Microsoft has Xbox Live; Sony has the PlayStation Network. Nintendo technically has WiiWare, but its download service hasn’t enjoyed the same breadth of offerings or popularity as other digital download services. And yet the country is full of homes where Wii hardware can be found. So what gives?
The independent publisher Icon Games Entertainment, a week ago, looked back on 2011 and counted up how many copies it had sold of games such as Bashi Blocks (pictured above) and Arcade Air Hockey. Icon’s Richard Hill-Whittall found that he’d sold 255,763 copies of games in all, a pleasant surprise given he figured they’d only moved around 100,000 copies. He published his sales figures, broken down by platform.
The Nintendo Download ends the year on a high note with the release of Terry Cavanagh ‘s indie darling VVVVVV on the 3DS eShop, adding a 3D twist to the game’s already twisted gravity platforming.
Twas three days before Christmas and all through the Nintendo Download fresh new games both big and small tried desperately to outshine the majesty that is the original Game Boy version of Tetris.
