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Ten new games are headed to Nintendo's downloadable services this week: three for WiiWare, one for the Virtual Console, and six for DSiWare.
Skilled developer Shin'en Multimedia's latest game, the platformer Jett Rocket, is now available. You can check out Jett Rocket's hands-on from Cubed3 here. Mario is hitting the 64's tennis courts again with Mario Tennis for the N64.
Additionally, for WarioWare D.I.Y. is more microgames from Nintendo's localization team Treehouse.
Games availa...
Nine new games are headed to Nintendo's downloadable services this week: three for WiiWare, one for Virtual Console, and five for DSiWare.
Nintendo has yet another game on DSiWare, A Kappa's Trail: a game where you need to trace a path for a kappa to safety. Hudson brings 16 Shot! SHOOTING WATCH also, a game where you can test your trigger finger. On the Virtual Console side, Natsume has its NES title Shadow of the Ninja.
Additionally, for WarioWare D.I.Y. is a Chronos Twins microgame...
Eight new games are headed to Nintendo's downloadable services this week: three for WiiWare, one for the Virtual Console, and four for DSiWare.
From Q-Games, the makers of Trajectile and Starship Defense, comes X-Scape, which sends the player into battle against an evil empire. The Ben 10 franchise also makes its way onto WiiWare with Ben 10 Alien Force: The Rise of Hex, while the Virtual Console sees SNES title Wild Guns from Natsume.
Additionally, for WarioWare D.I.Y. is the microgam...
Seven new games are headed to Nintendo's downloadable services this week: two for WiiWare, one for Virtual Console, and four for DSiWare.
Gaijin Games brings the latest installment in the BIT.TRIP series, as Commander Video returns in BIT.TRIP RUNNER for WiiWare. Kirby's also back in Nintendo's Kirby Super Star for the SNES. Also, the game that everyone throws around when mentioning the Nintendo 3DS, Looksley's Line Up, is available
Additionally, for WarioWare D.I.Y. are the microgames...
Six new games are headed to Nintendo's downloadable services this week: two for WiiWare, and four for DSiWare.
The ace defense attorney Phoenix Wright returns for the third game in the Ace Attorney series, Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations for WiiWare. Coming at us from DSiWare is Nintendo's fighting game where you can put yourself in the game: Photo Dojo, and the kicker is that it's actually free until June 10th. Gameloft also brings Earthworm Jim to DSiWare.
Addit...
Nine new games are headed to Nintendo's downloadable services this week: one for the Virtual Console, two for WiiWare, and six for DSiWare.
SNK's flagship fighting series, the King of Fighters, gets the NeoGeo version of its 1995 edition, The King of Fighters '95 onto the Virtual Console.
Additionally, for WarioWare D.I.Y. is the microgame Meat Boy by Team Meat's Edmund McMillen.
Games available this week:
Seven new games are headed to Nintendo's downloadable services this week: one for the Virtual Console, one for WiiWare, and five for DSiWare.
The Blue Bomber's fourth adventure, Mega Man 4, is hitting the Virtual Console. For DSiWare, there's a slew of Game & Watch games from Nintendo, and Surviving High School from EA.
Additionally, for WarioWare D.I.Y. is the microgame Shantae NAB by WayForward Technologies' Matt Bozon, the developers of the Shantae series and Contra 4.
Games avai...
Six new games are headed to Nintendo's downloadable services this week: one for the Virtual Console, one for WiiWare, and four for DSiWare.
Hitting the Virtual Console is the arcade title Zaxxon from SEGA, a shoot-em-up that was the first to sport axonometric projection. Gameloft is bringing a GTA-clone to DSiWare in the form of Gangstar 2: Kings of L.A., while Hudson is bringing strategy to WiiWare with Military Madness: Nectaris.
Additionally, for WarioWare D.I.Y. is the microgame Fi...
Eight new games are headed to Nintendo's downloadable services this week: two for WiiWare, one for the Virtual Console and five for DSiWare. There are two major highlights this week, in the form of a legendary strategy RPG and a new WarioWare title.
Square Enix is releasing the Quest strategy RPG Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber for the N64 this week. Featuring a branching storyline with gameplay that have stood the test of time, Ogre Battle 64 is another game from Yasumi Matsuno...
Seven new games are headed to Nintendo's North American downloadable channels this week, with two games hitting WiiWare, an import game arriving on the Virtual Console, and four games headed to DSiWare.
