokemon Ranch (Nintendo)

Defend Your Castle (X Gen Studios)

Major League Eating (Sensory Sweep)

Gryrostarr (High Voltage Software)

Bomberman (Hudson Soft)

Animales De La Muerte (High Voltage Software)

Eternity's Child (Alten8)

Plattchen Twist n' Paint (Bplus)

Magnetica Twist (Nintendo/Mitchell Corporation)

SPOGS Racing (D2C Games/Pronto Games)

Tetris (Hudson Soft)

World of Goo (2D Boy)

David Carney · Post by **David Carney** » 14 May 2008 12:33 am

wrong forum...

unfnknblvbl · Post by **unfnknblvbl** » 14 May 2008 12:36 am

....and where are we going to store all these downloaded games? I can't see too many of them fitting in that 512MB of onboard storage...

David Carney · Post by **David Carney** » 14 May 2008 12:41 am

That's for the masses to worry about. Enjoy you're poor choice of "gaming" machine losers...

selfish · Post by **selfish** » 14 May 2008 12:45 am

well it looks like there's a fair amount of shithouse shovelware on there, but some of those titles look interesting - some interesting graphical styles being explored, which i quite enjoy.

now rocco, your mario galaxy impressions please

Blotto · Post by **Blotto** » 14 May 2008 01:09 am

looks like Wipeout HD has some competition...

what a fucking joke.....

geez, can't wait to play the MSpaint developed Hot Dog eating game

Blotto · Post by **Blotto** » 14 May 2008 01:15 am

EDIT: Double post.... forum must be overloading by everyone coming to this thread for a good laugh......

Princess Rocco · Post by **Princess Rocco** » 14 May 2008 01:24 am

Yes, because the Playstation Store & XBLA don't have any shovelware, right? every single game is a gem, huh?

There are some VERY interesting looking WiiWare titles, including Dr Mario, Final Fantasy: My Life as a King, LostWinds, Pop etc...

But, sure...of course, every single WiiWare title is garbage, but XBLA games like fucking UNO are featured in almost every xbots currently playing gamertag.

Final Fantasy & LostWinds in particular look AMAZING, and have gotten fantastic impressions...

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=UWqUB0bnS-8
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[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=3qFbxm2Da4k[/youtube]

But yes, I understand.....Final Fantasy & LostWinds can never compete with the likes of Worms & UNO!!!

The hypocrisy of so many members of this forum is astounding!

Blotto · Post by **Blotto** » 14 May 2008 01:28 am

go defend the hive you peanut....

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Deef · Post by **Deef** » 14 May 2008 01:28 am

Many of them look like we have played them before. Not interested in so many puzzlers either. The Spogs racing game looks horrible.

World of Goo is interesting to see there, because I played an early concept demo of that years ago and I'm wondering if that programmer scored himself a deal with it.

Pop look interesting and nice.

FF CC looks okay, and like the only serious game there, but irritating with that colour changing business in the text. Makes me feel like I'm a foreigner and people are yelling to try and make me understand.

offline · Post by **offline** » 14 May 2008 02:03 am

These could be good but this thread has far too many images and videos to really see the stand out games.

Princess Rocco · Post by **Princess Rocco** » 14 May 2008 02:38 am

The stand out games from the launch titles are without a doubt...

* Dr Mario (wifi puzzle title)

* Final Fantasy: My Life as a King (RPG/God game - downloadable content to make your kingdom even more impressive)

* Pop (multiplayer puzzle)

* LostWinds (platformer/adventure title, control the wind with wiimote)

* Star Soldier R (futuristic scrolling shoot'em-up game).

BTW, LostWinds is the first WiiWare game IGN have reviewed, and Matt LOVED it, and gave it an 8.2/10...

The developers are already working on a sequel..

I'm gonna post the damn youtube trailer one more time...I urge you all to check it out......it's beautiful, and using the wiimote to control the wind...it looks so unique and amazing.

And the great thing, it costs like $12 or $15 aussie bucks.

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=3qFbxm2Da4k[/youtube]

Megaman · Post by **Megaman** » 14 May 2008 07:10 am

Princess Rocco wrote:Major League Eating (Sensory Sweep)

What?

Deef · Post by **Deef** » 14 May 2008 07:16 am

I don't think Dr. Mario is standing out in anyone's mind...

Reka · Post by **Reka** » 14 May 2008 07:16 am

It's for the Wiitards who won't go for Wiifit.....

GreyWizzard · Post by **GreyWizzard** » 14 May 2008 07:36 am

Defend Your Castle looks mad in motion.

I was a little thrown by the screens, but when you see it rolling, wow, it looks great.

I think your stand outs are gonig to be World Of Goo, LostWinds, and FFCC Life As King.

Also, I wish Rocco hadn't of started this thread, because anyone who replies to it isn't here to discuss WiiWare, or what looks be a really interesting bunch of titles, but purely to bait Rocco.

Real thread will probably start in the Wii section soon.

t0mby · Post by **t0mby** » 14 May 2008 08:56 am

They all look like bullshots.

How many can you fit on a mem card Rocco?

BruceCamblzChin · Post by **BruceCamblzChin** » 14 May 2008 09:14 am

Werd Defend yor castle looks cool.

But seriously most of these are for people under ten right? Dr Mario? That was ordinary on the SNES why did they bring it back?

Pat · Post by **Pat** » 14 May 2008 09:32 am

Princess Rocco wrote:
There are currently over 100 games in development for WiiWare!

Too bad you will only ever be able to fit one or two on the Wii memory.

Oh, and FFCC is basically a DLC rape sim, where you basically have to buy everything in the game. Kind of like EA charging for ammo in battlefield bad company or whatever it was. My bet is they'll outdo Scamco's DLC for Ace Combat and Katamari for rip-off value

General Chaos · Post by **General Chaos** » 14 May 2008 09:32 am

I will get "Lost Winds" and apparently "Defend Your Castle" since Bruce has shown interest.

Kaji · Post by **Kaji** » 14 May 2008 09:36 am

Star Soldier R interests me, but if it doesn't have a high difficulty (which I doubt) I won't get it.

GreyWizzard · Post by **GreyWizzard** » 14 May 2008 09:40 am

Strongbad is coming to WiiWare. Looks alright.

amba · Post by **amba** » 14 May 2008 10:40 am

Some of these games are looking decent and are using the control method as good rather than a gimmick. Hopefully smaller publishers will be able to get a dollar out of this.

However, the memory situation on the Wii is disgraceful, and this will make it worse. They need to fix it- allow users to load games off an SD card, even if you have to make a proprietary disk format to protect it. On top of that, make the card readers SDHC compliant.

GreyWizzard · Post by **GreyWizzard** » 14 May 2008 10:46 am

Also, bring back the HDD idea they mentioned way before launch.

GameHED · Post by **GameHED** » 14 May 2008 10:49 am

This is where I see old school games that won't sell on retail shelves being available. Where are some clones to geometry wars?

Where are the monkey island type, point and click adventures?

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