DS Download Channel Launches for Wii (in Japan)
According to hands-on reports from internet experts at the NeoGAF forums, Minna no Nintendo currently features an interview with Nintendo designer Shigeru Miyamoto about the company's upcoming aerobic extravaganza Wii Fit, a DS and Wii release list, video previews of Wii games, and demos of DS titles including Namco Bandai's new Tamagotchi game, Brain Age 2, and a variety of other entries in the mass market-friendly Touch Generations series of games.
Also available is a feedback service allowing gamers to rate games they own in various categories. Areas of judgment include whether each game is well suited to single- or multiplayer play, its appropriateness for casual or hardcore audiences, its relative difficulty level, and overall quality.
Shacknews has sent inquiries to Nintendo's North American arm regarding future plans to make the channel available elsewhere.
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I'm 100% certain this will be available to NA, then Europe, and eventually Down Under in the somewhat near future. Japan has the broadband penetration and incredible bandwidth to introduce services like this. Everyone else just has to wait it out. That's the hard part... :(
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