Nintendo’s new WiiWare demo service hit European and Australian Wii consoles early this morning – and Nintendo soon followed with an official press update, indicating it will be available today for North American consoles as well:

This week, Wiiâ„¢ owners who connect their Wii consoles to the Internet can enjoy demos of five exceptional games for the WiiWareâ„¢ downloadable game service for zero Wii Pointsâ„¢: BIT.TRIP BEAT, FINAL FANTASY® CRYSTAL CHRONICLES®: My Life as a Darklordâ„¢, NyxQuest: Kindred Spirits, World of Gooâ„¢ and a brand new entry in the Pokémonâ„¢ game series, Pokémonâ„¢ Rumble. To get a taste of any or all of these tremendous titles before downloading the full versions, go to the WiiWare section of the Wii Shop Channel and search for “Demo.” For more information, please visit www.nintendo.com/wii/wiiware/demo.

Hit the jump for Infendo’s pre-press release coverage of this news as well as the full Press Release.

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Have you been waiting for Nintendo’s Wii Storage Solution? The Wii System update earlier this week took us a step closer to playing games directly from SD, but you may have missed it. In addition to enhanced parental controls, USB keyboard support for the Mii Channel, and a modified privacy policy, update 3.4 boasts dramatically increased SD transfer speeds. This update marks Nintendo’s first step toward the storage solution announced in early October. If everything goes to plan, you should be able to play your WiiWare and Virtual Console games directly from SD media in spring of 2009. Hit the jump to see the new lightning quick transfer in action.

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Apparently in November of this year Nintendo plans to replace Wii points with a new line of cards going by the title Nintendo Points. These new cards will be released in Japan and be able to work with both the Nitnendo DSi, and the Nintendo Wii.

It should be noted that once you use a Nintendo Point card in either system the Wii or the DSi, you will not be able to switch the balance to your other system. The points will be stuck on the system you originally used the card on. So if you used it on the DSi, you better enjoy that DSi shop. So when the DSi actually launches here in the States we will be seeing these cards as well.

Despite your favorite games not being released for the Virtual Console yet, there are a ton of games available in the Wii Shop Channel now. Here’s a look at the top ten games you shouldn’t miss playing:

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