The notable releases this week include Konami's TurboGrafx-16 CD version of Castlevania: Rondo of Blood, in its imported glory. For WiiWare, Ghostfire Games' Wii MotionPlus brawler Rage of the Gladiator is also available.
Games available this week:
Eight new games are headed to Nintendo's downloadable services in North America this week, with three games headed for WiiWare and four games to DSiWare, and one headed to the Virtual Console.
The notable WiiWare release this week is Capcom's retro-sequel Mega Man 10, as the blue bomber returns in an 8-bit form once more. The Virtual Console title is SNK's Fatal Fury Special on the NeoGeo, which has a roster of 15 characters.
The games offered this week:
Lots of titles are hit the North American Nintendo downloadable services today, with some favorites in BIT.TRIP VOID and Super Mario Kart joining the fray, along with the other half of the Electroplankton DSiWare titles. The count this week is four WiiWare games, two Virtual Console games, and seven DSiWare games.
BIT.TRIP VOID is the third installment in Gaijin Games' BIT.TRIP series, a retro-arcade musical and visual experience. Can you survive the onslaught of beats? The other notabl...
This week brings a grand total of eight games to Nintendo's downloadable services this week, with the sequel to one of WiiWare's launch titles, LostWinds, becoming available for download. Hudson brings a quirky arcade shooting title to the mix, and NHK's Domo invades DSiWare.
The first WiiWare title is LostWinds: Winter of the Melodias from Frontier Entertainment. Taking place after the events of the first title with Toku and Enril to save Toku's mother Magdi. LostWinds's impressive pla...
Today's Nintendo Download update marks the return of a legend, with game designer Kenji Eno's first console title in a decade. It is accompanied by another WiiWare game, a Virtual Console game, and two DSiWare games.
Kenji Eno's new game, with fyto, is none other than the action puzzler You, Me, and the Cubes, which is being published by Nintendo. Gameplay revolves around a set of cubes in which you need to get the human-like Fallos to balance on. The weight and location of each Fallos ...
"Joining Super Star Wars on Virtual Console is the original version of SEGA's classic arcade game Golden Axe. On WiiWare you can work magnetic forces in the electric puzzle game MAGNETIS, while young children can learn and have fun with Learning with the PooYoos: Episode 1. You can also visit the Nintendo DSi Shop and get creative with MySims Camera. Plus, budding cartoon creators can get fresh inspiration with the first in a series of Flipnote Studio animations created by the geniuses at Aard..."
"Keen and professional gamers luckily enough to be visiting Cologne this week will have already tried out Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again! and Pilotwings at GamesCom. Now the rest of you can join in as both games arrive in style, for Nintendo DSiWare and Virtual Console respectively."
Nintendo has announced that LucasArts's Super Star Wars series for the SNES will become available on the Virtual Console. The first title, Super Star Wars, will be released today, with the other two games, Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back and Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi coming to the Wii Virtual Console in the coming weeks.
New Star Wars-related content will also become available on the Check Mii Out Channel, where fans can submit their best Star Wars-related Miis, and the...
It's another Monday and four new games were added to the Nintendo downloadable services this month, highlighted by the release of a LucasArts game of old for the Super Nintendo and a well-received WiiWare platformer that our European brethen have enjoyed for some time.
That platformer is the first WiiWare title, which is NyxQuest: Kindred Spirits from Over The Top Games. Players will control Nyx, a winged girl from the heavens in search of her friend Icarus. Use the power from the other ...
It's the first Monday in August, and four games were added to the North American Nintendo downloadable services of WiiWare, Virtual Console, and DSiWare. While we don't have the quantity like a couple weeks before, there's a noteworthy title coming on for each service.
The first WiiWare title is Overturn, by the mysterious Studio Zan. It's a mecha fighting game, with eight different robots to choose from equipped with various weapons of varying ranges. You can take your battles online i...
"Whether you want to set off on a spaceship mission to clean up a virus-infested planet in ColorZ or race faster than you ever have before in Heracles Chariot Racing, there will be a WiiWare game that tickles your fancy. Coupled with this, the latest addition to the A Little Bit of... series for the Nintendo DSi arrives - A Little Bit of... Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training: Sudoku."
It's another Monday, and more new games were added to the North American Nintendo downloadable services for WiiWare, Virtual Console, and DSiWare. The highlight this week is two import titles for the Virtual Console, followed by a trio of WiiWare titles and a DSiWare title.
The first WiiWare title is Bit Boy!! from Bplus. Bit Boy Kubi's pixellated adventure begin when his friends are kidnapped. Travel through the generations of graphics from 4-bit to 8-bit, all the wya to 128-bit worlds...
