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WiiWare launched in Australia!

May 20th 2008 00:31
Wii prepares to conquer downloadable content market in Oz

Dr Mario WiiWare launched
Dr Mario, while not a truly new concept like other WiiWare games, has been remade with online play for Nintendo's new downloadable content service.



NINTENDO'S answer to Xbox Live Arcade, WiiWare, has launched in Australia and Europe today with an impressive line-up of downloadable games exclusive to the Nintendo Wii.

Games to launch with the service, available through the Wii Shop Channel, are:

-Lost Winds
-Star Soldier R
-Dr Mario and Germ Buster
-Toki Tori Take 2
-TV Show King
- Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King

Personally, I'm looking forward to taking my old-school Dr Mario skills online in the Wii Ware version, against players from around the world.

Gamer Herald's only concern is that with Virtual Console and WiiWare releases ramping up, how will Nintendo gamers be able to store so much downloadable content on just 512MB of internal memory?

Hopefully Nintendo has an answer soon.
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Comment by Glen Atwell

May 20th 2008 00:52
surely the big n will release an expansion memory card soon. what if you i chose to download every VC game from the shop?

it's like shooting your business model in the foot!

Comment by GeekGrrl

May 20th 2008 02:07
Oh dear, like my gaming isn't already taking up too much time. With Dr Mario and Lost Winds I'm going to need 30 hour days!!

Comment by Hazel Castillo

May 20th 2008 02:09
wii has an expandable memory right? I know I use my SD card from my cannon digicam for my Wii as well

Comment by Glen Atwell

May 20th 2008 04:19
i guess the games are small downloads in comparison with PS3 and Xbox downloads, but there must be a solution in the winds...

i love the plug in SD card function, great for the photo app, the only thing is you can't do much with them!


Comment by Shaun Inguanzo

May 20th 2008 07:41
Hazel - the problem with the SD card is that you can't play games directly off it.

You actually have to copy th game to the Wii in order to play it. SD card is only a method of backup.

That's why I am a little worried about all of the downloading. I, and I'm sure you too, do not want to be fiddling around with copying games to and from, and making space for games on the Wii just to play them!

Comment by Whitney

May 20th 2008 17:28
I think that Nintendo has worked out a number of the bugs with their system in regards to memory cards, but I think they've got some more to go with the SD cards and a few other kinks.

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