WiiWare turns one

Great

i love how because i said the service has a long way to go, everybody gave me a thumbs down. you have to admit that Wiiware only has a handful of notable titles compared to XBLA and PSN

one year .... I thought it was one million games ...

Its hard to get a good look at whats on WiiWare. Nintendo need to start releasing trials like Xbox Live does with the Arcade. The majority of games on WiiWare are 800 points, and its not an easy choice to drop money on a game which you potentially may end up not liking, and you can't get your money back. That being said, some titles are promising, but there is also way too much shovelware. But such is to be expected with Wii.

@El_Conrado: Oh, that's my mistake. I was thinking "carne" was considered male, for some reason. It's been a while. Thank you, though.

I disliked the meatboy game...

Hey I'm just saying, why do VC NES games cost the same amount as PSN PS1 games? Do you seriously think that it's fair that we are getting ripped off like that?

cool

Happy Birthday. I thought this idea was sort of lame at first, but I actually bought my fair share of great games from it. Good move Nintendo. I hope to god though the DSi ware will get the same success for a portable.

Wait, THE Icarus?... Well, yeah, I can see that. Pit's totally lame without 50 pounds of gold attached to his body and Kratos beat Icarus up in midair albeit because Kratos just plain kills everyone. If these guys don't make a harp bow that shoots a holy arrow for each string on the harp, then I will if I ever get into this field...

Happy Birthday WiiWare!

The only item I have bought is WoG... the second title might be FF IV: The after years. TBH I never realized it was going to be a NINE part episodic journey... That might have killed all the hype I had for it.

MrG31 - He's talking pounds. It's £3.50ish for 500 points : )

Happy birthday to WiiWare. While I still think the service has room to grow, I think it's safe to say that many people have seen the potential of this and similar services. Giving developers the chance to create original content that isn't affected by retail giants is always a plus in my book, so I hope that more developers and gamers continue to embrace this new wave in gaming. Especially with the way things are now, it helps to have a different outlet for new ideas to sprout. Best of luck to Nintendo and all of the developers that have been using or intends to use the service.

by the way World of Goo for Wii was BEST GAME OF 2008, period imo

@kavadias1981 "NES games at 500 points translates to about 3.50" I thought it was a 1:1 points to dollars ratio. Did I miss something?

would rather see FFIV part. 2 on the DSi-Ware shop since I'm playing FFIV now and it is epic. Wiiware/VC has been very weak lately

Can't wait for Cave Story!

Only WiiWare game I have is Onslaught. No offense, but I would like to see more interesting WiiWare.

Nine parts for FFIV2? No thanks.

@ScionofEntropy "Live meat" translates to "carne viva", not "viva la carne". "Carne" is female in spanish, so you use "la", not "el". "El carne" is bad spanish, but it also a common translation joke to confuse "el" with "la" when speaking "spanglish".

Well, I have two WiiWare titles - The World of Goo and Lost Winds... Both are excellent games, IMHO - vastly better then most of the Wii shovelware we see in boxes on the shelves these days... Plan on getting Lost Winds 2 when it's out. However, I must be really rigid in my ways - I still have a strong preference to the tangible media (box, disk, manual, artwork) over collection of 1's and 0's existing only in my Wii memory module... Call me old-fasioned :)

I prefer the VC myself but I do wish it was cheaper. NES games at 500 points translates to about 3.50, that is what I pay for PS1 titles on the PSN. Come on Nintendo, sort it out. I haven't actually bought a Wiiware title as they are just too expensive. Independent games for the PSN are much cheaper.

Happy Birthday WiiWare!

@Bekrixas: Actually, "Viva la carne!" would translate to, "Live meat!" "Viva el carne!" on the other hand, translates to, "Long live meat!" Really depends on what they were going for, but I assume it was the latter.

CONTRA REBIRTH on WiiWare LOOKS AMAZING!!!!! http://gonintendo.com/?p=82239

It shoul be Viva LA carne no Viva el carne

one year, and so few notable titles...

I'm really looking forward to this FFIV: After Years... but I hope because it's a port of a cell phone game That will keep the costs to the consumer down. I'm finding that these download titles are very pricey. I got braid on sale for 800 Points (From 1200 Points) on XBL and it worth every cent, however most of these games have very little replay for their money.

congratz, Nintendo