Wii - Nintendo Channel - Download DS Demos, Patches, Watch Trailers and more !!!!

Gimpymoo · 9 May 2008 at 03:50

http://www.nintendo.com/wii/channels/nintendochannel
(Video in the link)

Released in Europe on the 30th May.

Turns your Wii into a DS Download station - COOL.

Also rumours of installing patches/updates for DS games - I have no idea if this is true or how it works.

XPE · 9 May 2008 at 04:22

List of DS demos:

Brain Age 2 Demo
Flash Focus Demo
Crossword DS-Crosswords Demo
Jam Sessions
Rayman Raving Rabbids 2
Cooking Mama 2: Dinner with Friends
Disney Friends
Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword.

bledd · 9 May 2008 at 10:55

would be awesome if it's possible for them to release new Mario Kart tracks, there should be 120 tracks, not 30 odd

Vonhelmet · 9 May 2008 at 11:00

No chance of downloading patches, etc, as the DS has no internal memory.

I suppose you could just about do it, but it would only persist till the DS was turned off.

bledd · 9 May 2008 at 11:11

it has to have some, just none that's normally accessible to the user

Vonhelmet · 9 May 2008 at 12:02

bledd. said:
it has to have some, just none that's normally accessible to the user

It has 256kb of internal memory, which I think stores the firmware. I doubt that's enough for patches, etc, especially as I doubt any of the games will have been designed with patches in mind.

Nymins · 9 May 2008 at 12:20

So im guessing you need to have the Wii kept on to play demos on the DS?

Weebull · 9 May 2008 at 12:29

I doubt it. I imagine it'll work much like the singe-card multiplayer functions of many DS games work - it'll download the demo into RAM, and play it from there.

As for patches/updates, I guess it depends on how much saveable memory the cartridges have, and if there's enough spare. Things like tracks for MK could conceivably work though, as you could store them on the Wii, and download them as they come up in-game. That said, that's probably bloody hard to code, and if it's not already in the game (I'm sure they would have mentioned it), I doubt it's going to be easy to shoehorn in.

bledd · 9 May 2008 at 12:38

vonhelmet said:
It has 256kb of internal memory, which I think stores the firmware. I doubt that's enough for patches, etc, especially as I doubt any of the games will have been designed with patches in mind.

fair enough, i don't own a DS, was just guessing

XPE · 9 May 2008 at 16:45

Well i just put some time into the channel and i dont have any complaints.

DS demos were fast and simply to download, videos were fine, tho i am not able to test them on an hdtv at this time and you can look up info on games.

rjk · 9 May 2008 at 16:49

vonhelmet said:
I doubt any of the games will have been designed with patches in mind.

thats how games SHOULD be designed imo

iviv · 9 May 2008 at 17:21

But I doubt the DS was designed with that functionallity in mind.
Also, there has to be a fair whack of internal memory somewhere, for space to download the games through wifi, or for single cart multiplayer.
Also, there is already a RAM adaptor for the GBA slow, for the DS browser. They could release something which you could use to store patches for games on. Maybe.

JaFFa · 9 May 2008 at 17:28

Why are you all desperate for DS patches? Wouldnt it be better for the devs to just get it right the first time like they always used to. Plus the PSP has capacity for patches but they thankfully haven't made it on to the platform yet. Though looking at the PS3 its only a matter of time before sony decide to release hundreds of cripplingly slow huge patches.

I think the DS should have a bit of memory for demos but its just a handheld it should remain simple.

Conversely the wii really needs to get in on the DLC bandwagon. Its just not good enough that games like GH3 get extras that Wii owners cant access.