Gamers can now give extended recommendations of both Wii and DS games, see play time stats of games and channels, and more in the completely re-done interface.

In September, North America received a major facelift for the Nintendo Channel. It wasn’t just aesthetics, though, as a bunch of features were added. We’ve finally got this update ourselves, so we’ll go through the new areas.

Earlier you could give feedback on Wii games, but now you can give recommendations to users for Wii and DS titles. A separate section is now shown to display these, with games getting an overall medal ranking ranging from bronze to platinum.

Records are also kept for both game play times and games you’ve recommended. Be warned, though, that these play times will only be accurate if you’ve launched games through official means. Finally, you can favourite any game in the database to be able to get back to it more quickly later on. We do miss out on one thing North America started getting, the regular Nintendo Week video special, but that’s understandable considering its American focus.

So what do you guys think of the new layout?