Topic: Everybody's Nintendo Channel

[blackfootsteps]

What are the demos like? How many, quality etc

[ShyGuy]

I need to get the Ninja Gaiden DS demo. CURSE YOU 2AM

[Kairon]

Currently 8 DS demos:

Brain Age 2
Flash Focus
Crosswords DS
Jam Sessions
Rayman Raving Rabbids 2
Cooking Mama 2
Disney Friends
Ninja Gaiden DS

[WindyMan]

The English version of the Channel is way better than the Japanese version.  Here are two things I noticed right away:

- Game pages now have a "Purchase" link.  Clicking that will whisk you off to a Internet retailer listing page on the Internet Channel where you can select your favorite online retailer and buy the game right there and then through your Wii.

- You can pause and rewind/fast forward videos.  Extremely useful.  There are video volume level controls through the Wii Remote, too.

There's also the recommendation system and the game search, which is much better than sifting through the Wii Shop Channel.  Curiously, though, not all publishers' games are listed in the index at this time.  I speculate it's because they haven't signed on with (read: paid) Nintendo to put their games on the channel yet.  Shouldn't be very long, though.

[TheFleece]

- You can pause and rewind/fast forward videos.  Extremely useful.  There are video volume level controls through the Wii Remote, too.

I am not able to find the controls for the video. How do you rewind and fast forward?

There's also the recommendation system and the game search, which is much better than sifting through the Wii Shop Channel.  Curiously, though, not all publishers' games are listed in the index at this time.  I speculate it's because they haven't signed on with (read: paid) Nintendo to put their games on the channel yet.  Shouldn't be very long, though.

This is really cool, I already did a few. Is there any hope of DS titles making the list? I found the DS demo downloads to be a lot faster than public DS download stations. I'm hoping for Gauntlet and Metal Slug demos and videos of games in development, that would be cool.

[Flames_of_chaos]

This is really cool, I already did a few. Is there any hope of DS titles making the list? I found the DS demo downloads to be a lot faster than public DS download stations. I'm hoping for Gauntlet and Metal Slug demos and videos of games in development, that would be cool.

Probably not being one of the pre-req is that you have to played the game over an hour and the channel scans your game save files on your Wii.

[Flames_of_chaos]

If anyone was wondering the Channel takes up 122 blocks and the save is 126 blocks.

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

What videos is the service featuring right now?  /at work

[DAaaMan64]

About 45, about Half Wii vids and Half DS and 1 VC vid.

[Kairon]

There are many videos, not just on the front page. Each game page may or may not have a gameplay video or other related videos, for example.

But on the front page... hmm...right now I count 40 videos, plus one digest video. 17 videos are third party, meaning 23 are first party. First party videos go from Wii fit and Mario Kart as far back as Animal Crossing: WW, and third party videos start at We Ski and Deca Sports, through Ghost Squad, Disney Friends, Boom Blox, Trauma cenrer 2, Hannah Montana, and more.

[animecyberrat]

Tried the Brain Age 2 Demo, Soduko sucks, not playing that crap ever again. Onto Crossword puzzles now...

[BeautifulShy]

- You can pause and rewind/fast forward videos.  Extremely useful.  There are video volume level controls through the Wii Remote, too.

I am not able to find the controls for the video. How do you rewind and fast forward?

There's also the recommendation system and the game search, which is much better than sifting through the Wii Shop Channel.  Curiously, though, not all publishers' games are listed in the index at this time.  I speculate it's because they haven't signed on with (read: paid) Nintendo to put their games on the channel yet.  Shouldn't be very long, though.

This is really cool, I already did a few. Is there any hope of DS titles making the list? I found the DS demo downloads to be a lot faster than public DS download stations. I'm hoping for Gauntlet and Metal Slug demos and videos of games in development, that would be cool.

To fast forward and rewind you put your cursor over the video and hold down B a slider will appear and you  just slide it to where you want.

[Darkheart]

Love the demos, I love the fact that even the Ninja Gaiden demo offers you harder difficulties everytime you beat the demo O_o.

[Gamejunkie]

I downloaded the channel a little while ago. I'm glad I have a US Wii and not a UK PAL one otherwise I would have to wait even longer before it was available to me. So far it looks promising. The videos do tend to stall and buffer as they are streaming but they are of OK quality. I have downloaded and tried the Ninja Gaiden and Brain Age 2 demos so far. Being able to try out DS demos is definitely a plus.

[NWR_pap64]

One question for those that have a somewhat weak broadband connection (512 K and the like). When you try to watch a video, does it constantly stop in order to refresh and load the rest of the footage?

While I love the channel so far I don't like how it keeps pausing, and I believe its because the internet connection is slow, and transmitting it through Wi-fi signals could weaken it even further.

[Flames_of_chaos]

One question for those that have a somewhat weak broadband connection (512 K and the like). When you try to watch a video, does it constantly stop in order to refresh and load the rest of the footage?

While I love the channel so far I don't like how it keeps pausing, and I believe its because the internet connection is slow, and transmitting it through Wi-fi signals could weaken it even further.

It definitely does depend on your connection speed since the videos stream, I get some minor pauses since my DSL isn't the greatest.

Also has anyone noticed that Nintendo snubbed EB/Gamestop because the in the purchase option you get links to what retailer you want and these are the following retailers that the channel recommends: Sears, Wal-Mart, Circuit City, Toys R Us, Target, Amazon, Best Buy and K-Mart.


And the channel also spoiled these titles for WiiWare launch next week:

- Dr. Mario Online RX (1000 points)
- Lost Winds
- Defend Your Castle
- Critter Round-Up
- Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King

[ShyGuy]

Okay, I just watched the Ghost Squad video. What's up with the woman kissing the panda at the end??

[Crimm]

Okay, I just watched the Ghost Squad video. What's up with the woman kissing the panda at the end??

It IS Ghost Squad

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

yOU Are the GHOST SquaD

[NWR_pap64]

And somehow, GoNintendo turned the Nintendo channel discussion into a "Oh noes Nintendo isn't hardcorez" argument, which they were "against". Even more funnier, even the fans who bash every article bashing the Wii are now agreeing with the guy. Double standard much?

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

Nobody's Nintendo Channel

[UltimatePartyBear]

The narration on the Super Mario Galaxy video weirds me out.  A lot.

[Flames_of_chaos]

Meh GoNintendo is horrible I rather go to Neogaf to get news than Gonintendo such crybabies who post there. But I think this is the best channel nintendo threw at us besides the beefy block requirement.

[Maverick]

I like how Nintendo is doing nothing to bridge the "gap" and get rid of the "Casual vs. Hardcore" bullshit by encouraging us to arbitrarily separate games by those labels while voting on them.

Good jaaaoooooorrrrrb Big N!

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

Nintendo is not trying to bridge the gap.  Nintendo is building a wall for the casual side to protect them when the Great Flood washes the hardcore away.  The hardcore will be gone, and therefore no gap.

Casual will be the new core.