WiiWare is finally launching in Europe on May 20. Games will be sold through the Wii Shop Channel with prices starting at 500 points. "We hope that this opportunity and the inspiration to produce original and exciting games will allow developers of all sizes to bring new concepts, genres and game play experiences to Wii," says Laurent Fischer, Managing Director of Marketing & PR.
But later in the same press release:
Players themselves will also become central to the creative process as their download choices and genre selection will become instrumental in helping developers determine future projects.
In other words, developers can be original and creative, or they can see what's selling well and do that instead... Anyway, the opening selection of titles is a reasonably promising selection of classic titles (Dr Mario) and interesting newcomers (Pop, Lost Wind).
Here's the list:
Dr. Mario & Germ Buster (Nintendo) Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King (Square Enix) Lost Winds (Frontier, pictured) Pirates: The Key of Dreams (Oxygen Interactive Ltd) Pop (Nnooo) Star Soldier R (Hudson Soft) Toki Tori (Two Tribes B.V) TV Show King (Gameloft)
