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| Wednesday, March 12, 2008 |
Nintendo WiiWare - Where are the Small Developers?
Wiiware dated in Japan
11 Mar 2008
Nintendo Japan has put a firm date on when WiiWare will launch in the land of the rising sun. March 25th is when Japanese gamers will be able to turn on their Wiis to download brand new games to their console.
The initial line-up will feature nine titles, ranging in price from 500 to 1,500 Wii Points. Included in the initial list of available games are the likes of Dr. Mario from Nintendo itself, Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles from Square Enix and Star Soldier R from Hudson.
In fact, there isn't one title in the line-up that isn't from a well-established publisher or developer. Joining the above-named companies are Namco Bandai, Konami, G-Mode (which has worked on Tetris for mobiles), Arc System Works (Guilty Gear Core) and Genki (Kengo Zero). Where are the "independent developers" that WiiWare was aimed at?
Granted, Nintendo's initial announcement did specify that the service "will allow developers large and small to create new downloadable video game content", so it left plenty of wiggle room for the companies listed above to appear in the line-up. That said, the emphasis was put squarely on the "small" when Nintendo America's president, Reggie Fils-Aime, said in the very same announcement, "Independent developers armed with small budgets and big ideas will be able to get their original games into the marketplace to see if we can find the next smash hit."
SPOnG has contacted Nintendo for comment and to find out when we will see WiiWare over here, but no response was available at the time of press.
You can see the list of titles that will be available at launch in Japan below.
Okiraku Ping Pong
Arc System Works
500 Wii Points
Kotoba no Puzzle Mojipittan Wii
Bandai Namco Games
1,000 Wii Points
Saku Saku Animal Panic
Konami Digital Entertainment
1,000 Wii Points
Star Soldier R
Hudson
800 Wii Points
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles
Square Enix
1,500 Wii Points
Tenshi no Solitaire
G-Mode
500 Wii Points
Dr. Mario & Saikin Bokumetsu
Nintendo
1,000 Wii Points
Pokemon Ranch
Nintendo
1,000 Wii Points
LONPOS
Genki
1,000 Wii Points
Source: SPOnGLabels: Nintendo, Wii, WiiWare |
posted by Perimbean @ Wednesday, March 12, 2008
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