Just over ten days ago, the only thing the Wii had in terms of downloadable stuff was the VC. The VC is great with literally hundreds of classics to download (I've personally downloaded a couple myself), but that was it, for Europe at least.
Then exactly ten days ago Wii Ware was released here in Europe. Great. Some new, Wii only games that made some genuinely good use of the controllers (LostWinds anyone?). But I still wasn't sure, could the Wii be the best console for downloads? From what I know the PS3 has some pretty cool stuff like Pain. But the PS3 has more new origional stuff that the Wii is still missing at the moment. And as for Xbox Live well, I have no idea. Is Xbox Live any good?
But in the past couple of days, or maybe even today, a new thing was released here called the Nintendo Channel. Personally I had never heard of it. I went to the Shop Channel earlier to see if any new Wii Wrae games had come through (no such luck) and came across a thing that said "Introducing the Nintendo Channel". Just out of interest I clicked it.
It bassically told me everything I wanted to hear since the day I got my Wii online. The Nintendo Channel is a free download to the Wii menu which then gives you access to lots of information about up-coming games, watch videos, read interviews and, best of all, send demo's to your DS. YAY!
Without bothering to see what all the buttons do (does anyone else love seeing what buttons do?) I went to the DS Download Service page and got me a stripped-down Mario Kart DS. Cool. The demo's not bad, 2 tracks and a basic multiplayer. I just hope a certain friend hasn't given his DS back to another friend yet, 'cause then he wont get to see it. Oh, and you can download the demo to two DS's at a time, just thought I'd mention it.
This just got me thinking. Along with the largest number of classic games, arguably the most interesting new games, and now free demo's, trailers, interviews, info on new games etc. Does this mean that the Wii is the best console for Downloads? What do you guys think?
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