Nintendo says over a hundred WiiWare games proposed

by Alexander Sliwinski { Oct 11th 2007 at 9:40AM }

An IGN translation of statements made by Nintendo president Satoru Iwata says there are over 100 games proposed for WiiWare. WiiWare is Nintendo's answer to independent and smaller games development which is becoming more prevalent in the industry. We aren't aware nor have seen too many of these WiiWare games, but expect that to change dramatically in 2008.

But if you think it's easy getting a development kit for the Wii, think again. Those currently creating games for WiiWare have been vetted. To even get a developer kit you must have (or be) a known publisher or have "a name." Even then Nintendo is keeping strict control over development kits. With any luck Nintendo will have a better time getting third-party games sold if people don't actually have to go to retail.

[Via GI.biz]

Tags: nintendo, wii, wiiware

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

FrankTheCrank @ Oct 11th 2007 9:47AM

Here come more "mini" games. Yuck.

I can't wait for the game where I have to put salt and pepper on my eggs. You take the Wii remote and pick up the salt shaker...and begin shaking the controller. 100 points for that game.

Fernando Rocker (NDF - Water Ring) @ Oct 11th 2007 9:50AM

Yeah... but at least we are not going to have the minigames in retailers at full prices.

megaStryke @ Oct 11th 2007 9:53AM

Yeah, ugly "mini" games. I mean, WiiWare-exclusive Final Fantasy and Star Soldier sequel? Boy, grandma will love those! Online multiplayer Bomberman and Dr. Mario? Please, that's casual garbage!

Fernando Rocker (NDF - Water Ring) @ Oct 11th 2007 9:54AM

Games like Big Brain Academy Wii Degree (Decent game), Cooking Mama, Bust a Move Wii, and shit like that, fits perfectly in WiiWare.

FrankTheCrank @ Oct 11th 2007 9:54AM

Speaking of shaking your Wii...anybody get their Wii-mote condoms(Wii-grips) yet? Seriously, they look like condoms.

Fernando Rocker (NDF - Water Ring) @ Oct 11th 2007 9:55AM

No... according to my Nintendo account, they are in Backorder =(

NATO_Duke @ Oct 11th 2007 9:55AM

You are the king of negative comments man.

FrankTheCrank @ Oct 11th 2007 9:59AM

That's not true NATOduke. Watch..

I love all my Joystiq brothers and sisters, even if they are fanboys or haters. Game on!

See.

Fernando Rocker (NDF - Water Ring) @ Oct 11th 2007 10:03AM

Now you are the king of chessy comments....

But you are right! I love you guys =)

Karen @ Oct 11th 2007 10:52AM

The "Jackets" aren't shipping till Oct 15th in North America. Kotaku has a positive review though.
At the Nintendo Press conference Iwata said "We have not created Wii Ware system to just to sell Mini games and Puzzle games." The FF Nation building game looked very interesting.

iRobot @ Oct 17th 2007 8:53PM

You're stupid

Konny @ Oct 11th 2007 9:53AM

Wow, seems like wii sales dropped below 20k in Japan this week.. but, they're shipping those region locked units to USA right Fernando?

On note, WiiWare means buying your mini-games piecemeal instead of in compilation format. And,if they're charging $5 for NES games how much do you think they are gonna charge for wiiware games?

megaStryke @ Oct 11th 2007 9:54AM

With the rare exception of bigger games like Final Fantasy, Iwata announced that the price shouldn't exceed 1000 points. So nice try.

Fernando Rocker (NDF - Water Ring) @ Oct 11th 2007 9:58AM

Still, they are higer than the PS3 sales. And do you see how much the PSP sales droped? PSP sold a lot when Crisis Core was released...

... now wait until Dragon Quest is released. Nintendo DS sales will explode.

samfish (MSDF- Nurse Outfit!) @ Oct 11th 2007 10:08AM

Do you ever get tired of being wrong about Wii sales, Konny? This'll be more than likely the 4th week in a row for you...

CaptainAmericaX @ Oct 11th 2007 9:59AM

Oh wow all the sony trolls are out and about early today...

Whats wrong guys...oh wait thats right there are no games to play on your ps3....and now that sony has gotten rid of backwards compatiblity you've returned to the old sony standard..."Bash Nintendo"

This is great news. All Nintendo needs to do is annouce a relatively cheap Hard Drive for the Wii. Because I don't see how we can fit all these games onto the Wii by itself.

Paul P. @ Oct 11th 2007 10:33AM

Personally I'm already out of space on mine, so yeah. Right now I jsut delete a couple of VC games when I want a new one, after transferring to SD. I really want a hard drive though.

Dave @ Oct 11th 2007 10:03AM

What I want to know is where are we supposed to store all these games? As much fun as moving games around between memory cards, deleting, re-downloading, and trying to figure out exactly what to delete to get enough space to download a new game is, I'd rather just get games on discs if Nintendo isn't going to put out/allow some sort of mass storage device.

CaptainAmericaX @ Oct 11th 2007 10:05AM

Still thats pretty impressive IMO and Nintendo would be dumb not to accept at least 3/4 WiiWare game proposed...

Of course this is assuming you and IGN are right.

CaptainAmericaX @ Oct 11th 2007 10:05AM

Still thats pretty impressive IMO and Nintendo would be dumb not to accept at least 3/4 WiiWare game proposed...

