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Nintendo Talks WiiWare Considers Horoscope, Miis, Retailer Reaction and Other Topics Of Inquiry

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2008-03-03 17:00:44 by Stephen Totilo in MTV Multiplayer
...WiiWare offers an opportunity for content that may otherwise not be developed Nintendos Tom Prata To MTV Multiplayer, February 20, 2008 If you were sitting in on my interview with Nintendo of America s Tom Prata at the Game Developers Conference you might have thought I was pitching him a Wii horoscope program that features Miis I wasnt,...
 
 
 
 
 
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Opinion: The Risky Potential Of WiiWare

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2008-04-17 08:00:48 by Simon Carless in GameSetWatch
...WiiWare digital download service, ahead of its launch Last week, I attended a Nintendo presentation showcasing a small group of upcoming games for the WiiWare downloadable game service. I was impressed by the quality of several of the offerings on hand - moreso than I expected to be - but I was also relieved to see that one of Nintendo's...
 
 
 
 
 
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For WiiWare, Nintendo Summit Brings More Questions Than Answers

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2008-04-15 03:00:00 by Chris Kohler in Wired: Game|Life
...WiiWare launch title -- maybe With the Japanese launch of WiiWare already a distant memory, most industry watchers expected Nintendo's recent media summit to answer our questions about the impending U.S. launch of the games-on-demand service on May 12 But while the games they showed at the event were almost uniformly excellent, that doesn't...
 
 
 
 
 
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WiiWare goes live (in the US)

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2008-05-12 12:58:14 by Brianemone in Geekpulp.co.nz
...WiiWare outside of Japan with America getting access today, too bad most of them are asleep right now. The service launches there with Six games to choose from and more promised. Still no official word as to when the Pal regions (including NZ) will be able to access the service Nintendos Wii console has already changed the way people play...
 
 
 
 
 
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Coverage Wrapup: Why WiiWare Needs Work

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2008-03-25 17:28:17 by Chris Kohler in Wired: Game|Life
WiiWare is off to an okay start, but it's going to need some work if Nintendo wants to compete with Xbox Live Arcade I think it's fine that the quality of the games varies wildly, but Nintendo should take a bit more of a hold on the pricing structure. I can see having cheapo games like Angel's Solitaire right next to obviously higher-budget...
 
 
 
 
 
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Nintendo Taps U.S. Talent in Search of WiiWare Hits

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2008-05-10 12:15:00 by Chris Kohler in Wired: Game|Life
...WiiWare games-on-demand download service, which launches Monday, are created by independent U.S. developers. Nintendo says it wants to foster an open environment in which indie games can flourish In Japan, the technology required to create videogames tends to be concentrated in the bigger corporations," says Miyamoto. Game publishers tend to...
 
 
 
 
 
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Wired's WiiWare Launch Guide

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2008-05-12 05:00:00 by Chris Kohler in Wired: Game|Life
WiiWare, Nintendo's digital download service that promises to bring the best of the world's indie game talent to their popular game console, launches today. Here's Wired.com's guide to the launch titles Wii owners whose consoles are connected to the Internet can log into the Wii Shop Channel from the main menu and download WiiWare games starting...
 
 
 
 
 
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Ubisoft Unveils Protothea, WiiWare Shooter

2008-05-06 10:12:00 by Jean Snow in Wired: Game|Life
 
...WiiWare sci-fi shooter Protothea The Ubisoft game is a remake of a PC shooter first released back in 2005. The new WiiWare exclusive features more missions, more enemies, new power-ups and ground weapons, and adds two new worlds For those who like their games looking pretty, you'll certainly find something to like with the game's updated 3-D...
 
 
 
 
 
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Nintendo Wooing Peeved Developers to WiiWare?

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2008-03-18 19:54:38 by Chris in Gaming Today
WiiWare is almost ready to launch, and if Develop Magazine is correct, Nintendo might be lobbying pretty hard to get developers from Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network to come over to its new service. Royalties have been reportedly cut in cut for first-party XBLA games, which has led to some less than happy developers which Nintendo has...