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Nintendo Downloads - October 2010

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VIRTUAL CONSOLE
  • Final Fantasy Mystic Quest (SNES | 800pts) (18 October 2010)
  • Fatal Fury 3: Road to the Final Victory (Neo-Geo | 900pts) (4 October 2010)
WIIWARE
  • Happy Holidays Halloween (505 Games | 500pts) (18 October 2010)
  • Thruspace (Nintendo | 800pts) (18 October 2010)
  • Cave Story update released (includes bug fixes, adjusted music and other improvements)
  • Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1 (Sega | 1500pts) (11 October 2010)
  • Triple Jumping Sports (Code Monkeys | 500pts) (11 October 2010)
  • Learning With the PooYoos: Episode 3 (Lexis Numerique | 500pts) (4 October 2010)
  • Racers' Islands: Crazy Racers (Zallag | 1000pts) (4 October 2010)
DSiWARE
  • Academy: Tic-Tac-Toe (Gamelion | 200pts) (18 October 2010)
  • Armada (Zoo Games Inc. | 500pts) (18 October 2010)
  • Music On: Playing Piano (Abylight | 200pts) (18 October 2010)
  • Snapdots (Nintendo | 500pts) (18 October 2010)
  • Datamine (Enjoy Gaming | 500pts) (11 October 2010)
  • G.G. Series: Super Hero Ogre (Genterprise | 200pts) (11 October 2010)
  • Ivy the Kiwi? Mini (Xseed Games | 500pts) (11 October 2010)
  • Rummikub (Games Factory Online | 800pts) (4 October 2010)
  • Shantae: Risky's Revenge (WayForward | 1200pts) (4 October 2010)


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VIRTUAL CONSOLE
  • Street Hoop (Neo-Geo | 900pts) (22 October 2010)
  • Rival Turf! (SNES | 800pts) (8 October 2010)
WIIWARE
  • My Starry Night (Hudson | 500pts) (22 October 2010)
  • Racers' Islands: Crazy Arenas (Zallag | 800pts) (22 October 2010)
  • Miffy's World (Pan Vision | 1000pts) (15 October 2010)
  • Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1 (Sega | 1500pts) (15 October 2010)
  • Fenimore Fillmore "The Westerner" (Revisitronic | 1000pts) (8 October 2010)
  • Gods vs Humans (Zallag | 1500pts) (1 October 2010)
  • Learning with the PooYoos: Episode 3 (Lexis Numerique | 500pts) (1 October 2010)
DSiWARE
  • Glow Artisan (Powerhead Games | 500pts) (22 October 2010)
  • Mahjong (DTP Entertainment | 200pts) (22 October 2010)
  • Spot the Difference (Enjoy Gaming | 500pts) (22 October 2010)
  • Academy: Tic-Tac-Toe Naughts & Crosses (Gamelion Studios | 200pts) (15 October 2010)
  • GO Series: Pinball Attack! (Gamebridge | 500pts) (15 October 2010)
  • Music On: Playing Piano (Abylight | 200pts) (15 October 2010)
  • QuickPick Farmer (Dancing Dots | 200pts) (15 October 2010)
  • Datamine (Enjoy Gaming | 1000pts) (8 October 2010)
  • Match Up! (Digital Leisure | 200pts) (8 October 2010)
  • Thorium Wars (Big John Games | 800pts) (8 October 2010)
  • Aura-Aura Climber (Nintendo | 200pts) (1 October 2010)
  • Petz Cat Superstar (Ubisoft | 800pts) (1 October 2010)
  • Petz Dog Superstar (Ubisoft | 800pts) (1 October 2010)


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VIRTUAL CONSOLE
  • Albert Odyssey (SNES | 800pts) (19 October 2010)
  • Commando (Arcade | 800pts) (5 October 2010)
  • Faxanadu (NES | 500pts) (5 October 2010)
WIIWARE
  • Draw! Move! Catch! Sensei Wii (Takara Tomy | 1000pts) (19 October 2010)
  • The Game of Life: Happy Step (Takara Tomy | 1000pts) (12 October 2010)
  • Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1 (Sega | 1000pts) (12 October 2010)
DSiWARE
  • G.G. Series: Drift Circuit 2 (Genterprise | 200pts) (12 October 2010)
  • Accel Knights (ArtePiazza | 500pts) (6 October 2010)
  • Hakakoro (AMZY | 500pts) (6 October 2010)
  • Treasure Hunter: Submarine Kid Adventure (TomCreate | 200pts) (6 October 2010)


