We had to get SPOGS Sometime . As for Pirates, i was expecting this and all i can say is this. Yay!

Just got Pirates and I'm loving it. Really good fun

Excited to see what Pirates is like.

Also, when did we give you permission to get a WiiWare game the US didnt get before huh?? Ill have to talk with the King of America about this!

Pretty good release, Not going to bother with Spogs but Pirates is right up there with Toki Tori in my book. Excellent game and well worth the 1000 points, Multiplayer is awesome, comparible to bomberman as it's similar style.

Yay SPOGS!... oh wait.
I really wanna know if Pirates is good though...

Pirates is good, I like it. However, be warned that all three control methods are a bit strange, and the game runs in 4:3. It does only use 125 blocks though, which is very impressive.

huh. i heard australia was getting Defend Your Castle today. Must have been an incorrect report or else nobody here has checked the Australian Wii Shop.

Odd thing is that the Nintendo Channel shows that Defend Your Castle is available for 500 points, yets we have Spogs and Pirates.
Not that I mind though, ive been waiting for Pirates for ages. Just downloaded it and spent a good 45 mins on it and loved it. Reminds me of an arcade version of the Pirates of the Spannish Main / Pirates of the Caribbean Collectible Model Game by Wizz Kids except without having to build up the tiny models and having to find someone to play against. Good Fun though, cant wait to try multiplayer tommorow.

Check out the Pirates of the Spannish Main CMG, heres the link http://www.wizkidsgames.com/pirates/
and see what you think.

You will see the wii Pirates game is much better value at 1000 / £7.50

Are there any more games Nintendo had on that initial release list left?

DEMON has done a First Look Video of Pirates If anyone wants to check it out. Just uploading it now so it should be up in around 30 minutes or so.

http://youtube.com/user/DEIVION212

@ Raptor

It's very similar as in almost identicle to a game called Overboard that I had on the PS1

Will this mean Pirates for NA on Monday? Only time will tell.

I believe Pirates, Platcchen, and Strong Bad are the greatest candidates for Monday now.

PLEASE STRONG BAD ON MONDAY! PLEEEAAASE!!!

@Wariofan

We hope so. =)

This sounds like a fun game. I should see Demon's video to get a better look at it. Thanks Demon!

I've been interested in Pirates ever since reading the game description. Looks ace. Let's hope we get this on Monday.

And yeah, let's just pretend we only got one game this week.

Guess what WiiWare game the U.S. is getting on monday?

I hope we get Pirates, since early opinions seem relatively good.

As for a second game, I hope they release SPOGS again.
It deserves another release.
It deserves another review too, lets face it, Corbie just couldn't appreciate the quirky gameplay and classic visuals.

No probs Cheez

man, you got a good one. before America too. i hope we get pirates this monday, or plattchen. notice how i didn't even mention SPOGS? i am trying to delete it from my mind.

Strade, my brother was desperately trying to get me to buy it *shudders*.

@supermario You sound almost serious!?!?!
And yes, Pirates looks pretty good. Let's hope for this, and Strongbad (assuming it also costs 1000, so i can get both) this week. But I've also been hearing PLATTCHEN a lot. And some decent VC wouldnt hurt either...Anyway, not bad update Europe. Not great, but not bad.

if Plattchen, Strong Bad, and Pirates come out, i may number 2 myself

I originally thought Pirates looked boring but Demon212's first look made me change my mind I almost risked SPOGS Racing.

Pirates is brilliant and I think that everyone will be glotting that we got it way before the Americans this is a great day to be european.

I first thought that this Pirates has something to do with the strategy-game "Pirates!" that was originally released around 1987 for the C64 and Amiga (and CPC, Mac, NES, PC, Atari ST, Apple 2). But it does not seem so. This Wiiware is more like what? A shooter with a bit of strategy?

@x.SuperMario.x: I hope you're sarcastic, because you say to nearly every decent game that had been uploaded in the past 'fu Nintendo' and such, but then you defend SPOGS?