After Gaijin Games said that this will happen, the 100th North American WiiWare title in the form of Bit.Trip Core alongside some other releases today, as a total of six games hit Nintendo's three downloadable services this week. There are three new games for WiiWare, one for Virtual Console, and two for DSiWare.
The first WiiWare title is the aforementioned Bit.Trip Core from Aksys Games. The game retains the hectic nature of its predecessor Bit.Trip Beat this time putting you in contro...
With another Monday comes more games added to Nintendo's downloadable services, harkening the end of June with a couple of water-theme titles, alongside a classic cute-em-up for the Sega Master System. A total of three new WiiWare games, one new Virtual Console game, and one new DSiWare game are available.
The first WiiWare game is Hudson Entertainment's Water Warfare, a first-person soaker that features single-player missions, Vs. CPU, and 2-Player splitscreen modes. If you think you go...
It's Monday once again, and Nintendo's downloadable services of Virtual Console, WiiWare, and DSiWare are updated once again, with three new titles headed their way to WiiWare, and one apiece for DSiWare and the Virtual Console.
The first WiiWare title is from XSEED Games: Drill Sergeant Mindstrong, developed by HI Games. It is a party game that outs your mind through boot camp, testing your brain and mettle.
From the YUKES Company of America comes the second WiiWare title, NEVES Plus....
It's Monday once again, and it's time for the Nintendo Download update for the North American WiiWare, Virtual Console, and DSiWare services. A whopping total of six games and applications are being added to the downloadable services, going 3, 2, 1 respectively for WiiWare, DSiWare, and the Virtual Console.
The first WiiWare title is Semnat Studios' side-scrolling run-and-gun, Eduardo the Samurai Toaster. Up to four people can explore 13 locations as they shoot all sort of pastries at th...
It's the first week of June, and it's E3 week, so what's a better way to start off the week than some new games on the Nintendo Downloadable services. One DSiWare, two WiiWare, and one Virtual Console title are headed our way.
The DSiWare title is WayForward Technologies' Mighty Flip Champs. Players take control of Alta, and have to navigate mazes via her Magical Warp Wand, which allows her to flip the mazes with another.
The first WiiWare title is Final Fantasy IV: The After Years, f...
Happy Memorial Day for the folks in the United States, and we can look forward to five titles hitting Nintendo's downloadable services of Virtual Console, WiiWare, and DSiWare this week. Two apiece for WiiWare and DSiWare is on the docket, while again a single title for the Virtual Console, which would be release #301.
The first DSiWare title is American Popstar: Road to Celebrity from Gameloft. Take your musical career from your high school auditions to the big stage as you try to becom...
Today marks the release of the 300th Virtual Console title for the North American Virtual Console, and that distinction goes to none other than the N64 classic The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask. It is accompanied by one DSiWare and two WiiWare titles this week.
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask is the only VC title this week, but people won't be complaining. This direct sequel to the eternal favorite Ocarina of Time has Link traveling to the world of Termina in chase of the Majora's Ma...
It's the Monday of the 113th running of the Boston Marathon, and four games reach the Nintendo downloadable services of the Virtual Console, WiiWare, and DSiWare this week in North America. Two DSiWare titles, one WiiWare title, and one Virtual Console title are in this week's wave.
The first DSiWare title this week is Dr. Mario Express from Nintendo. It's a single player version of the classic virus-busting game, with two modes available: Classic Mode, and vs. CPU mode, where players ca...
Last week with the release of the Nintendo DSi in North America, Nintendo of America's Wii-kly Update, known as the Wii Shop Channel Update here on GameGrep, was changed to the Nintendo Download, with titles for the DSi's downloadable service DSiWare becoming available now on Mondays. Thusly, we will change over from the Wii Shop Channel Update to a new moniker, the Nintendo Download Update, bringing you the latest Virtual Console, WiiWare, and now, DSiWare updates every Monday. DSiWare abb...
It's another Monday, and another three games will make their way to the North American Wii Shop Channel. This week we have a pair of import TurboGrafx games, and a solid puzzle game from our friends at Hudson Entertainment.
The WiiWare title is Pop'Em Drop'Em SAMEGAME, from Hudson Entertainment. Clearing your puzzle grid is the name of the game in single player, trying to shoot for the high score. Up to four players can play three different multiplayer modes, "Fame Game", which is like ...