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PRESS RELEASES
VIRTUAL CONSOLE ANNOUNCEMENTS
  • 1942 (Arcade - announced by Capcom at NYCC)
  • Black Dragon (Arcade - announced by Capcom at NYCC)
  • Ghosts 'n Goblins (Arcade - announced by Capcom at NYCC)
  • Wolf of the Battlefield: Commando (Arcade - announced by Capcom at NYCC)
WIIWARE ANNOUNCEMENTS
  • No new announcements to date.
DSiWARE ANNOUNCEMENTS
  • No new announcements to date.
3DS ANNOUNCEMENTS
  • 3DS Virtual Console service announced - Game Boy and Game Boy Colour games only initially, with other systems possible at a later date
  • 3DS Classic Games in 3D announced - updated classic games like Xevious, reworked for 3D and with a higher pricetag
  • 3DSWare announced - can be transferred from one 3DS to another, but no further details yet
  • DSiWare available on 3DS, and transfer of DSiWare from DSi/DSiXL to 3DS possible but with limitations. No list of games or applications that can be transferred available yet.


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As any customer of Nintendo's various DD services can tell you, they certainly aren't lacking in great software. Unfortunately, what they do lack is a great interface to show off that software. That's where GAF comes in!

Included below is a list of recommendation and review threads to give you a few ideas about where to spend your Nintendo Points - and where not to!


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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
  • Netflix disc-free Channel now available (US only)
SYSTEM UPDATES
  • No new updates to date.


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(Thanks to Andrex, donny2112, Cheesemeister, Shard, Somnid, JodyAnthony, Capndrake, inthegray, mrklaw, sfog, jesusraz, Rlan, Netto-Kun and CaptainN)
 
Hope we get a VC title today, but if we do it's probably Fatal Fury 3: Road to Final Victory or Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest.
 
NINTENDO DOWNLOAD: REVENGE IS A DISH BEST SERVED ON NINTENDO DSI SYSTEMS

Oct. 4, 2010

From Samus Aran to Princess Zelda™, Nintendo® consoles have played host to some of the most memorable female characters in video game history. This week, a different breed of heroine makes her eagerly anticipated splash on the Nintendo DSiWare™ service. Shantae: Risky's Revenge finds the famous "half-genie" Shantae using her wits and her belly-dancing prowess in a wild new adventure that players can carry with them everywhere they go. You'll also find new additions to the WiiWare™ and Virtual Console™ services that offer more ways than ever to download a fresh dose of fun directly to your Nintendo game system.

Nintendo DSiWare

Shantae: Risky's Revenge
Publisher: WayForward
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E10+ (Everyone 10 and Older) – Comic Mischief, Mild Cartoon Violence, Suggestive Themes
Price: 1,200 Nintendo DSi Points™
Description: The sequel to the critically acclaimed Shantae is here! Fans asked, and WayForward has answered with a powder keg of high-octane, hair-whipping, hip-shaking action available only on the Nintendo DSiWare service. Shantae: Risky's Revenge sets the bar even higher with thousands of frames of animation, huge multi-sprite bosses and a quest so big it's bursting at the seams. Guide "half-genie" Shantae through haunted wastelands, burning deserts, enchanted forests, dripping caverns and deadly labyrinths. Discover magical attacks, brew zombie coffee, save golden babies and master the art of belly dancing to transform Shantae into more powerful creatures. Use your powers to foil the lady pirate Risky Boots and save Sequin Land from certain doom. With its infectious characters, flirtatious humor and deliciously outlandish action, Shantae: Risky's Revenge offers up all the hair-whipping, belly-dancing action you can handle.

