WiiWare demos now online

about time

Just don't buy games that don't have demos packaged with them that'll teach em a lesson hahaha

Eh? Nah, thats not true. Sales for games like Swords and soldiers alone are very good, many companies easily turn a profit, and then manage a sequel - Lost winds for example. The VC has actually been a great success.

The Wii has sold very little on line games. Around a million to a million and a half. This was a good idea to increase sales, unfortunately, I did not like those games. The only one I kind of liked was Pokemon Rumble.

Good, now that the Wii's are selling less, maybe we can start to catch up with the others

This is a great idea. :)

Finally, now we can actually try before we buy rather than just guess as to what the games are like. Good move.

Good that they've started... Skeptical that they will continue and increase in numbers... I've always enjoyed being able to play the demos of every XBLA game, and a large amount of PSN games. This has been a long time coming. Here's hoping for increased support from Nintendo... _

Congratulations Nintendo. Microsoft has only been releasing demos, for every arcade game released on XBL, since 2005. Three years after the Wii launches you decide to release demos for five games? This is literally too little too late.

It's about time Nintendo releases demos. The only reason I bought World of Goo was that I played the demo on the PC; I don't think I would have bought it before playing it (great game BTW). Next Nintendo needs to do a subscription service to play any and all virtual console games for a monthly fee. Kinda like Gametap, but console based.

This is excellent, I was considering getting Bit.Trip. Beat! Good timing Nintendo!

I like I like

Downloaded the Pokemon Rumble demo. Surprisingly awesome game. I will be buying the full version.

@Sepewrath. maybe you need to look at the sky in your world dude. its the same as mine an alot of others. if im not mistaken, is that not a Link picture you have, similar to mine? lets face it. most of us bought into the idea of the wii when it first came out. and except for a few notable games, they have yet to deliver on the motion sensing front, and even the WiiWare and Virtual Console. demos are a good thing, but they are still way behind when it comes to online, among other things.

wii ware is a hastle anyways because you have to pull out your credit card and address every time you buy something

Wonder if it's for disc games too?

Great!

So... you can try the crap online games, but not the ones on disc? Oh wait... they're also crap. there are only aabout 12 good wii games. my bad. :p

ummmm demos aren't a new idea. My psp is already lightyears ahead of the wii when it comes to online capabilities :P

Finally! Jeez, what took them so long?

Awesome, I will be checking out World of Goo and Bit.Trip.Beat

@SlickVic1990 What color is the sky in your world? Is it better than this one? Anyway I will definitely check out World of Goo, I have wanted to try that game before buying but I don't know anyone who has it. I also want to try out Nyxquest. A great next step would be retail demo's.

WOW! 100000 years l8r lol.. im glad.. but next time note to self Nintendo this is a must from the start *slap*

Now Nintendo needs to work on patching their games so that cheaters/hackers don't ruin them.

Heh. This is going to make it hard for them to hide all the gimmicky and non-fun games that they want us to buy anymore. Baby steps, Nintendo. Baby steps.

Yes Finally!!!!!!!!!

finally demos...Nintendo your so far behind in quality service

holy crap what year is it!? oh wait its Nintendo

I wish wiiware was never made. I liked the wii shop channel idea until they had to slow the release of virtual console games to 1 or 2 a week to make room for the wiiware games.

Whats other to say only that I love Wii :)

it is about time.

Hmm...no idea what Pokemon Rumble is, but heck, I'll try it.

Sweet, now I can try games out before deciding to rent or buy them. :D

i might check em out...

Nintendo used to be the reckoning force, why did they think wii was a good idea...

Nintendo: Always 2 steps behind the competition better late then never though now they still need retail game demos though

meh i might check this out depends on teh price though :D

tg16 version of streetfighter 2, seriously? just give us the arcade version already and move on. how about something we want for once? the import verison of dracula x for tg16cd? earthbound for christs sake? hey you know what would make people start downloading oldschool games like crack nintendo? how about mother fn achievments of some kind? i was onboard with wii from day one, but now i have a ps3 and the wii is just lame. if i play it, its just for VC releases......but im one of the gamers nintendo doesnt care about anymore.

Well, better late than never. (2)

Better late than never. Once I do something with online gaming, I'll have to check it out.

demos for the wii are a very nice addition, but its to bad that the demos are only here for a limited time p.s pokemon rumble is sweet, to bad I dont have 15 dollars for it, oh well the demo is still a great substitution for it in the mean time!!!

Holy crap! Never seen that done before.

it took them THIS long to include demos? how much longer until we get the great hardcore games we desire??? we WANT to love you Nintendo. stop pushing us away!!!!!!

Cool now I can play some shovelware on my wii!

@Timbydude Word! I've heard of that thing on TV! Stephen Colbert said something or another about it, but I can't remember the name. But Nintendo has only about three years to figure this whole thing out with the Wii, and it's not like they ever tried to take another system online before. Unless you count the one or two online games with the GameCube, or the download service for the SNES in Japan...

another fail week for DSiware...

Amen that, Timbydude.

Well, it's about time. How about demos for everything else now, Nintendo?

Nintendo is slowly discovering the existence of that newfangled thingy where you connect a bunch of computers over a network...what's that called again?

Demos of Wiiware games huh? Alright.