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Nintendo Downloads - June 2010

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VIRTUAL CONSOLE
  • Mario Tennis (N64 | 1000pts) 28 June 2010)
  • Shadow of the Ninja (NES | 500pts) (14 June 2010)
  • Wild Guns (SNES | 800pts) (31 May 2010)
WIIWARE
  • Jett Rocket (Shin'en Multimedia | 1000pts) 28 June 2010)
  • Pong Toss Pro - Frat Party Games (JV Games Inc. | 600pts) 28 June 2010)
  • Robin Hood: The Return of Richard (Nordcurrent | 500pts) 28 June 2010)
  • Art Style: Rotozoa (Nintendo | 600pts) (21 June 2010)
  • The Tales of Bearsworth Manor: Chaotic Conflicts (Square-Enix | 1000pts) (21 June 2010)
  • The Tales of Bearsworth Manor: Puzzling Pages (Square-Enix | 1000pts) (21 June 2010)
  • Arcade Sports (Icon Games | 800pts) (14 June 2010)
  • Bejewelled 2 (PopCap | 1000pts) (14 June 2010)
  • Yard Sale Hidden Treasures: Sunnyville (Konami | 500pts) (14 June 2010)
  • Reel Fishing Challenge II (Natsume, Inc. | 500pts) (7 June 2010)
  • Lead the Meerkats (Lapland Studios | 1000pts) (7 June 2010)
  • Zoo Disc Golf (Sonalysts, Inc. | 1000pts) (7 June 2010)
  • Ben 10 Alien Force: The Rise of Hex (Konami | 1000pts) (31 May 2010)
  • Robocalypse - Beaver Defense (Vogster Entertainment | 600pts) (31 May 2010)
  • Voodoo Dice (Ubisoft | 1000pts) (31 May 2010)
WIIWARE DEMOS
  • No new demos to date.
DSiWARE
  • Ancient Tribe (Circle Entertainment | 500pts) 28 June 2010)
  • Animal Color Cross (Little Worlds Studio | 500pts) 28 June 2010)
  • Battle of Giants: Mutant Insects - Revenge (Ubisoft | 800pts) 28 June 2010)
  • Brain Drain (Enjoy Gaming | 500pts) 28 June 2010)
  • Date or Ditch (Gameloft | 500pts) 28 June 2010)
  • Maestro! Green Groove (Neko Entertainment | 500pts) 28 June 2010)
  • Legendary Wars: T-Rex Rumble (Interplay | 800pts) (21 June 2010)
  • Mega Words (Digital Leisure | 500pts) (21 June 2010)
  • Puffins: Let's Fish! (Other Ocean Interactive | 500pts) (21 June 2010)
  • Spin Six (Nintendo | 500pts) (21 June 2010)
  • Super Swap (Teyon | 500pts) (21 June 2010)
  • 16 Shot! Shooting Watch (Hudson | 200pts) (14 June 2010)
  • A Kappa's Trail (Nintendo | 500pts) (14 June 2010)
  • Flips: Silent But Deadly (EA | 500pts) (14 June 2010)
  • Music On: Electric Keyboard (Abylight | 200pts) (14 June 2010)
  • Telegraph Crosswords (Sanuk Games | 500pts) (14 June 2010)
  • Don't Cross the Line (Aksys Games | 200pts) (7 June 2010)
  • Fire Panic (Playtainment | 200pts) (7 June 2010)
  • Flametail (Nintendo | 500pts) (7 June 2010)
  • Flips: The Magic Faraway Tree (EA | 500pts) (7 June 2010)
  • A Topsy Turvy Life: The Turvys Strike Back (Tecmo Koei | 200pts) (31 May 2010)
  • Hero of Sparta (Gameloft | 800pts) (31 May 2010)
  • Telegraph Sudoku & Kakuro (Sanuk Games | 200pts) (31 May 2010)
  • X-Scape (Nintendo | 800pts) (31 May 2010)
WARIOWARE D.I.Y. GAMES
  • Count Em Up (user-submitted) (28 June 2010)
  • Mario Maze (user-submitted) (28 June 2010)
  • Walkies (by Treehouse Department) (28 June 2010)
  • Ice Cream (by Treehouse Department) (21 June 2010)
  • Stop Them! (user-submitted) (21 June 2010)
  • Stop Thief! (user-submitted) (21 June 2010)
  • Chronos Twins (by Julio Moruno, co-founder of EnjoyUp Games) (14 June 2010)
  • Laser Aliens (user-submitted) (14 June 2010)
  • Power Grill (user-submitted) (14 June 2010)
  • Flycatcher (user-submitted) (7 June 2010)
  • Power Surge (by Chris Hoffman, Nintendo Power staffer) (7 June 2010)
  • Soccer to Me (user-submitted) (7 June 2010)
  • Cheer Check (user-submitted) (31 May 2010)
  • Hue Down (user-submitted) (31 May 2010)
  • Revenge (by Steve Thomason, Nintendo Power staffer) (31 May 2010)

