Though its potential can't be denied, Nintendo's
Wii Ware channel, an upcoming download service for new Wii games, didn't impress us much with the seemingly low-budget titles announced for it so far. Nintendo amended that worriment today at its Tokyo conference by revealing a lineup of impressive projects in progress, turning our "Excitement Level" knob to
eleven, one measure greater than what we previously thought the mechanism allowed.
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Little King and the Promised Land (1500 Wii Points, March), a "country-building sim," stands out from the bunch, promising an exclusive side story which takes place after the original GameCube game. This marks the fourth entry to the series and the second
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles title announced for the Wii.
Square Enix has already made a teaser site for you to load up and
immediately close once you've realized that there's almost nothing there yet.
Hudson, having kept things
on and poppin' on the Virtual Console side for some time now, demonstrated its commitment to the new service by announcing new games like
Bomberman,
Star Soldier R, and
Joysound, the last of which will be a karaoke title.
Namco Bandai also chimed in with
Mojipittan, a Japanese word puzzle game.
As for Nintendo's contributions to the Wii Ware channel, the company announced
Dr. Mario (!!!),
Pokemon Farm,
Puzzloop for Everyone, and
Maruboushikaku, all of which appearing to have some form of Mii integration. You can preview screenshots for those titles at the Famitsu links below.
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FFCC: The Little King and the Promised Land teaser site
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FFCC: The Little King and the Promised Land screenshots
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Star Soldier R screenshots
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Mojipittan screenshots
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Dr. Mario,
Pokemon Farm,
Puzzloop for Everyone, and
Maruboushikaku screenshots
