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News DS Wii

No Euro plans yet.

Nintendo has launched a new Wii channel in Japan that allows people to download demos of DS games.

As promised last month, the new channel also has other content like Wii trailers and a feedback form so you can send Nintendo love-notes.

Except, for now at least, the channel is only up and running in Japan, with Nintendo UK pointing out to us today that it has "not announced plans for a European roll-out at this time".

All of which means you'll just have to gawp at screenshots on the official website until someone does.

Editupdate: Or you could watch the video Wired dug up. They are so handsome.

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morriss #1 4 years ago

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Wii demos please, Ninty. It's not hard.
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Xerx3s #2 4 years ago

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You have to bend over first.
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Aretak #3 4 years ago

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It is with such limited built-in storage.
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jonsaan #4 4 years ago

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Do you really need Wii demos to know that first party games are ace and third party ones suck? With the odd exception of course....
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trav #5 4 years ago

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DS games aren't that big in file size to begin with and with demos being about 1/3 of a what a game is in total I think the Wii should be able to hand the demo downloads with little problem.
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thiswaynow #6 4 years ago

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Hopefully this'll hit the rest of the world soon... I can see why they're doing it in Japan first, since practically everyone in Japan has a DS, and Wii sales seem to be a bit slower there right now.
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asphaltcowboy #7 4 years ago

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That video is awesome Can't wait to get this in Europe! *hint hint* NoE!
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erp #8 4 years ago

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please start selling full DS games in the Wii shop please start selling full DS games in the Wii shop

please
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ZeroAX #9 4 years ago

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how will that work? send it every time you want to play to the ds from the wii?
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aine #10 4 years ago

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they'd have to release an official flash cart.
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Carlo #11 4 years ago

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please start selling full DS games in the Wii shop

+1 to that. I'm fed up with having to go to the shop and buy them (or rather, import them from the USA)
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DonnieDarko333 #12 4 years ago

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NOE can't even do this for us, god....
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peterfll #13 4 years ago

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Lovely; surely it's just a matter of time before this gets rolled out to the US and Euro markets?
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MoGamer2006 #14 4 years ago

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Nice!! Rest of the world ASAP, pls Nintendo!
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bushwod #15 4 years ago

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I think they could do Wii demo's, but it would probably mean having to download it everytime as it would use the RAM to store the game.
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Hendo #16 4 years ago

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how will that work? send it every time you want to play to the ds from the wii?

It works the same as the DS Download Stations (that you're supposed to see in shops, but they're either not there or don't work), in that you transfer the demo to your DS and it sits there for you to play as much as you want until you turn off the DS. Then if you want to play it again you'll have to send it over again. Not a big price to pay really, when there's no loading times with carts.

Wii demos are a much more unlikely prospect. Fucking 512mb.
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asphaltcowboy #17 4 years ago

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"surely it's just a matter of time before this gets rolled out to the US and Euro markets?"

Alas, time is NoE's best friend and our worst enemy!
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kobashi #18 4 years ago

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I have a Japanese Wii so all good!!
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