Demos Coming to WiiWare In Japan This Month

Seems like Nintendo is listening to theirs customers, some selected WiiWare games will have demos starting this month. i hope its for outside of japan as well

In a Q&A session with investors during a financial briefing last week, Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata said, "As an experiment to see if we can expand our customer base by offering demos on WiiWare, we hope to run tests for a limited number of titles as early as next month."

The briefing took place on the 30th, so he's presumably referring to this month.

The reason Nintendo is trying out demos is to get more consumers "into" the Wii Shopping Channel site.

Iwata added that he doesn't believe demos are necessarily the solution to the small WiiWare and DSi Ware markets. Said Iwata, "Unless we can give people a reason to go to the Wii Shopping Channel and DSi Shop even if they don't have business there, I don't believe digital goods sales will heat up."

my thoughts: awesome Nintendo.. thats great news because you guys need to let the consumers to see what the games are like before downloading them, and your the only brand without demo's, kudos to you guys but please let outside of japan get this to.. i beg you, don't make me go on my knees lol

copy cat

Not sure I give a shit. Most Demo highlight either the good parts of a game or just the beginning where there is nothing there that is interesting.

Godwind wrote:Not sure I give a shit. Most Demo highlight either the good parts of a game or just the beginning where there is nothing there that is interesting.

But isnt that still better than just buying a game and not knowing what to expect

AxelDemon wrote:copy cat

hehe do you think i will waist my sweet arse time typing about it? when i can copy it from VGChartz? lol.. i sometimes type it in my own words but i couldn't be bothered with this one lol

AxelDemon wrote:

Godwind wrote:Not sure I give a shit. Most Demo highlight either the good parts of a game or just the beginning where there is nothing there that is interesting.

But isnt that still better than just buying a game and not knowing what to expect

I know where to go for reviews.

I like reviews too, but they aren't always on the same page as me

AxelDemon wrote:I like reviews too, but they aren't always on the same page as me

You just don't know how to read in between the lines of a review.

"A ninja has to see through deception"

it's come to the uk now i think

i got the bit trip demo its acutally really funz

Why do they only have to be temporary!?

Jakester12621 wrote:Why do they only have to be temporary!?

Nintendo likes their shitty rules and knows how to hook you.

Godwind wrote:

Jakester12621 wrote:Why do they only have to be temporary!?

Nintendo likes their shitty rules and knows how to hook you.

and it IS a demo

AxelDemon wrote:

Godwind wrote:

Jakester12621 wrote:Why do they only have to be temporary!?

Nintendo likes their shitty rules and knows how to hook you.

and it IS a demo

Don't you think they should be around for future purchasers of the Wii?

Its the same for a lot of games on xbl

Finally this better be released to New Zealand we get the ass end of everything I've always wanted this cause I always wanna buy a game but don't no what to expect and sometimes you just can't trust the reviews

Dara_U wrote:Finally this better be released to New Zealand we get the ass end of everything I've always wanted this cause I always wanna buy a game but don't no what to expect and sometimes you just can't trust the reviews

New Zealand and aulstraila

Damn straight it really sucks to have to get the worst fucking release dates and shit

THAT SOUNDS SO GREAT!!!! first the wii video channel and now demos!!! i know both of them are in japan now but i know fosho that video is coming to North America!!! now if only the wii could get DLC

Now all they have to do is make more games for wiiware cause the only ones that interest me right now are the Bit Trip series, and world of goo. Any reccomendations?

Phoenix Wright is coming out on Wiiware!

Phi1Pill wrote:Now all they have to do is make more games for wiiware cause the only ones that interest me right now are the Bit Trip series, and world of goo. Any reccomendations?

Tetris Party is awesome, but it doesn't have a demo.

demos are in na arnt they i got them?

Godwind wrote:

AxelDemon wrote:I like reviews too, but they aren't always on the same page as me

You just don't know how to read in between the lines of a review.

Not everyone reads between the lines the same way as others.