Topic: So much for being able to re-download your games...

[UncleBob]

Just a minor note - while messing around, I was looking around on my black Wii to see if I could download any of those demo titles that Nintendo put up some time ago (Pokémon Rumble, etc.).  Couldn't find them anywhere.

Decided to try a different tactic... Booted up the white Wii.  Went into my downloads history, thinking I could select the title and choose to gift it from there.  No luck - the demos were no longer in my "Titles You've Dowloaded" section.  Shucks.  So, I went into my "Account Activity" section... sure enough, it shows I've downloaded the demos.  Clicked on one to see if it'd let me re-download and/or gift it... no go!  Got an error message saying the title was no longer available and that I couldn't re-download it.

Now, the demo still works (via SD card), and, right now, as far as I know, only demo titles cannot be re-downloaded.  But this is an icky precedent.  Wonder if there will come a day when Nintendo won't let us re-download titles we've purchased?  Good thing I've got them saved on my SD card... so long as I don't have to send my Wii in and get a different one back, I'm all good.

[MegaByte]

Surprised they didn't timebomb the demos themselves.

[UncleBob]

Honestly, me too.

What's weird though... I can still re-download (not gift) the Metriod Prime 3 Preview Channel.  Of course, if you try to launch it, you get a message telling you the channel is useless and to delete it.

[MegaByte]

Yeah, that's a pretty good indicator of lack of coordination when it comes to the Wii Shop.

[ThePerm]

when metroid prime 3 came out there was a metroid prime channel and it only lasted for a short time before disappearing

[UncleBob]

when metroid prime 3 came out there was a metroid prime channel and it only lasted for a short time before disappearing

Yeah, I mention that.  The odd thing is though, if you downloaded it while it was available, it's still in your history and you can still go back and re-download it - though when you launch it, you just get a message saying that it no longer works and to delete it.