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VIRTUAL CONSOLE
  • Mario Tennis (N64 | 1000pts) (18 June 2010)
  • Final Fantasy II (SNES | 900pts) (11 June 2010)
WIIWARE
  • Art Style: Light Trax (Nintendo | 600pts) (25 June 2010)
  • The Tales of Bearsworth Manor: Chaotic Conflicts (Square-Enix | 1000pts) (25 June 2010)
  • The Tales of Bearsworth Manor: Puzzling Pages (Square-Enix | 1000pts) (25 June 2010)
  • Ant Nation (Konami | 700pts) (18 June 2010)
  • Blaster Master Overdrive (Sunsoft | 1000pts) (18 June 2010)
  • NEVES Plus: Pantheon of Tangrams (Abylight | 500pts) (11 June 2010)
  • Mister Bumblebee Racing Champion (h2f Games | 500pts) (11 June 2010)
  • Brain Drain (Enjoy Gaming Ltd | 500pts) (4 June 2010)
  • Robocaplypse: Beaver Defence (Vogster | 600pts) (4 June 2010)
WIIWARE DEMOS
  • No new demos to date.
DSiWARE
  • 24/7 Solitaire (GameOn | 500pts) (25 June 2010)
  • Date or Ditch (Gameloft | 500pts) (25 June 2010)
  • Hello Flowerz (Virtual Toys | 500pts) (25 June 2010)
  • Music On: Retro Keyboard (Abylight | 200pts) (25 June 2010)
  • Real Crimes: Jack the Ripper (Virtual Playground | 800pts) (25 June 2010)
  • Combat of Giants: Mutant Insects - Revenge (Ubisoft | 800pts) (18 June 2010)
  • Face Pilot: Fly With Your Nintendo DSi Camera! (Nintendo | 500pts) (18 June 2010)
  • Pocket Pack: Strategy Games (Mere Mortals | 500pts) (18 June 2010)
  • Telegraph Sudoku & Kakuro (Sanuk Games | 200pts) (18 June 2010)
  • A Topsy Turvy Life: The Turvys Strike Back (Tecmo-Koei | 200pts) (11 June 2010)
  • Advanced Circuits (BiP Media | 200pts) (11 June 2010)
  • Fieldrunners (Subatomic Studios | 500pts) (11 June 2010)
  • Puffins: Let's Roll (Other Ocean Interactive | 500pts) (11 June 2010)
  • Tales in a Box: Hidden Shapes in Perspective! (Nintendo | 500pts) (11 June 2010)
  • A Topsy Turvy Life: Turvy Drops (Tecmo-Koei | 200pts) (4 June 2010)
  • Crazy Sudoku (DTP Entertainment | 200pts) (4 June 2010)
  • Flips: The Folk of the Faraway Tree (EA | 500pts) (4 June 2010)
  • Music On: Electronic Keyboard (Abylight | 200pts) (4 June 2010)


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VIRTUAL CONSOLE
  • Meta Fight (aka Blaster Master) (NES | 500pts) (29 June 2010)
  • Flying Power Disc (Neo-Geo | 900pts) (22 June 2010)
  • SD Gundam World: Gachapon Senshi - Scramble Wars (NES | 500pts) (15 June 2010)
  • Fighter's History Dynamite (Neo-Geo | 900pts) (8 June 2010)
  • Heisei Shin Onigashima: Kouhen (SNES | 800pts) (1 June 2010)
WIIWARE
  • Boku mo Sekai o Sukuitai (Poisoft | 1000pts) (29 June 2010)
  • Kuma Nage - Puzzle Hen: Kiina no Kirai na Aoi Hōseki (Square-Enix | 1000pts) (9 June 2010)
  • Kuma Nage - Puzzle Hen: Piina no Suki na Akai Candy (Square-Enix | 1000pts) (9 June 2010)
WIIWARE DEMOS
  • No new demos to date.
DSiWARE
  • Otona no Nihon Shi Puzzle (IEEE Institute | 200pts) (30 June 2010)
  • Uchimakure! Touch de Chameleon (Tom Create | 200pts) (30 June 2010)
  • X Returns (Nintendo | 200pts) (30 June 2010)
  • Arc Style: Rytmik (Arc System Works | 800pts) (23 June 2010)
  • Earthworm Jim (Gameloft | 500pts) (23 June 2010)
  • G.G. Series Z・ONE2 (Genterprise | 200pts) (23 June 2010)
  • Kaisen Game: Radar War (WaiS | 500pts) (23 June 2010)
  • Arc Style: Soccer! (Arc System Works | 500pts) (16 June 2010)
  • Isudemo Tsuri Wa (Kounan Denki Seisakujo | 500pts) (16 June 2010)
  • Jaseiken Necromancer: Nightmare Reborn (Hudson | 800pts) (16 June 2010)
  • at Sports! Kōshien 2010 (Tasuke | 500pts) (9 June 2010)
  • at Sports! Pro Baseball 2010 (Tasuke | 500pts) (9 June 2010)
  • Ferrari GT: Evolution (Gameloft | 800pts) (9 June 2010)
  • Ai Sengoku Spirits Gaiden: Kenshin Hen (Papillon | 500pts) (2 June 2010)[/I]


