June 28, 2010
Three ... two ... one! Happy Half Year! Well, 2010 is just
about half way behind us now (or, if you're an optimist, half way ahead
of us). Either way, why not make a half-resolution to try out some new
downloadable games? This week Jett Rocket zooms onto the WiiWare™
service to thwart the plans of the awesomely named Power Plant Posse.
The Nintendo 64™ classic Mario Tennis™ on the Virtual Console™
service reminds tennis fans that most matches last less than 11 hours.
And Maestro! Green Groove on the Nintendo DSiWare™ service lets
you become a virtuoso, as everything you do in the game becomes music.
We've
also got new arrivals in 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. This week we have some new
additions from the Treehouse, Nintendo's game localization team. 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.
WiiWare
Jett
Rocket
Publisher: Shin'en Multimedia
Players:
1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) – Mild Cartoon Violence
Price:
1,000 Wii Points™
Description: Jump and run and fly. Let Jett
Rocket explore the beautiful planet of Yoroppa and find out why it has
been attacked by the evil Power Plant Posse. Visit tropical islands,
poisonous swamps and freezingly cold glaciers. Ride the ocean on your
Jet Boat, parachute from giant cliffs, speed through arctic regions on
your Jet Snowboard or skyrocket with your Jet Turbine. You will need
everything you've got to fight back and save Yoroppa. Just be Jett
Rocket in this epic futuristic full 3D action adventure.
Pong
Toss Pro – Frat Party Games®
Publisher: JV Games Inc.
Players:
1-4
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) – Alcohol Reference, Comic
Mischief, Mild Language
Price: 600 Wii Points
Description:
Born on college campuses, Pong Toss is the ultimate party-game
favorite. Now Pong Toss Pro takes it to the next level by
featuring a completely redesigned throwing system for complete accuracy
and improved graphics. Also new to Pong Toss Pro is Tournament
Mode. You can have a four-, eight-, or 16-team bracket play in Pong Toss
& Speed Pong. Pong Toss Pro features six regulation tables
and the ability to modify simple house rules. Rock it with a high-energy
rock soundtrack; listen to the announcer commenting on your play. Rule
the table with Fireball bonuses for consecutive shots. In Speed Pong, up
to three challengers can compete at the same time. Speed and strategy
are the keys to this fast-paced game. Jack up your opponents by using a
slew of power-ups that will slow them down. The first one who sinks the
last cup wins it all.
Robin Hood: The Return of Richard
Publisher:
Nordcurrent
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E 10+ (Everyone
10 and Older) – Violence
Price: 500 Wii Points
Description:
While Richard, the true King of England, is absent from his throne, his
country rages in chaos. England has been invaded, and enemies burn and
destroy local towns and villages. After the house of expert archer and
hunter Robin Hood was burned down, he, together with a group of free
archers like himself, hides in Sherwood Forest and begins his fight for
justice. The fate of the people now lies in your hands. Help Robin to
defeat the villains and restore peace in this shooting game.
Features:
- Complete 12 levels, defeating numerous enemies and visiting different locations in medieval England
- Search for hidden objects to get bonus points
- Fight with super villains, such as the Sheriff of Nottingham
- Replay the game to improve your score in the High Score Table
Virtual Console
Mario Tennis
Original
platform: Nintendo 64
Publisher: Nintendo
Players:
1-4
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 1,000 Wii
Points
Description: The Mushroom Kingdom welcomes another
sport to its lineup in the Nintendo 64 smash Mario Tennis. In
addition to the bright graphics and intuitive, but incredibly tight,
controls that all Mario™ games are known for, a cast of 16 Nintendo
characters (including the first introduction of Waluigi™) is ready to
take to the court. Along with the ability to unnerve an opponent by
varying shots and precisely target their destination, each character has
specific attributes in categories such as speed, power and control, all
of which combine to offer multiple play styles to choose from. A
variety of game modes ranging from a standard tournament to the crazy,
item-filled Bowser Stage will keep you – and up to three of your friends
– running around the court for quite some time. Whether trying to
unlock all the secrets in single-player mode or challenging friends with
some intense fun in multiplayer mode, this is a game that definitely
holds its serve.
Nintendo DSiWare
Maestro!
