the new metroid trailor thing has come out and it has made me think. Couldnt they give us demo's of games using the wii shop channel kinda like xbox live. If they can give us trailors i think they could give us demos. what do you think?
Demo's are possible yes but the Wii needs to overcome one problems, and that's it's storage issue. If it can get an storage add on, or enable the sd card to be use as a storage add on, then demos wouldn't be a problem.
It cerntently is possible. Like havunbg previews like the metroid and have a playable demo in it. Keep your fingers crossed and hope nintendo has the same thoughts as you =)
500ish MB is certainly enough for just about any Wii game to be demoed, but the thing is that is a near max requirement for one demo. I guess it isn't a bad idea in and off itself (a great idea actually) but it would mean the average Wii user would only have space for 1-2 demos at a time (if even that), still, 1-2 demos is better than none at all, surely?
500ish MB is certainly enough for just about any Wii game to be demoed, but the thing is that is a near max requirement for one demo. I guess it isn't a bad idea in and off itself (a great idea actually) but it would mean the average Wii user would only have space for 1-2 demos at a time (if even that), still, 1-2 demos is better than none at all, surely?Articuno76
Nut if you have a lot of VC games and saves it means you can't download it or you have to delete some VC games and that's a hassle for just 1 demo, Hardrive is coming.
[QUOTE="Articuno76"]500ish MB is certainly enough for just about any Wii game to be demoed, but the thing is that is a near max requirement for one demo. I guess it isn't a bad idea in and off itself (a great idea actually) but it would mean the average Wii user would only have space for 1-2 demos at a time (if even that), still, 1-2 demos is better than none at all, surely?Duckman5
Nut if you have a lot of VC games and saves it means you can't download it or you have to delete some VC games and that's a hassle for just 1 demo, Hardrive is coming.
[QUOTE="Articuno76"]500ish MB is certainly enough for just about any Wii game to be demoed, but the thing is that is a near max requirement for one demo. I guess it isn't a bad idea in and off itself (a great idea actually) but it would mean the average Wii user would only have space for 1-2 demos at a time (if even that), still, 1-2 demos is better than none at all, surely?FFseries_Fan
Nut if you have a lot of VC games and saves it means you can't download it or you have to delete some VC games and that's a hassle for just 1 demo, Hardrive is coming.
maybe it would work something like the ds download stations, you download it, but it doesn't actually save anything, so when you turn it off, you would have to re download it. They would have to be short demos though, but it solves the memory problem.
maybe it would work something like the ds download stations, you download it, but it doesn't actually save anything, so when you turn it off, you would have to re download it. They would have to be short demos though, but it solves the memory problem.DrummerDude1010
thats what i thought. with the wiiware casual game section (something like xbox live arcade)coming, its more than possible it happens. freedemo downloads sounds great to me
They should make it availaboe for use with an SD card. It would make buying the card a little more worth it. (not that they're expensive, just a point)
maybe it would work something like the ds download stations, you download it, but it doesn't actually save anything, so when you turn it off, you would have to re download it. They would have to be short demos though, but it solves the memory problem.DrummerDude1010
I thought those downloadble demos were saved onto the DS's very small amount of memory until you turn it off. If so, your idea would not work since we would still need more memory.
[QUOTE="DrummerDude1010"]maybe it would work something like the ds download stations, you download it, but it doesn't actually save anything, so when you turn it off, you would have to re download it. They would have to be short demos though, but it solves the memory problem.catfishmoon23
I thought those downloadble demos were saved onto the DS's very small amount of memory until you turn it off. If so, your idea would not work since we would still need more memory.
oh dang, i think your right. But it still wouldnt use as much memory as saving the whole game (at least i think so). But nintendo just needs to let you be able to save and withdraw stuff from an SD card.That would solve all our problems!:lol:
[QUOTE="DrummerDude1010"]maybe it would work something like the ds download stations, you download it, but it doesn't actually save anything, so when you turn it off, you would have to re download it. They would have to be short demos though, but it solves the memory problem.DrummerDude1010
I thought those downloadble demos were saved onto the DS's very small amount of memory until you turn it off. If so, your idea would not work since we would still need more memory.
oh dang, i think your right. But it still wouldnt use as much memory as saving the whole game (at least i think so). But nintendo just needs to let you be able to save and withdraw stuff from an SD card.That would solve all our problems!:lol:
This is certainly possible. The Wii gets its data from the internet, not from a hard drive. That's why you still need to have the internet even if you've already downloaded the application.
Though it would be possible to pull demo's off of the internet, it's not really probable. It would require RIDICULOUS amounts of bandwidth, because thousands of people would be playing Wii games simultaneously off the net.
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