Gaming Forums => Nintendo Gaming => Topic started by: UncleBob on October 31, 2010, 12:23:06 AM
Title: So much for being able to re-download your games...
Post by: UncleBob on October 31, 2010, 12:23:06 AM
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.
Title: Re: So much for being able to re-download your games...
Post by: MegaByte on October 31, 2010, 12:35:33 AM
Surprised they didn't timebomb the demos themselves.
Title: Re: So much for being able to re-download your games...
Post by: UncleBob on October 31, 2010, 12:40:15 AM
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.
Title: Re: So much for being able to re-download your games...
Post by: MegaByte on October 31, 2010, 12:45:11 AM
Yeah, that's a pretty good indicator of lack of coordination when it comes to the Wii Shop.
Title: Re: So much for being able to re-download your games...
Post by: ThePerm on November 02, 2010, 03:21:43 PM
when metroid prime 3 came out there was a metroid prime channel and it only lasted for a short time before disappearing
Title: Re: So much for being able to re-download your games...
Post by: UncleBob on November 03, 2010, 01:02:58 AM
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.