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PRESS RELEASES
VIRTUAL CONSOLE ANNOUNCEMENTS
  • No new announcements to date.
WIIWARE ANNOUNCEMENTS
  • Back to the Future (Telltale Games)
  • Jurassic Park (Telltale Games) (rumoured, but likely)
  • MDK2 (Interplay)
  • Retro City Rampage (Vblank Entertainment)
  • The Westerner (Revistronic)
DSiWARE ANNOUNCEMENTS
  • No new announcements to date.


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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
  • No new Channels to date.
SYSTEM UPDATES
  • Wii Menu Update 4.3


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NINTENDO DOWNLOAD: SUMMER'S OFF TO A SIZZLING START WITH NEW GAME DOWNLOADS FOR NINTENDO SYSTEMS

May 31, 2010

Temperatures aren't the only thing heating up this season as Nintendo celebrates the unofficial onset of summer with another round of red-hot game downloads. May has been an especially big month for the Nintendo DSiWare™ service, with notable recent releases such as Photo Dojo™, Frogger Returns and Metal Torrent™. This week's additions keep the momentum going strong with awesome hand-held games like X-Scape™ and Hero of Sparta. X-Scape is developed by Q Games, the same team that created Trajectile™ and STARSHIP DEFENSE™. (Also, remember that Photo Dojo™ is available for zero Nintendo DSi Points™ through June 10. The game will require 200 Nintendo DSi Points for download as of June 11.) Of course, Wii™ owners have plenty to be excited about too: New offerings include a Ben 10 Alien Force adventure for the WiiWare™ service and the Virtual Console™ debut of a classic cowboy shooter from the Super NES™ era.

It's also time to announce a new addition to the "Big Name Games" section of the WarioWare™: D.I.Y. series, which features downloadable microgames from some of the industry's most talented figures. Created by Nintendo Power™ magazine staffer Steve Thomason, this week's featured game, Revenge, puts an unusual spin on familiar characters from the Mushroom Kingdom. New "Big Name Games" will be added every Monday through July 26, all available to download for zero Nintendo DSi Points to anyone with broadband Internet access and a copy of either WarioWare: D.I.Y. for the Nintendo DS™ family of systems or WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase software for the WiiWare service. Visit the Nintendo Channel on your Wii system today to learn more about these games.

Nintendo DSiWare

X-Scape
Publisher: Nintendo
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E10+ (Everyone 10 and Older) - Mild Fantasy Violence
Price: 800 Nintendo DSi Points
Description: Your journey through the universe of X-Scape begins as you wake from 10 years of cryosleep, only to find yourself unexpectedly thrown into a fearsome battle against an evil empire bent on your destruction. You'll travel to numerous planets in the Kiisa system and engage in a wide variety of challenges (including optional side quests) in your fight for survival. At your command is VIXIV, an advanced battle tank able to deftly maneuver on land or in the air while loaded with an array of formidable weapons. To help with advice or upgrades to VIXIV's abilities, you've also got your highly capable support bot, VIX-529. Use the touch screen to pilot VIXIV in one of two modes: tunnel mode and free-movement mode. In tunnel mode, you'll navigate through narrow, dangerous tunnels that connect planets. Successful completion of tunnel mode opens free-movement mode, which allows you to freely roam the surfaces of planets and take up missions. Presented in 3-D with a stylishly retro graphic presentation, X-Scape combines continuous action with an epic story to create an experience that's sure to keep players on the edge of their seats.

Hero of Sparta
Publisher: Gameloft
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: T (Teen) - Blood, Violence
Price: 800 Nintendo DSi Points
Description: You wake up alone on an unknown beach to find your boat and entire fleet missing. It's the beginning of an epic odyssey to find out just what game the gods are playing with you, King Argos. Your fate now lies in their hands. Battle like the fierce Spartan warrior you are to avoid a tragic death as you journey through mythical lands and even probe the depths of the Underworld. You will fight the most phenomenal monsters from mythology, defy Minotaurs and the Cyclops, and challenge the gods themselves. Unleash your hero's special powers by performing combos to defeat legions of enemies in thrilling fights. You'll have fabulous equipment and four mythic weapons to upgrade: draw your mythic swords, axe and shield. Fight, explore and solve puzzles - this is more than a basic hack-and-slash. Use the exclusive camera feature to collect epic pictures and become a real hero yourself.