It is the first Monday in March, and two games were added to the North American Wii Shop Channel today, in the form of one WiiWare game, and one Virtual Console game.
The WiiWare title is Family & Friends Party from Gammick Entertainment. It is an interactive board game title for up to eight players, where the goal is to be the first player to complete a series of challenges. There are two type of challenges, "Single" cooperative challenges and "Versus" competitive challenges.
The Vir...
It's another Monday, and another two games will be added to the North American Wii Shop Channel today. One WiiWare game and one Virtual Console game are being added to the service. Nintendo is also teasing an upcoming new surprise, which many suspect will be the release of Commodore 64 games on the North American Virtual Console.
The WiiWare game this week is Evasive Space from the Yukes Company of America. Use the Wii Remote's pointer to maneuver Konki the Stellar Guardian as he rescue...
It is another Monday, and another three games will be added to the North American Wii Shop Channel today, in the form of two WiiWare games and one Virtual Console game to kick off the month of February.
The first WiiWare title is Hudson Entertainment's Snowboard Riot. It is a snowboard racing game with items strewn about the slopes to use in attack or defense as you make your way to be first down the mountain. Compatible with the Wii Balance Board, up to four players can join in on the a...
Another Monday, and another two games were added to the Wii Shop Channel today, with one apiece for both WiiWare and the Virtual Console.
The WiiWare title this week is Niki - Rock 'n' Ball from Bplus, the makers of Plattchen Twist 'n' Paint. It is a return to those favorable arcade classics, where the only goal is to defeat all enemies in a level to proceed to the next one. Players control the ball-shapped Niki, whose primary actions are rolling and jumping; as the player proceeds throu...
It's the second Monday of the new year, and another three games will be added to the North American Wii Shop Channel today, in the form of two WiiWare games and one Virtual Console game.
The first WiiWare game is Jungle Speed from Playful Entertainment. Based on the card game of the same name, the game supports up to eight players simultaneously, with four players using the Wii Remote while the other four uses the Nunchuk. Everybody has a set of cards that continually gets flipped in tur...
It's a new year, and Nintendo of America has started it off with two new games being added to the Wii Shop Channel to kick it off.
The WiiWare title today is Sandy Beach from Konami, where the title takes you out to beach to partake in one of the great beach pastimes: sand castle building. You can go for a relaxing build, or you can go into battle in the game's Crab Battle mode, where (not-so-giant) enemy crabs threaten to destroy your castle. In-between enemy waves you can use your meta...
It's the last Monday of 2008, and Nintendo is ending the year with a bang: three new games are being added to the North American Wii Shop Channel today, in the form of two WiiWare games and one Virtual Console game.
The first WiiWare title is Maboshi's Arcade, published by Nintendo and developed by Mindware Corp. This game is composed of three minigames, however, the catch is that they are all played simultaneously on the same screen. For up to three players, each player or the A.I. can ...
Another Monday rolls by, and another three games will be added to the North American Wii Shop Channel today. We get two WiiWare games and a Virtual Console game, each with their own fair share of goodness.
The first WiiWare game is Tiki Towers from RealArcade. From the outset is seems like a jungle-themed World of Goo clone, however you need to use your monkey friends to build your way to and defeat the invading enemy chiefs. The game will retail for 500 points.
The other WiiWare gam...
It's another Monday, and another three games were added to the North American Wii Shop Channel today, in the form of two WiiWare games and one Virtual Console game.
Highlighting the list is the final episode from Telltale's episodic point-and-click-em-up series, Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People. Episode 5, titled 8-Bit is Enough, has the titular hero having to stop his most fearsome enemy yet: Trogdor the Burninator. The world of 8-Bits is leaking into Strong Bad's world, but...
It's Monday once more, and another three games were added to the North American Wii Shop Channel today, with two new WiiWare games and one Virtual Console game coming onto the service.
The first WiiWare title is Taito's Space Invaders Get Even, where you get to take control of those lovable space invaders as they get revenge on the earthlings for the atrocities committed against them years ago. Control an Invader UFO and take command of the Space Invaders as you destroy buildings and batt...
It's another Monday, and three new games were added to the North American Wii Shop Channel today. In this edition, we get two new WiiWare games plus one Virtual Console game that is sure to tickle someone's fancy.
The first WiiWare title is Brain Challenge from Gameloft. Like a mini-Brain Training, you and up to three other people can challenge your minds and work on boosting your brain and releasing some stress.
The other WiiWare title is Yummy Yummy Cooking Jam from Virtual Toys. Y...
