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Instead of rolling out a game every week, Nintendo is stocking the WiiWare store with nine games on day one. The other good news is not all of them are 1,500 Wii Points! Only Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King rings in at $15, which makes it the most expensive game on the shop. Arc System Works’ Okiraku Ping Pong Wii and Tenshi Solitaire (Angel Solitaire) cost the same as a Famicom game.

Siliconera has a list of what Japan will get on later this month.

This is the one you’ve all been waiting for! Wii FreeLoader lets you play ANY region of Wii or GameCube game on your Nintendo Wii! At last, you can import games from other territories and play them on your Wii…

Videogamers the world over get really frustrated when games are released in other territories long before they reach the shops in their home country, if they ever get released at all.

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Friday, Namco revealed to IGN that the game would be coming to North America in May, and another method of control will be the Wii Fit Balance Board.

Not coincidentally, Wii Fit will be released at almost the exact same time.

“Using the Balance Board takes more practice. You’ll still push with the Wiimote and Nunchuk but steering is handled by leaning left and right,” reports the website. ”

A balance meter at the bottom of the screen indicates where your weight is resting. It was a little easier to over-compensate, as noted above, but we imagine with practice handling turns will become more manageable.”