A Topsy Turvy Life: The Turvys Strike Back™
Publisher: TECMO KOEI GAMES
Players: 1-2
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) - Mild Fantasy Violence
Price: 200 Nintendo DSi Points
Description: Turn your Nintendo DSi™ system upside-down and play as the Imperial Armada out to destroy the Earth Defense Force in this topsy-turvy take on arcade shooters. You control the unsung forces of arcade shooters past with three kinds of ships, including giant bosses. Draw a line to send the fighters down. Touch the guards to make them shoot. Make your boss ship fire multiple weapons, including an enormous blast that destroys everything in its way. Two players can even battle each other on one Nintendo DSi system. Will the Earth Defense Force win again? Or will the Imperial Armada find victory at last?

Telegraph Sudoku & Kakuro
Publisher: Sanuk Games
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 200 Nintendo DSi Points
Description: Play number puzzles from the Telegraph like you've never played them before. Discover a whopping 500 puzzles of multiple types. You're in for many hours of game play. The game includes Sudoku (classic 9x9 sudoku grids with four levels of difficulty), Mini-Sudoku (easier 6x6 grids), Sudoku-X (9x9 grids in which the diagonals must also be filled with all numerals from 1 to 9), Jigsaw Sudoku (9x9 grids with uncommon box shapes) and Kakuro. With its handy interface and intuitive controls, Kakuro transfigures the classic pen-and-paper experience. Notable features include registration of best times in the Hall of Fame, interactive hints to prevent you from getting stuck and an Autosave option to stop and resume a puzzle at any time.

WiiWare

Ben 10 Alien Force: The Rise of Hex
Publisher: Konami Digital Entertainment
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E10+ (Everyone 10 and Older) - Cartoon Violence
Price: 1,000 Wii Points™
Description: Ben 10 Alien Force: The Rise of Hex follows Ben Tennyson as he finds himself in the middle of Hex's villainous plan to control the Earth. Using the powers of the Omnitrix, players can transform Ben into 10 different alien forms including Big Chill, Spider Monkey and, for the first time ever, Lodestar. Choose from 10 different aliens to platform your way through 15 levels, completing puzzle challenges along the way. Fight menacing villains and bosses in Ben's newest adventure. Experience the world of Ben 10 Alien Force with 3-D characters set in a vibrant, 2-D-styled environment.

Voodoo Dice
Publisher: Ubisoft
Players: 1-4
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 1,000 Wii Points
Description: Mixing action and puzzle mechanics in a 3-D world, Voodoo Dice is an innovative, challenging puzzler that invites you to solve puzzles in unique and interesting ways. Encounter a funny and original universe with great style and distinctive vibes. Travel between different maps, defeat your enemies and solve enigmas.

Robocalypse™ - Beaver Defense
Publisher: Vogster Entertainment
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: T (Teen) - Cartoon Violence, Crude Humor, Suggestive Themes
Price: 600 Wii Points
Description: Set in a world of wisecracking, battling robots, Robocalypse - Beaver Defense offers madcap weaponry and uproarious destruction in a "tower defense"-style game. Players must create and strategically position towers to annihilate waves of enemy robots, while player-controlled Hero robots act as mobile weapons units, bringing heavy firepower to all areas of the battlefield. Players can experience the hilarious Story Mode or face the Beaver's never-ending supply of robots in Survival Mode.

Virtual Console

Wild Guns™
Original platform: Super NES
Publisher: Natsume Inc.
Players: 1-2
ESRB Rating: T (Teen) - Animated Violence
Price: 800 Wii Points
Description: Discover the wildest West you've ever seen in this action-packed third-person shooter. The Kid gang and their army of robots have taken over the town. The only ones who can stop them are Clint, a tough-as-nails bounty hunter, and Annie, a beautiful-but-deadly woman with a serious score to settle. Blast your way through villainous outlaws, diabolical robots and towering, screen-filling bosses. Play by yourself or with a friend at your side in the two-player co-op mode. You'll need a sharp eye and quick-on-the-draw reflexes. Fortunately, you've got plenty of moves to help you survive the hail of bullets heading your way. You can dive-roll, jump, double-jump, rope enemies with a lasso and clear the screen with explosive special attacks. Blast apart just about everything in the environment to find guns, bombs and other hidden power-ups. It's up to you to bring justice back to town - or whatever's left of the town when the gun smoke clears.

Nintendo adds new titles to the Nintendo DSi Shop and the Wii Shop Channel at 9 a.m. Pacific time on Mondays. Users with broadband Internet access can redeem Wii Points or Nintendo DSi Points to download the games. Wii Points can be purchased in the Wii Shop Channel. Nintendo DSi Points can be purchased in the Nintendo DSi Shop. A Nintendo Points Card™ can be purchased at retail locations. All points from one Nintendo Points Card must be redeemed in either the Nintendo DSi Shop or the Wii Shop Channel. They are not transferable and cannot be divided between the two systems.

Remember that both Wii and Nintendo DSi feature parental controls that let adults manage the content their children can access. For more information about this and other features, visit Wii.com or NintendoDSi.com.
 
