Tag Archives: WiiWare

Vblank Entertainment’s Retro City Rampage will be ready to bring its numerous gaming references to Wii next week.

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Lexis Numerique recently released Red Johnson’s Chronicles 2- One Against All on Xbox Live and PSN. Since doing so, the team has quickly quashed any chance of the title appearing on one of Nintendo’s formats.

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3DS eShop gets a stack of new content today, including colourful iOS platformer Toki Tori and more Theatrhythm: Final Fantasy music to keep your ears happy. Details and prices after the break.

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BioWare wasn’t always famous only for Baldurs Gate or Mass Effect: it had also developed the sequel to one of the greatest third-person shooters in gaming history – MDK.

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Now you see them. Now you don’t. Like an expert magician, Nintendo waved its wand and – poof – WiiWare’s game demo service disappeared.

It’s a neat trick, yeah. But will the bite-sized freebies be reappearing any time soon?

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Looks like – for the time being – Phoenix Wright has flown the DS’ coop. Starting in January, three of his finger-pointing-est adventures are getting the thumbs up from Nintendo to appear on WiiWare.

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attourney’s taking the stand in January, with Justice for All and Trials and Tribulations coming in March and May, respectively. They’re going for 1,000 Wii Points a piece.

“Rise from the Ashes,” a bonus case added to the DS version of Ace Attourney, will also drop in May, for a mere 100 Wii Points.

Be warned, though: these are ports of the quick and dirty variety. Same graphics, same sound effects – even a constrained 4:3 resolution! You can flail the Wii-Mote like a complete loon when you’re objecting, though, and that’s certainly worth the full price of admission in our books.

Check out a few screens over at Joystiq.

After last week’s desert-dry game selection, this week is like emerging into a sparkling, thirst-slaking oasis. Three games? That was the old Nintendo. Now though, things are different.

Wii-bound this week are Tales of Monkey Island: Chapter 2, Phantasy Star, and 3-2-1, Rattle Battle. Meanwhile, the DSi’s nabbing Puzzle League Express.

Full details on all four (!) games are after the break.

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Own a Wii and/or DSi? Like downloading stuff? Well then, this one might be a little hard for you to choke down. See, while other weeks have given you a crop of four, five — maybe even six — sparkly new games to download, this week’s a barren wasteland with only three.

Oh, wait! Is that another game we just saw?

Nope. Just a tumbleweed. Our fragile hearts are shattered.

So, if you haven’t gone mad with grief and done something crazy like buy an Xbox or PS3, this week’s selection is composed of Pop + Solo, Mr. Driller W, and Super Empire Strikes back.

Full details on each game are after the break.

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Yesterday’s announcement that Gameloft had picked up the rights to give your Xbox 360, PS3, and Wii a case of the worms wasn’t exactly clear on what form said creepy-but-not-crawly would take. Would it be a new game, or would it be a port of a classic earthworm escapade? G4 asked Gameloft, and promptly received an answer.

“A Gameloft representative has confirmed to me it’s a remake of the 1994 original game released on Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis, not a new game,” reads G4′s post.

So that’s that.

As per usual, Nintendo has lit the fuse on another week with a new batch of downloadable games. We, of course, are telling you about them, thus making sure the natural order doesn’t fall into chaos.

This week brings PictureBook Games: Pop-Up Pursuit, Family Slot Car Racing, and Revenge of the Shinobi to the Wii, while Brain Age Express: Sudoku and Guitar Rock Tour round out the DSi’s lineup.

Ninjas, guitars, and slot cars? In the same week? This has to be some kind of good omen.

Full descriptions of each game are after the break.

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This week’s spat of Nintendo downloads has something for everyone, even Star Wars-loving, Brain Age-devouring, rock-climbing aficionados. Finally, Nintendo’s reached out to that notoriously vocal demographic.

On the Virtual Console, you’ll find 2D beat-you-up Super Star Wars, while a plentiful WiiWare harvest has brought forth both Rock ‘n’ Roll Climber and Nyx Quest: Kindred Spirits. You may remember Nyx Quest as that Kid Icarus-ish title that was forced to change its name.

There’s also an artsy take on Brain Age, if you’re into that kind of thing.

Full details on each game are after the break.

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This week’s Nintendo downloads are brought to you by large men, scantily clad women, robots, puzzles, and the letter H.

Games up for download include Tecmo Bowl, Art Style: precipice, and Overturn. “Games” up for download, however, are limited to Sexy Poker.

The full list of descriptions is after the break.

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It’s the beginning of a new week, and you know what that means– wait! Come back! Cardgame collections and family friendly fare aren’t all you’re getting this week.

Oh sure, for you bloodless, fully clothed families of cardsharks, this week’s update brings an E-rated Three Musketeers swashbuckler, HB Arcade Cards, and Sudoku Student on the DSi. But there’s also Monkey Island!

Full info on each game is after the break.

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Nintendo’s put out its list of downloads for the week, with this week’s obvious standout being Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a Darklord.

There’s also Battle Poker, which — sadly — puts a heavy emphasis on the poker, and not the battling. 5 Spots Party rounds out the Wii’s portion of the line-up, and Art Style: Zengage (uh, yeah) serves as the sole DSiWare representative for the week.

The Virtual Console, meanwhile, is hiding its head in shame over a release-free week.

Full details on each game are after the break.

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Nintendo has announced a ton of new games for DSiWare and WiiWare between now and July.

Cave Story, Robocalypse: Beaver Defense, and Swords & Soldiers are there, to name three, and most games start at 200 points.

Get everything after the link.

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During today’s Nintendo GDC keynote, Satoru Iwata demonstrated a title called Rock and Roll Climber for WiiWare.

Apparently, it allows players to defy virtual gravity by scaling rockfaces using the Wii Balance Board in conjunction with the Wii-mote and Nunchuck.

Then, when you reach the top of your craggy adversary, you’re given the ability to spit in gravity’s face with a rockin’ guitar jam session. Space travel doesn’t have anything on this.

We can’t wait until the inevitable volcano level. Guitars, rockfaces, and hot lava. Sign us up.

According to this, the release date for WiiWare – Nintendo’s Wii-based download service – has been announced as May 12 for the US. There are no details on pricing, titles, and so on, and we’re still waiting for confirmation of a European release date.

Nintendo’s just put out a press release detailing its GDC sessions, and one specifically related to download channel WiiWare has been confirmed.

“On Friday, Feb. 22 at 9 am, Takashi Aoyama will tell the development story of the Wii console’s internal hardware programming, which includes a diverse array of built-in entertainment and informational channels for everyone in the household such as the News Channel, the Everybody Votes Channel and the Check Mii Out Channel. Aoyama will also discuss how his team tackled some unprecedented hurdles for Wii, including the most recent challenge of introducing WiiWare.”

Whisper: release date.

Other Nintendo sessions include one on the development of Wii Fit and one on Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Press release after the link.

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