Topic: Updates for Nintendo Channel

[Jonnyboy117]

If you haven't checked out the Nintendo Channel lately, you might want to see what was added this week.
 http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/newsArt.cfm?artid=16623

 Nintendo's promotional video channel was launched earlier this year in North America, but the weekly updates since then have mostly consisted of celebrities playing Wii Fit and Mario Kart Wii.  The DS demo section, tucked away in a menu, rotates through the same old third-party demos, while Nintendo stalwarts like Brain Age 2 and Crosswords DS are always available.  For many users, the preview videos of new WiiWare titles may be the only reason to visit each week.    

Nintendo may be changing that with this week's updates to the Nintendo Channel.  There are two new DS demos: Mystery Case Files: MillionHeir and Spore Creatures.  This in itself would be an unusually good update to the channel, but Nintendo is actually advertising the new demos in the titles of gameplay trailers that accompany these games.  You still need to click the "Find More Titles For You" menu to download the demos, but at least Nintendo is making it clear that new demos have been added.    

Also interesting is the video trailer for Super Mario RPG, which just launched on Virtual Console today.  This is the first time Nintendo has used Nintendo Channel to promote a specific game on Virtual Console.  It's also a significant new source of information on Virtual Console releases, which Nintendo typically promotes only through the "Wii-kly Update" press release and a couple of tiny screenshots on their press site.  Long-time Nintendo fans probably don't need to watch a video before downloading Super Mario RPG, but trailers could be very informational for more obscure games on the service.    

Though not as atypical as the above features, the new gameplay trailers for Moon, de Blob, and Dokapon Kingdom may also be of interest for Nintendo's non-casual fans.

[Flames_of_chaos]

The demo for Spore Creatures and Millionheir sucked big time.

Spore Creatures you just make your creature, if you attempt to move end of demo. Millionheir you have to look for specific items blended in the background, but I never got far because the lack of motivation to look for them.

[shammack]

Spore Creatures you just make your creature, if you attempt to move end of demo.

So it's like the PC Spore Creature Creator?

[AV]

my guess is that Squarenix deal was Nintendo had to show it off on Nintendo channel.
I bet they REALLY Wanted to do a DS remake of this game so they wanted to get most money out of the VC game as possible and for the casual people who might check Nintendo channel this video should help sales of that VC game.

Nintendo really needs to do a nice update to the Nintendo channel and put the DS demos as its own icon and open the thing up to more people and maybe even VC downloadable demos to your DS. That would be great and only helpful to Nintendo.

[Flames_of_chaos]

Spore Creatures you just make your creature, if you attempt to move end of demo.

So it's like the PC Spore Creature Creator?

A simplified version at that. However the retail game is sort of an RPG in a sense since each body part gives your creature stats.