It's a new Monday, and three more games were added to the North American Wii Shop Channel today. We have a couple of new installments into some quality series for WiiWare, and the first game in a popular Genesis series for the Virtual Console.
The first WiiWare game is Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People Episode 3: Baddest of the Bands from Telltale Games. Our good cool pal Strong Bad is low on funds, so he decides to enter and dominate the "Battle Royale of the Bands". Featuri...
It's a new Monday, and there are four new games being added to the North American Wii Shop Channel today. There are two new WiiWare games ready for play, and a pair of import TurboGrafx games ready for you to try out for the first time.
The first WiiWare title is Tetris Party from Tetris Online, Inc. The classic Tetris action brings its wares to the Wii, with 10 new single-player and multiplayer modes joining the classic game. Some of these new modes will make use of the Wii remote's po...
It's another Monday, and four more games were added to the North American Wii Shop Channel this week. Its a doozy of an update that plans to put your wallet in a world of hurt: two hotly-anticipated games, one game that is another entry in a really good series, and another entry in a legendary series.
The first WiiWare title is the critically well-received World of Goo from 2D Boy. In World of Goo, you will have to create structures from various balls of goo that will lead to an exit/goa...
It's another Monday, and some more games are being added to the North American Wii Shop Channel today. There is a whopping four games up for grabs, highlighted by the SRPG Shining Force II for the Genesis. However, that's not the only good game heading the VC's way today. There are two WiiWare games and two Virtual Console games making their way to the service.
The first WiiWare game is Gameloft's Midnight Bowling. Up to four players can get it on the electric atmosphere of the nightti...
It's a new Monday, and three more games make their way to the Wii Shop Channel in North America. This week, we get word of ports are in progress of an incredibly well-done GBA series, along with more entries in popular series.
The first WiiWare game is Art Style: ORBIENT, which is brought to WiiWare by Nintendo. This is an upgraded version of bit Generations: Orbital, which was for the original GBA; it was a part of the bit Generations series, which brought great gameplay with simple con...
We all knew it was coming. Now, are you finally ready to get your retro groove on? That's right, folks: Capcom's latest game in the vaunted Mega Man series, their retro revival Mega Man 9, finally hits virtual store shelves today, with the WiiWare edition hitting the North America Wii Shop Channel today. However, this isn't the only one: it's being flanked by another WiiWare game and two Virtual Console games, giving us a rare four game update.
Leading the charge, of course, is none oth...
It's another Monday, and some more games will be added to the North American Wii Shop Channel today. Unlike previous weeks where we've seen one WiiWare game and two Virtual Consoles get uploaded, this week plays a little reversal on us, with two WiiWare games and one Virtual Console game getting added this week.
The first WiiWare game is one that we've already knew it was coming: Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People Episode 2: Strong Badia the Free, from developer Telltale Games. ...
With the Hanabi Festival wrapping up over in Europe, North America gets its own little import week this week, with a pair of shoot-em-ups that never made its way to our neck of the woods until today. Accompanying the two games is an all-new WiiWare puzzle game that is sure to rock your fancy.
That WiiWare game is titled Groovin' Blocks, and is developed by newcomer developer Empty Clip Studios, and is their first title. While at its heart it is a matching-falling-block puzzle game, it ad...
Happy Labor Day everyone! Kick back on your day off work with these three hot new releases making their way to the Wii Shop Channel. We have the 250th retro game release for the Virtual Console this week, which Nintendo is celebrating with one of the most celebrated games of all time. But it's not the only game this week, as it's flanked by a relaxing new WiiWare game from the guys at Hudson, and another NES classic.
The WiiWare title this week is My Aquarium, developed by Hudson Entert...
It's another Monday, and it's another weekly update for the North American Virtual Console. With Super Mario RPG hitting the virtual shelves of the PAL Virtual Console on Friday, one would hope that we would see that we would get it this week. Alas, this is not the case, however, we still got two pretty good Virtual Console games this week, which more than make up for the lack of Super Mario RPG.
The WiiWare title this week is Helix, developed by Ghostfire Games. It is a rhythm game, th...
After feeling cool and attractive last week, Nintendo serves us up a more retro feel today, featuring the debut game of Capcom's Blue Bomber. One WiiWare game and two Virtual Console games hit the links, looking for that perfect shot.
The WiiWare title this week is Midnight Pool, brought to you by Gameloft Entertainment. Aim for the top in a nationwide pool tournament that will literally have you traveling nationwide in your quest for pool fame and fortunes. There's a place for you tric...
