Here’s a recap for those who haven’t been keeping score. In 2009, Nintendo finally started allowing for developers to release free demos of their WiiWare games. Only five games were granted to have demos at first, but it was a begin. Then a few months later, Nintendo took down all five demos. No one knows why.

Then they came back with demos again in late 2010, this time allowing more developers to take advantage of the demo process. However, the demos were all still available for a limited time only, and one by one, they’ve all slowly disappeared from the Wii shop.