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Demae Channel

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Demae Channel
Developer(s)Denyusha
Publisher(s)Nintendo
Release26 May 2009[1]
Genre(s)Wii Channels

Demae Channel[a] was a Wii channel that featured a food delivery service developed by Nintendo and Denyusha and operated by Demaecan.[2][3] It was launched on 26 May 2009, exclusively in Japan, and it was available as a free download on the Wii Shop Channel.[1] In addition, a Wii U version was released on 8 August 2013.[4]

The channel allowed users to order food and drinks from a list of restaurants and shops close to them, have it sent to their homes and pay on delivery.[3][5] It was shut down on 31 March 2017.[6]

Overview

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Upon first startup, users were taken to a menu to input their home address and personal information. After the channel became accessible, orders could then be placed to the input address.[7]

The channel featured a list of food genres users could choose from (pizza, bento, sushi, Japanese food, Chinese food, Western food, curry, party food, desserts, etc.), with an additional roulette option that would pick one at random.[8][9] Each genre included a list of restaurants, stores and services in a nearby area, district, neighbourhood or village, along with estimated arrival time and opening/closing hours.[10] Once a service was selected, users could pick a product and add extra settings such as size, type, ingredients and toppings.[8] When the order was finished and confirmed, users were expected to pay for it on delivery. A receipt with the ordered product was sent to the console's Wii Message Board.[3]

Additional features included using coupons, adding items to a list of favourites, checking a record of previous orders and requesting new restaurants to be added.[11] According to Demaecan, over a thousand stores were requested through it each month.[12] Demae Channel also had a soundtrack, with a different theme for each menu and food genre,[13] and several campaigns were hosted for it, such as a limited giveaway of miniature reproductions of their delivery bikes and another with Nintendo Points cards.[12][14]

On 8 August 2013, the service was released as a Wii U application, simply under the company's name, Demaecan.[b][4] As opposed to the original Wii version, which had an original design and menus, the Wii U release simply accesses the company's website.[15][16]

Shutdown

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Because the service did not use WiiConnect24, Demae Channel continued to work after this service was discontinued.[17][18] However, both versions were announced to be removed from the Wii Shop Channel and the Nintendo eShop on 22 February 2017, and the service was finally discontinued on 31 March 2017.[6][19]

Revival

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The channel received a lot of interest, mainly from overseas audiences, when content creator Thomas Game Docs uploaded a video to YouTube about it in May 2019.[20][21]

In 2020 a group of Wii homebrew developers started a project to make a custom replacement server for Wii no Ma called WiiLink, and in August 2022, support for Demae Channel was added.[22] The revival project allowed access to the channel again, and users in the United States and Canada can order pizza again through a link with the Domino's Pizza service.[23] In April 2023, support for Deliveroo was added, expanding support to more countries, until it ended in September 2023.[24][25][23]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Japanese: 出前チャンネル, Food Delivery Channel
  2. ^ Japanese: 出前館, Demae-kan

References

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  1. ^ a b "Wiiに「出前チャンネル」登場、店舗検索から注文までOK". MarkeZine (in Japanese). 27 May 2009. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  2. ^ "株式会社 電遊社～ゲーム開発、オンラインゲーム開発・運営、携帯アプリ開発、ウェブ制作". www.denyu-sha.co.jp. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  3. ^ a b c "Wiiから出前が注文できる「出前チャンネル」でピザを頼んでみた". ねとらぼ (in Japanese). Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Wii Uのダウンロードソフト、「出前館」、「YNN」（よしもと動画）、「Hulu」、「Youtube」が配信予定". ゲームメモ (in Japanese). 5 December 2012. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  5. ^ "Nintendo Wii gets catering channel in Japan". CNET. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  6. ^ a b "Wii | Wiiチャンネル". www.nintendo.co.jp. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  7. ^ "本日よりサービス開始の『出前チャンネル』を触ってみましたよ – セグメントゲームズ". goo blog (in Japanese). Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  8. ^ a b "Wiiから出前を取ることができる「出前チャンネル」が本日から配信開始". GIGAZINE (in Japanese). 26 May 2009. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  9. ^ "Wiiで出前注文 「出前チャンネル」が来春から". ITmedia NEWS (in Japanese). Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  10. ^ "任天堂『Wii』で出前注文 「出前チャンネル」来春開始｜ライフ関連ニュース｜オリコン顧客満足度ランキング". CS RANKING (in Japanese). Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  11. ^ "任天堂のWii(R)『出前チャンネル』から出前を注文すると抽選で100名に出前館特製チョロバイをプレゼント!!". valuepress. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  12. ^ a b "任天堂のWii『出前チャンネル』から出前を注文すると抽選で100名に出前館特製チョロバイをプレゼント！！ | ニュース". 株式会社出前館 (in Japanese). Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  13. ^ Kazumi Totaka (2009), WII Food Delivery Channel OST, retrieved 3 June 2023
  14. ^ "出前チャンネルでニンテンドープリペイドカードが当たるキャンペーンがスタート". 4Gamer.net (in Japanese). Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  15. ^ "任天堂のWii Uに「出前館」が登場 ～Wii U GamePadで注文が可能！利用シーンも増加～ | ニュース". 株式会社出前館 (in Japanese). Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  16. ^ Exploring a Japanese Wii U, retrieved 3 June 2023
  17. ^ "Nintendo to Pull the Plug on Several Online Wii Channels". Nintendo Life. 12 April 2013. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  18. ^ "Wiiチャンネルの復活を望ム | やまなしなひび－Diary SIDE－". yamanashirei.blog.fc2.com. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  19. ^ "CP[夢の街創造委員会（株）]". cp-canda.net. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  20. ^ Would you order a Pizza from your Wii?, retrieved 3 June 2023
  21. ^ "The Strange Story Of The Wii's Japan-Only Food Channel". TheGamer. 29 May 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  22. ^ Devs, WiiLink. "WiiLink – Guide". www.wiilink24.com. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  23. ^ a b Sparks-Pescovitz, Lux (9 March 2023). "You can now order pizza with a Nintendo Wii (again)". Boing Boing. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  24. ^ Pascual, Sarai T. (10 March 2023). "Si tienes una Wii, puedes pedir una pizza a domicilio". Nintendúo (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  25. ^ https://www.techtimes.com/articles/288792/20230310/nintendo-wii-hack-order-a-pizza-through-the-console.htm
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