It's another Monday, and three more games get added to the North American Wii Shop Channel, in the form of one hotly anticipated WiiWare and a cool duo of TurboGrafx imports, one of which is a highly acclaimed shoot-em-up.
The WiiWare title today is Telltale Games's Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People Episode 1: Homestar Ruiner, as was announced by the developer last week. The game stars Strong Bad, of Homestar Runner fame, in a point-and-click adventure that has the star trying ...
In a surprising twist of events, the three Virtual Console games that were purportedly supposed to release today, Mega Man, Ys Book I & II, and Samurai Shodown II, we get none of them. Instead on the Virtual Console side of things, we get the 8-bit version of the Blue Blur's first adventure, and the return of Rick, who once again has to save his girlfriend Jennifer.
The WiiWare title today is Wild West Guns, developed by GameLoft. It is a Wild West-styled lightgun shooter, utilizing the ...
The Wii Shop Channel has been in a very shoot-em-up mood recently. Konami recently announced Gradius Rebirth for WiiWare, and this week's three offerings for the North American Wii Shop Channel are all of the shoot-em-up variety. Get your guns and beams ready, folks, in the form of one WiiWare game and two Virtual Console games.
The WiiWare game is one that Europe just recently got, and that is Pirates: The Key of Dreams, by Oxygen Games. Players will control a pirate ship that will hav...
It's E3 week, and Nintendo of America provides us with three new offerings for the Wii Shop Channel; one for WiiWare, and two for the Virtual Console. Although not AAA gems by any stretch of the imagination, there are some good games that could be worth giving a shot.
The WiiWare title this week is Mastiff Games' Major League Eating: The Game. Featuring the world's top competitive eaters, this game will not disappoint such fans of annual hot dog eating contest and other eating competitio...
This week's North American Wii Shop Channel update isn't going to stand up to one of Japan's best weeks ever, but it's not going to come close either. While these are two great games, you can't help but think of what could have been. One WiiWare game and one Virtual Console game this week, folks.
The WiiWare game this week is Magetica Twist, already released in Japan and Europe as Minna de Puzzloop and Actionloop Twist, respectively. It is the latest evolution of the original Puzz Loop ...
This week Virtual Console users in Europe get a twist on the classic Pac-Man in the form of Pac-Attack (SNES, 800 pts), Super Fantasy Zone (Sega Mega Drive, 800 pts), action game King of the Monsters (NEOGEO, 900 pts), 2D shooter Cybernoid (Commodore 64, 500 pts), and the multi-sport Summer Games 2 (Commodre 64, 500 pts).
Below is some gameplay of Cybernoid:
Another week, another Monday, and another three games are added to the North American Virtual Console. It's an arcade theme this week, feature arcade-style action in the neverending epic quest of good versus evil. The split this week is one WiiWare game and two Virtual Console.
The WiiWare game is the shoot-em-up Gyrostarr, developed by High Voltage Software. Developed using the company's Quantum3 game engine, Gyrostarr boasts stellar graphics with tight gameplay. Three different cont...
A brand new week, and we're back to what seems to be the defacto norm, two WiiWare games and one Virtual Console game, at the very least until the releases pent up from launch have run dry.
The first WiiWare game is Block Breaker Deluxe, developed by Gameloft, and is the company's second WiiWare game, after TV Show King. It's really nothing more than a modernized brick-breaking game, with a stylized graphical style. The game supports up to two players.
The second WiiWare game is Cocot...
With last week's update, North America got two WiiWare games and one Virtual Console game. This week, the roles are reversed, with the added bonus of the two Virtual Console games being a pair of imports.
The WiiWare game is the long-awaited My Pokémon Ranch, developed by Nintendo. The game will allow a player to transfer Pokémon from his/her copy of Pokémon Diamond or Pearl, and then play and interact with them on-screen. The ranch will level up with the more Pokémon the player brings ...
With one of today's additions already have been announced, and the virtual megaton being uncovered the other day, you would imagine that we would've seen a super stellar lineup available this week. Three new games are available today; two of which are WiiWare, and one headed to the Virtual Console.
The first WiiWare game is a shoot-em-up developed by Argentine developers Sabarasa and Digital Builders, and brought to WiiWare by Ubisoft. The game is Protothea, a redesigned version of the P...
This week's update will see two new WiiWare games, along with two Virtual Console games.
