GDC 09: The Wii Shop is Down

[wraggster]

We're less than two hours away from the scheduled start time for Nintendo President Satoru Iwata's keynote address at this year's Game Developers Conference -- but don't bother trying to spend these last few hours of waiting around by downloading something new from the Wii Shop. The Wii Shop Channel is currently down, "undergoing maintenance."

Could we be in store for a surprise Wii Shop relaunch timed to coincide with the conclusion of Mr. Iwata's speech? It is the one year anniversary of WiiWare's launch in Japan, after all, and we wouldn't put it past the Big N to have an immediate surprise prepared to go straight out to the Wii Shop when the address is done.

Of course, the update could just be something more tame -- like the planned re-naming of Wii Points to Nintendo Points, in preparation for the launch of Nintendo DSi in just a few more weeks. Feel free to speculate away, and be sure to stay tuned -- our live coverage of the keynote will kick off at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time.

http://uk.wii.ign.com/articles/966/966110p1.html

[djdynamite123]

Big surprise from after maintenance was finished :P