A handful of WiiWare games were just pulled from the U.S. and European Wii Shop channels. As far as I know, the full list of removed games includes The Magic Obelisk (in the U.S.) and LONPOS, Shootanto: Evolutionary Mayhem, Diner Dash, Racers' Islands - Crazy Racers, Gods vs Humans and Racers' Islands - Crazy Arenas (in Europe). The Magic Obelisk is a great little action puzzle game, so I'm sad to see that one gone, and Shootanto: Evolutionary Mayhem is basically the Birdemic of videogames, so it definitely deserves your attention (even though it totally doesn't).
I'm guessing that these aren't selling enough to justify whatever it costs to have them on the Wii Shop channel. That must mean they really aren't selling, as the last I checked, it costs nothing to keep your game on the Wii Shop channel once you've already got it up there. Reports are coming in that Zallag, the developer behind Gods vs Humans and the Racers Island games has actually gone out of business, and that's why their games were pulled. I hope this doesn't mean that Game Arts (developers of The Magic Obelisk) and Hudson (publisher of Shootano and Diner Dash) are also in trouble. I couldn't stand to see Hudson close down twice in the same year.
Anyway, I hope this motivates some of you slackers to go ahead and buy those one-of-a-kind WiiWare games that you know you want to play, but have been too lazy to actually download. One day you could wake up and find that Tomena Sanner, You, Me, and the Cubes, Muscle March, the ReBirth games from Konami, and many other classic WiiWare home console exclusives are gone for good. Buy them while you still can!
Zallag explains why their company closed [GoNintendo]
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11:30 PM on 08.08.2011 | 
Thanks for the heads up, Jon!
There are ways to get this game still. You'll have to check your piracy morals at the door however.
And with Zallag being out of business, Nintendo doesn't have anyone to send payment checks to (assuming there are any ... Racers Island is fucking TERRIBLE).
The Magic Obelisk is a stranger situation since Game Arts JUST launched a Silpheed game on the Android marketplace.
... Seriously, that game kicks ass.
oh wait
@ Alex and Karu- Yeah, MDK2 and Lost Winds are both great games. I would have mentioned them in the post, but I'm pretty sure they are not exclusive to the Wii (MDK2 was on the Dreamcast, and Lost Winds is going multi-console I think).
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I saw the pic and wondered who was gonna say it first. Glad to see u got it out of the way first.
Also, you're an asshole.
Also, were all assholes.
Also, pie.
Twilight is never watchable, under any influence of any drug, sober, or if someones holding a gun to your head.
@Holmes
Duh. U and Jim are mostly what got me hooked on this stupid website. Well, that and the natural gravity of Jim drew me in.
Now I am but a satellite orbiting dtoid, providing it with directtv-like entertainment.
ALSO, I'm still barely waking up. Ignore all the shit in this comment
Fuck, I think I'm gonna get more sleep.
Do you mean like transferring it over to other Wii's, or to the Wii U, when it comes out? Because Nintendo has already done transferring peoples DSiWare stuff, over to the 3DS and now you can also transfer things to another 3DS, if need be. So I'd imagine that Nintendo will do the same, for the Wii to Wii U transition.
Can't so much about the games, I know nothing of them. Unless Cave Story, Mega Man 9 & 10, or the Bit Trip games disappear I could probably care less.