WiiWare developers not happy with Nintendo

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Strubes

http://kotaku.com/5452560/some-wiiware-developers-not-exactly-thrilled-with-nintendo

Of all the major platforms and services out there, Nintendo's WiiWare is probably the most under-promoted and under-utilised (PSP mini's aside). Something developers are not happy about.

"We feel that Nintendo is not doing enough to promote the service at all," JV Games' Jag Jaege (Pong Toss) tells GI.biz. "We feel that the vast majority of Wii owners have absolutely no idea that they can even connect to the internet."

It's a sentiment shared by Nic Watt, of Aussie studio Nnooo! Games (Pop). "Nintendo, in my opinion, could do more to keep the WiiWare and DSiWare stores in customer's minds", he says.

"It is great that every new customer knows about and uses these services when they first connect their Wiis or DS. However, how many continue to frequent those stores? I think it is and should be Nintendo's responsibility to have a continued marketing presence to maintain people's awareness about the service."

You won't get many complaints from me. There's some great stuff on WiiWare, like LostWinds, but so little is done by Nintendo to promote the service - or the Wii's internet connectivity on the whole - that a big chunk of the service's potential audience is unaware it even exists.
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i think this is more like a "digital distribution" problem rather than simply wiiware.... but i think nintendo should indeed do something about it.... other than making outrageous japanese trailers *looks at muscle march....dies a little on the inside*
 
Zidart said:
i think this is more like a "digital distribution" problem rather than simply wiiware.... but i think nintendo should indeed do something about it.... other than making outrageous japanese trailers *looks at muscle march....dies a little on the inside*
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Yeah, that trailer was horrible. Do they promote WiiWare at all on the Everybody Loves Nintendo channel?
 
I check the Wii shop channel every monday, sometimes they spit out some real gems, but my favorite games were the firsts, like LostWinds and MLAAK.
But if my Wii hadn't come with A Link To The Past on it, I probably never would have realized that there was a shop on it.
 
Strubes said:
Yeah, that trailer was horrible. Do they promote WiiWare at all on the Everybody Loves Nintendo channel?
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yes but only major titles i believe....idk i only go on that channel for DS demos... and there is only a few wiiware demos on the shopping channel. They are probably trying, but not enough.
 
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