Next week,
Wii Chess finally arrives somewhere outside of Europe, not that many people were holding their breath. The Japanese release as
World Chess, however, is interesting for a couple of reasons: first, it'll cost only 1,000 yen. Second, that price will be payable in Wii Points, because
World Chess is a WiiWare game in Japan. That means it's the first disc-to-WiiWare game.
Eternity's Child is planned for a similar multiformat release across regions, but it has yet to be dated.
Surprisingly, the Japanese WiiWare version and the retail European game will be compatible online. If you still have your copy of
Wii Chess, hang on to it, because next week you'll have dozens of new players eager for a game.
[Via
Siliconera]
{ Sep 24th 2008 at 9:00PM } 
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Sonic_13 @ Sep 24th 2008 11:15PM
Pretty cool. I know a lot of us mentioned that it should be a WiiWare game way back when it was announced for Europe.
I wonder if it will come out in the US at some point (and if it will be a retail or WiiWare game)...
bug frawg @ Sep 25th 2008 1:16AM
Not really surprised on the whole compatibility thing, the big difference here would be where the game is stored(wii dvd vs. flash memory) not the actual network code.