Future Wii Updates

[Wedgy]

Firstly the Wii today recived an official update to allow USB keyboard connection and a update to the (totally crap) Everybody votes channel.

Now the totally awsome channel that are so great, they havent been dated for Europe yet

WiiWare Channel

Following last night's unveiling of upcoming Wii Ware titles, Nintendo has announced its first-party lineup for the downloadable service when it hits Japan in March.

In addition to last night's Dr. Mario and Pokemon Farm announcements, Nintendo will also release Maruboushikaku and Minna de Puzzloop (known stateside as Magnetica). Maruboushikaku involves three screens displayed, each with its own pattern (circle-, line- and square-based). We don't yet know the objective of the game, but your actions in one window will affect the other two.

The game previously known as Pokemon Farm is officially titled Pokemon Bokujou Channel (Pokemon Ranch Channel) and will let you take your Miis to the ranch to take pictures of your pokemon and send your friends. Pokemon management was mentioned, but no information on whether you level up your characters in the channel.

Dr. Mario & Saikin Bokumetsu (or "bacteria extermination") will also feature your Mii characters in-game and has options for online multiplayer. Saikin Bokumesu is a minigame from the Japanese Brain Age 2 and will feature four-player online co-op. IGN has a handful of pictures from the game.

Star Soldier R, Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Young King and the Promised Land and Moji Pittan Wii were also announced last night. Wii Ware is coming to Japanese consoles in March.

Everybody's Nintendo Channel

Come this November, Wii owners in Japan won't have to venture into the wilds of the internet for information on upcoming games or go down to the local retail chain to try out the latest DS titles, as Nintendo has announced plans to launch the Minna no Nintendo Channel (Everybody's Nintendo Channel), promising to turn the Wii into a Nintendo DS Station retail kiosk for the living room.

According to IGN, this latest channel in the Wii's arsenal, which was announced during Nintendo's 2007 Fall press conference in Japan, will offer promo videos for upcoming games, as well as allow players to download playable demos, though the report only mentions DS demos at this time, solidifying the linkage between both the Wii and Nintendo's touchable handheld.

Just the same, we remain thrilled to see Nintendo warming up to the idea of demos, and are hopeful that this could open the door for a similar treatment for Wii games, though sooner rather than later would be nice. In addition, the channel will also include a bit of social networking, allowing players to search for information on games based on data provided by other Wii users.

While less exciting, the Minna no Nintendo Channel will also be joined by the Mii Contest Channel this November in Japan as well, offering a place where players can show off their Mii creations, as well as vote on and even take home other people's Miis. While no release date for either channel has been announced for the U.S. or Europe, we've informed Dr. Zoidberg and he's already packed his bags.

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I this its really neat them allowing for DS demo downloads, its something i would not have thought of.
Also i imagin that those demos will download straight from the internet and the wiiware games will be tiny so Nintendo have once again escapes the no harddrive issue.
Heres hoping for external HDD support.

[draganess]

So if you all ready have one does that mean you will need to buy a new one or you can upgrade the one you have? (its early in the morning and my brain isnt working yet so sorry if its a dumb question lol)

If they are starting to make mods on them then Im sure the hdd bit will come sooner or later.

[majin]

no they just do a firmware upgrade to unlock these new features.

[Detomah]

So long as they keep on moving Nintendo products in the right direction, it's all good.

I can see their lead in the market getting bigger and bigger the way they are going, providing production of the Wii console can match the demand for it.