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The Wii system software is a set of updatable firmware versions and a software frontend on the Wii, a home video game console.Updates, which could be downloaded over the Internet or read from a game disc, allowed Nintendo to add additional features and software, as well as to patch security vulnerabilities used by users to load homebrew software.
The following is a list of the 427 games that were available on the Virtual Console for the Wii in North America. These games could also be played on the Wii U through Wii Mode, but lack the additional features found in Wii U Virtual Console releases. The games are sorted by system and in the order they were added in the Wii Shop Channel. To ...
Demae Channel [a] was a Wii channel that featured a food delivery service developed by Nintendo and Denyusha and operated by Demaecan. [2] [3] It was launched on 26 May 2009, exclusively in Japan, and it was available as a free download on the Wii Shop Channel. [1] In addition, a Wii U version was released on 8 August 2013. [4]
Homebrew, when applied to video games, refers to software produced by hobbyists for proprietary video game consoles which are not intended to be user-programmable. The official documentation is often only available to licensed developers, and these systems may use storage formats that make distribution difficult, such as ROM cartridges or encrypted CD-ROMs.
This is a list of original downloadable games on the Wii video game console that could only be downloaded from the WiiWare section of the Wii Shop Channel.Translations of Japanese exclusive titles are highlighted between parenthesis.
To appeal to casual and non-gamers, Nintendo developed a group of core Wii games, consisting of Wii Sports, Wii Play, Wii Fit, [75] and Wii Music, [76] where players make use of the motion-sensing abilities of the console and its peripherals to simulate real world activities. [77]
Nintendo Wii when running the Wii homebrew app MPlayerWii [39] or MPlayer CE or WiiMC [40] Apple TV, Plex, XBMC Media Center or Boxee; iPod: 1st through Classic generation, iPod mini and 1st/2nd generation iPod nano (not the shuffle, 3rd gen nano, or touch), using third party Rockbox firmware
WiiWare was a service that allowed Wii users to download games and applications specifically designed and developed for the Wii video game console made by Nintendo.These games and applications could only be purchased and downloaded from the Wii Shop Channel under the WiiWare section.