{"id":4416,"date":"2008-03-25T09:18:43","date_gmt":"2008-03-25T16:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/?post_type=news&#038;p=4416"},"modified":"2013-03-11T18:31:05","modified_gmt":"2013-03-12T01:31:05","slug":"wiiware-launches-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wiiware-launches-in-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"WiiWare Launches in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5951\" alt=\"wiiware-S\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/wiiware-S.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"136\" \/>MARCH 25, 2008 \u2022 WiiWare launches in Japan with nine titles priced between \u00a5500 and \u00a51,500. The service features original games designed for digital download. The U.S. roll-out is scheduled for May.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><em>Impact: WiiWare is Nintendo&#8217;s version of Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Store.\u00a0 However, unlike the existing Wii Virtual Console service, the focus is on buying and downloading new content that can take advantage of the Wii&#8217;s features.\u00a0 In contrast, Virtual Console has featured a library of older content.\u00a0 There will also be a focus on user-generated content which taps into the whole YouTube\/MySpace attraction.\u00a0 It should be noted that Nintendo games have a history of featuring downloadable content like features.\u00a0 This includes Pokemon Trading Cards and the e-Reader Cards that were available for the Game Boy Advance.\u00a0 It is clear that Nintendo has not been as far behind the consumer technology curve as some had assumed.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MARCH 25, 2008 \u2022 WiiWare launches in Japan with nine titles priced between \u00a5500 and \u00a51,500. The service features original games designed for digital download. The U.S. roll-out is scheduled for May. Impact: WiiWare is Nintendo&#8217;s version of Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Store.\u00a0 However, unlike the existing Wii Virtual Console service, the focus [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4416"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4416"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4416\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5950,"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4416\/revisions\/5950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}