Sunsoft Releasing American Manga Property On Japanese WiiWare Service

Humberto Saabedra

Japanese video game developer Sunsoft has announced plans to release the first digital manga over Nintendo’s WiiWare download service beginning in January of next year in Japan.

The first property to be released will be the Courtney Love/Tokyopop production Princess Ai Monogatari which is currently ongoing.  

The story centers around a lost  princess by the name of Ai who unwittingly becomes a music sensation after being mysteriously transported to Tokyo while dealing with the power struggles in her homeland, known as Ai-Land.

The first download will consist of the viewing program plus the first chapter for 500 Wii Points with additional two-packs of chapters sold thereafter for 200 points each. The release will also feature English subtitles based on the English version of the manga, but Sunsoft has not officially announced plans to launch the service in other countries at this time.

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