Of course this is assuming you and IGN are right.

flameofdoom666 @ Oct 11th 2007 10:06AM

http://wii.ign.com/articles/826/826171p1.html

This is that article I talked about.

zwarrior @ Oct 11th 2007 10:08AM

Let's hope that means the minigames and PSP ports will all come from there and wont cost above $20

megaStryke @ Oct 11th 2007 10:11AM

Show of hands... how many people here have ACTUALLY used up all their memory on the Wii? Raise your hands. I gotta see this.

samfish (MSDF- Nurse Outfit!) @ Oct 11th 2007 10:22AM

I've got a few blocks left, but otherwise...

ck @ Oct 11th 2007 10:24AM

I'm nowhere near using up all my space. But I can see in about a year where I really don't want to move anything off the system to an SD card to make space for WiiWare titles, VC titles, save games AND more channels. So Nintendo better have some hard drive cooking that looks stylish next to the Wii and won't be too hard to connect (for those 'casual' gamers).

Paul P. @ Oct 11th 2007 10:35AM

I have 50 blocks left. That is after deleting several games and the Wii Vote channel, however, and redownloading new games. So overall I've used more space than the Wii has, just deleted some stuff.

JodyAnthony @ Oct 11th 2007 10:42AM

as of yesterday I have 890 blocks left. saving space for King of Fighters '96 or Puzzle Bobble or Puzzle de Pon or Aero Fighters 2 or Samurai Showdown. Come on, SNK!

jorojoserojas @ Oct 11th 2007 10:53AM

I've used all of mine up, but I didn't have to delete anything until Sin & Punishment came out.

Karen @ Oct 11th 2007 11:03AM

I bought a SD card last November thinking I'd use up the internal memory quickly but I still have 1500 Blocks left. I haven't been downloading all the VC games I want to play because I want to finish all the games I've bought so far. Also My 1 GB SD card card has more then 7000 blocks I don't think I"ll be needing a Hard drive. The SD cards are so cheap I'll just get another one if I fill this one.

megaStryke @ Oct 11th 2007 11:05AM

Next question: how many VC titles have you all purchased?

JodyAnthony @ Oct 11th 2007 11:18AM

I have purchased...

Zelda 1
Zelda 2
Link to the Past
Ocarina of Time
SMB1
Super Mario World
SM64
Kid Icarus
Golden Axe
Altered Beast
Bonk's Adventure
Bomberman '93
Breath of Fire 2

thats it so far. they are all currently on my system. So many more I want, but I promised myself that I would finish some of the games I have before I buy any more for any system. Although I did just beat Link to the Past and Super Mario World last week, as well as Zelda Phantom Hourglass (best game on DS, IMO)

vinny @ Oct 11th 2007 11:33AM

im not even close, but i really dont spend alot on VC games, i usually end up buying more XBLA games

samfish (MSDF- Nurse Outfit!) @ Oct 11th 2007 12:09PM

I'm pretty sure I'm forgetting some, but...
Super Mario Bros
Super Mario Bros: The Lost Levels
Super Mario Bros 2
Mario 64
Legend of Zelda
Legend of Zelda II
A Link To The Past
Ocarina of Time
Kid Icarus
DKC
DKC 2
Contra 3 (I've actually never even played this, though!)
Star Fox 64
Sin & Punishment
Adventures of Lolo
Metroid
Super Metroid
Kirby's Adventure
Gradius
Super Castlevania IV
Galaga
Neutopia II
Ninja Gaiden
R-Type 3
Altered Beast
Streets of Rage

samfish (MSDF- Nurse Outfit!) @ Oct 11th 2007 12:13PM

Oh, and Super Mario World, Ecco the Dolphin and F-Zero X.

flameofdoom666 @ Oct 11th 2007 10:11AM

I want Dr.Mario wi-fi! Ide pay about 8$ for it

JodyAnthony @ Oct 11th 2007 10:41AM

I would pay 1000 points for dr mario online or bomberman online. I used to stay up with my brother until the wee hours of the morning playing SNES bomberman. best party game ever

Dale @ Oct 11th 2007 10:45AM

The only thing I've bought on the Wii Shop is the browser (it took me bloody ages to find the system so it was no longer free). I used it once.

The Wii really isn't getting the use I thought it would, despite buying many of the big titles for it.

Jack @ Oct 11th 2007 11:12AM

(robot voice)

WiiWare idea #2305. Adam Sandler is trapped on an island and falls in love with a coconut.

WiiWare idea #2306. Adam Sandler is like, in love with some girl, but then it turns out that the girl is actually a golden retriever, or something.

megaStryke @ Oct 11th 2007 11:39AM

You're my best friend, AWESOM-O!

WiNG @ Oct 11th 2007 11:38AM

IMO this is great news.

The more minigames there are for $2-$10 on the WiiWare channel, the less and less companies will be able to charge $50 for "games" like Cooking Mama. Eventually the lower price will bring either retail prices down on shovelware, or quality up. Or both.

Either way consumer wins, plus more choices.

ThornedVenom @ Oct 11th 2007 1:46PM

Why all of the negative comments? It's just another way to package smaller games. It doesn't mean that they can't potentially be as addictive as Geometry Wars.

Abscissa @ Oct 11th 2007 2:52PM

"To even get a developer kit you must have (or be) a known publisher or have "a name.""

AH HA HA HA HA!!! So much for the "independent and smaller games developers" they've been mentioning over the last year. I knew that was going to turn out to be pure lip-service.

Gavin @ Oct 11th 2007 6:05PM

I predict that the majority of WiiWare games will simply be ported Flash games so you'll be paying for something that you could play free on the internet. Mark my words...