WiiWare reaches the 100 game mark with a second entry to the BIT.TRIP series and DSiWare keeps chugging with yet another Art Style game.
This week in Nintendo Downloads brings three new titles for WiiWare, two for DSiWare, and one for the Virtual Console.
BIT.TRIP CORE is the second entry in the BIT.TRIP series and the 100th game for the WiiWare service. In this retro-arcade-style game, players will again get to appreciate action/rhythm gameplay, except this time players will be responsible for two axis of control. This time, players must destroy incoming projectiles on either the x or y axis before they reach the core. BIT.TRIP CORE is rated E for Everyone by the ESRB and is available now through the Wii Shop Channel for 600 Wii Points ($6).
Similar to Bubble Bobble, Bust-a-Move has also received an upgraded rerelease with this week's BUST-A-MOVE Plus!. Players will attack the game's bubble matching puzzles in the game's 135 stages in pursuit of a new high score or best time. An additional 270 stages are available in two add-on packs, similar to Bubble Bobble Plus! as well. BUST-A-MOVE Plus! is rated E for Everyone by the ESRB and is available now through the Wii Shop Channel for 600 Wii Points ($6).
This week's final WiiWare game comes from Neko Entertainment. Heracles Chariot Racing is a racing title for one to four players where players will take control of a variety of mythological creatures through three racing cups across ten courses set in five mythic landscapes. Players will also be able to partake in a Battle mode with friends. Heracles Chariot Racing is rated E for Everyone by the ESRB and is available now through the Wii Shop Channel for 800 Wii Points ($8).
California Games for the Commodore 64 marks this week's sole Virtual Console title. Players will hit the beaches, parks, and streets of California to earn trophies in some of the most RADICAL sports of all time. California Games is rated E for Everyone by the ESRB and is available now through the Wii Shop Channel for 500 Wii Points ($5).
Art Style: BASE 10 is this week's marquee DSiWare title. The goal is simple: create combinations equaling 10 by sliding numbers around the playing field. Players must move them horizontally or vertically around the field while trying to avoid creating an unusable non-number in the process. Players can eliminate a set amount of numbers in ZEROSUM MODE, or eliminate prearranged groups of numbers in as few moves as possible in PUZZLE MODE, and finally, continue removing numbers until you lose in INFINITE MODE. The game also supports two-player local wireless in a the games VS MODE. Art Style: BASE 10 is rated E for Everyone by the ESRB and is available now in the DSi Shop for 500 Nintendo DSi Points ($5).
Asphalt 4: Elite Racing from Gameloft is this week's final game, and the second DSiWare title of the week. Players can choose from 28 dream cars and motorcycles from the world's best manufacturers for a fully 3-D race around the world. Players can also customize their cars in the garage or enjoy up-to-four player races on six different courses. Asphalt 4: Elite Racing is rated E10+ by the ESRB and is available now in the DSi Shop for 800 Nintendo DSi Points ($8).
NINTENDO DOWNLOAD: BIT.TRIP CORE BRINGS WIIWARE LIBRARY TO 100 GAMES AND COUNTING
July 6, 2009
Another year of American independence isn't the only thing we're celebrating this week. With new releases, including the hotly anticipated game BIT.TRIP CORE, Nintendo crosses the 100-game mark in its ever-growing WiiWare™ game library, a milestone that ought to keep fans ooh-ing and ahh-ing long after the Fourth of July. Other WiiWare offerings this week will have players bursting bubbles and racing in chariots, whether solo or with friends. Nintendo DSiWare™ welcomes a new Art Style™ title and a unique auto racing game, while a classic Commodore 64 title will have Virtual Console™ users tearing it up California style.
WiiWare
BIT.TRIP CORE
Publisher: Aksys Games
Players: 1-2
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 600 Wii Points™
Description: BIT.TRIP CORE continues the BIT.TRIP saga in this retro-arcade-style game. BIT.TRIP CORE adds up to an exciting action/rhythm game that's best played while zoning out on the tunes and letting the visuals swallow you whole. The experience is inspired by games from the '80s, but with a modern twist. The game play is entirely new to the series, leaving the single-axis controls of BIT.TRIP BEAT behind in favor of the ability to control two axes. If the difficulty gets you down, grab a friend and play cooperatively with two-player multiplayer. Make it to the end and you'll have journeyed one step further to completing your BIT.TRIP.
