I think it would be a great idea to start including demos for the games on the Wiiware service. Perhaps they would extend it to allow demos of their disk based games.

This is one of the easiest and most successful (after direct advertisement) ways of promoting games. I can't wait.

I can see storage availability as a huge concern for Nintendo when it comes to the standard retail game demos. Even if demos are offered will this ever result in a change with Nintendo's promotional efforts on the console? As the article mentioned, both the 360 and PS3 integrate advertising to some degree to highlight new products, downloads, etc. The Wii front end leaves everything up to the user and the Nintendo Channel is awkward to navigate. I wouldn't be surprised if this remains consistent on the Wii until the next platform is released.

I donīt think they could implement demos for disk release because of the hard disk space. But demos is a great way to test a game and if you like it that much you will buy it, it helps the undecided to make a choice of buying. But for most Wii games they are casual gameplay and maybe they would not benefit from a demo.