Nintendo's WiiWare service just launched in Japan and it's set to debut in America this May. WiiWare has opened up an exciting new retail avenue for third-parties whose games don't show up on traditional store shelves. One such company is XGen Studios, best known for its titles Defend Your Castle and Pillage the Village -- simple, but addictive efforts that have been played hundreds of thousands of times on the Internet. Recently, XGen revealed that it was planning to bring a completely overhauled version of Defend Your Castle to WiiWare. IGN caught up with company CEO Skye Boyes to talk about the project, about the WiiWare service in general, and more. XGen was also kind enough to provide exclusive new assets -- screens and videos -- of Defend Your Cast on WiiWare.
"Nintendo's WiiWare service started in North America on May 12, 2008. There were six WiiWare titles available for download on the WiiWare service's launch, and now there are more than 300 WiiWare games to choose from.
New WiiWare games are usually added to the Wii's Shop Channel each week, and games range in price from just $5, up to $15. Some of the WiiWare launch titles were original titles not found on other platforms, but one game had been released half a decade earlier for the PC, and that WiiWare game was Defend Your Castle(DYC).
Defend Your Castle was released on May 12, 2008 for the WiiWare service, and costs 500 Wii Points, which is $5. The game was developed and published by XGen Studios, and received an "Everyone" rating from the ESRB with "Cartoon Violence" listed as the only content for gamers/parents to be aware of.
How many hours have Wii owners spent defending their castles, with 1,114 days of game-play reported? Let's take a look!", says C...
Discless takes a look at the best that Wiiware has to offer.
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So you've had several rounds of Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Or Mario Kart, or Guitar Hero, etc.) and you're looking for something else to play. Competition is great, but sometimes you just need to play something fun just for the sake of playing. Heck, maybe you and your party are willing to make fools of yourselves while you play. The following is a list of games that I'm sure you'll get a laugh or two out of.