BUST-A-MOVE Plus!
Publisher: TAITO
Players: 1-2
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 600 Wii Points
Description: BUST-A-MOVE Plus! is a simple but hugely addictive puzzle game in which you must try to burst a multi-colored mass of bubbles with your very own bubble launcher. Every time you make a group of three or more bubbles of the same color, they pop. There are two game modes available: 1P Puzzle (players tackle the game's 135 stages in pursuit of a new high score or best time) and Battle (players take on friends or computer-controlled opponents). If that doesn't satisfy your passion for popping, there are a total of 270 extra stages waiting for you in the two add-on-content packs, available for purchase on the Wii™ Shop Channel. BUST-A-MOVE Plus! is simple to get into and deep enough to keep you coming back for more.
Heracles Chariot Racing
Publisher: Neko Entertainment
Players: 1-4
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) – Comic Mischief
Price: 800 Wii Points
Description: The famous Heracles has taken on a challenge like none he has ever faced. Our hero will have to beat his opponents in a race across mythological kingdoms and be the first to reach the top of Mount Olympus. You can play as Heracles and help him return the sacred trophy, or play as one of the other varied mythological characters from Satyr to Poseidon and claim the prize for yourself. Race through three racing cups across 10 courses set in five mythic landscapes. Use awesome fantasy weaponry to defeat your opponents: tridents, fireballs, Zeus's lightning rods and more. Get your friends together for intense two-to-four-player split-screen multiplayer action in Championship, Single Race or Battle mode.
Virtual Console
California Games
Original platform: Commodore 64
Publisher: Commodore Gaming
Players: 1-5
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 500 Wii Points
Description: Welcome to California, home of the most radical sports in the world. You're about to hit the beaches, parks and streets of the Golden State to go for trophies in everything from surfing to bike racing. California Games gives you the hottest sports and the most aggro competition. You even have to pick your own sponsor. So pull on those kneepads – you're about to get into the most fun you've had since Mom hid your skateboard. California Games is going to take you from surf to the turf, from the pipe to the parks.
Nintendo DSiWare
Art Style: BASE 10™
Publisher: Nintendo
Players: 1-2
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 500 Nintendo DSi Points™
Description: Art Style: BASE 10 is a game of numbers. Your goal is simple: create combinations equaling 10 by sliding numbers around the playing field. Move them horizontally or vertically, but be careful not to create an unusable non-number in the process. Choose from one of three modes: eliminate a set amount of numbers as quickly as possible in ZEROSUM MODE; get rid of prearranged groups of numbers in as few moves as possible in PUZZLE MODE; or continue removing numbers until your game is over in INFINITE MODE. In addition, you can challenge an opponent to a two-player wireless battle in VS MODE and see whose number-crunching skills reign supreme. If you think you're a master with numbers, the straightforward yet challenging world of Art Style: BASE 10 gives you the opportunity to prove it in a unique way.
Asphalt 4: Elite Racing
Publisher: Gameloft
Players: 1-4
ESRB Rating: E10+ (Everyone 10 and Older) – Mild Violence
Price: 800 Nintendo DSi Points
Description: For the racing elite, the world is their racetrack. Choose among 28 dream cars and motorcycles from the world's most prestigious manufacturers. Then race your way through eight of the most renowned cities, fully rendered in 3-D. Control your speed machine with either standard or touch-screen controls for precision driving. Photos taken with the Nintendo DSi™ Camera can be used as your personal icon or can appear throughout the various environments, including the garage where you can customize and tune your vehicles. From New York to Shanghai, Paris to Dubai, you'll weave a course through busy streets in six kinds of races plus four-player Multiplayer mode. Avoid police, demolish competitors and pass the leader to win. You'll need to floor it at every straightaway and push every drift to the limit to stay one step ahead and become the ultimate VIP of urban racing.
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