Game|Life (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
WiiWare, Nintendo's digital download service that promises to bring the best of the world's indie game talent to their popular game console, launches today. Here's Wired.com's guide to the launch titles. Wii owners whose consoles are connected to the Internet...
Game|Life (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
NEW YORK -- Nintendo videogame guru Shigeru Miyamoto says the future of indie games looks brightest outside his native Japan. "I think America has always been better at creating unique products," says Miyamoto, the head of Nintendo's game-development division and...
Joystiq (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
Filed under: Culture , Nintendo Wii WiiWare's up and running now in North America and not a single one of those games comes from the big N itself. Speaking to Wired , Shigeru Miyamoto, head of Nintendo's game-development division, says with WiiWare that the company wanted to foster indie games, which are more prolific in the US than Japan. In fact, Miyamoto says, "I think America has always been better...
Game|Life (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
LostWinds is most likely going to be the standout title of the WiiWare launch lineup. Sporting a style and theme reminiscent of Wind Waker, this platforming puzzle game blends traditional 2-D game tropes with Wiimote controls to produce an experience...
Game|Life (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
Defend Your Castle is five bucks worth of awesome. This classic browser game, re-imagined for WiiWare, is proof that price matters. At $10, I'd be very cautious about recommending this casual game to any and all Wii owners. But at...
Nintendo Wii Fanboy (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
Filed under: News , WiiWare Now that the WiiWare service is up and running (and we got to play at least one game so far ), you're probably as curious as we are concerning the lack of Nintendo games available for download. With an entire catalog featuring nothing but third-party titles, it might seem like a silly idea to launch a Nintendo service with no Nintendo games on offer. It's something that...
