Newsweek’s N’Gai Croal has the exclusive on the new Wii Channel that will allow us to finally download original Virtual Console games. Nintendo has finally gone on record saying that both major publishers will be involved as well as indie developers! Even Nintendo themselves are working on original games to launch the service. Here’s some more details:
On Wednesday morning, Nintendo will officially announce to the general public its plans for WiiWare, downloadable games for the wildly popular Wii videogame console. Unlike the vintage games already being offered for legacy systems (i.e. Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Nintendo 64, Sega Genesis and TurboGrafx 16) through the Virtual Console, these games will be built specifically for the Wii and sold via the Wii Shop Channel for Wii Points currency, much like the Xbox 360- and Playstation 3-specific games being sold on Xbox Live Arcade and Playstation Network.
UPDATE: Here’s the official press release from Nintendo –
ONLINE GAMING STORMS ONTO WII WITH POKÉMON BATTLE REVOLUTION
Epic Franchise Reaches Several Firsts
REDMOND, Wash., June 25, 2007 – Today’s launch of Pokémon® Battle Revolution heralds a number of …
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– Street Fighter 2 Turbo – Super Mario Bros. 2 – F-Zero X – Air Zonk – Super Turrican – Donkey Kong Jr. Math – Mach Rider – Ecco Tides …
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Theme Parks, Cruise Ships and Street Teams Make Wii a Part of Summer Fun
REDMOND, Wash., June 21, 2007 – Leaving home this summer doesn’t mean leaving behind the fun …
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New York Filmmaker Wins $10,000 Prize, Festival Screening at Top of the Rock at the Observation Deck at Rockefeller Center
REDMOND, Wash., June 19, 2007 – A film …
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Corgi International Limited (Nasdaq GM:CRGI) today announced that it has entered into a Master Toy/Collectible License Agreement on a multi-category range of products through to 2010 with Nintendo of America …
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THIS FATHER’S DAY, GIVE DAD A GIFT HE’LL LOVE: A FRIENDLY CHALLENGE
Nintendo Has Dad’s Day Covered with Cool Gifts and Big Offers
REDMOND, Wash., June 13, 2007 – Whether …
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– Super Paper Mario (Wii, Nintendo): 378,867 units sold Release: 4/19/07
– Final Fantasy XII Revenant Wings (NDS, Square Enix): 459,009 units sold Release: 04/26/07
– Kotoba no Puzzle: Mojipittan …
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Total Mario series: more than 198 million units sold worldwide Total Zelda series: more than 52 million units worldwide Total Metroid series: more than 13 million units worldwide …
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WII HITS YET ANOTHER MAJOR MILESTONE: 100TH CLASSIC GAME ADDED TO VIRTUAL CONSOLE
Gamers Worldwide Already Have Downloaded More Than 4.7 Million Retro Games, at a Rate of 1,000 an …
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01. [NDS] Kekkaishi: Tale of the Raven Forest (Bandai-Namco) – 40,741 02. [PSP] Bleach: Heat the Soul 4 (Sony) – 37,764 / NEW 03. [NDS] Lucky Star Moé Drill: Travel …
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Mario Strikers™ Charged Format: Wii™ Launch Date: 07/30/07 ESRB: E 10+ (Everyone 10 and older) Game Type: Sports Players: 1-4 Developer: Next Level Games Game InformationKEY INFORMATION
* The captains …
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We Posted this Earlier. Just wanted to post the Press Release:
COOL DOWN WITH WENDY’S NEW VANILLA FROSTY FLOAT, GET CHANCE TO WIN HOT WII GAME SYSTEM FROM NINTENDO
DUBLIN, …
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The elves mining Nintendo’s vaults for classic games have unearthed three new ones to add to the Wii Shop Channel. They feature ragers, lasers and, um, monkeys not in cages. …
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May 2007:
Jissen Pachi-Slot Pachinko Hisshôhô! Hokuto No Ken (Sega) – 24th Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition (Capcom) – 31st
June 2007:
Pirates of the Caribbean 3 (Disney) – 7th …
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01. [PSP] Final Fantasy Tactics: The Lion War (Square-Enix) – 154,891 02. [NDS] Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings (Square-Enix) – 38,003 / 421,333 03. [WII] Wii Sports (Nintendo) – 30,180 …
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The European Virtual Console was updated early with some great games including Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy’s Kong Quest for the SNES. Could this be coming to the US …
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IGN has a new hands-on with Super Mario Strikers Charged Football’s online component. They detail all of the modes available and have really good things to say …
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