Space Invaders Get Even with Pit Crew Panic! on WiiWare

I think it's partly due to the fact that the Wii remains an (unjustly) easy target, and also because there's still been a surprisingly low rate of knockout releases vs lackluster shovelware (and I hate using that word, but there's no other way I can honestly describe "Pong Toss"). Now, granted, there's still a small library of releases compared to XBLA, owing to the fact that WiiWare was the last one out of the gate (though it bugs me that PSN still has such a pitifully small library in NA while other regions are practically swimming in content). But of those few, there's maybe a dozen or so that could be considered huge draws to the platform... and most of those are multiplatform (Mega Man 9, Strong Bad, World of Goo, Cave Story...). Don't get me wrong-- what's good on there is REALLY good.

But the ratio just isn't there for a lot of people; and, more importantly, developers are approaching WiiWare as if it were disc-based software and developing accordingly. Something like Pong Toss would sell a zillion and a half copies if it were a $20 disc game because the people who are likely to buy it, to be polite about it, do not have their Wiis online. The people who DO have their Wiis online, however, feel insulted that this is what they're being offered (and rightly so).

If Nintendo was smart (and for a good long while that was more or less a given), they'd focus their efforts on more quirky games appealing to the (mythical, all-powerful, massive sarcasm) core on WiiWare, and leave the shovelware to discs where the higher costs can bankrupt those "quick-and-dirty, no-QA-required" developers.

Because just about every week wiiware gets something horrible? I've seen most if not all of these weekly updates and pretty much all are like this one. Doesn't help that the few decent ones like world of goo and mega man 9 are available elsewhere.