With the Wii Shop Channel's shutdown imminent, Nintendo says that any remaining video-on-demand apps for Wii will also be discontinued. Although many of the Wii Shop's Virtual Console games would later be released on Wii U and 3DS, the service still has a range of legacy and original titles that haven't appeared on other Nintendo consoles, making this your last opportunity to stock up while you can. While it may no longer be possible to add more Wii Points to your balance, you can still spend any remaining points up until the service is discontinued. Now Playing: Nintendo Exclusives Confirmed For 2019 We’ve included it below.By clicking 'enter', you agree to GameSpot's
The family requests that friends and well-wishers listen to it in lieu of flowers. The Wii Shop Channel leaves behind a beautiful tune in its absence. But the time to buy Pokémon Snap, or Super Mario RPG, or Chrono Trigger, or even stranger gems like Cho Aniki, and discover or rediscover them is gone, but never forgotten.
Wii Points have been unavailable to purchase for more than a year now, and thus, only those who hoarded them were able to reap the bountiful treasures on the Wii Shop Channel before it was too late. It was a recurring treat to see which games were coming to the Virtual Console when the Wii Shop Channel updated, even as the numbers dwindled toward the end of its lifespan. Not only did Nintendo supply games from its own older systems, like the NES and Nintendo 64, but even Sega and SNK, with its Neo Geo, got in on the nostalgia machine. The Virtual Console introduced new players to a gaming history that few other console makers can compete with. Not even the succeeding Nintendo eShop has the same litany of classics available the Switch’s digital store doesn’t have anything at all like the Virtual Console. The celebration of Nintendo’s gigantic lineup of older games remains the most fondly remembered part of the Wii Shop, as it has yet to be matched by any other console. And the exclusive games were part of the WiiWare brand, ranging from Pokémon and Final Fantasy spinoffs to new titles both lighthearted and more in-depth.īut chief among these was the Virtual Console. The applications were distinctly Nintendo, bring Wii users (and their Miis) together in non-competitive ways.
Its offerings included other Wii applications (like one for player-wide surveys and another for world news updates), streaming services, and original, downloadable games. What the Wii Shop Channel did offer, however, we loved. It didn’t highlight retail Wii games to buy digitally, instead encouraging buyers to spend their Wii Points on other novelties. From the start, the Wii Shop Channel felt different from its competitors (the PlayStation Store and the Xbox Live Marketplace), with the same light, kid-friendly design aesthetic that permeated throughout the Wii’s interface. The storefront arrived shortly after its namesake console, the Wii, which was born in November. 10, 2006, the Wii Shop Channel came from humble beginnings.
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It died as it lived: full of joy, beloved games, and iconic music.īorn Dec.
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