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IGN: My Life as a King hands-on and screens

Business carried on as usual for Square Enix at Nintendo's Media Summit last week. While My Life as a King is already out in Japan, US gamers are getting their first taste of it now, so the company was set up in full force to show off the simulation sequel to the Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles franchise. It may not be the most action-filled experience, but it's got a great visual look, some decent strategy and depth, and it could find its audience on WiiWare easier than it would as a packaged game. Yes it's an odd one, but it can also be a fun experience between larger games.

PS360WII5904d ago

hmm it could be fun but as the writer said doesn't seem you can go to far with it... we'll see. I don't mind a Sim City Square Enix style ^^

ManOnFire5904d ago

Could be a game that you don't think you will get much out of and then end up putting in some serious time. I would give it a try.

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Top 20 WiiWare Games (20-11)

Alex S. from Link-Cable writes: "This past week, Nintendo announced that after more of a decade they would be shutting down the Wii Shop Channel. Many gamers (myself included) have found memories of taking our Wii consoles online, putting in our Wii Point Card numbers and downloading a whole bunch of classic Nintendo, Sega and NEC titles onto the Wii system. But the Wii Shop Channel was also home to a whole catalogue of new games that made up the system’s WiiWare service. It was here that many of the system’s smaller and more experimental titles came into being and many of the developers that brought us these games are now responsible for big indie series’ thanks to their original success on WiiWare. So as a sort of goodbye to Nintendo’s original download service, we’re counting down the Top 20 Best WiiWare games starting with numbers 20 through 11 today (check back next Friday for 10 -1)."

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Farewell To Wii: Under Appreciated Wii Gems (Video)

As we prepare to say goodbye to the Wii, we’ve decided to take a moment and share some of our favorite games for the little console with the video below.

Please enjoy a short list of games we liked for the Wii that simply didn’t get much main stream attention. What other games do you feel fit this category? We’d love to hear about your favorite Wii experiences!Please, share!

Venoxn4g4251d ago (Edited 4251d ago )

my gems list (which werent in video):

DIsaster: day of crisis
Madworld
Monster Lab
Excitebots
Red steel 2
Deadly creatures
Kororinpa
Marble saga: kororinpa
Rhythm heaven: fever (beat to the beat rhythm paradice)
Boom blox 2
Fragile dreams
Elebits (eledees)
Mercury meltdown revolution
De blob 2

darthv724251d ago

we dont have to say "farewell" to any of these games. We can say, "welcome aboard" and play them on the wii-u.

Nintendo should use that as a marketing angle. "Don't say farewell to those wii games. Say hello to them all over again on the Nintendo Wii-U."

Or something to that effect.

Venoxn4g4251d ago (Edited 4251d ago )

yea or "people, who didnt own a Wii, now can enjoy Wii & Wii U games on one console" yeay! :)

btw, here's a good list of games Wii and others, made by me ^^ :)

http://ultimateconsole.comy...

DEZn00ts4250d ago

Yep i Didn't have a Wii, but i preordered the Wii U. So i will get to play all those great games i missed and i know there's more than that list!!!

beerkeg4251d ago

There's tons of games for the Wii. Some thought themselves too much of a gamer to appreciate them though.

Nevers0ft4251d ago

I know its only an opinion piece but... No Sin and Punishment, no Dead Space, no Zack and Wiki? There's numerous other gems out there but those three seem like no-brainers.

DanielRCampbell4250d ago

Those were actually on the docket to be added to the video, but it would have caused me to miss my deadline for the piece. I had to stop where I was. :-(

neogeo4251d ago

YESSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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DSi/Wiiware franchises we want on the eShop

Gaming Gauge writes:"eShop is on its way in a just a couple of hours and then just a few hours later Nintendo will be hosting their 2011 E3 press conference. Whilst Nintendo will surely be pre-occupied with Project Café and upcoming 3DS games but hopefully they'll give us a look at a few upcoming eShop games. Among those hypothetical eShop games there are a whole bunch of previous Nintendo Downloads that I've love to see revisited."

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