Wii Game Channel? YES PLEASE!

[jkam]

http://www.joystiq.com/2007/01/26/wii-to-get-original-downloadable-titles-game-channel-possible/

Wii to get original downloadable titles, 'Game Channel' possible
Posted Jan 26th 2007 9:41AM by James Ransom-Wiley
Filed under: Nintendo Wii, Online, Business

Remarks made by Hudson Entertainment director of marketing John Lee, during an interview with Game Informer, have sparked rumor that a 'Game Channel,' dealing in original downloadable titles, could be headed to Wii. Lee didn't make any specific implications, but did cleverly acknowledge that Nintendo had plans to distribute original downloadable games. When asked if Hudson had plans to do so, Lee claimed, "No," but added, "However, in the future, you should rephrase that question to: Are there any plans to launch original content on some downloadable service on the Wii, and you might get a different answer."

CVG brought the issue up with Nintendo, which responded, "We cannot confirm at this time in what format the new content will be delivered, but in the future there will be original games available for download through the Wii Shop." While still unconfirmed, it's likely that Nintendo could launch a new Channel to further separate original games, once purchased from Wii Shop Channel, from Virtual Console fare. We also suspect that most of these new offerings will utilize the Wiimote (and Nunchuk) instead of the Classic Controller.

I know this was talked about early on with the system but there hasn't been too much lately. Sounds good to me :) The more games the better.

[Mookyjooky]

I wish they would pull all the games in their own channel, I hate having all the VC games on the front.

[natureboy46]

I love the idea of this. If the (really simple) games on wiicade are anything to go by then we should be able to see some fun games that make use of both controllers.

[daroga]

I wish they would pull all the games in their own channel, I hate having all the VC games on the front.I agree, or at least the ability to sort and stack them as you want. I'd kinda like to have each system have its own category.

[mastarecoil]

A+B, drag to move them wherever you want.

[David85]

Didn't Nintendo say they would / could make games for the VC months and months before the Wii launched? So how is this news?

[daroga]

A+B, drag to move them wherever you want.No, like, stack them on top of each other, so that you have a single channel for all your VC games, or for all your NES VC games, etc.

[munch]

No, like, stack them on top of each other, so that you have a single channel for all your VC games, or for all your NES VC games, etc.

Yep, that would be the preferred method. It just looks way to cluttered. By having, say, a NES channel and a SNES it would feel and look better.

[ryanbph]

In an interview on unclegamer podcast recently they had one of the guys behind butterfly garden on. He said he had talked to both msft and nintendo about making a DLC game for them, and they were going forward making the game for both systems. They had a goal of a release of april 2008

[tomfoolery]

so many good things to download, i'm going to need more room to save stuff...