Wii Ware
GDC – WiiWare Hands On – Swords & Soldiers
One of the great things about WiiWare is it’s accessibility for smaller development teams. Take Ronimo games – a small dutch developer with a humble staff of ten, Ronimo is bringing real time strategy action to WiiWare. What makes them special? A large part of Ronimo’s development staff is responsible for de blob, having created the original PC game as a student project, even...
Final Fantasy IV Sequel being ported to the Wii
Silconera has dug up some juicy information regarding a sequel to the ever so popular Final Fantasy IV, and found out that the [ESRB] has reviewed and rated the game for release in the US. Which is interesting since I thought that Square-Enix was against releasing their “Cell Phone” games over here, but since we all know that the Wii prints out cash for whoever develops for it and we a...
Brownie Brown wants to develope for Wii & DS
According to a recent article on Silconera, it would seem that Brownie Brown wants to try and jump into Wii development. Shinichi Kameoka, President of Brownie Brown, is starting to really look into WiiWare and the possibility of developing new exclusive titles for the system. Brownie Brown has a great track record dealing with various hand held RPG’s ranging from Sword of Mana all the way u...
“Bob’s Game” Protest Ends
Robert Pelloni announced the end of his 100 day sit-in protest today, leaving his former prison in shambles. With a toppled desk and chair, drawers, and a seemingly carefully placed computer monitor chair and desk overturned and papers everywhere, the once busy workstation is no more. In his final post he vents one more quiet frustration at Nintendo, and bemoans the stunt became regarded as so...
Coming to WiiWare: Toasters Vs. Pastries!
I love WiiWare – I love it for the simplicity of being able to pick up a new game from the comfort of my couch. I love it because it makes me feel comfortable with the eventual dominance of digital distribution and the abandonment of disc media. Mostly though, I love WiiWare because it opens doors for small independent developers to unleash their crazy, fun, artsy, and ridiculous ideas o...
WiiWare – Pool Revolution: Cue Sports
Looking for that good pool game on the Wii? Well it seems that Hudson has got our back with a WiiWare game named Pool Revolution. Players can choose from the most popular types of pool for up to four players, including eight ball, nine ball, rotation, and snooker. It also has in-game explanation to help provide descriptions of anything you need to know, for say that friend who always wanted to pla...
Tetris Party: Mini Review and Tournament Details
Tetris Online recently announced that it would be hosting the first of series of Tetris Party Tournaments begining early next month. If you haven’t picked this one up yet, now’s the best time to decide if it’s for you. When Infendo previewed Tetris Party in early October, I told you that it was shaping up to be the best values on WiiWare, and a great Tetris Title to boot. ...
Wii Update: SD copying up to 5x faster!
Have you been waiting for Nintendo’s Wii Storage Solution? The Wii System update earlier this week took us a step closer to playing games directly from SD, but you may have missed it. In addition to enhanced parental controls, USB keyboard support for the Mii Channel, and a modified privacy policy, update 3.4 boasts dramatically increased SD transfer speeds. This update marks Nintendo’...
Wii Ware’s first music title falls flat
Even the medicine colored title screen of Yudo’s “Aero Guitar” that was released on the Japanese Wii Shop Channel last week told me that the game might not really satiate my desire for a quick-quality music title to play while waiting for “Wii Music” and the pointlessly late Japan release of “Samba de Amigo.” Nonetheless I figured it would at least make fo...
Orbient first in Art Style series for WiiWare
Well, you guys called it. Art Style: Orbient, today’s curiously titled WiiWare release, is a remake of a 2006 GameBoy Advance title. Nintendo plans to release two more Art Style games on WiiWare this month, according to Wired. The Art Style games are remakes of the Bit Generations games, a series of seven GameBoy Advance titles released in Japan in 2006. The series was popular for its simple...
Just getting prepared…
I played the Bubble Man stage with my eyes closed. Bring on number 9!
September belongs to Wii, zombified rhinoceri
When a console’s list of upcoming games includes zombified animal cruelty, you either hand over September or it takes from you. A blogger over at Destructoid has profiled eight Wii games scheduled to waggle into your living rooms next month as proof that Wii has exclusive dibs on September. The list includes Nintendo’s Wario Land: Shake It! and third-party titles like Mega Man 9, de Bl...