Shard said:
NINTENDO DOWNLOAD: SUMMER'S OFF TO A SIZZLING START WITH NEW GAME DOWNLOADS FOR NINTENDO SYSTEMS

May 31, 2010

Nintendo DSiWare

X-Scape
Publisher: Nintendo
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E10+ (Everyone 10 and Older) - Mild Fantasy Violence
Price: 800 Nintendo DSi Points
Description: Your journey through the universe of X-Scape begins as you wake from 10 years of cryosleep, only to find yourself unexpectedly thrown into a fearsome battle against an evil empire bent on your destruction. You'll travel to numerous planets in the Kiisa system and engage in a wide variety of challenges (including optional side quests) in your fight for survival. At your command is VIXIV, an advanced battle tank able to deftly maneuver on land or in the air while loaded with an array of formidable weapons. To help with advice or upgrades to VIXIV's abilities, you've also got your highly capable support bot, VIX-529. Use the touch screen to pilot VIXIV in one of two modes: tunnel mode and free-movement mode. In tunnel mode, you'll navigate through narrow, dangerous tunnels that connect planets. Successful completion of tunnel mode opens free-movement mode, which allows you to freely roam the surfaces of planets and take up missions. Presented in 3-D with a stylishly retro graphic presentation, X-Scape combines continuous action with an epic story to create an experience that's sure to keep players on the edge of their seats.

Virtual Console

Wild Guns™
Original platform: Super NES
Publisher: Natsume Inc.
Players: 1-2
ESRB Rating: T (Teen) - Animated Violence
Price: 800 Wii Points
Description: Discover the wildest West you've ever seen in this action-packed third-person shooter. The Kid gang and their army of robots have taken over the town. The only ones who can stop them are Clint, a tough-as-nails bounty hunter, and Annie, a beautiful-but-deadly woman with a serious score to settle. Blast your way through villainous outlaws, diabolical robots and towering, screen-filling bosses. Play by yourself or with a friend at your side in the two-player co-op mode. You'll need a sharp eye and quick-on-the-draw reflexes. Fortunately, you've got plenty of moves to help you survive the hail of bullets heading your way. You can dive-roll, jump, double-jump, rope enemies with a lasso and clear the screen with explosive special attacks. Blast apart just about everything in the environment to find guns, bombs and other hidden power-ups. It's up to you to bring justice back to town - or whatever's left of the town when the gun smoke clears.

Nintendo adds new titles to the Nintendo DSi Shop and the Wii Shop Channel at 9 a.m. Pacific time on Mondays. Users with broadband Internet access can redeem Wii Points or Nintendo DSi Points to download the games. Wii Points can be purchased in the Wii Shop Channel. Nintendo DSi Points can be purchased in the Nintendo DSi Shop. A Nintendo Points Card™ can be purchased at retail locations. All points from one Nintendo Points Card must be redeemed in either the Nintendo DSi Shop or the Wii Shop Channel. They are not transferable and cannot be divided between the two systems.

Remember that both Wii and Nintendo DSi feature parental controls that let adults manage the content their children can access. For more information about this and other features, visit Wii.com or NintendoDSi.com.
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Good stuff. Will happily buy both :D See, now this is a good update NOA. Keep it up!
 
Updated the OP - thanks, Shard.

And, yes, I know that technically today's update is still May, but last-day-of-the-month updates will get lost by tomorrow's Japanese update if I drop them in the May thread. I'll cross-post just to catch everyone, though.
 
I'm very interested in X-Scape. Will check it out. Hopefully ROTOZOA will be coming soon as well.
 
I'm still disappointed by the lack of Yoshi's Island for Super Mario Galaxy 2 week.

Dear MediaGAFfers: Please ask all/any NOA folks why VC has crawled to a stop multiple times this year. Bring up Yoshi's Island.
 
Holy snaps. I'm stuck at home cause the exterminators are here and have been playing art style cubello, and I finally beat it today (all 36 stages)! This is actually the first art style game I've managed to beat -- and I've had it since its release date. Now on to either light trax or Orbient.
 
sfried said:
People should download X-Scape. It's the sequel to the Japan-only game X for the GameBoy, the first game Argonaut Software did for Nintendo...a year BEFORE StarFox.

If the name doesn't ring a bell, perhaps the music will.
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Way ahead of ya, already got it. So far it's great! Feels like a bit like Starfox mixed with Metroid (in terms of the way you sometimes have to backtrack to get to a different planet)

I love the game's visual style as well and there's some nice banter coming from your robot partner. Also the music is nice and eerie, also has an awesome remix of the tunnel music (the one from SSBB!)

How different is this from the original game? I know this game takes place 20 years after the original but I'd like to know how the gameplay setup was different in the original!

Did it have the Metroid style navigation or the sidequests? I'd love to see the original game get released outside of Japan someday!
 
