כן, צריך שיהיה לנו נושא רשמי שנוכל לדבר על כל ההכרזות, והנה נינטנדו הכריזה על תאריך ההשקה של ה-WiiWare שירות ההורדות החדשות שלה.
כשהשירות יושק נינטנדו מבטיחה משחקים מגוונים מאוד:
FINAL FANTASY CRYSTAL CHRONICLES: My Life as a King של Square Enix
LostWinds משחק פלטפורמה מסטודיו חדש בשם Frontier
והפתעה: סדרת משחקים מבוססת פרקים חדשה מבית Telltale
הנה חלק מההודעה לעיתונות:
ציטוט:
WiiWare: Nintendo’s upcoming WiiWare changes the way both developers create and consumers access video games. Through WiiWare, Nintendo hopes to offer developers a virtual laboratory that serves as a breeding ground for new games, which encourages great ideas that creators always wanted to develop. The combination of low development barriers and unique game experiences found only on Wii should enable developers to try new ideas with lower risk in a quicker, more creative and affordable way.
Meanwhile Wii owners can download a multitude of cool new games from different genres, including some that are unprecedented, which can be purchased from home at a dynamic price range. WiiWare also empowers consumers to determine with their Wii Points which games have the right stuff to become the next big thing.
אז מעתה ואליך, כל ידיעה שקשורה ל-WiiWare תוכל להיכנס לכאן.
נינטנדו תתחיל להציע DLC בקרוב ללקוחות ה-Wii, וכמו-כן יהיו משחקים בעתיד שידרשו תשלום על האונליין (Animal Crossing?). היום הייתה הרצאה של אנשים מנינטנדו על שירות ה-WiiWare והעתיד:
ציטוט:
Aoyama moved on to discussion of the "Nintendo Channel," which launched last year in Japan -- the channel that lets people see new games for Wii and Nintendo DS, that finds new games that match players' preferences and lets them vote on what games they like.
They will offer this service in the U.S. and Europe in the coming months, said Aoyama.
For WiiWare, you'll be able to read the game's instruction manual before you decide to download it, so you can get ample information about it before you buy.
You'll also be able to use Wii Points to get add-on content and paid services, said Aoyama. This, he said, will let Nintendo offset the development costs of add-on content. This feature will also be available for disc-based games, but the payment for those will be in the game, not on the Wii Shop channel
Aoyama then addressed how Nintendo is dealing with a hot topic: Storage limitations.
They'll compress the games and then expand them when you start playing them. "This step should help alleviate the problem with size limitations."
Apparently the manuals for the game will also be stored online-only, not inside the game ROM itself.
Aoyama then talked about some WiiWare games.
The first was LostWinds, from Frontier Developments in the U.K. He showd some footage of the game. you control the character with the Nunchuk and use the Wii remote to make the wind blow and carry the character. You can use the wind to surround an enemy and blow it away. The video looks realy pretty! This is apparently a launch title in the U.S. and U.K., so let's look forward to it (bow).
הWII WARE יכול להיות מאוד נחמד אם הייתה גם אפשרות ליצור משחקים בחינם (יוטיוב של משחקים, כמו שיהיה מאוד בקרוב ב360). אנשים יכולים ליצור דברים יצירתיים יותר מהרבה חברות שמעדיפות לא לקחת סיכונים עם רוב הפרויקטים שלהם (פשוט תראו את FEZ).
בכל מקרה, שירות דומה לזה שיש ב360 ובPS3 זה בהחלט צעד טוב לWII.
זה טוב שהם דוחסים את המשחקים כמה שהם רק יכולים, אבל זה לא עונה על שאלה אחרת שקשורה למקום: מקום לשים את המשחקים, למשל. רק לבעלי SD תיהיה את האפשרות להשתמש בשירות? נראה לי קצת מגביל.
אני שמח להציג משחק WiiWare חדש ומדליק, המבוסס על משחק פלאש באותו שם: Defend Your Castle
כל הגרפיקה במשחק שודרגה והתווספו הרבה אפשרויות:
ציטוט:
* 4 Player jump-in cooperative gameplay - Defend your Castle with up to 3 pals!
* Compete with your friends for kingship - Get crowned for dominating other players and earn the right to manage the Kingdom!
* Completely new visuals and animation - “The graphics now have more style, colour and life to them, as if they were drawn by a three year-old hyped up on sugar with unlimited supplies of Crayola.” - N-Europe
* Enhanced physics & particle effects
* Repel even faster and more massive waves of invaders
* Not a port of the original - Defend Your Castle has been re-created from the ground up to utilize the unique capabilities of the Nintendo Wii™ and Wii Remote™
* Unlimited levels - Continue to grow the strength of your Kingdom indefinitely
* Play on your big screen TV, from your couch!
