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(10-05-2009,
03:33 PM)
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Nintendo Downloads - October 2009 (VC / WiiWare / DSiWare)
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 This is the monthly thread for all download services on Wii and DSi. New releases in all three main territories are listed in the OP, as are all new game announcements and other news pertaining to the services. Contributions or corrections are most welcome. ------------------------------------------------  VIRTUAL CONSOLE
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 Nintendo will occasionally make new Channels available through the Wii Shop, or update the system firmware of the Wii and DSi with new features. Any new Channels or updates will be listed here. CHANNELS
 The various national ratings organisations will occasionally provide advance notice of new releases and individual companies may announce forthcoming releases. These updates are listed HERE. As games are released in the corresponding regions, they will be removed from the lists.  (Thanks to donny2112, Cheesemeister, Shard, Somnid, JodyAnthony, Capndrake, inthegray, mrklaw, sfog, jesusraz, Rlan, Netto-Kun and CaptainN)Last edited by Cosmonaut X : 11-02-2009 at 10:40 PM. |
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(10-05-2009,
03:34 PM)
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#2
The various national ratings organisations will occasionally provide advance notice of new releases and individual companies may announce forthcoming releases. These updates will be listed here. As games are released in the corresponding regions, they will be removed from the lists.
ESRB | ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE RATING BOARD (United States) VIRTUAL CONSOLE
OFLC | OFFICE OF FILM AND LITERATURE CLASSIFICATION (Australia) VIRTUAL CONSOLE
PEGI | PAN EUROPEAN GAME INFORMATION (Europe) VIRTUAL CONSOLE
USK | UNTERHALTUNGSSOFTWARE SELBSTKONTROLLE (Germany) VIRTUAL CONSOLE
Last edited by Cosmonaut X : 11-02-2009 at 10:42 PM. |
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Member
(10-05-2009,
06:09 PM)
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#9
#1 DSi game for me is probably Pictobits. It'll have a different name depending on your region.
Reason why I like it, despite not liking any other Art Style game, is because it has nice chip-tuney music (about 16 tracks made by some well-known person), it's a fun, fast-paced puzzle game that I hooked about 5 different people on, and it really is a nostalgic experience if you're an old-school Nintendo fan, with old Nintendo music remizes and a lot of 8 bit sprites, scenes, and stuff... Plus, this game has unlockables. It's 500 points, so if you get it, you'll likely end up getting some other Art Style game anyway. |
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(10-05-2009,
06:13 PM)
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#10
Originally Posted by Scrubking:
The original. The one released on the NES back in 1990. |
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(10-05-2009,
08:13 PM)
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#13
Originally Posted by Regulus Tera:
Do you have to update to access the Wii Shop Channel? |
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(10-05-2009,
08:27 PM)
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#15
Originally Posted by Regulus Tera:
Damn. I wanted to download it as well and I have been holding off on updating for the same reason as yourself. I hope we at least hear something on the resolution to 4.2. :( |
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شجاعت و امید
(10-05-2009,
09:26 PM)
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#20
Originally Posted by beelzebozo:
Don't get Decode/Base10 if you're left handed. |
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Jealous Bastard
(10-05-2009,
09:31 PM)
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#21
Originally Posted by Dragona Akehi:
i'm right handed, so i'll play this then twilight princess and post about how great it is |
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Member
(10-05-2009,
09:32 PM)
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#22
Thorium Wars impressions, here we go.
Played through the first two missions and a little bit of the third. It's a vehicle shooter with 1st- and 3rd-person views available. But 3rd-person is useless for firing at enemies since there is no target reticule for that. Vehicles control okay, but there aren't any advanced maneuvers you can do. There's only campaign mode, and you complete the multiple objectives of each mission by destroying enemies. Each one is pretty long -- the first two took me 10-15 minutes each, although it did take me a while to figure out what I'm doing. There's supposed to be 12 missions or something? Oh hell. I hope the game gets better since it hasn't impressed me much yet, and there are these infinite-respawning enemies that come fly around you for the entire mission that are really annoying (they don't do much damage though). Graphics look good for DSi -- 90's 3D. But everything kinda looks uninteresting. I guess it's still too early to give out a recommendation, if it is recommendable. If they had done online multiplayer or arcade-type gameplay (Spectre still rocks), it would have made the game more palatable to me, but I'll see if they can convince me otherwise. EDIT: Oh yeah, the game is 112 blocks. Only 1 more than Asphalt 4  . Asphalt 4 is mediocre and rather boring, btw, like almost every Gameloft game.EDIT2: Just beat Mission 6. Still meh, but whoever designed the level for Mission 6 is sadistic. Ridiculous. EDIT3: Just looked it up, 12 missions total. Last edited by rpmurphy : 10-06-2009 at 03:43 PM. |
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Member
(10-05-2009,
11:16 PM)
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#24
I would just like to chime and and say how much I love Art Academy. As someone who can't hardly draw at all, this is exactly the type of thing that I've been hoping for. I'm sure for those who can already draw decently will find the download a waste of time, but for people like me it's just right.
