'Strong Bad' Sales Double After Wii Storage Solution
Well it hasn't taken long to see positive results from Nintendo's new SD-card-friendly Wii storage solution: Telltale Games, the folks behind Sam & Max and Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People, have announced that sales of the latter have doubled since GDC's March unveiling of the new storage features.
As an episodic title, Strong Bad can be seen as a bit of a bellwether for the Wii's potential to match the PS3 and Xbox 360's ability to download and store relatively large amounts of data - and, therefore, larger numbers of games bought online. But with the Wii's previously hobbled storage capacity now opened up a bit more, the question of downloadable content on the Wii is no longer moot:
"Nintendo's new solution really opens the door for players to add to their collection of downloadable games, which is critical for a series with multiple installments," says Telltale CEO Dan Connors. "This is a major step forward for episodic gaming. We're looking forward to even greater success on WiiWare with Strong Bad, as well as other projects."
This will be good news for Wii fans who've been feeling somewhat cut off from the world of reckless downloading, and even better news for Nintendo's account book.
WiiWare Sales of Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People Double with New Wii Storage Solution
Telltale CEO: "This is a major step forward for episodic gaming."
SAN RAFAEL, April 9, 2009 - Telltale has announced that WiiWare™ sales of Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People, the first monthly episodic series on a console, have more than doubled since Nintendo's new storage solution was unveiled at the Game Developer's Conference in March. The Strong Bad series began releasing episodically on WiiWare in August 2008.
"Nintendo's new solution really opens the door for players to add to their collection of downloadable games, which is critical for a series with multiple installments," says Telltale CEO Dan Connors. "This is a major step forward for episodic gaming. We're looking forward to even greater success on WiiWare with Strong Bad, as well as other projects."
Like a TV series, Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People is best enjoyed when the full five episode "season" is played in its entirety. Nintendo's new option to play WiiWare games directly from high-density SD cards gives customers a convenient way to enjoy this full-season experience.
Starring Strong Bad, the self-proclaimed "coolest person ever," and the rest of the characters from the popular Homestarrunner.com website, Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People is a series of comedy games that play like interactive cartoons. Each episode features a unique storyline penned by series creators Mike and Matt Chapman and the writers of Telltale's award-winning Sam & Max series. Arcade-style mini games, achievements, and the ability to email Wii™ friends from Strong Bad's laptop complete the experience.
The Strong Bad games can be downloaded from the Wii Shop Channel for 1,000 points each. For more information on Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People on WiiWare, visit http://www.telltalegames.com/strongbad/wiiware. The series is also available for PC from Telltale's website.
Telltale's episodic offerings are expanding to Xbox LIVE® Arcade this spring with Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures.
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Posted to Hot Stuff, Video Games on 9 April 2009
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I bought the first of this series, but didn't feel that it really sincerely captured the humor of homestarrunner.com.
The (now usable) extra memory in my wii is tempting me to buy more of those silly add-ons for that addicting Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King game, though!