If you haven't launched the Wii Nintendo (Marketing) Channel in a couple of weeks, you will need to download a free update before you can access streaming videos and downloadable Nintendo DS demos again. There are some marginal improvements - for one, demos are much easier to find and you no longer need to opt in to marketing messages to get them. However, fullscreen video is marred by overlays that seemingly cannot be removed. Also, the weekly digest video has been replaced with the longer Nintendo Week program with annoyingly perky hosts.
Here are this week's downloads, demos and videos for the Wii and Nintendo DS:
Here are this week's downloads, demos and videos for the Wii and Nintendo DS:
- WiiWare: Family Tennis ($5) and You, Me, and the Cubes ($10)
- Virtual Console: Last Ninja 2 for Commodore 64 ($5)
- DSiWare: Clubhouse Games Express: Strategy Pack ($5) and MySims Camera ($2)
- Rock Band 2 Backspacer album by Pearl Jam ($2 each; due Tuesday, Sept. 22) available only as individual tracks "Gonna See My Friend," "Got Some," "The Fixer," "Johnny Guitar," "Just Breathe," "Amongst the Waves," "Unthought Known," "Supersonic," "Speed of Sound," "Force of Nature" and "The End"
- DS Demos (via Wii): Naruto Shippuden: Ninja Destiny 2 and repeats including Battle of Giants: Dragons, Fossil Fighters and Mega Man Star Force 3
- Game Videos: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare: Mobilized, Chaotic Shadow Warriors, The Conduit, Deca Sports 2, Family Tennis, Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games, Naruto Shippuden: Ninja Destiny 2, NHL 2K10, Shaun White Snowboarding: World Stage, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Smash-Up, Tinker Bell and the Treasure, Wacky World of Sports and You, Me, and the Cubes
