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http://nintendoworldreport.com/newsArt.cfm?artid=15687

With WiiWare already out in Japan for a week, the first bits of downloadable content are showing up. The first game to have DLC is Square-Enix’s Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King.

The available downloadable content adds up to a total of $13, which is almost as much as the $15 price of the game itself. In these packs, you get three different races to populate your city with (300 Wii Points each or 800 for all three), some new outfits (two at 100 Wii Points each) and some new buildings (one at 200 Wii Points and one at 100 Wii Points).

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One bright spot about the downloadable content menu is the fact that it is in-game and easy to navigate, meaning players can spend their Wii Points straight from the game instead of having to boot up the Wii Shop Channel separately.

 

What this says to me is that Nintendo is giving third parties the tools they need to access their online infrastructure, so that gamers can easily spend their Wii Points on downloadable content in those games.  Good news for gamers interested in online content for the Wii.

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I hate downloadable content that you have to pay for.

Most people see it as extras.

Me I see it as stuff intentionally witheld from the original release to nickel and dime more money out of people.



wow
Its about time nintendo got its act together in the online sector

Care to introduce Accomplishments for the Wii, Nintendo??
:P



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The only thing stopping this from being a happy story is, yet again, the old limited storage space complaint. It's also such a shame that Rock Band won't be part of this system now that it's available to third parties.



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Show me DLC in a real (physical) game and then I will be impressed.



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aiden.cronus said:
wow
Its about time nintendo got its act together in the online sector

Care to introduce Accomplishments for the Wii, Nintendo??
:P

I don't know why people are so hung up on the whole achievement thing. I'd be happy with achievements inside of the game, like Challenges in SSBB. The only real point of achievements is to show off your e-penis to strangers on the internet.

EDIT:  @plzdon'tbanme What do you mean by that?



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I wonder what the size limit of DLC is, I assume it has to be really small, perhaps 50MB, so that it doesn't consume all of the wii's 512MB of memory.
I also wonder if the DLC will work from the SD cards if one decides to store it their.



I wanna see DLC on a non WiiWare title



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Kasz216 said:
I hate downloadable content that you have to pay for.

Most people see it as extras.

Me I see it as stuff intentionally witheld from the original release to nickel and dime more money out of people.


We have the same views on this topic. I totally agree with you.



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plzdontbanme said:
I wanna see DLC on a non WiiWare title

We all want to.

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