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(more a nerd than a geek)
(10-06-2009,
09:48 AM)
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#25
Just a side note...
Nintendo appears to be selling "activation needed" cards through retailers now, as opposed to "live card in plastic bubble package." This might mean that we'll see more retailers carrying Wii/DS Points cards as they can sell them like any OTHER gift card, plain on a rack. |
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Member
(10-06-2009,
09:57 AM)
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#26
Originally Posted by DavidDayton:
They've also stopped selling them in Wii DVD cases (seriously!) in the UK and now just provide them in DVD-sized cardboard slip cases. It's still not ideal, but it must make packaging and distribution costs a lot lower and they're heading in the right direction (iTunes cards being the model I'm thinking of here). |
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Snitch
(10-06-2009,
10:04 AM)
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#28
Originally Posted by Cosmonaut X:
Well, how awesome they are is that the one card I purchased didn't scratch off properly, the first two numbers being damaged in the process. I had to basically enter every possible combination. I'm not sure if this is typical that the scratch-off part is of worse quality than the original cards. |
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Molasses Jones X
(10-06-2009,
10:06 AM)
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#29
Originally Posted by Archie:
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Member
(10-06-2009,
10:09 AM)
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#30
Originally Posted by A Link to the Snitch:
I don't think it's typical - I've been buying points cards since launch here in the UK, and I think I've only had one where it didn't scratch properly and that was when they still supplied them in DVD cases. Scratchies still aren't ideal though, and it would be better if they just had the code printed on them instead. |
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Member
(10-06-2009,
12:57 PM)
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#32
Originally Posted by Dragona Akehi:
I'm left handed and I have no problems with Boxlife. |
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Member
(10-06-2009,
01:00 PM)
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#33
Originally Posted by Archie:
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Member
(10-06-2009,
01:01 PM)
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#34
Originally Posted by DavidDayton:
That must be why Best Buy was out of them for so long. I see they have a new SKU now. I can finally get them there again and get back to racking up the RZ points |
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Banned
(10-06-2009,
01:31 PM)
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#36
Originally Posted by Shiggy:
Looks like q-games itself made the game: http://www.q-games.com/mess.shtml |
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Jealous Bastard
(10-06-2009,
09:29 PM)
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#37
it's really awesome that skip is responsible for PICTOBITS and BOXLIFE.
now nintendo just needs to bring over CHIBI ROBO 3 on ds and i'll be a happy skip camper tangentially, browsing the dsi download store i just get this sense that v.c. games are an inevitability. but waiting is fiercely annoying |
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Member
(10-08-2009,
10:03 AM)
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#38
Tonight's EU update (100th WiiWare game):
Virtual Console: -Final Fight 2 (Capcom, SNES, 800 points) -Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap (Sega, Master System, 500 points) WiiWare: -LostWinds: Winter of the Melodias (Frontier, 1000 points) -Happy Holidays: Halloween (505 Games, 500 points) DSiWare: -Dragon Quest Wars (Square Enix, 500 points) -Photo Clock (Nintendo, 200 points) Last edited by Capndrake : 10-08-2009 at 01:29 PM. |
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aka Kagari Junior
(10-08-2009,
10:25 AM)
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#43
Originally Posted by mclem:
I came to say this. I might get it today but I'm still busy with Nyxquest. |
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Member
(10-08-2009,
10:47 AM)
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#45
Originally Posted by Capndrake:
It's not fair, why can't NOA release two VC games a week? :( Last edited by Nuclear Muffin : 10-08-2009 at 11:02 AM. |
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(10-08-2009,
11:03 AM)
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#47
OK, time to update. Fuck frying my Wii. 5% or whatever is an acceptable risk. >:(
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