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Dr. Mario Online, Metal Slug, More Hit Wii Shop

By Chris Faylor, May 26, 2008 7:23am PDT

Nintendo has revealed today's additions to the Wii's online Shop Channel, detailing a prescription-strength dose of family fun through this week's...

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"hah. it won't read the high capacity SD cards. I just have an 8GB for my camera."

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Beer Pong, Other Frat Games Head to Wii

By Chris Faylor, May 22, 2008 8:57am PDT

Update: Check out the sweet trailer. Original Story: Beer Pong and other college-inspired activities are coming to Wii in the form of...

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"He was saying use water for practice.. since "High school boys can't afford or don't have access ..."

- bluewagon see all 23 comments

Wii Shop Channel Receives Three New Downloads: Critter Round-Up, Star Soldier R, Skykid

By Chris Faylor, May 19, 2008 8:02am PDT

Following up on last week's WiiWare launch, Nintendo will today add two new original games and one retro release to the Wii's online Shop Channel....

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"Yeah I hope its next week, it will be my next purchase. Well unless World of Goo comes out ..."

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WiiWare Launches with 6 Games in North America: Final Fantasy, LostWinds, Pop, Blackjack, More

By Chris Faylor, May 12, 2008 7:08am PDT

Staying true to its long ago promise, Nintendo today launched WiiWare, its storefront for original downloadable Wii games, with six titles:...

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"Here you go: Defend Your Castle 1-4 players 500 Wii points 121 blocks [121 needed] ..."

- AndyGoin see all 19 comments

Dr. Mario WiiWare Named, Priced

By Chris Faylor, May 07, 2008 12:05pm PDT

Nintendo of America has revealed that the downloadable Wii entry in its virus-busting puzzle series Dr. Mario will be known as Dr. Mario Online RX,...

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"OK, I have a Wii but have never bothered to connect it to the internet or had a reason too until ..."

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Ubisoft Announces Protothea for WiiWare

By Aaron Linde, May 06, 2008 5:00pm PDT

Publisher Ubisoft today announced Protothea, a top-down vertically scrolling shooter, for Nintendo's WiiWare downloadable gaming platform. The game...

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"This look very generic compared to any of the shmups on XBLA."

- Link. see all 9 comments

D2C Games Announces SPOGS Racing for WiiWare

By Aaron Linde, Apr 17, 2008 10:18am PDT

Publisher D2C Games today announced SPOGS Racing for Nintendo's downloadable gaming platform WiiWare, and released a set of screenshots of the...

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"My Life as a King begs to differ, sir! I mean, sure, they're simple graphics. But a bit of ..."

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Star Soldier WiiWare Coming to North America

By Chris Faylor, Apr 16, 2008 11:16am PDT

Hudson Soft's downloadable Wii effort Star Soldier R is headed to North America, publishing branch Hudson Entertainment confirmed today. The...

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Toki Tori Announced for WiiWare

By Aaron Linde, Apr 10, 2008 9:55am PDT

Dutch developer Two Tribes today announced the development of Toki Tori, a downloadable puzzle-platformer hybrid for Nintendo's WiiWare platform....

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"That looks like a cross between Dizzy and Kiwi (new Zealand tale)...which can only be a good ..."

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Telltale Readies Strong Bad Game for PC, WiiWare

By Aaron Linde, Apr 10, 2008 8:40am PDT

Telltale Games is developing a series of downloadable episodic games based on the long-running Homestar Runner internet toon for PC and Nintendo's...

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"I wonder if they'll make any references to the old Sierra adventure games, like they did with ..."

- the archvile see all 16 comments

WiiWare DLC Pricing Detailed in My Life as a King

By Aaron Linde, Apr 02, 2008 3:30pm PDT

Square Enix's initial WiiWare offering Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King has been updated in Japan with downloadable content,...

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"Yeah, I have never played any Final Fantasy games so I was going to keep an eye out as to how it ..."

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WiiWare Offerings Will Include Microtransactions

By Aaron Linde, Mar 14, 2008 1:30pm PDT

Several reports have surfaced of companies planning microtransaction content downloads for Nintendo's WiiWare platform. According to a...

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"A decent download progress bar would be kinda nice, too. The current one is a joke and annoying ..."

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Namco Brings Bubble Wrap Game to WiiWare

By Aaron Linde, Mar 12, 2008 1:30pm PDT

Namco Bandai is developing a WiiWare title all about the wonderful stress-relieving pleasure of popping bubble wrap, IGN reports. Titled...

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"I would like a sequel that is about plucking beard hairs. That is every bit as satisfying as ..."

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Nintendo Reveals JP WiiWare Price Ranges

By Aaron Linde, Mar 11, 2008 4:00pm PDT

The Japanese launch titles for Nintendo's upcoming WiiWare service will cost a range of 500 to 1500 Wii Points ($5-15), the company revealed on the...

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"I've had Brawl for about 3 days now. I agree, it's a great game, and the online play is better ..."

- FLESHPOUNDER see all 7 comments

Tetris Drops onto WiiWare

By Chris Faylor, Mar 11, 2008 1:30pm PDT

A downloadable version of the classic puzzle phenomenon Tetris will arrive on the Wii's upcoming WiiWare service this summer, developer Hudson has...

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"Cute, but I want the same tetris that was out for the Gameboy / NES. Every other Tetris I have ..."

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