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According to reports by IGN UK, Satoru Iwata, Nintendo's CEO, has admitted to investors that the current WiiWare and DSiWare market is small. But he offers a solution: WiiWare demos.

He states that as a part of a test program, a few WiiWare titles are going to be offered with a demo, with which he hopes to increase the market by luring more users into the service this way. This is because they are aware of the fact that most users only browse the WiiShop channel (or the DSi one) when they already know which title they are going to buy, which limits the market possibility a good deal. He does go on, however, to admit this is not THE solution to this particular problem. So, let's see how well this one plays out.

So far, there are not reports as to whether or not the service is going to make it outside of Japan.

Well, it looks a lot like LostWinds... so no surprises there...

More LostWinds: Winter of the Melodias Info

Courtesy of IGN.

Just try to look past the non-english words hehehe

Was anyone else reminded of Little Big Planet?

We kinda liked Chronos Twin for the DS. Whilst it's a rock-hard game, it was refreshingly original, and a decent platformer.

EnjoyUp have announced today that the game is being reworked, and will be shortly unleashed onto the Wii, via WiiWare. Yes, it may look a bit... dated, but graphics were never this game's strong point. It's all about the concept of controlling the same character in two spaces of time.

There's no definitive release date as yet, but if you fancy a challenge, and are a glutton for punishment, this game is one to look out for!

Released earlier this year, Bit.Trip Beat is what I consider to be a "must buy" WiiWare game. A throwback to classic retro gaming, Bit.Trip Beat simulates the experience of Pong, but instead of going head to head with a friend, you're pitted against an (insanely tough) computer. The game provides awesome pixel graphics, amazingly retro sound, and hours and hours of entertaining (and did I say difficult?) gameplay, all for a cool $6 USD.

Over the course of the past month or so, Gaijin Games has been sending out cryptic teaser images for a future sequel in the "Bit.Trip" franchise. Those images aren't so cryptic anymore, as Bit.Trip Core has finally been announced.

Bit.Trip Core differs from it's predecessor in several areas. Instead of moving a paddle up and down along the left side of the screen, as in Beat, Core places you as a plus sign in the center of the screen. Holding a direction on the D-Pad highlights that direction on-screen, and pressing the 2 Button fires off a shot in that direction, with the object being to hit all of the incoming beats. According to GameSpot, Core is even tougher than Beat, a claim I find hard to believe...

Check out GameSpot for more details, images, and videos. We'll be sure to have more coverage of Bit.Trip Core as it's Summer WiiWare release approaches.

Well, this was a no-brainer. The mobile predecessor of the WiiWare title, Crystal Guardians, had been a trilogy, so it was only natural that Crystal Defenders would be one as well (that and the fact that the title was bearing an 'R1' suffix, which pretty much hinted at either a non-finished version or at a first part in some series...).

Well, any shadow of a doubt that might have been lingering on that subject has now been cleared by Square Enix, for they announced today that CD-R2 is being released this month (Feb. 24th at 1,000 WiiPoints), just a little over a month after the release of the first part of this now-to-be series.

But don't worry! This is only in Japan . While the Japanese are getting two of these games, we rest-of-the-world-ians are not getting any love from the Square Enix folks; there is no release date nor any comment on whether any of these games will ever make it overseas.

_{via IGN}