Rummikub
Publisher: Games Factory Online
Players: 1-4
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 800 Nintendo DSi Points
Description: For more than 50 years, players have loved Rummikub for its combination of tactical thinking, luck and tense competition. In this new edition for the Nintendo DSiWare service, combine the tiles to create the smartest combinations and play with friends who have their own copy of Rummikub. You can also pit your wits against the computer in single-player mode at various difficulty settings. Collect all the medals Rummikub has to offer and become the world champion.

WiiWare

Racers' Islands – Crazy Racers
Publisher: ZALLAG
Players: 1-4
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) – Mild Cartoon Violence
Price: 1,000 Wii Points™
Description: Six drivers are competing on a popular TV show: an English lord, a dangerous beauty from Russia, a Mexican desperado, an eccentric Frenchman, a Japanese prodigy and an American bulldozer. Whichever driver you choose, you'll have to drive and shoot simultaneously to be the first to cross the finish line. The game includes 20 different races and six thematic islands styled to look like a big amusement park. Unique game play lets you drive with one hand while aiming with the other. Discover tons of content like new items, trophies and time trials.

Learning with the PooYoos: Episode 3
Publisher: Lexis Numérique
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: EC (Early Childhood)
Price: 500 Wii Points
Description: Welcome to the world of the PooYoos, the first fun poetic brain-trainer for children ages 3 to 6. With the PooYoos, a merry band of adorable baby animals, children will have fun while learning basic development concepts such as numbers, letters, lateralization, shapes and colors. Children get to dance with their new friends and earn lovely interactive rewards. With two levels of interactivity, children can play activities based on plants and music. This game has been designed for use by children who have not yet grasped reading. The instructions are spoken in French, English or Spanish, depending on the language setting of your Wii™ console.

Virtual Console

FATAL FURY 3: ROAD TO THE FINAL VICTORY
Original platform: NEOGEO
Publisher: D4 Enterprise
Players: 1-2
ESRB Rating: T (Teen) – Violence
Price: 900 Wii Points
Description: Originally released in 1995, this is the fourth title in the Fatal Fury series of beat-'em-up games. Previous releases in the series used a two-plane battle system allowing you to move and fight between the foreground and background. This game features a three-plane format – foreground, background and main plane – known as the Oversway System. Characters will automatically move back to the main line after a certain period of time in the foreground or background planes. Other new features include Combination Arts (the ability to execute combo attacks with simple rhythmic button taps), Hidden Abilities (superior versions of the popular Special Moves and Super Special Moves from previous installments) and minor tweaks to all of the characters' Special Moves. As a result, this installment offers the deepest strategies and tactics in the Fatal Fury series to date.
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...and done.

Perhaps a mod might like to add Shantae into the thread title for this week, just to celebrate?

*coughDragonacough*

;-)
 
Cosmonaut X said:
...and done.

Perhaps a mod might like to add Shantae into the thread title for this week, just to celebrate?

*coughDragonacough*

;-)
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I don't think you even have to ask her to do it, she probably would anyways! :p
 
Nice to see a VC game, and a Neo Geo one at that! Shantae will be purchased once I get a 3DS, I absolutely love the graphics in it.
 
GAF's hype makes me wanny buy that game. Hopefully it's worth it, never bought over 500 points in DSiWare
 
Meant to pick up some points for Shantae, because I love adding to my backlog of games.
I'm pretty sure I have a few more levels before I finish Mighty Flip Champs. >_>
 
Forgot to mention earlier:

I've added a small section for 3DS news, as we should start to hear more about 3DSWare, transfer of DSiWare and the Virtual Console service for GB/GBC games over the next few months and I thought it would be worthwhile adding news here.

Can anyone suggest anything I've missed, or anything else that should be added to the OP? I'm going to try a revamp soon so it's an ideal time for me to try and incorporate any suggestions.

Apologies again for the slow updates these past couple of months. Twin girls are proving to be quite a challenge, and I've just found out we'll be adding to our workload come next June as my wife is expecting again!
 
man.. DSiWare is going to be rocking by the time I get my 3DS... awesome!!

edit - nice VC title also. Wish we'd get more than one title every other week though :(
 
another meh week. why am i even checking these threads.

