Nintendo Announces Planned Closure of Wii Shop Channel
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If you have Wii Points to spend, or if there are Wii games you want to download, make sure to take action while you still can.
READ MORE >ROM City Rampage (8-bit Retro City Rampage demake) coming tomorrow
Retro City Rampage is finally making its long-awaited appearance on Wii tomorrow. However, the WiiWare version of the game comes with a unique bonus: ROM City Rampage, an 8-bit demake of the game.
READ MORE >"Agreed, tries too hard with nostalgia and doesn't bring much gameplay."
see all 12 commentsRetro City Rampage hits WiiWare on February 28; minigame also coming to Steam, Wii U
Retro City Rampage is coming to WiiWare on February 28, along with a free ROM City Rampage content update that will hit Steam port on the same day.
READ MORE >"I tried it when we got it free on PSN but I couldn't get into it. "
see all 8 commentsRetro City Rampage hits Xbox 360 and Wii in January
After a brief stint of exclusivity on PS3, Vita, and PC, Vblank Entertainment's retro throwback is finally coming to Xbox 360 and Wii.
READ MORE >"Is it really coming out on wii?! I kept thinking the Wii version would actually turn into a Wii ..."
see all 5 commentsLa-Mulana WiiWare canceled due to shrinking sales base
Publisher Nicalis has canceled La-Mulana for WiiWare, saying that a shrinking market on Wii has made selling sufficient units "near impossible."
READ MORE >"I can attest to the shrinking market. The last two games I bought on Wiiware were Lost Winds 2 ..."
see all 5 commentsFrogger: Hyper Arcade Edition announced for Xbox 360, PS3, and Wii
Konami has announced Frogger: Hyper Arcade Edition. It will be available Spring for the PlayStation Network, Xbox Live Arcade, WiiWare, and smartphones.
READ MORE >"I want it! I want it! I want it! I want it! I want it! I want it! I want it! I want it! I want ..."
see all 2 comments3DS eShop games can be fifty times larger than WiiWare titles
A giant discrepancy has been revealed between the maximum eShop file size of WiiWare games (50MB), and games for the 3DS (2GB).
READ MORE >"I'd guess that the bottleneck is in the limitations that are inherent to the console. Even ..."
see all 5 commentsNew video game releases of 2/27-3/4
Next week's another busy one, with Microsoft Flight, Binary Domain, SSX, PC editions of Rayman Origins and Vessel, Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2, and heaps more all launching.
READ MORE >"You've removed it from the list, but it's still in the newspost itself. =/"
see all 8 commentsRetro City Rampage confirmed for PC, PS3 and Vita too
Vblank Entertainment's Retro City Rampage has always looked awfully nice, but it was a shame the open-world love letter to ye olden days was only headed to WiiWare and Xbox Live Arcade. Rejoice, then! It'll also hit PC, PS3 and Vita in May.
READ MORE >All 50 WiiWare demos available online
WiiWare demos are available to download once again. Nintendo of America has stealthily restored access to all fifty demos.
READ MORE >"Most Wiiware games aren't big enough or the correct format to constitute a demo, plus the ..."
see all 3 commentsNew video game releases of 1/9-1/15
Only a handful of new games are coming out next week, with the highlights being survival horror Amy, Choplifter HD, and fantasy strategy sequel King Arthur II: The Role-playing Wargame.
READ MORE >New video game releases of 12/26-1/1
Three plucky games are daring to make a stand next week and boldly launch between Christmas and New Year. One is the shiny HD version of Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath on PSN, then there's All Zombies Must Die! and t'other is... a surprise.
READ MORE >"When your game absolutely can not withstand any competition. "
see all 2 commentsMobyGames Classic: Chrono Trigger community stories
Shacknews readers share their own stories revolving around the classic Chrono Trigger, the latest game inducted into the "MobyGames Classic" series on Shacknews.com.
READ MORE >MobyGames Classic: Chrono Trigger
MobyGames.com Classic returns with the Chrono Trigger, the beloved 1995 role-playing game for the SNES that has since seen numerous re-releases on multiple platforms.
READ MORE >"Ok that's fair, but it still makes no sense that I can run a 3D rpg like Chaos Rings but not this."
see all 42 commentsClub Nintendo to offer downloadable games
Club Nintendo points will be able to purchase downloadable games across all Nintendo platforms: 3DS, DS, and Wii.
READ MORE >"Man I almost did this last night no joke. So glad I waited. At least that stuff sells for some ..."
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"Nintendo has recently been bringing a lot of the TurboGrafx-16 stuff to Wii U (the same games ..."
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