Has anyone tested yet if DYC is available in Australia?

It appears that SPOGS wasn't released here in Australia today- only pirates.

@ sadpanda212, I think I remember having Overboard on a Demo disk for the PS1, yeah it is very similar to what I remember.

I am enjoying Pirates though, its a slower pace arcade shooter / stratergy-lite game with a nice back story and nicely presented. Hey Ive played and paid for full retail wii games with less production value than this. To be honest, have a bigger single campaign mode, a level editor and the option for online multiplayer and I would buy this on Retail at obviously a bigger price point than 1000 points / £7.50

@Homer: So, no Defend your Catsle in Australia?
As I call from the ratings I don't think any Australian will change his region to download SPOGS

I was hoping for DYC but no luck ... again
it really don't get some delays ... I don't think there is more than 2 pages of text total in that game so no saying it's because of languages !!!

Pirates reminds me of overboard. May pick it up soon. SPOGS can get lost

@ BuzzDee
Wasn't there a new Sid Meier's Pirates not that long ago for the PC? I think it came out in 2004 or something along those lines.

@ BuzzDee & Tides of Chaos
Yeah, Sid's Pirates! was remade back in 2004 in nice 3D graphics and I am told it is true to the original. It ended up coming to PC, XBox and PSP at different points. I have the PC one.

... but where is my Gyrostarr, Nintendo Europe!?

I´ll stay far away from SPOGS. Pirates don´t interest me much either. Doubt I´ll get any Wii Ware at all before Mega Man 9. Anyway, now this week is over and I can look forward to some VC games next friday.

I guess most Core Gamers will take Megaman 9 as their first Wiiware Game (although it's more VC than WW )

Not that I don't like the current Wiiware titles, Toki Tori and Lost Winds sound interesting, but before I go and buy Wiiware games I don't need I want to complete DKC2, Super Metroid and several Wii and Gamecube games I stopped playing (that goes even back until 2001 ) because a more interesting game came in their way

Lol, Australia really didn't get SPOGS!
http://www.nintendo.com.au/nintendo/news/index.php
But have no fears, Australian comrades, I guess you escaped a bullet there!

Maybe Nintendo Australia decided to spare us from the awfulness of SPOGS? I'm certainly not complaining.

And Marcel, perhaps you could add a note to the end of the article saying that OZ only got Pirates?

I think the reason might be juristical, like it was with Axelay, we still haven't got it in Europe!

Maybe we should do an exchange

^lol
But don't forget, to be fair we would have to give Australia ll the C64 Games too (I guess it won't be a big problem for several European Shooter Fans)

I've said it before, if you live in Austrailia, just add wii points, then change your country setting to U.K. - download the games you want, and switch back. Simple, folks.....

I changed my settings from USA to Brazil and back; it didn't hurt a thing...

Don't you have to add them afterwards because they will get lost, or can't you add European Wii Points and in Australia and viceversa? And do Wii Points get lost everytime you switch continents?

Changing between USA and Brasil is OK to do without penalty.

However on the PAL console switching betwen Australia to a Euro country will wipe out your Wii points. If you do this I would advise spending your points first. Switching regions and adding 2000 points. Buy what you wanted and something extra to spend ALL the points. Then switch back to Australia region.

Or vice versa!

So you can switch to Australia and upload European points after the switch to buy something (and viceversa)? And can you use Points cards you got from NoEs Shop (1000, 500, 300, 100)?

I haven't a clue how to buy AU points, so I just done the smart thing, bought the Axelay cart, lol.

Well, I don't have an SNES, that's why I'm glad that the best games are getting remaked or coming to VC
As far as I understood it from Dazza and Co you don't need AU points, you just have to type in your Points AFTER the switch...

Hmm well two games and one is horrible. Wonder how the Pirates game is.

@ChocoDK Pirates is alright could of been better in the campaign and multiplayer but other than that it's fine.