Nintendo has launced WiiWare, which is basically an online store featuring downloadable Wii games.

Its Nintendo’s answer to Microsoft’s Xbox Live Arcade and its XNA Studio and to Sony’s PlayStation Store. It also allows smaller developers to sell their games while larger publishers can experiment with new ideas. It has been launched with six Wii games: Square Enix’s Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King; Frontier Development’s LostWinds; XGen Studios’ Defend your Castle; Nnooo’s Pop; High Voltage Software’s V.I.P. Casino: Blackjack; and Gameloft’s TV Show King. Nintendo said it would add new games to WiiWare every Monday.