Ahead of the release of its brand new WiiWare title Tiki Towers, RealNetworks has heaped praise on Nintendo's new software delivery platform, and also admitted that a move to Microsoft's Xbox Live Marketplace and Sony's PlayStation Network is still a possibility.
The firm's Sean Amann told Gamasutra: "Nintendo's WiiWare team has been incredibly helpful to us as new developers, meeting with our team early on to answer questions and make sure we understood their goals, processes, deadlines and marketing opportunities. They have always been very supportive and accessible, and we couldn't be in better hands.
"We've chosen to work with partners like Nintendo and Apple largely because the Wii and iPhone have been game-changers, attracting a broad demographic and getting people involved in gaming that may not have tried if these companies hadn't made it so simple and appealing. At the same time, they offer compelling experiences for established gamers as well."
As for moving on to other console-based distribution networks, Amann remained coy: "We're looking at all platforms on which our customers are playing, and gauging the response we get to these first titles as we put together our plans for future releases. We will continue to bring our customers great games wherever they want to play them.
"We always keep a close eye on what is being played on each platform and where certain genres see the most traction, and let customer behavior tell us where we should bring our games next. We are definitely interested in what is going on at PSN and XBLA, but have nothing to announce at this time."
When a game released exclusively digitally disappears from distribution, it becomes impossible to play it legally. Actually, quite a few gems have disappeared in this manner, with the legendary P.T. being just the beginning of the story.
Nice message and physical should always be supported, but I am not supporting this article being set across like nine pages.
The Wii Shop Channel will be going offline very soon. Here's everything you'll need to know if you want to make some last minute purchases, or want to preserve any games that you've previously bought.
Luckily with the Homebrew scene on the Wii being as big as it is, you could still get these afterwards.
The Switch VC can't come soon enough. I wish they'd wait until then to phase out the Wii's VC.
Alex S. from Link-Cable writes: "The official end of the WiiWare service may not be until early 2019 but we wanted to give everybody as much of a chance as possible to remember all of the great games that Nintendo’s first every download service brought us. Last week we counted down the first 10 games in our look at the Top 20 WiiWare games ever made, and if you haven’t had the chance yet you can check out those picks right here but now we switch our focus over to the very best that WiiWare has to offer so if you still have a Wii (or a Wii U) kicking around make sure to download these games before they are lost forever."
