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Wii Ware Launches In Japan On 25 March

Tuesday 11-Mar-2008 10:30 AM Screens of all the launch games.

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Wii Ware will launch on 25 March in Japan, Nintendo has announced. On launch day, Wii owners will be able to download nine new games, including Pokémon Ranch, Dr Mario and Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles.

Wii Ware enables developers to put new games on the Wii for people to download. These games will be far cheaper than anything you could buy in the shops, with the least expensive starting at just 500 Wii Points.

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles will be the most expensive at 1,500 Wii points while Pokemon Ranch and Dr Mario will both cost 1,000 Points.

Here is the list of launch games:-

Okiraku Ping Pong (Arc System Works): 500 Points
Kotoba no Puzzle Mojipittan Wii (Bandai Namco): 1,000 Points
Saku Saku Animal Panic (Konami): 1,000 Points
Star Soldier R (Hudson): 800 Points
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles (Square Enix): 1,500 Points
Tenshi no Solitaire (G-Mode): 500 Points
Dr. Mario & Saikin Bokumetsu (Nintendo): 1,000 Wii Points
Pokemon Ranch (Nintendo): 1,000 Points
Lonpos (Genki): 1,000 Points

WiiWare would seem to be the home for Wii puzzle games with Kotoba no Puzzle Mojipittan Wii, Dr Mario, Solitaire, Animal Panic and Lonpos all out on launch day.

In Konami's Animal Panic you have to build fences around the animals with the Remote while Lonpos looks like another brain straining puzzle game.

Elsewhere there's a table tennis game in Okiraku Ping Pong and Star Soldier R, a vertical shooter from Hudson.

There is no confirmed UK launch date for WiiWare yet but we'll keep you updated. Look soon.

Tom East

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Tenshi no Solitaire	Tenshi no Solitaire	Tenshi no Solitaire
Tenshi no Solitaire	Star Soldier R	Star Soldier R
Tenshi no Solitaire	Okiraku Ping Pong	Okiraku Ping Pong
Star Soldier R	Saku Saku Animal Panic	Saku Saku Animal Panic
Okiraku Ping Pong	Okiraku Ping Pong	Pokemon ranch
Pokemon Ranch	Saku Saku Animal Panic	Saku Saku Animal Panic
Lonpos	Lonpos	Lonpos
Kotoba no Puzzle Mojipittan Wii	Kotoba no Puzzle Mojipittan Wii	Kotoba no Puzzle Mojipittan Wii
Lonpos	Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles	Kotoba no Puzzle Mojipittan Wii
Kotoba no Puzzle Mojipittan Wii	Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles	Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles	Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles	Dr. Mario & Saikin Bokumetsu
Dr. Mario & Saikin Bokumetsu	Dr. Mario & Saikin Bokumetsu