Nintendo of Europe today issued a press release containing the dates for multiple games to be released in Q2. While no doubt plenty of people will be happy Super Smash Bros. Brawl is included in the list, of note to this site is the fact that both upcoming Wii features have been dated.
WiiWare will be added to the Wii Shop on the 20th of May. No specific titles have been announced to release on that day, but from what's been rated by groups such as the OFLC, we predict that the titles will include one or more of the following:
- ActionLoop Twist
- Critter Round-Up
- Dr. Mario & Germ Buster
- Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King
- LostWinds
- Plättchen Twist 'n' Paint
- Pop
- Project Bang!
- Star Soldier R
- Toki Tori
The Nintendo Channel, released at the end of last year in Japan as Everybody's Nintendo Channel, will let you download demos or additional content for DS games, view trailers and commercials of Wii games and get more information on games.
According to Wired's Chris Kohler, who spoke with Reggie, the US will see the Nintendo Channel soon after the launch of WiiWare. Reggie also said that you'll be able to review WiiWare games you've bought on the Nintendo Channel, but only if you've played them for more than an hour.
1. Kelvin
24 Apr 2008, 12:23 GMT
The Nintendo Channel sounds intriguing. It would be nice if they expanded it to include demos of Wii and VC releases instead of just DS.
2. DEMON212
24 Apr 2008, 12:32 GMT
Review them, but only after an hours play. What?
I'm confused. Does he mean we can give them star ratings?
3. Drake
24 Apr 2008, 12:35 GMT
The Wired article says you'll be able to actually review them, aside from giving a rating.
4. Jupiter Adept
24 Apr 2008, 12:52 GMT
Yeah, this is gonna be awesome. And you guys get LostWinds too. Hooray!
5. wii-c-kid
24 Apr 2008, 12:57 GMT
Time to get 'Old Red' out for those reviews
6. neuzd
24 Apr 2008, 13:26 GMT
No Pokémon Ranch at launch?
: (
What am I gonna do? Play Mario Kart Wii until June 27????
7. west72
24 Apr 2008, 13:27 GMT
All sounds great, but there is still no answer to the space issue. All this great new stuff and nowhere to put it. It's such a pain having to move games onto my SD card and then back again when i want to play them. Nintendo should have sorted this out first.
8. Drake
24 Apr 2008, 13:39 GMT
Remember that the titles are just the titles that have been rated and we think could be released - It's very possible we could be getting Pokemon Ranch at launch but that it hasn't been rated yet.
9. Raptor78
24 Apr 2008, 13:44 GMT
Im not sure about wii demos, space issues and all that. But I agree with Kelvin it would be nice to see other demos aside from DS available through the Nintendo Channel.
I mean how small would it be to download the equivilant of the Zak and Wiki taster that was on the internet. Or even mini games that could be used to promote forthcoming games instead of full blown demos. At least until space issue is resolved.
10. Nicolasd
24 Apr 2008, 13:48 GMT
Better start working on finishing those VC games I have in my console's memory... I made a point of not deleting any game I haven't finished from my Wii's mem... And it's almost full !!! Please Nintendo... Let us use the SD card slot !!!
11. BDPatVCR
24 Apr 2008, 14:17 GMT
Good news
The Nintendo Channel sounds fun ... But not if they only update it every 2 months. I hope they use it wisely. Also Wii-fit was released here today! Yay
12. Versus22
24 Apr 2008, 14:43 GMT
@Raptor78: Maybe in the future they would put Wii and/or VC demos on the Nintendo Channel from a channel update by the Wii Shop Channel!
Anyways, I'm SO happy that this channel is finally coming out soon! I'll be getting a DS now!
13. Quimby
24 Apr 2008, 15:08 GMT
Yeah! I have been hanging out for Nintendo Channel for so long... AND Brawl!
14. MrLopez
24 Apr 2008, 16:01 GMT
Yeah Dr.Mario!!
15. DEMON212
24 Apr 2008, 17:12 GMT
@ Drake. Cool
16. Rexy
24 Apr 2008, 17:18 GMT
I'm just happy we're getting demos full stop. Sony and Microsoft haven't been as lucky recently :
But still, two new features coming and a final release date for Brawl? Cue me in!
17. russta
24 Apr 2008, 17:25 GMT
US will get nintendo channel soon after wii ware release, does that go the same for Europe?
18. Shortay-01
24 Apr 2008, 17:31 GMT
I hope FFCC will be rated... our launch doesn't look too special.
19. Drake
24 Apr 2008, 18:41 GMT
FFCC was rated too, I must've missed it earlier. But even without it, how can't you get excited? Dr. Mario and Star Soldier R are confirmed to be great and if Toki Tori's anything like the original it'll rock too.
20. Shiryu
24 Apr 2008, 19:07 GMT
About time! Now, Nintendo, lets talk "storage solutions", shall we?
21. Fulgor_Astral
24 Apr 2008, 19:58 GMT
oh plz!!! nintendo channel!
i hope i can finally put my hands on Chocobo Tales secret cards (if the channel indeed works like a download station then it may be possible!)
do you think its possible?