Nuclear Muffin said:
How different is this from the original game? I know this game takes place 20 years after the original but I'd like to know how the gameplay setup was different in the original!
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Gameplay in the original was similar, but progression was slightly different. You carried out missions in each stage by heading to the radar station (which was also a chance to refuel/resupply), but missions were given sequentially. Your tank (VIXIV) also had the ability to fly by running at high speed on pyramid shaped hills. There were bombing runs where you had to drop a bomb in the main shaft a la A New Hope. Pretty amazing they made such a solid 3D game for GB in its time.
 
X-Scape is awesome.

Just reposing this as we've switched over to a new month. And it's graphically really intriguing. It's like what I'd imagine a Tron homage game to look like, and I can't seem to put my hand on this, but DSi can manage some awesome affects.

There's almost no aliasing too.
 
sfried said:
Gameplay in the original was similar, but progression was slightly different. You carried out missions in each stage by heading to the radar station (which was also a chance to refuel/resupply), but missions were given sequentially. Your tank (VIXIV) also had the ability to fly by running at high speed on pyramid shaped hills. There were bombing runs where you had to drop a bomb in the main shaft a la A New Hope. Pretty amazing they made such a solid 3D game for GB in its time.
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Grrr, I do hope it gets an English release some day. Sounds awesome!
 
Forgot to say that the Emperor was your Commander from the previous game who sort of acted like a Tutorial guide and also gave you objectives.

It's like General Pepper making a heel face turn.

I'm loving this title so far. It's like a full-fledged retail title instead of an "app".
 
I just noticed that Nintendo published Faxanadu in NA (and EU). Does that (hopefully) mean that Nintendo has the licensing rights to the game, and therefore make it easier to put on the VC? Or is it still held by Hudson?
 
Hobbun said:
I just noticed that Nintendo published Faxanadu in NA (and EU). Does that (hopefully) mean that Nintendo has the licensing rights to the game, and therefore make it easier to put on the VC? Or is it still held by Hudson?
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I've hoped for Faxanadu to appear on VC for years now. But I've pretty much given up hope. I'm sure it's more than possible, but they just don't seem to care about it.
 
I'll be picking up X-Scape tonight. Pretty excited for it, though I never played the original.
 
Dragmire said:
I've hoped for Faxanadu to appear on VC for years now. But I've pretty much given up hope. I'm sure it's more than possible, but they just don't seem to care about it.
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Well, I haven’t given up hope. I mean there is no reason it shouldn’t eventually be on the VC. Even if the licensing is still held by Hudson, it’s not like they haven’t released a fuck load of games already.
 
Rocket Punch said:
Where's my Jett Rocket, Shinen????
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Glad to hear I'm not the only one anticipating that game.
Nuclear Muffin said:
Fixed :D

Also, those laser tail enemies. They're also in Starfox Command :D Were they in the original Gameboy X, or is it a Starfox Command reference?
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I don't recall having seen them. And I haven't quite played Star Fox Command.
 
Argh. Double post errors.

Edit: I'll just take this oppotunity to say how much the infected coins mission both irritates and endears me.
 
I had extra points and downloaded Robocalypse: Beaver Defense. It has some nice ideas for the Tower Defense genre. They made a DS game called just Robocalypse that was an RTS game, and it got pretty good reviews (haven't played it). This one is straight-up tower defense but has some RTS elements, which I thought was neat. You have a Hero unit that you can move around RTS style and it attacks enemies. And there are other units that seem to repair damaged towers. Of course, there's the traditional TD gameplay of setting up mazes of towers to slow the enemy. There's no fixed spots, at least in the first few levels. You set them up anywhere and make mazes. Controls and interface work well, and the story is absurdly amusing too, though some scenes strangely have no sound. Seems like an enjoyable TD game and a good deal for 600 points. I don't think there are a lot of traditional TD games for WiiWare. My Life as a Darklord is great, but definitely not a conventional game, and I haven't tried those Final Fantasy R1 or whatever games, which are more expensive. So this is a good option if you're looking for a somewhat traditional TD game with some neat ideas.
 
Hmmm, not sure what to think about X-Scape.
The visual style is pretty damn cool and minimalist, but there's something about that controls that just feels terrible to me. I've tried both the d-pad and touch screen implementations, but both feel horribly sluggish. This isn't helped by the fact that the giant blobs you shoot are also as slow as molasses.

I actually really liked the touch screen controls in Star Fox Command.
But this... the touch screen feels sluggish and awkward, whereas the d-pad controls feel more comfortable but run even slower.

Perhaps I just need to give it more time. I don't usually struggle just to navigate and aim, however. Not with these kinds of games.
 
The Ben 10..is fun..nothing fancy, reminds me of SNES game..2D gameplay of look for the card to open the door, use/alternate powers to move on..etc..
 
Mejilan said:
I actually really liked the touch screen controls in Star Fox Command.
But this... the touch screen feels sluggish and awkward, whereas the d-pad controls feel more comfortable but run even slower.

Perhaps I just need to give it more time. I don't usually struggle just to navigate and aim, however. Not with these kinds of games.
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The controls take a while to get used to. But personally I invert my why axis ad it helps during flight.

