WiiWare Archives

Wii would like to play these games again A few weeks ago, Seth Sturgill, a podcast acquaintance of mine, put…

By CJ Andriessen 4 July 2023

Only on WiiWare Looking back, Excitebike would have benefited from being released a couple years later. Originally on Famicom in…

By Zoey Handley 14 April 2023

Nice muscle! Kusoge isn’t merely about bad games. I mean, it is. Kusoge is literally a Japanese portmanteau of “crap…

By Zoey Handley 16 May 2022

The dark side of digital When WiiWare (and subsequently, portions of DSiWare) were shut down, a good chunk of gaming…

By Chris Carter 15 February 2021

One was a long time coming It is with great remorse and sadness that I confirm today, January 30, 2019,…

By CJ Andriessen 30 January 2019

Some great and quirky games are about to be lost to time One of the most concerning features of the…

By CJ Andriessen 30 December 2018

Oddities, exclusives, and otherwise notable gems As a general rule, WiiWare was weird ware. Even in its prime, it was…

By Jonathan Holmes 14 March 2018

Nintendo service entering twilight year Nintendo have announced that the Wii Shop Channel will cease to be on January 31,…

By Chris Moyse 29 September 2017

Lots of great stuff in there Nintendo dropped a bomb on us today. A delightful digital bomb of over 100…

By Chris Carter 2 February 2015

Forever ever? For-EVER EVER? MonkeyPaw Games is holding a funeral one last sale for BurgerTime: World Tour, allowing players to…

By Brittany Vincent 17 April 2014

Let them eat cake! Nintendo wants to reward fans for your unrelenting fealty and has seen fit to toss some…

WiiWare and Steam giveaways for this weekend Retro City Rampage was released a year ago this week, and has gone…

By Jonathan Holmes 12 October 2013

The Blue Bomber’s best, ranked It’s no secret that fellow Destructoid author Tony Ponce and I enjoy a hearty serving…

By Chris Carter 25 June 2013