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Nintendo not too interested in WiiWare?

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In a video interview with MTV, Reggi Fils-Aime provided a remark regarding Nintendo's involvement in WiiWare. "When we developed WiiWare our focus, as we discussed, was on smaller developers, brand new content, different types of content. Will we put out the occasional first-party WiiWare? Absolutely. But it's predominantly meant to be much more exploratory, experimental and for these brand new third-party developers." Basically, it seems as though Nintendo is stepping aside to let smaller third-party developers step in. The stance of the company makes sense, but how many games will we end up playing? So far, there have been three WiiWare titles partially developed by Nintendo, although none of them have been handled by an internal development team.
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sidar - 520 days 12 hours ago
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Nice twist on the title >_>
They are interested but they are giving the developers more chance for them to shine.
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PS360WII - 520 days 11 hours ago
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Yeah why is it bad that Nintendo wants 3rd parties to show us what they can do with WiiWare
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2.1 sumfood4u | 519 days 11 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show
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Fernando Rocker - 520 days 11 hours ago
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The article title is way out of context...

Anyway, WiiWare so far has been very good. I mean, is a new service... the service was released less than two months ago and the game selection is good.

In my personal collection: Dr. Mario, Final Fantasy, Defend Your Castle, Gyrostarr, Toki Tori, LostWinds (beautiful, by the way)... 6 good games in less than 8 weeks.

And next monday I will buy the new episodic game by Telltale: Strong Bad’s Cool Game for Attractive People.

Telltale is showing a lot of love for the Wii: Episodic game on WiiWare (Strong Bad), and Sam & Max Season 1 on Wii retail next month. I hope they bring also to the Wii the new Wallace & Gromit game.

The Wii Remote IR Pointer is great for point and click adventure games.
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sajj316 - 520 days 11 hours ago
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I think folks are not understanding the expectations of WiiWare. Its similar to XBLA concept of Community Games. It gives other small budget third party developers a chance to create games on the Wii!
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Altered_Soul - 520 days 11 hours ago
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Thats a pretty darn misleading title, as Reggie basically said something that is actually very positive for the wii, which is small third party support through WiiWare. I kinda thought thats what it was all about. He is merely stating that they wish to leave it to the third parties while once in a while adding their own flavor to the mix.
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kevnb - 520 days 10 hours ago
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6 - how is wiiware?
I sold my wii just as it launched.

Edit: Somebody disagrees with my question?
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cseru1 - 520 days 9 hours ago
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It's been pretty good since launch.. a few duds but you can really tell which ones you shouldn't buy. And they've got a looot of goodies coming so wiiware's future is looking pretty bright!
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ReBurn - 520 days 9 hours ago
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What a coincidence! I'm not too interested in WiiWare, either. I've downloaded quite a few VC games, but WiiWare just does not appeal to me.
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EvilxM - 520 days 9 hours ago
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Hooray for twisting things!

But seriously, WiiWare is nice so that 3rd companies have a little moment to shine and fine relative success on a successful console. Who knows? Maybe those little companies one day could be a next global giant.
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Valay - 520 days 7 hours ago
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Just for the record, I wasn't trying to spin things; Nintendo themselves have not created any games themselves for the service (not a bad thing), but it remains a fact. I apologize if the title mislead anyone, though.
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Voiceofreason - 520 days 7 hours ago
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You claim they have no interest at all. It wouldnt exist without their interest. Not overshadowing developers is not the same thing as having "no interest". Also you need to look up what a fact is. You dont own a Wii and clearly do not know that Nintendo does indeed already have games on Wii Ware. Dr Mario and Pokemon Ranch.
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Valay - 520 days 7 hours ago
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According to my title, I said that Nintendo isn't TOO interested in WiiWare. I did not say that Nintendo could care less about the service and that they'll never produce any games for it. Sure, you could say that the title could use a bit of clarification, but I feel that I explained what I meant by the title in the full news post. :P And yes, I do have a Wii and have purchased WiiWare titles. Dr. Mario and Pokemon Ranch, however, have not been handled by internal development teams (EAD, NST, etc.) Arika created Dr. Mario Online Rx while Ambrella handled My Pokemon Ranch. Not exactly the teams we know of who have made Zelda, Mario, etc. :P But again, I apologize if I gave the wrong idea.
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