WiiWare now available in Australia

Wii News | That's a surprise.

Nintendo Australia has announced that the WiiWare service has launched in Australia today. WiiWare is a new game download service, which is accesiblle via the Wii Shop Channel, where users can download a variety of new games in exchange for points. Unlike the Virtual Console the WiiWare service offers original games.

Titles scheduled to launch on the service for launch week include Lost Winds, Star Soldier R, Dr. Mario & Germ Buster, Toki Tori Take 2, TV Show King and Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King.

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38 Comments

DancesInUnderwear

4 years ago

Dr Mario? Now? Its like a birthday present from Nintendo to me.

Damn, I gotta go buy some points.

Eyce

4 years ago

Incredible consumer awareness strategy, Nintendo Australia.

*applause*

Passa

4 years ago

Lost Winds and My Life as a King look oh so awesome, wish I had a Wii right now

Itachi

4 years ago

You are right Passa My life as a King is very very awesome ^^. I am loving it.

Karai Pantsu

4 years ago

Argh! I want literally 4 of those 6 titles!! Now I have to make the heart rending decision between buying games immediately or buying concert tickets (one of which may never come around again).

To anyone else that'd be an easy choice...

*sigh*

Who am I kidding, Wii can wait when Sigur Ros and Meshuggah are in town.

DancesInUnderwear

4 years ago

^ You could argue that there being 4 games you want on Wii will never happen again either.

pdaddy

4 years ago

Are there any reviews or even indepth previews of all those titles anywhere on the internet? I'd like to sample some wii ware action, but alas I just don't have many points at the moment (or the time to play them all)..

Still, hooray for Nintendo getting it to us and boo Nintendo for not giving it more fanfare.. Original titles on the Wii is a pretty big deal, especially ones that will (hopefully) utilise the wiimote..

genxevo

4 years ago

noob question

if my wii hdd is full, can i downlaod and run more stuff from SD card or do i have to move stuff to SD card to make space, then if i want to play the stuff on the sd card, i have to move it back to the wii hdd to play it

rufati

4 years ago

Anyone else disappointed about the lack of Pop? D:

And I'm not sure how good of a price 1500 points for My Life as King is, because I don't remember how much they cost >_< but I do still have 700 points...

Now I just have to hope that games I want aren't released on LIVE Arcade and WiiWare at the same time.

LeonJ

4 years ago

Nice PR Nintendo Australia. Keeping us Australian gamers on our toes.

Itachi

4 years ago

TBH i think My life as King is pretty good for 1500. ATM i have played it heaps and really enjoying it. I also spent 1700 points on downloadable content which imo was worth it ^^.

Cerebral

4 years ago

^ Does the game feel incomplete without the DLC (as in, how much does it add to the game)? I want to get it, but I'm not paying for half a game and the rest in instalments, not on any console.

Itachi

4 years ago

Once you play the game you relise that 1500 is very little to pay for this type of game. I found it awesome. So me paying an extra 1700 wii points wasn't such a big problem. Once i did get all the content a whole lot more missions appeared so yeah it does add to the game.

Toastfarmer

4 years ago

Does the Wii Ware service require an update which would kill the Freeloader? If anybody can answer that I would be very grateful.

VOOK

4 years ago

Toastfarmer wrote

Does the Wii Ware service require an update which would kill the Freeloader? If anybody can answer that I would be very grateful.

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All Currently available updates for the Wii contain no block for the Freeloader.

Gizmocreative

4 years ago

hmmm i want some of these. all i need now is the space to put them.....

admeister

4 years ago

A fast PAL conversion? Nintendo Australia?! This does not compute..

Excellent news, no need to buy a U.S Wii points card any more.

I'm pleasantly surprised.

drunknmonkey_au

4 years ago

Wow, I really wasn't expecting us to get this for months. Will be downloading "Lost Winds" for sure and My life as a King sounds interesting too

TheAnswer

4 years ago

rufati wrote

And I'm not sure how good of a price 1500 points for My Life as King is, because I don't remember how much they cost >_< but I do still have 700 points....

2000 points is $29.95 or if you go to EB they now charge a $5 premium for the point cards, so $34.95

critter2003

4 years ago

If I have to delete some Virtual Console games to make room for these, can I keep my save games for them? Or are they deleted as well?

TheAnswer

4 years ago

critter2003 wrote

If I have to delete some Virtual Console games to make room for these, can I keep my save games for them? Or are they deleted as well?

Just buy a few SD cards for extra storage

Anonymous

4 years ago

TheAnswer wrote

rufati wrote

And I'm not sure how good of a price 1500 points for My Life as King is, because I don't remember how much they cost >_< but I do still have 700 points....

1500 points is $29.95 or if you go to EB they now charge a $5 premium for the point cards, so $34.95

Is it 3000 points it goes up to in the wii shop channel? $45 or something? Can't check, at work.

A13x

4 years ago

Yep, $45 for 3000

$15 for 1000, or $75 for 5000.

tootie_kicks

4 years ago

critter2003 wrote

If I have to delete some Virtual Console games to make room for these, can I keep my save games for them? Or are they deleted as well?

Save games are stored seperately to the games.

Saves are under 'Wii' in memory section (I think, off the top of my head), whereas the games themselves are under 'Channels'.

Each savegame is about 4 blocks, from the ones I have.

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