Green Groove
Publisher: Neko Entertainment
Players:
1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) – Animated Blood, Comic Mischief
Price:
500 Nintendo DSi Points
Description: Hello. Do you like
music? Do you like platforms? Do you like pink bird-like things? Do you
like the jungle? You'll love Maestro! Green Groove edition! So
jump in and enjoy this wonderful feeling of being a virtuoso using your
heart, stylus and voice. Everything you do is music – EVERYTHING! Hit
the spiders to play some drums, shoot the fruit to bring out the melody,
pinch the strings to play the tune and so on. Challenge the mischievous
Staccato the Spider in a melodious battle in which the most talented
one will win. For those of you who have no fear, once you have finished
the adventure, you can activate the SING/WHISTLE mode to bug everyone
around you with your precious talents. And for the talented ones, there
is an improvisation mode in which you'll play the levels with the
instruments and at the speed of your choice. Enjoy, Maestros from all
around the world!
Date or Ditch
Publisher:
Gameloft
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: T (Teen) – Mild
Suggestive Themes
Price: 500 Nintendo DSi Points
Description:
Think you're a real Casanova? Let's see how you act in real-life
situations when you face a whole gamut of dates, from romantic to wild.
Date or Ditch is an absorbing dating adventure for both guys and girls,
testing you through an evolving scenario. Discover unique game play
mixing social simulation, hilarious face-to-face conversations and fun
quizzes. Randomly meet someone at a party, go to the movies together,
invite your date to dinner and more. And a surprise visit from your ex
may spice up your love story a bit. Enter even deeper into the game
thanks to the exclusive camera feature: Add your photo within the game
and change your face according to your feelings. In real life, make sure
you are compatible with your date by taking the Love Test: Based on
your names and appearance, are you made for each other? Love has always
been a game. We just made it more fun.
Animal Color Cross
Publisher:
Little Worlds Studio
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E
(Everyone)
Price: 500 Nintendo DSi Points
Description: Get
hooked on colorful puzzles. The goal of the game is to reconstruct a
mysterious animal image that lies beneath the grid. You just need to
fill in each square of the grid with one of the appropriate colors
available. To solve the puzzle, you can simply deduce the right color by
using the numbers written around the grid. Don't worry, a short
tutorial shows you the basic rules within a minute. Puzzle-solving
champs, sudoku fans or even kids can enjoy the game. You can play 72
individual grids in up to 50 hours of game play. Players can select
among eight levels presented as geographical zones including Europe,
Oceania, North Pole, Pacific, North America and South America to
discover local fauna. Enter a new world filled with fancy colored pixel
art.
Ancient Tribe
Publisher: CIRCLE
Entertainment
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) –
Cartoon Violence
Price: 500 Nintendo DSi Points
Description:
In the ancient world of Savage, you play the god of an ancient tribe in
this real-time strategy game. Expand your village by guiding its
inhabitants on the hunting grounds to find food and resources. Use them
to upgrade your village and increase its population. When the primitive
tribe develops to a certain level, they will build a temple to pay
tribute to your mightiness. You can recruit new troops and research new
classes of tribal people by upgrading the existing tribe's equipment and
technology. Besides improving your tribe you can improve your godly
powers by sacrificing some of your tribesmen and resources. On the
hunting ground your tribe will explore forests, deserts, volcanoes and
frozen lands. They will meet various kinds of beasts such as boars,
elephants and even dinosaurs. You can help trap and tame them so your
tribe can ride on them as part of your army and hunting troop.
Brain
Drain™
Publisher: Enjoy Gaming
Players: 1
ESRB
Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 500 Nintendo DSi Points
Description:
Brain Drain is a funny and challenging puzzle game. You have to
place the elements of a scrambled puzzle according to a given model.
Select four elements at a time with the stylus and spin them to move the
elements to the right positions. Some puzzles may feature malicious
game effects that will slow you down during your puzzle solving. There
are three game modes to choose from:
- Challenge: 200 fixed puzzles with preset best times to solve and beat.
- Race: A stream of puzzles and best time tables to beat in four difficulty levels.
- Random: Relaxed, random puzzling that continues endlessly.
Battle of Giants™: Mutant Insects – Revenge
Publisher:
Ubisoft
Players: 1-4
ESRB Rating: E 10+ (Everyone
10 and Older) – Animated Blood, Mild Fantasy Violence
Price:
800 Nintendo DSi Points
Description: After the defeat of the
Mutant King, the Mutant Queen rose up from the core of the Earth and
forced the remaining giant insects into submission. Now it is your job
to locate and free the Scorpion Champion, the only giant insect with the
ability to defeat the Mutant Queen. Complete 10 new missions, defeat
your enemies and liberate the Scorpion Champion! Customize your giant
insect with tribal stripes, equip it with special powers and enhance
your abilities. Challenge your friends to duels of supremacy on the
Nintendo DS™ system. Are you strong enough to win this Battle of
Giants™?
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.