Yeah, it's real bogus that Nintendo doesn't offer demos for those VC WiiWare games. I just don't buy them. They all look like shit, anyway, and the one I did buy (Defend Your Castle) was shittier than even the (low quality, mostly) XBLA games.

I think it really comes down to two factors: Nintendo is hell-bent on proving that "omgz peoplez don't want the online and the technology!111" and they want to stuff their goddamn pockets with as much cash as they can get from suckers who buy those crappy, horrible WiiWare games. And the overpriced VC ones...