Nintendo of America has announced that there’s two Wii U demos coming to the Wii U eShop. The first playable demo is for Ubisoft’s fairly well-received survival horror title ZombiU. A demo for ZombiU is also available to download on the European Wii U eShop and takes roughly 30 minutes to download depending on your internet connection. The second playable demo is for NBA 2K13 which is executive produced by Jay Z. Both demos should be up on the eShop today.
There can be up to 12 user accounts on a single Wii U console. And whatever one user downloads from the Nintendo eShop is shared across all users on the system.
Demos are no exception. So far, all downloadable Wii U demos have a limited number of uses, which are shared among all users. This means that, for example, because the demo of FIFA 13 has only 10 uses, and if you have 12 user accounts on your Wii U, not all users will be able to experience that particular demo.
Nintendo has confirmed that the play limits imposed on Wii U demos are actually set by the publisher, rather than Nintendo themselves. Currently FIFA 13 is 10 uses, while Rayman Legends is 30 uses. Sonic & Sega All-Star Racing Transformed is 15. Although it’s down to the publishers how many goes you actually get on demos, it’s likely that Nintendo implemented the actual system. Xbox Live and PlayStation Network do not have play limits set on demos.
“Each publisher has the opportunity to decide how long demos will stay on the eShop, and how many times consumers can play them before they expire.”.
Nintendo of America has announced that it’s releasing a demo for Sonic All-Stars Racing Transformed on the Wii U eShop. The company also revealed that there will be a demo for Adventure Time: Hey Ice King why’d you steal our garbage?!! on the Nintendo 3DS eShop. Both demos are available today in North America, so go and download them.
Demos on the Wii U eShop will have a restricted number of plays, unlike those found on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The information was discovered when European users downloaded the demo of FIFA 13 from the Wii U eShop. Users who download FIFA 13 only have ten tries on the demo and then it becomes unplayable. This mimics the Nintendo 3DS eShop where demos have a play limit. Do you think it’s a good idea to enforce a play restriction on a demo?
The demonstration pods at the Nintendo World store In New York now showcase a special demo screen which allows you to browse the cover art for any of the demo software on Wii U. People have pointed out that the interface for the demos is similar to that of the modded Wii USB loader screens. The demonstration pods allow you to select the demo cover art and either watch a video of the selected demo, or alternatively, play one of the demos. At the moment only Rayman Legends is selectable. Whether this is the final look of the OS remains to be confirmed by Nintendo. But we shouldn’t have to wait too long to find out.
Get ready to traverse land and sea as the classic Game Boy platformer, Kirby’s Dream Land 2 arrives on the European Virtual Console for Nintendo 3DS. Help Kirby in his attempt to protect Dreamland by tracking down the Rainbow Bridges which have been stolen by a new enemy; the evil force named Dark Matter. It’s up to you, accompanied by your trusty animal cohort, to travel through the lands battling King Dedede and his minions, and to defeat the mysterious Dark Matter.
It’s a week of epic journeys on the Nintendo eShop, as we join Mojo in Bird Mania 3D on his quest to catch up with his friends as they head off on holiday to Africa without him. Fly, dash, soar and glide after them as you try to collect extra bonuses and avoid unwanted obstacles in this skills-based action game. You are also being treated to a double dose of demos with two action-packed adventures in the RAYMAN ORIGINS Demo and 2 Fast 4 Gnomz Demo available from the Nintendo eShop and Wii Shop Channel respectively
With last nights Nintendo 3DS firmware update came the option to download playable demos but unfortunately it’s only Japan that’s received any. Japanese consumers are now able to download the following titles from the Nintendo 3DS eShop:
We should be getting demos fairly soon over here in the West but Nintendo has yet to reveal precisely what we’re getting. Clearly a Resident Evil: Revelations demo wouldn’t go amiss. Which demos would you like to see?
Nintendo have officially announced that they’re adding a new service to the Wii Shop Channel which allows gamers to download demo’s of specific WiiWare titles starting November 5th.