The first WiiWare game is Dr. Mario Online Rx, developed by Arika and published by Nintendo. The game features a classic mode (in which you have to use vitamins to exterminate viruses), two battle modes, and an online multiplayer mode. This game was one of the WiiWare launch titles in Japan.
The other WiiWare game made available this week is Family Table Tennis. The game features four characters, f...
With WiiWare launching in North America last week, Nintendo's weekly Monday Virtual Console updates will now include WiiWare games, hence the change in the title from the usual "NA Wii Virtual Console".
This week's update will see two new WiiWare games, along with one Virtual Console game.
The first WiiWare game is Critter Round-up, developed by Epicenter Studios and Konami. The game features more than 50 levels as players try to build fences and corral the animals amidst barnyard chao...
This week's update for the North American Virtual Console is one of the better ones this year, featuring both a Technos beat-em-up and another RPG for the RPG-starved Virtual Console.
The Technos beat-em-up is none other than River City Ransom for the NES. It is a celebrated beat-em-up, which also incorporates RPG elements into its gameplay. Characters can level up, have stats, and buy items and skills through shops. Certainly, it is an instant purchase for anyone who is interested. Yo...
Compared to Europe's four game bonanza, North America gets another paltry two games. However, don't look past the quality of these two games.
The first game is the popular cute-em-up, Fantasy Zone, for the Sega Master System. The controllable sentient spaceship Opa-Opa makes cameos in various Sega games afterwards, including appearing as a rare mag in Phantasy Star Online.
The second game is Mega Turrican for the Sega Genesis. It is the Genesis installment for the Turrican series, wh...
Compared to Japan's five game update, what North America gets is far less impressive and not nearly as awesome. Rather, we get what Europe got last week, and a baseball game to kick start the already-going 2008 MLB season.
The first game on the list is Yoshi's Cookie, for the NES. As to why the NES version and not the superior SNES version, it is beyond me.
The second game is a baseball game: Bases Loaded for the NES. As the game did not have the MLB license, the game stars a fic...
College basketball is in the air, as the NCAA Men's Division 1 Basketball Tournament is in full swing, with the field of 65 reduced down to the Sweet 16. Nintendo realizes this, and gives us two games that hope to make out relive the thrills of the first two rounds with non-basketball games. Judge these as you will, because neither game is nothing special.
The first game is King's Knight, a vertically-scrolling shooter by Square for the NES, before the creation of Final Fantasy and the s...
After a very nice and much appreciated import week last week, we head back into games that were already localized.
The first game is Spelunker for the NES. It is a platformer, with elements such as a finite fresh air supply that can run out and must be replenished.
Here's a speed run to show the game in action:
The second game on the docket is Super R-Type for the SNES, which Europe had gotten on Friday. Notable about Super R-Type is its high difficulty: death sends you back to t...
Today for the Virtual Console, North American gets two more games added. Both games are imports, and both are quality games that deserve some notice, play, and downloads.
The first is DoReMi Fantasy: Milon's DokiDoki Adventure, the SNES/SFC sequel to the original Milon's Secret Castle. It is acclaimed by many as an excellent platformer.
Just watch it in action.
Level 1-1:
The other game up for download today is Puyo Puyo 2: Tsuu for the Sega Genesis/Sega Mega Drive. It is a par...
In continuing the trend of pretty-good games we've been getting the past few weeks, the ball keeps rolling this week when everyone's favorite puffball gets another game on the Virtual Console.
That game is none other than Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards for the Nintendo 64. The game features the option of combining two Copy Abilities into a new one, allowing for up to 35 different combinations. It is also Kirby's first 3D adventure, and the only Kirby game to grace the N64.
The other gam...
In contrast to the fanfare that preceded the unveiling of the 100th VC title, Nintendo's 200th NA VC offering goes without a bang. Although, this week's offerings are no slouch whatsoever. Two great games are headed their way to the VC today, folks.
The first game, and also #200, is none other than the original Harvest Moon for the SNES. It is the game that started the well-loved farming series that still continues to this day.
The other game is also a good game in its own right, the...
Compared to Japan's four, North America this week only gets two games, #198 and #199, respectively, leading us to wonder what we would get next week for #200. #100 was Zelda II.
First game up is Operation Wolf for the NES, a single-player lightgun game port from the arcade. It'll be interesting how this will be implemented, as the arcade version used a positional gun for firing.
The other game is Columns III for the Sega Genesis. This is a gem-matching puzzle game akin to Puzzle Figh...