22. Fulgor_Astral
24 Apr 2008, 20:02 GMT
oh plz!!! nintendo channel!
i hope i can finally put my hands on Chocobo Tales secret cards (if the channel indeed works like a download station then it may be possible!)
do you think its possible?
23. Objection_Blaster
24 Apr 2008, 20:31 GMT
Storgage yes. Dates for Nintendo Channel awesome. But I dont know why so many peopl are excited about Pokemon Ranch, the 2nd stupidest Pokemon game ever. (No.1 reserved for Pokemon Box.)
24. navelfluff
24 Apr 2008, 20:35 GMT
fulgor_astral you get those cards by inputting cheat codes. Try gamefaqs if you need them. I better get me some wii points ready for may 20th! Can't wait!
25. Shortay-01
24 Apr 2008, 20:42 GMT
Good enough then, I'll most likely get Dr. Mario and FFCC on launch
26. Tides of Chaos
24 Apr 2008, 21:32 GMT
Yes!! Finally the Nintendo Channel is announced for the US...but what took so long? I'm sure we missed plenty of demos for the DS during that time unless they keep all the demos there all of the time.
27. MrPoo6321
24 Apr 2008, 23:00 GMT
It's really crazy how long Japan gets things before the US... I never really noticed before (probably because I wasn't on the internet all the time when I was a kid), but jeez! They've had the Nintendo Channel since November, right? Not to mention they've had Wii Fit since December, while we have to wait half a year. Although I guess I shouldn't really complain seeing how Europe gets screwed over more then we do. I feel really bad for you guys not having Brawl yet.... that wait for the release date was pretty excruciating. I'd hate to still be waiting, and it's gotta be made even worse by the fact that you probably know all of the characters and you won't be getting any addition fighters despite the long-ass delay.
28. russta
24 Apr 2008, 23:42 GMT
yes mrpoo it is annoying, what would delay brawl so much? why would it be six months between US and Europe but with mario kart we get it first? maybe it's a matter of demand.... i dont know. Japan gets things first coz its made there and they have to translate everything before it goes global, actually maybe thats why it takes a while to come out here after the US coz we have a zillion languages in europe
29. Drake
24 Apr 2008, 23:58 GMT
Don't try to make sense of Nintendo of Europe's game plan, you'll just end up even more confused. The translation thing can't be right, for example, it took Super Paper Mario 6 months after the US to come out here, while it took Paper Mario 2 (Much more text heavy since it's more of an RPG) only a month. Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour (Almost no text) took a YEAR, while Advance Wars: Days of Ruin (Quite a bit) took half a week. I could go on and on with more examples.
30. jg233
25 Apr 2008, 00:15 GMT
The Ninty channel comes out in America sometime in May also
31. russta
25 Apr 2008, 00:15 GMT
true, there has to be SOME reason! The wait with brawl must be bad for sales, I'm much less excited about it now than I was when it was coming out in america, I mean i'll still buy it but it'll feel like i'm buying an out of date game in some way.... Surely the sooner they get the money from sales the better, coz they can start earning interest on it. Either way they suck balls
32. Kawaiipikachu
25 Apr 2008, 00:30 GMT
Yay Wiiwarw .
Time to delete some files from the 512 kilobyte flash memory .
33. Dokenzz
25 Apr 2008, 02:39 GMT
@kawaiipikachu
Megabytes, not kilobytes
34. Kawaiipikachu
25 Apr 2008, 03:25 GMT
Dokenzz i said kilobytes as a joke because its whats it fells like some of the time .
35. ChocoDK
25 Apr 2008, 04:28 GMT
I don't have the space for Final Fantasy: My life as a King. I wanted the Eatting Competition game =(. Oh well I will wait then for it to come out.
36. Bass X0
25 Apr 2008, 04:34 GMT
regarding the space issues, can't nintendo find someway to decrease the amount of blocks being used per game since they clearly won't be giving us more storage.
37. Fulgor_Astral
25 Apr 2008, 06:09 GMT
i heard somewhere that the cheat codes for chocobo tales only worked in the EU version, so i never tried em... thats why i hope i can use the nintendo channel as a download station to get those precious cards (Omegaaa!!)
And its not that difficult to make some space in your Wii... i have some games in my console memory, and some others at my SD card... whenever i want to play a game, i trade games in my SD and Wii... the save files are always in my Wii, due to the very limited space it needs... it takes some minutes, but its the best way to have tons of games in your Wii
So, i'll ask again
you guys know if i can get the chocobo tales cards using the nintendo channel? i damn nintendo for not bringing Download stations to Mexico ¬¬
38. Wibblefish
25 Apr 2008, 13:52 GMT
This news is so good I nearlly did a whoopsie in my pants!
39. MasterMario
26 Apr 2008, 17:38 GMT
I can't wait for the Nintendo Channel!
40. Atlantis1982
28 Apr 2008, 10:07 GMT
BAH, still no TV Guide Channel. Waste of time!!!! [/sarcasm]
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