donny2112 said:
For the new monthly thread, would the poster just wholesale copy the part of the OP outside of the VC/WiiWare/DSiWare sections? If so, is there any criteria for how long to keep stuff in those sections? For VC/WiiWare/DSiWare, they'd just bring over the last week's of data, right?
Thanks.
I think what I'd suggest is something like this for the new May thread:
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This is a new combined monthly thread for
all digital downloads on Wii and DSi. The OP will list the new releases each week over the month in all three main territories, but will also include notes on updated ratings, new game announcements and other news pertaining to the services. This is a work-in-progress, and any contributions or corrections for the OP would be most welcome.
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VIRTUAL CONSOLE
- Nobunaga's Ambition (SNES | 800pts) (27 April 2009)
WIIWARE
- Cocoto Platform Jumper (Neko Entertainment | 700pts) (27 April 2009)
DSiWARE
- Clubhouse Games Express: Card Classics (Nintendo | 500pts) (27 April 2009)
- Paper Airplane Chase (Nintendo | 200pts) (27 April 2009)
The US Virtual Console and WiiWare catalogues are updated every Monday at 9am Pacific Time. The update schedule for DSiWare has not yet been finalised.
VIRTUAL CONSOLE
WIIWARE
- Adventure Island: The Beginning (Hudson | 1000pts) (24 April 2009)
DSiWARE
- Real Football 2009 (GameLoft | 800pts) (24 April 2009)
The European and Australasian Virtual Console and WiiWare catalogues are updated every Friday, although new titles are frequently available from around 11pm-12am GMT on Thursday. Updates alternate between services each week. The update schedule for DSiWare has not yet been finalised.
VIRTUAL CONSOLE
- Kirby's Dream Land 3 (SNES | 800pts) (28 April 2009)
- Numan Athletics (Arcade | 800pts) (28 April 2009)
- Youkai Douchuuki (Arcade | 800pts) (28 April 2009)
WIIWARE
- Asobu Made in Ore (Nintendo | 800pts) (29 April 2009) (Link)
- BIT.TRIP.BEAT (Ark System Works | 500pts) (28 April 2009) (Link)
- Educational TV For Children (Home Media | 700pts + DLC) (28 April 2009 (Link)
- Harvest Moon: Ranch Store (Marvelous | 1500pts + DLC) (28 April 2009) (Link)
DSiWARE
- Ugoku Memo-chou Version 2 (Nintendo | Free) (27 April 2009)
The Japanese Virtual Console and WiiWare catalogues are updated every Tuesday. The DSiWare catalogue is updated weekly/fortnightly.
PRESS RELEASES
VIRTUAL CONSOLE ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Insert any new announcements in May here...
WIIWARE ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Insert any new announcements in May here...
DSiWARE ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Insert any new announcements in May here...
Nintendo will occasionally make new Channels available through the Wii Shop, or update the system firmware of the Wii and DSi with new features. Any new Channels or updates will be listed here.
CHANNELS
- Insert any new Channels here...
SYSTEM UPDATES
- Insert any new system updates here...
The various national ratings organisations will occasionally provide advance notice of new releases and individual companies may announce forthcoming releases. These updates are listed
HERE. As games are released in the corresponding regions, they will be removed from the lists.
(Thanks to donny2112, Cheesemeister, Shard, Somnid, JodyAnthony, Capndrake, inthegray, mrklaw, sfog, jesusraz and CaptainN)
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The month should start like that with just the last set of releases in each region, then as new announcements are made or games unveiled (perhaps more unlikely in the case of Virtual Console - big announcements like the Virtual Console Arcade games list come along very rarely) the sections fill out.
I'd add a link to the previous months at the end as well, but would something like that be appropriate? It keeps the post lean and concentrates only on new announcements and releases.