Yet another two games were added to the North American Virtual Console today, and both aren't the first games of their respective series.
The first game in this batch of two is Adventures of Lolo 2 for the NES. Like it's predecessor, it is a puzzle game, although it seems not much was changed from the first game.
The second game is yet another Street Fighter; Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers. This is the SFII game that introduced Fei Long, T.Hawk, Cammy and Dee Jay as play...
There seems to be a continuing trend with only two games being updated today to the North American Virtual Console. There are two flavors of games today: puzzle and beat-em-up.
The puzzle game today is Pac-Attack, a Pac-Man and Tetris hybrid. You're clearing lines in this game like Tetris, but in order to complete some lines you need a Pac-Man block to clear away Ghost blocks.
The beat-em-up game is the TurboGrafx-16 CD Game Riot Zone. It's a game in the vein of the classic beat-em-u...
Nintendo of America finally rings in the new year by giving the North American Virtual Console it's first update of 2008, adding two new games to the Virtual Console.
The first game in this update is cult favorite Star Tropics. Although a Zelda clone, it has enjoyed status as a cult favorite, and is regarded as a good game. In other words, don't dismiss it because it's a clone.
The other game in today's update is The King of Fighters '94, the first game in the The King of Fighters ser...
Christmas is tomorrow, and Nintendo in its merry self has added three more games to the Virtual Console. This year's Christmas update doesn't really have the bang that last year's Christmas update had (Super Mario Bros., Street Fighter II, Super Castlevania IV, ToeJam & Earl), however. But, there are still some pretty good games in this week's update.
And here we go, the list of games:
Hello folks, it's sci-fi/fantasy week for the North American Virtual Console this week, with three new games added to the VC, having gone live at Noon EST.
The games this week?
As always, these games will go live at Noon EST, 9AM PST. Keep track of the latest VC releases on What's New on VC? in the Wii Virtual Console forum.
This week, we not only get our standard three-game update for the NA Wii Virtual Console, but later today, Nintendo will activate the Gift Feature for the Wii Shop Channel.
Although all three games are noteworthy, the highlight is the Wii-enhanced Pokémon Snap. No motion controls, but rather you can save your in-game pictures to the Wii Message Board and send them to friends. This sets the tone for the possibility of other additions to Virtual Console games.
The Wii Shop Channel Gift ...
As admitted by Nintendo on their press release for this week's North American Virtual Console update today, there is no real theme among thi week's offerings.
As such, this is what we get this week:
As always, these games will go live at Noon EST, 9AM PST. Keep track of the latest VC releases on What's New on VC? in the Wii ...
Well, with the good year we've had for Virtual Console games, we can have some weeks where it's not really up to par.
North America's three VC offerings for this week are:
As always, these games will go live at Noon EST, 9AM PST. Keep track of the latest VC releases on What's New on VC? in the Wii Virtual Console forum.
Nintendo celebrates the Wii's first anniversary featuring the three main icons of the systems resurrected by the Virtual Console. We get games featuring Mario and Luigi, Sonic, and Zonk.
Those games?
As always, these games will go live at Noon EST, 9AM PST. Keep track of the lates...
Alright, so this week doesn't have one of the greatest games of all time, but it's kinda hard to live up that release week of SMB and the VISUALSHOCK! SPEEDSHOCK! SOUNDSHOCK! that is the awesomeness of Alien Soldier.
What we get this week is Volleyball for the NES (500 Points), AXELAY for the SNES (800 Points), which seems to be pretty good, and Blue's Journey (NeoGeo, 900 Points), which Europe got last week.
As always, these games will go live at Noon EST, 9AM PST. Keep track of the la...
That folks, is the voice of Mario, Charles Martinet, giving us our Wii Virtual Console releases for North America this week.
Touted as one of the greatest games of all time, Super Mario Bros. 3 will be available for download today on the Virtual Console. I, for one, will be downloading as soon as I can. It will have the standard NES pricing of 500 points. The double back-to-back week megaton of SMB3 and Super Mario Galaxy? Yes, please.
However, let's not forget the two games tha...
It's another Monday, and three new games were added to the North American Wii Virtual Console. We get two NES games, one of which an import, and a Genesis game.
First off, we have your futuristic game of pool, Lunar Pool for the NES. Joining it is a game never released outside of Japan, Ninja JaJaMaru-kun for the NES, and beat-em-up Golden Axe III for the Genesis.
As always, these games will go live at Noon EST. Keep track of the latest VC releases on What's New on VC? in the Wii Vi...