Topic: Shin'en Adds WiiWare Audio Support

[Jonnyboy117]

Handheld development studio and audio outsourcer extends services to WiiWare's small developers.
 http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/newsArt.cfm?artid=15091

 Shin'en Multimedia extends its audio services to Nintendo’s Wii WareTM.    

After creating soundtracks for almost 200 games Shin'en now also provides audio  outsourcing services for Nintendo’s upcoming Wii WareTM platform.    

Munich, Germany – January 10, 2007 – Shin’en Multimedia, a  leading game developer and leading audio producer for the  Nintendo platforms today announces to extend its audio  outsourcing services to the Nintendo Wii WareTM platform.    

As Wii WareTM developers are more limited in resources than  with disc based games they need to have custom data solutions  for their audio. Shin'en delivers thrilling custom sequenced  soundtracks that use only a fraction of resources compared to  those needed with streamed audio for nearly a decade. Shin'en  now extended its proven DSX toolchain to produce audio that  makes full use of the fantastic Wii sound capabilities.    

“We are happy to extend our audio services to the Wii Ware  platformTM. This shows again our position as leading audio  outsourcing company for Nintendo systems" said Manfred  Linzner, Project Manager at Shin’en.    

For more information about our services please visit  http://www.shinen.com/music.

[Shecky]

I'm more curious what forms of SDK will be available for WiiWare, and how one gets a hold of such a thing.

[Kairon]

From what little I've gathered, you have to have a publishing deal with a licensed third-party publisher, or already be a licensed developer yourself.

The indy-aspect of WiiWare is not that they give out dev licenses left and right, it's that it's supposed to be cheap, online, small, and profit-sharing.