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WiiWare “Wiileased” in Europe

by John Robertson on May 21, 2008 at 1:34 am

FF My Life As King
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life As King

Fancy adding a few more games to your Wii collection quickly and (fairly) cheaply? Nintendo’s WiiWare has launched today in the EU, allowing you to do just that.

If you didn’t already know, WiiWare is Nintendo’s downloadable content service that allows Wii owners to download original content, as opposed to the strictly old school content found in Wii Shop Channel.

If this turns out to be anything like Xbox Live Arcade or the Playstation Network then it can only be a good thing, both for games as a whole and smaller games companies looking to show just how damn good they are. Poker Smash, N+, Everyday Shooter… these downloadable XBLA and PSN games are awesome!

Star Soldier R

As with many Wii games, I’m sure the lure of releasing a game onto WiiWare where all you have to do is waggle the Wiimote for thirty minutes in order to complete it will be too hard to avoid for many third party developers. Here’s hoping that won’t be the case.

Six games are now available for download, one from Nintendo themselves and five from third party developers.

Now, if Nintendo would just hurry up and release some form of adequate storage device, for the people who have already filled their quota with Virtual Console games, then this release would be good news for everyone!

Full list of games and prices are below. Many of these are also available in the U.S. as well.

Dr. Mario & Germ Buster (Nintendo) – remake of the classic Dr. Mario, which utilizes the Wiimote and includes online play. (1000 points – Approx GBP 7 / EUR 10).

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life As A King (Square Enix) – City building game with a Final Fantasy type storyline. (1500 points – GBP 10.50 / EUR 15).

LostWinds (Frontier) – Puzzle/Platform allowing you to control the power of the wind. (1000 points – GBP 7 / EUR 10).

Star Soldier R (Hudson Soft) – Top down shooter, lots of colour, flashy lights, things that go bang; you get the idea. (800 points - GBP 5.60 / EUR 8).

Toki Tori (Two Tribes) – Puzzle/platformer allowing you to control the power of a chicken. (900 points – GBP 6.30 / EUR 9).

TV Show King (Gameloft) – Guess what… quiz game! (1000 points – GBP 7 / EUR 10).

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