Official Wii VC/WiiWare thread

[Finch]

You just want to play Carnival Games before you make that purchase. Don't worry. We all do.

[Yoshi]

How about releasing actual Wii game demos?

Wait... there are Wii retail games? I thought it only existed so I could have all of the Konami VC games and the Rebirth series readily available.

[Hero]

Says the guy who has RE4

[Yoshi]

Had, yes. And a port, albeit a good one, doesn't help the case much.

[Geen]

When did you buy a Wii again, Finch?

[Hero]

Had, yes. And a port, albeit a good one, doesn't help the case much.

*shrug* I dig the games I have for it (RE4 is a really good port!)

[Finch]

When did you buy a Wii again, Finch?

A few months ago. I realized there were more games on it that i would enjoy playing than any other current gen system. I view playing videogames as a casual hobby. I am all that is wrong with the industry.

[Hero]

Get out of here you soccer mom/grandma/12-year old/girlie/brain-dead non gamer!

[NeoZeedeater]

My grandma was a fan of Shinobi, Rastan, Pac-Man, and Gangster Town 20 years ago. Hardcore!

[Melf]

Phoenix Wright games being ported to WiiWare.

As revealed in the latest issue of Famitsu, Capcom is bringing its three Phoenix Wright "courtroom battle" games to Nintendo's WiiWare service. Today the publisher confirmed that the releases will be making their way to the US beginning in January. Capcom intends to release the games every other month (January, March and May) for 1,000 Wii Points ($10) apiece, with "Rise from the Ashes," the extra case added to the DS Ace Attorney, arriving as DLC in May for 100 Wii Points ($1).

The first game, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, is a port of the original Game Boy Advance title -- and, like the two subsequent WiiWare editions, Justice for All and Trials and Tribulations, remains unchanged from its original release (read: same graphics, sound, dialog) save for the ability to swing the Wii Remote out (as in the image above, which is one-off, non-sprite art) to object and present evidence to the court. They'll all be presented in widescreen, but the actual gameplay only takes up a 4:3 area on top of an animated background. Nevertheless, the games are still superb, and at $10 with the ability to play them on the big screen you won't hear any objections from us.