* All this and more for only 500 Wii Points™
יש המון הכרזות ל-WiiWare השבוע, אחת מהן היא משחק תחרות אכילה!! כמה הזוי שזה נשמע.
ציטוט:
Videogame publisher Mastiff on Friday revealed that it is developing an exclusive new WiiWare title called Major League Eating: The Game. The effort will debut with the launch of Nintendo's WiiWare service on May 12, but the company has not yet set a Wii Point value.
According to Mastiff, the project will make extensive use of the Wii remote to "simulate the fast and furious action of a professional eating contest."
"Watching Major League Eating is like watching poetry in motion" said Bill Swartz of Mastiff. "Professional gurgitators have the grace of ballerinas yet the brute strength, mental focus, and intestinal fortitude to push their bodies and minds as hard as athletes in any other extreme endurance sport. Victory is sweet and defeat can be well, really, really messy. It's an experience we're proud to help bring into the home."
Major League Eating is a real sport. Now it's coming exclusively to WiiWare.The title boasts a full roster of the world's "greatest gurgitory athletes" and features competitions set across a variety of venues, each exploiting different foods.
More from the official release: "Built much like a classic fighting game and deeper than a Chicago style deep-dish pizza, MLE: The Game requires players to master a smorgasbord of offensive and defensive weapons including bites, burps, belches, mustard gas and jalapeño flames while cramming and chewing food at a world-class pace. It's not for the faint of heart, the slow of reflex, or those with an overly strong aversion to a Technicolor reversal of fortune."
Players will use the Wii remote to execute different eating techniques, including the cram, toss and typewriter. There will also be burp-offs and hot potato challenges.
Major League Eating features offline play for two gamers, an online play mode and also leader board tracking.
מעולה הפיצ'ר הזה מתחיל לתפוס תאוצה עוד לפני שיצא. אני שמח מאד. הדבר היחיד שמבאס אותי זה שהמשחקים שיוצאים לXBLA נראים יותר טוב, ולאו דווקא בגלל הHD אלא בגלל הHD המבין יבין
מעולה הפיצ'ר הזה מתחיל לתפוס תאוצה עוד לפני שיצא. אני שמח מאד. הדבר היחיד שמבאס אותי זה שהמשחקים שיוצאים לXBLA נראים יותר טוב, ולאו דווקא בגלל הHD אלא בגלל הHD המבין יבין
משחק נוסף שמגיע ל-WiiWare הוא LIT מבית WayForward, האחראים למשחק הגיימבוי עטור השבחים (?) Shantae.
זהו משחק אימה עם פאזלים סביבתיים המתרחש בבית ספר.
תלחמו במפלצות ותפתרו חידות, כמו-כן, עוזר להם בוזון מ-IGN בעצות וכד'.
האומנות שלו נראית מדליקה למדי, ויש למה לצפות.
ציטוט:
LIT is a 3D horror puzzler set in a dark high school overrun by creatures. The game follows Jake, a below-average student and the game’s protagonist, as he makes his way through each classroom, utilizing what light he can find to create safe paths across the darkness. Jake’s objectives are to escape his school and reconnect with his girlfriend, Rachael, who uses the school’s phones to keep in contact with him. LIT combines environmental puzzling with horror combat and boss battles to create a uniquely unsettling Nintendo Wii experience.
קונספט נוסף מגיע ל-WiiWare משחק מירוצים בשם SPOGS Racing של D2C.
ציטוט:
Nintendo Power Article: In driver’s ed, they teach you that crashing into other vehicles is bad form. SPOGS Racing, from D2C Games, takes a different tack.
By careening into your competitors’ unusually shaped SPOGS Racers, you can take their parts - pre-owned engines, brakes, tailpipesm etc. - and use the spoils to upgrade your own ride. The automotive pick-pocketing takes place in a dozen venues, including traditional racing ovals, road courses, and stunt tracks.
When you’re not busy going SPOG-to-SPOG with rivals, you’ll fly off ramps and negotiate loops (also recommended in your driver’s ed class). Obviously, the SPOGS Racers are not your parents’ Camry. They’re designed to spin, drift, flip over, and (most of all) crash a lot. They’re also equipped with six kinds of weapons, which you can use to slow down your opponents so that you can mug them.
The title uses your choice of three control schemes, one of which is what has become the standard for motion control in driving games - you hold the remote horizontally with both hands and tilt it to steer. In addition to quick races, you can enjoy the game in Battle mode (essentially a nonstop series of collisions) and Season mode (which sees you through races on every track.)
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