Funny thing is I switched back to stylus for a while to help me with
those torrent missions
but then later switched back to using control pad and found out I did much better with the latter. They key is letting your eyes lead.
 
iamaustrian said:
everyone should download "Wild Guns". It's the best shooter on the SNES.
it's almost perfect. 2 player mode, stunning graphics, deep gameplay(for a shooter, great sound(track), completly destroyable surroundings

Boss battle:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFrOcW5-cYY

basic gameplay:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrjxIoU3ypY


please EU tomorrow...please
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I wish I could figure out how to reliably throw the lasso in the game. (Ok, I actually have the cartridge but still, it's a good game.) BTW, is this just the home version of Blood Bros?
 
rpmurphy said:
There's targeting aid when in touch screen mode so that helps a bit for the land battles.
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I think the vertical aiming is done automatically provided you line your sights horizintally.
 
Nintendo Press Site said:
NINTENDO DOWNLOAD: FUR, FINS AND FIERY TAILS BRING FEROCIOUS FUN TO NINTENDO FANS


June 7, 2010

From tidying up the galaxy to trying out life as a meerkat, this week's new game downloads from Nintendo offer a wealth of wonderfully unusual activities. For the Nintendo DSiWare™ service, Flametail™ invites players to incinerate all manner of space garbage, while Don't Cross The Line puts timeless puzzle-solving thrills in the palms of their hands. Also, Nintendo DSiWare users have just a few more days to download the hilarious hand-held battle game Photo Dojo™ for zero Nintendo DSi Points™. (Starting June 11, the game will require 200 Nintendo DSi Points for download.) Meanwhile, fresh additions to the WiiWare™ service include the new fishing-simulation sequel Reel Fishing® Challenge II and the furry fun of Lead the Meerkats™.

A new week also brings a new addition to the "Big Name Games" section of the WarioWare™: D.I.Y. series, which features downloadable microgames from some of the industry's most talented figures. Nintendo Power™ magazine staffer Chris Hoffman is the creator of this week's featured game, Power Surge, which asks players to locate and match various Nintendo Power staffers. New "Big Name Games" will be added every Monday through July 26, all available to download for zero Nintendo DSi Points to anyone with broadband Internet access and a copy of either WarioWare: D.I.Y. for the Nintendo DS™ family of systems or WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase software for the WiiWare service. Visit the Nintendo Channel on your Wii system today to learn more about these games.

Nintendo DSiWare

Flametail
Publisher: Nintendo
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 500 Nintendo DSi Points
Description: The year is 2099, and the solar system is littered with space junk. Our best hope for a tidier cosmos is to send the Flametail incinerator pod from planet to planet for a little fiery cleanup. Take control of the Flametail pod and start winding your way through obstacles, then watch as your flaming tail ignites blocks of troublesome debris and eventually eliminates them. Be careful not to work yourself into a dead end, and don't let the hazard line that follows you catch up to your tail or reach any leftover garbage. Luckily, you can find useful items (such as bombs or score multipliers) along your path and earn special power-ups (like radar or a missile) by collecting letter panels to spell particular words. Effectively burn up the floating garbage in the game's two modes - Space Tour and Time Limit - and earn new graphics and other surprises as you progress. The straightforward controls make it possible for anyone to take on the job of restoring space to pristine condition. Do you have what it takes to make your way to the outer reaches of the solar system?

Don't Cross The Line
Publisher: Aksys Games
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 200 Nintendo DSi Points
Description: Don't Cross The Line is a puzzle game in which the player must connect lines to various boxes, from one identical box to another, without crossing the lines they draw in the process. There are roughly 50 stages in all. Depending on how quickly you complete each stage, you'll be awarded with a bronze, silver or gold award. To unlock additional stages, players must achieve a certain ranking in previous stages. Can you outwit the puzzles at hand and receive gold awards all around?

Fire Panic
Publisher: Playtainment
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) - Mild Cartoon Violence
Price: 200 Nintendo DSi Points
Description: As a futuristic firefighter in Fire Panic, you face the continuous challenge of extinguishing more and more fires that keep flaring up. To do this, use your Nintendo DSi™ stylus to mark the fastest route for your fire engine to reach each blaze. The engine will follow the line you draw and automatically douse each fire it passes along the way. It's a thrilling experience every time you play.

Flips: The Magic Faraway Tree
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Players: 1
Price: 500 Nintendo DSi Points
Description: Jo, Bessie and Fanny take their cousin Rick on an adventure he'll never forget to the magic Faraway Tree, where he meets Moon-Face, Silky the fairy and Saucepan Man. They visit all the different lands at the top of the Faraway Tree, including the Land of Spells, the crazy Land of Topsy-Turvy and the Land of Do-As-You-Please, where the children ride a runaway train. The new Flips range brings modern classics to the Nintendo DSiWare service. Readers can collect, solve, interact and learn as they progress through various stories and challenges.

