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Oh God: I Bought Some Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles DLC

Wired.com writes:

Check out my little king's sexy new pirate outfit. It's just one of the many bits of downloadable add-on horse armor now available in the WiiWare game Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King.

If you didn't think Square Enix was already taking you for a ride with the game's $15 launch price, they're hitting their fans up for almost as much cash all over again with the first round of downloadable content. If you buy everything, it'll cost you $13.

Did you notice that Crystal Chronicles only contains one of the series' four different human races? If you want Lilties, Selkies, or Yukes to populate your game world, you'll have to pay three bucks each or eight for the full set. Other add-ons, like outfits for the characters and new dungeons, run between 100 and 200 points, or $1 to $2, each.

Of course, since this is the Wii, you first have to log back into the Wii Shopping Channel and re-download an updated version of Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles that contains the in-game download store. And if you forgot to delete the old one first, and don't have enough space? Back to the Wii menu to clear out the fridge.

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v1c1ous5876d ago

well....i can't really say anything.

i did buy a gba adapter and a gba just for the ability to link it to my gamecube with animal crossing/wind waker

so all in all...typical nintendo

PS360WII5876d ago

Well really this is a Square Enix game so any additional content is there doing. I was suprise to hear they were making a WiiWare title for they do like to charge full price usually higher retail price when they know they can get away with it. So for them to use a download service was rather out of character. Guess they remembered the whole 'charge extra for stuff that should of been in the game' advice some devs uses and such.

ChickeyCantor5875d ago

13 dollars?
andits optional....so whats the problem?
i actually expected it to be more.

if you think about it, you can always download/buy these contents......so....really..yo u dont have to do it right away you can always do it another time when you think its " ok"

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Top 20 WiiWare Games (20-11)

Alex S. from Link-Cable writes: "This past week, Nintendo announced that after more of a decade they would be shutting down the Wii Shop Channel. Many gamers (myself included) have found memories of taking our Wii consoles online, putting in our Wii Point Card numbers and downloading a whole bunch of classic Nintendo, Sega and NEC titles onto the Wii system. But the Wii Shop Channel was also home to a whole catalogue of new games that made up the system’s WiiWare service. It was here that many of the system’s smaller and more experimental titles came into being and many of the developers that brought us these games are now responsible for big indie series’ thanks to their original success on WiiWare. So as a sort of goodbye to Nintendo’s original download service, we’re counting down the Top 20 Best WiiWare games starting with numbers 20 through 11 today (check back next Friday for 10 -1)."

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Farewell To Wii: Under Appreciated Wii Gems (Video)

As we prepare to say goodbye to the Wii, we’ve decided to take a moment and share some of our favorite games for the little console with the video below.

Please enjoy a short list of games we liked for the Wii that simply didn’t get much main stream attention. What other games do you feel fit this category? We’d love to hear about your favorite Wii experiences!Please, share!

Venoxn4g4209d ago (Edited 4209d ago )

my gems list (which werent in video):

DIsaster: day of crisis
Madworld
Monster Lab
Excitebots
Red steel 2
Deadly creatures
Kororinpa
Marble saga: kororinpa
Rhythm heaven: fever (beat to the beat rhythm paradice)
Boom blox 2
Fragile dreams
Elebits (eledees)
Mercury meltdown revolution
De blob 2

darthv724209d ago

we dont have to say "farewell" to any of these games. We can say, "welcome aboard" and play them on the wii-u.

Nintendo should use that as a marketing angle. "Don't say farewell to those wii games. Say hello to them all over again on the Nintendo Wii-U."

Or something to that effect.

Venoxn4g4209d ago (Edited 4209d ago )

yea or "people, who didnt own a Wii, now can enjoy Wii & Wii U games on one console" yeay! :)

btw, here's a good list of games Wii and others, made by me ^^ :)

http://ultimateconsole.comy...

DEZn00ts4209d ago

Yep i Didn't have a Wii, but i preordered the Wii U. So i will get to play all those great games i missed and i know there's more than that list!!!

beerkeg4209d ago

There's tons of games for the Wii. Some thought themselves too much of a gamer to appreciate them though.

Nevers0ft4209d ago

I know its only an opinion piece but... No Sin and Punishment, no Dead Space, no Zack and Wiki? There's numerous other gems out there but those three seem like no-brainers.

DanielRCampbell4208d ago

Those were actually on the docket to be added to the video, but it would have caused me to miss my deadline for the piece. I had to stop where I was. :-(

neogeo4209d ago

YESSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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DSi/Wiiware franchises we want on the eShop

Gaming Gauge writes:"eShop is on its way in a just a couple of hours and then just a few hours later Nintendo will be hosting their 2011 E3 press conference. Whilst Nintendo will surely be pre-occupied with Project Café and upcoming 3DS games but hopefully they'll give us a look at a few upcoming eShop games. Among those hypothetical eShop games there are a whole bunch of previous Nintendo Downloads that I've love to see revisited."

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