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Nintendo's WiiWare Demo Program Ends

by Jeff Mattas, Feb 10, 2010 5:30pm PST

Back in November of last year, we reported that Nintendo had launched a pilot program to provide a small selection of free, playable demos for a handful of original WiiWare titles. Pokemon Rumble, Bit.Trip Beat, Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a Darklord, NyxQuest: Kindred Spirits, and World of Goo all had playable demos during the test period.

On January 31, all five of the the demos were pulled from the Wii Shop Channel. Nintendo of America confirmed with Joystiq today that the WiiWare demo experiment had indeed come to an end.

WiiWare titles Pokemon Rumble and World of Goo

When asked whether or not WiiWare demos would ever be available in the future, the Nintendo representative didn't confirm one way or the other. The representative replied that, "We're looking at our results and deciding our next steps."

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By: CyCo_PL x Show Full Post

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Downloadable games on Wii just doesn't make much sense to me. I have two or three wiiware games, and six or seven VC games, and my Wii is full. Can't put anything else on there.

Feb 10, 2010 5:40pm PST

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By: matrixneo42 x Show Full Post

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I didn't remember/realize the demo program was limited. :( It would be a HUGE mistake not to keep it in place. Many people need try before buy.

Feb 12, 2010 12:37pm PST

I didn't remember/realize the demo program was limited. :( It would be a HUGE mistake not to keep it in... : matrixneo42

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By: haysoos x Show Full Post

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XBLA has demos. PSN has demos.

Wii will lose sales to not having demos. Why buy without trying on Wii, when I can go to my xbox and do so. Did it with shadow complex, trials HD, Geaometry wars and Braid.

Feb 11, 2010 4:29pm PST

XBLA has demos. PSN has demos. Wii will lose sales to not having demos. Why buy without trying on Wi... : haysoos

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I had zero clue this even existed. Why does Nintendo hate advertising?

Feb 11, 2010 5:43am PST

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I had zero clue this even existed. Why does Nintendo hate advertising? : geedeck
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- advertising ran over their nintendog. :| : haysoos

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By: BlkMgkNitez x Show Full Post

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What the hell I downloaded all those games and they were fun as hell. That's deffy some bull

Feb 10, 2010 5:50pm PST

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What the hell I downloaded all those games and they were fun as hell. That's deffy some bull : BlkMgkNitez
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- I bought NyxQuest based on the demo. I'm not going to buy some WiiWare game based on a title and a lo... : hawke

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No demo = no possible purchase for me. Way to fuck up Nintendo.

Feb 11, 2010 7:55am PST

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No demo = no possible purchase for me. Way to fuck up Nintendo. : chiisu81
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- Yea I'm sure that Nintendos financial success hangs on whether or not chiisu81 buys one WiiWare game. You... : snot3353

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i'm using the wii marketplace from time to time and i really have to express my deepest hate regarding that pilie of shit. seriously nintendo - buy an xbox or playstation and learn how to do things right.

Feb 11, 2010 2:16am PST

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i'm using the wii marketplace from time to time and i really have to express my deepest hate regarding th... : fw_rams
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- From the beginning it was always archaic. I've given up on the Wii Shop and it's a shame because Wii-ware... : nunami

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why the hell would you pull demos?

Feb 10, 2010 5:53pm PST

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why the hell would you pull demos? : tunis5000
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  Yeah, "We're looking at our results and deciding our next steps." Maybe decide and THEN pull the demos... : nudel
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    The low storage space on the Wii is an issue. : capt tripps
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      unlimited storage is an issue? : MoreVespeneGas
      
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      The average Wii owner doesn't even know what an SD card is. : CyCo_PL
      
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      they know what a SD card is, they just don't know the Wii can connect online. : grabbie
      
      More like they don't know how to transfer stuff to and from the SD card. : timmie
  - i think they might understand it a bit better than you. they're the ones with the servers providing said... : Korban
- pretty stupid. : happynoodle

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By: quanta88 x Show Full Post

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Demos draw people back to Xbox Live, and get them to purchase games they otherwise wouldn't (Exhibit A: Trials HD). I'm rather shocked that Nintendo dropped this program, especially since the console lacks a healthy game ecosystem compared to the others.

Feb 10, 2010 5:55pm PST

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Demos draw people back to Xbox Live, and get them to purchase games they otherwise wouldn't (Exhibit A: T... : quanta88
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- They never said they dropped it, they just pulled the demos for now. : Prinny God
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  I feel like the hardware is such a focus for them. Everything else - online features, games, etc- is kind... : Dave-A
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    imo the hardware is kinda half-baked aswell. : exmx
    - Definitely. If anything I would say the Nintendo developed games are the strongest part about the Wii. : TheDaFox

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By: flasher 907 x Show Full Post

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Just when i thought Nintendo was on the verge of figuring things out with the wii. The nintendo channel is pretty cool. It's not immediately obvious how deep it goes. At first I thought it was just a place to watch game demos but it goes pretty deep. It has a complete record of your playing history, a way to score your favourite games, consolidated info for games you might not own, links to games other people recommend if you like game X, etc. I think they are on the cusp of figuring shit out but it's taking a long time.

Feb 10, 2010 7:27pm PST

Just when i thought Nintendo was on the verge of figuring things out with the wii. The nintendo channel i... : flasher 907

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By: Ash Tekka x Show Full Post

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I didn't even know they had demoes until I was browsing the store the other day.
I downloaded them all and gave World of Goo a shot. Then went and immediately bought it.
I still haven't tried the other demoes yet but they got at least one sale from having them posted.

Feb 10, 2010 6:52pm PST

I didn't even know they had demoes until I was browsing the store the other day. I downloaded them all a... : Ash Tekka

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