WiiWare

Reel Fishing Challenge II
Publisher: Natsume Inc.
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 500 Wii Points™
Description: Reel Fishing is back! This sequel to the smash-hit fishing game takes you to a pristine new freshwater environment teeming with fish that look and move just like the real thing. You'll go after these wily lunkers with a huge variety of lures and refined controls that provide the most natural and realistic fishing action yet. You'll need every advantage you can get as Reel Fishing Challenge II's 30 varied missions put your angling abilities to the ultimate test. This stunning, true-to-life fishing experience will have you hooked.

Lead the Meerkats
Publisher: Lapland Studio
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E10+ (Everyone 10 and Older) - Animated Blood, Mild Violence
Price: 1,000 Wii Points
Description: In Lead the Meerkats, you are a young meerkat with a lot to accomplish. You've been separated from your pack, and the time has come for you to form your own meerkat pack. Are you ready for the challenge? Name your pack and its meerkats. Dig burrow networks and enlarge your territory. Forage for food and grow your pack size. Stay on guard and be ready to make quick decisions. Run to the safety of the burrows or fight your enemies. Go head-to-head with a rival meerkat pack. Lead your pack to victory and rule the savanna. Lead the Meerkats is the first game to simulate the exciting life of meerkats, offering fun game play for animal lovers of all ages.

Zoo Disc Golf
Publisher: Sonalysts, Inc.
Players: 1-4
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 1,000 Wii Points
Description: Each zoo enclosure is a "hole" in the Zoo Disc Golf course. The objective of the game is to get your disc into each "goal" using the fewest number of throws - the "goal" being the Emergency Animal Control station in each enclosure. A throw of the disc is equivalent to a stroke in golf and counts as one point. Available characters are the Rockhopper Penguin, Kangaroo, Panda and Meerkat. The Zoo Disc Golf course is made up of 18 holes. Each player is allowed a maximum of 10 strokes on each hole. When players reach 10 strokes, they move to the next hole with those 10 points added to their score.

Nintendo adds new titles to the Nintendo DSi Shop and the Wii™ Shop Channel at 9 a.m. Pacific time on Mondays. Users with broadband Internet access can redeem Wii Points or Nintendo DSi Points to download the games. Wii Points can be purchased in the Wii Shop Channel. Nintendo DSi Points can be purchased in the Nintendo DSi Shop. A Nintendo Points Card™ can be purchased at retail locations. All points from one Nintendo Points Card must be redeemed in either the Nintendo DSi Shop or the Wii Shop Channel. They are not transferable and cannot be divided between the two systems.

Remember that both Wii and Nintendo DSi feature parental controls that let adults manage the content their children can access. For more information about this and other features, visit Wii.com or NintendoDSi.com.
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No virtual console.

Burning Puzzle: Flametail trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkI0zy10vhM
 
Vyse The Legend said:
Virtual Console is pretty much done, isn't it?
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My guess is we're on the typical schedule of garbage releases running up until E3 -- > an E3 announcement of a special VC/DSiWare game or two -- > A good post-E3 month of VC/DSiWare -- > back to crap releases

Unless they're waiting to announce the new portable VC at E3 at which point I will be spending hundreds of dollars on old Game Boy games post E3. Alas, I don't think that is in Nintendo's plans.
 
I hope we don't get another arbitrary delay with ROTOZOA like we did with some of the previous ArtStyle titles. Anyway, do we know much about this Flametail game?
 
Plinko said:
My guess is we're on the typical schedule of garbage releases running up until E3 -- > an E3 announcement of a special VC/DSiWare game or two -- > A good post-E3 month of VC/DSiWare -- > back to crap releases

Unless they're waiting to announce the new portable VC at E3 at which point I will be spending hundreds of dollars on old Game Boy games post E3. Alas, I don't think that is in Nintendo's plans.
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Game Boy would be awesome on VC.
 
The Virtual Console never took off and entirely because of Nintendo's handling of the feature and it will die for the very same reasons.

I wouldn't even be surprised if they wouldn't bother with this feature next gen.
 
got around to downloading a few dsiware games today.

X-whatever. it's pretty fun. i know Q did it, but i could swear skip did some of the presentation. that chatty robot is just way too similar to the recycle-bot in park patrol.

Glow Artisan. doesn't really seem award worthy. maybe it hasn't gotten to the good stuff yet, maybe i'm not in the mood, but its definitely no Denki Blocks!

Mighty Flip Champs. i lied. i downloaded this ages ago, but didnt give it the time it deserves. its good_more good than glow artisan_ and i like the way it bends my mind. Wayforward is an awesome developer. reminds me that i should track down a copy of Duck Amuck.
 
Looksley's Line Up will be released as Tales in a Box: Hidden Shapes in Europe. I prefer this title.

And from the Shi'nen twitter: "Jett Rocket" for WiiWare will be available for download on June 28th in the US, July 2nd in the EU for 1000 Wii Points.
 
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