Nintendo’s not afraid of innovation, nor of taking big risks. After all, who would have thought that the clever and gimmicky Wii console would dominate the console sales charts month after month, ever since its launch last year?
Nintendo is raising the bar again by opening the Wii up to the public. It has announced a software development kit for the insanely popular console called WiiWare everywhere else, but boringly renamed at Wii Software in Europe. This will let wii owners with some development skills to make their own games which, once they are bug-checked by Nintendo, will go for sale online at the Wii Shop Channel. And they’ll be cheaper than retail games too.
Of course Microsoft’s XNA kit lets Xbox 360 owners do the same but it’s generally felt that WiiWare’s arrival will force Microsoft to be a bit more active on this front.
The first WiiWare games are due in early 2008 and, while Nintendo promised it will not censor content, it doesn’t want any Over 18 offerings. No manhunt 2 rip-offs for the Wii then.-Martin Lynch
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