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Hudson Confirms New WiiWare Games in Development

by Steven Rodriguez - March 29, 2008, 12:17 am EDT
Total comments: 13 Source: Inside Games

Downloadable versions of Bomberman, Tetris, Alien Crush, karaoke, and others are in the pipeline, bringing Hudson's WiiWare count to ten games.

Hudson has announced that it has a slate new WiiWare games in development. Tetris, Bomberman, Alien Crush, Blue Oasis, and Joysound were revealed during a press event in Japan yesterday.

Hudson explained that 40% of the 20 million Wii consoles in the world are connected to the Internet. That means eight million consoles are capable of accessing WiiWare content. The company is looking to capitalize on this fact but concentrating on what it does best: making family-friendly games that are multiplayer focused.

Tetris: Japan Online is another version of the puzzle classic. It includes six-player online multiplayer, online leaderboards, Mii support, and a two-player cooperative mode that features two players sharing a double-wide playfield. Tetris for WiiWare is currently scheduled to release in Japan this June.

Wi-Fi 8-Man Battle Bomberman is the classic multiplayer Bomberman game that features, as you might have guessed, eight-player games over Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. Mii support is also planned, allowing you to put the head of your Mii on the body of a Bomberman. Hudson is also working on a full retail version of Bomberman, and the two games will share the same engine. It is not known if this means WiiWare players can play against owners of the full version of Bomberman. The WiiWare Bomberman title will be released in Japan this July.

Alien Crush is a true sequel to the TurboGrafx16/Virtual Console pinball game of the same name. The boards will be rendered in 3D and the game, like Hudson's others WiiWare titles, will take advantage of the Wii's Internet functionality to offer online leaderboards. Alien Crush is set for an August Japanese release.

Blue Oasis: Sakana no Iyashi Kuuken is a virtual aquarium wherein players need to tend to their fish. There appears to be a way to send fish back and forth between friends. The Wii Forecast Channel will also be integrated with the game in some way. This game does not have a solid release date, but it will be out in Japan some time this year.

Finally, Joysound is a different kind of WiiWare application. It's not a game, but rather, a karaoke hub. Hudson is teaming up with X-sing, an established professional Japanese karaoke company, to deliver the joy of karaoke singing to the homes of Wii owners connected to the Internet. With Joysound, Hudson hopes to succeed where other console-based karaoke platforms have failed.

Through a monthly subscription service, Joysound users will be able to select from over 20,000 songs on X-sing servers, with a thousand new songs added every week. Joysound users must purchase subscription cards and USB microphones from a regular retail store before using Joysound. Joysound will be available in Japan sometime this summer.

Including the recently-released Star Soldier R, these new game announcements bring Hudson's known WiiWare game count to ten games, the most of any developer by far.

James Charlton contributed to this story.

Talkback

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OMFG! Online Bomberman!
Now I can put Bomberman '93 to rest on my Virtual Console since I'm running out of space anyway. Stupid refridgerator...

KDR_11kMarch 29, 2008

No 10 players? :sad:

CalibanMarch 29, 2008

Quote from: KDR_11k

No 10 players? :sad:

Is a difference of 2 players going to make much of a significant difference?

UncleBobRichard Cook, Guest ContributorMarch 29, 2008

10 Players would put us up there with the Saturn Bomberman.

I still want my crazy-huge Bomberman that can be played with 16+Players from one Wii...

Quote from: UncleBob

10 Players would put us up there with the Saturn Bomberman.

I still want my crazy-huge Bomberman that can be played with 16+Players from one Wii...

WELL I WANT AN INSANE-MEGA BOMBERMAN THAT CAN BE PLAYED WITH 400+PLAYERS FROM ONE DS

CericMarch 29, 2008

Quote from: Crimm

Quote from: UncleBob

10 Players would put us up there with the Saturn Bomberman.

I still want my crazy-huge Bomberman that can be played with 16+Players from one Wii...

WELL I WANT AN INSANE-MEGA BOMBERMAN THAT CAN BE PLAYED WITH 400+PLAYERS FROM ONE DS

"Ok everyone control your one pixel with your mind."

I'm actually excited about classic bomberman.  Online matches sound fun.

CalibanMarch 29, 2008

Quote from: Ceric

Quote from: Crimm

Quote from: UncleBob

10 Players would put us up there with the Saturn Bomberman.

I still want my crazy-huge Bomberman that can be played with 16+Players from one Wii...

WELL I WANT AN INSANE-MEGA BOMBERMAN THAT CAN BE PLAYED WITH 400+PLAYERS FROM ONE DS

"Ok everyone control your one pixel with your mind."

Hahahahahahaha

UncleBobRichard Cook, Guest ContributorMarch 30, 2008

Quote from: Crimm

WELL I WANT AN INSANE-MEGA BOMBERMAN THAT CAN BE PLAYED WITH 400+PLAYERS FROM ONE DS

But mine's maybe, possibly, possible.
http://nintendoworldreport.com/forums/index.php?topic=23398.0

PopeRealMarch 30, 2008

Bomberman Online?  With 8 players??? Now there is 2 WiiWare games that I must get.

Bill AurionMarch 30, 2008

Finally, Bomberman the way it was meant to be!

KDR_11kMarch 31, 2008

Quote from: Caliban

Quote from: KDR_11k

No 10 players? :sad:

Is a difference of 2 players going to make much of a significant difference?

Naah but it's silly that this only supports 8 when earlier games went up to 10.

EntroperApril 02, 2008

Online Bomberman + 8 players + Mii heads = win.  Also, I've always wanted to play co-operative Tetris, and 6-way vs. sounds good too.

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