*yawn*
 
Cosmonaut X said:
Apologies again for the slow updates these past couple of months. Twin girls are proving to be quite a challenge, and I've just found out we'll be adding to our workload come next June as my wife is expecting again!
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Wow, congrats! thanks for finding the time to make these threads, they are much appreciated!
 
iamaustrian said:
is there a EU date for shantae?
please
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Has there been any mention at all that Shantae will be released in Europe, or is it just assumed that we are waiting for Nintendo to find a hole in their busy *ahem* schedule?
 
Azure Phoenix said:
Has there been any mention at all that Shantae will be released in Europe, or is it just assumed that we are waiting for Nintendo to find a hole in their busy *ahem* schedule?
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This. I don't think they've ever mentioned anything about Europe. Which is a damn shame.
Mighty Flip Champs took like four months before it was out in Europe.
 
Deadly Monk said:
What are the best DSiware games available or coming soon?
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Most/all of the Art Style games are pretty good.

Zenonia is a good action RPG loot/quest game.

Pinball Pulse is a good pinball game.

Dark Void Zero is a good retro NES platformer/shooter.

Aura-Aura Climber, Spotto, Mighty Flip Champs, etc. There's a lot more up there than GAF would generally lead you to.
 
Deadly Monk said:
What are the best DSiware games available or coming soon?
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My favorites:
Mighty Flip Champs!
Spotto!
Bird and Beans
Brain Age Express: Sudoku
A Kappa's Trail
Game and Watch: Chef


And while they are not games, Flipnote Studio, and Art Academy

I'm betting Shantae is going to get up there, too
 
I have no wireless at my apartment, so when I go get my Castlevania copy from my parents tomorrow, Shantae will be mine!
 
Deadly Monk said:
What are the best DSiware games available or coming soon?
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I can personally vouch for:

everything ArtStyle
everything by Q-games (nintendo-published)
a few of the Nintendo entries (Minis March Again, Aura Aura)
Metal Torrent
Pinball Pulse
DodoGo!
Pop Island & PI: Paperfield
Dark Void Zero
Chronos Twins
Bomberman Blitz
Drift Street International
Pop+ Solo
Rayman

All of the above are excellent titles, albeit some of those require predisposition to the respective genre.
 
So how is it ? Are there any video review out there ?
 
Yay! I just got Shantae! :D

Deadly Monk said:
What are the best DSiware games available or coming soon?
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My favorites:

  • Shantae (Obviously)
  • Zenonia
  • Dragon Quest Wars
  • Soul of Darkness
  • Dark Void Zero
  • Dr. Mario Express
  • Planet Puzzle League Express
  • Scrabble EA
  • Bookworm

I play these the most.
 
Deadly Monk said:
What are the best DSiware games available or coming soon?
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I like:

- Mighty Flip Champs
- X-Scape/3D Space Tank
- 10 Second Run
- Trajectile/Reflect Missile
- Metal Torrent
- A ton of the Artstyle stuff
- Dragon Quest Wars
- Little Red Riding Hood's Zombie BBQ
 
Shantae is really amazing considering that it's DSiWare! Like a long lost AAA GBA or SNES game! I'd pay full price for a retail version of this!

I wish other developers did more ambitious games like this like Capcom, Konami, Scamco, etc. And even Nintendo.

Thanks to WayForward for finally giving DSi owners a game that makes DSiWare not a complete disappointment.
 
TheFLYINGManga_Ka said:
I wish other developers did more ambitious games like this like Capcom, Konami, Scamco, etc. And even Nintendo.
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Thing is, it's not worth the trouble. I think a lot of Shantae was already done for the GBA version, so they had a bunch of assets lying around already? Which would make it much easier to finish it up for DSi release.

Only a very small percentage of DSi owners actually hook theirs up to wifi and download games. Putting a ton of money into it to make a AAA game is not worth it that way.
 
TheFLYINGManga_Ka said:
Thanks to WayForward for finally giving DSi owners a game that makes DSiWare not a complete disappointment.
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I know this may sound shocking to some, but I know a handful of DSi owners who consider DSiWare the highlight of the system.
 
TheFLYINGManga_Ka said:
I think DSiWare has been somewhat of a disappointment. But Shantae changes all that.
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Well umbrella statements like your first post are kinda more about you then. For one, I love Pictobits and such.
 
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