Nintendo has told Eurogamer it has "no plans" to re-assess the price of a Virtual Console game on Wii, despite them being as expensive as newly developed titles on the (now well-established) WiiWare channel.

"We're currently pleased with the uptake of WiiWare and DSiWare in the UK (including the Virtual Console service) and believe the content on all these services continues to become more interesting and attractive to people over time," a Nintendo spokesperson explained.

"As such, we have no plans to look at changing the pricing structure for them."

These emulated NES, SNES, Mega Drive, Master System, N64, NeoGeo, TurboGrafx-16, C64 and Arcade games fetch anywhere from 500 Wii Points (£3.50/€5) to 1000 Wii Points (£7/€10).

During Hanabi Festival periods - where Japanese oldies are offered to the West for the first time - prices go even higher.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/nintendo-pleased-with-vc-pricing

There were certainly a couple whiz kids at Intel's International Science and Engineering Fair this year, but high school senior John Hinckel's a regular MacGyver: he built a wheelchair remote control out of a couple sheets of transparent plastic, four sliding furniture rails and some string. A Nintendo Wiimote goes in your hat and tells the whole system what to do -- simply tilt your head in any direction, and accelerometer readings are sent over Bluetooth. The receiving laptop activates microcontrollers, directing servo motors to pull the strings, and acrylic gates push the joystick accordingly to steer your vehicle. We tried on the headset for ourselves and came away fairly impressed -- it's no mind control, but for $534 in parts, it just might do. Apparently, we weren't the only ones who thought so, as patents are pending, and a manufacturer of wheelchair control systems has already expressed interest in commercializing the idea. See the young inventor show it off after the break.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/14/s...r-control-vid/

An article at Wired discusses the difficulties involved in transferring games that were purchased and downloaded online when users replace their Wii or DSi. "Neither the Wii nor Nintendo’s portable DSi consoles have an upgrade path for downloadable content, since games are tied not to user accounts but to specific machines. It’s impossible for a user to copy content from an old console to a new one. Even some Wii owners whose machines have malfunctioned said it was difficult, or impossible, to get Nintendo to transfer the software licenses at its headquarters." One gamer, who bought the recently released black Wii console, explained that she got Nintendo to transfer her games, but needed to "mail both of her Wii consoles to Nintendo, and wait two weeks," hardly a convenient solution.

http://games.slashdot.org/story/10/05/13/0755231/New-Hardware-Models-Highlight-Nintendos-No-Transfer-Policy

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ThatOtherPerson offers us his dance games Clone, It is a clone of Dance Dance Revolution.

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v0.3 - May 11, 2010
- Added the Ability to import MS (StepMania) step format files.
- The scrolling Boo / Good / Perfect ratings are now cleared out Properly When a song ends Then Or Is Rather exited = remaining and waiting for you to start a new song.
- Added text at the bottom of the screen displaying your performance.
- Added support for up to five different tracks per song placement step to allow for multiple challenges.
- Step queues Used by the game now uses a file name extension dc Rather Then dat. Also Theys must now include information on mode Difficulty What steps are to Be associated with.
- An added title screen Along with Several Other updated or added in game menus. The song selection menu, for example now Allows you to scroll songs available Threw When There Are Too many to display on screen at once.
- Added a menu screen from home Which you can return to the game, return to the homebrew loader, restart your Wii, turn off your Wii, save a screenshot in BMP format or do the same as a PNG image format. The home menu Also displayed the time and date.

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