Wii Shop Channel update gets us ready for Wiiware

In light of the Wii homebrew developments, Nintendo may be fighting fire with fire with WiiWare. In fact, the Wii Shop Channel has rolled the red carpet with an update for the WiiWare’s March 25 release. See a screenshot of that update at the full article.

WiiWare is definitely coming. Nintendo has released over at the Wii Shop Channel an update which will provide access for the incoming WiiWare titles. Proof? The image above was taken from the North American Wii Shop Channel after the update. Click it for a higher resolution view.

WiiWare won’t be available for the United States yet until May. The new Nintendo service will roll out first in Japan this March 25. Focusing on small-scale and independent software for the Wii, WiiWare may just be Nintendo’s answer to the growing Wii homebrew scene.

The new Nintendo service will also use Wii Points like the Virtual Console. Have you been keeping tabs of the prices for the Wiiware games? Keep checking here at QJ.NET for the latest developments. In the meantime, get that Wii Shop update.