Posts Tagged ‘WiiWare’

PSA: Final Call for Wii Shop Channel Purchases – Suggested Games Here

March 10, 2018

Nintendo has announced they will be shutting down the Wii Shop Channel on both the Wii and the backwards compatibility on the Wii U soon. To be clear, the actual Wii Shop Channel will remain open until January 31, 2019. However, the big detail to note, [...]

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Nintendo Shutting Down Wii Shop Channel

September 29, 2017

Nintendo announced that they will be shutting off the Wii Shop Channel on January 31, 2019. However, it is important to note that users will only be able to add Wii Points, currency used to purchase Wii Shop Channel content, until March 27, 2018. This [...]

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Club Nintendo October 2014 Summary

October 13, 2014

Preparing for Holiday 2014 – Although many games available this month have been a part of the Club Nintendo program before, there are definitely some winners here. It is a little strange to NOT see the original N64 Smash Bros available on the Wii Virtual [...]

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10 Wii Games You Never Played and Probably Never Will

September 7, 2014

Hard to Find. Hard to Play. – Now that Nintendo’s Wii can be viewed in a rearview mirror, it is interesting to look back at the entire library to see some games that might have been overlooked for one reason or another. With the Wii WiFi service now [...]

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Grill Off with Ultra Hand WiiWare Review

July 23, 2014

Extending A Hand – Keeping its past alive, Nintendo has an exclusive WiiWare title that is only available through its Club Nintendo program that harkens back to one of their first hit toys from the 1960s. While Grill Off with Ultra Hand is basically the [...]

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Club Nintendo November 2013 Summary

November 4, 2013

Spend, Spend, Spend! – In terms of game quality, November is probably the highest rated month throughout all of 2013. A Link to the Past, the unforgettable SNES installment, is the perfect hype builder for A Link Between World’s launch later this month, [...]

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Club Nintendo 2013 Elite Status Gift Announcement

July 15, 2013

Nintendo has unveiled the official rewards to Gold and Platinum Club Nintendo members to close out 2013. Members have until August 15th 2013 to log in and select a gift of choice. Digital game downloads will generate a download code for immediate [...]

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Contra Rebirth – Review (WiiWare)

June 4, 2013

Contra Re-Lite – Back in 2009, Konami launched a couple of Rebirth games on Nintendo’s WiiWare service: Contra and Castlevania Adventure. Unfortunately, WiiWare did not receive the success or recognition as compared to PSN or XBLA so there is a good [...]

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