April 5, 2010
Get Instant Gaming Gratification
for Young’uns and Old-Schoolers Alike
With new games available for easy
download to your Wii console or Nintendo DSi system each week, players of all
ages, tastes and experience levels are enjoying an ever-growing library of
top-quality entertainment options. This week’s additions include an arcade-style
game set in a fish-eat-fish world, an engaging game for young kids and the North
American debut of a side-scrolling gem from the NEOGEO era. Also, the Nintendo
DSiWare service offers another round of retro gaming in the form of three more
Game & Watch titles from Nintendo’s classic 1980s series of hand-held games,
plus the latest version of the Mr. DRILLER franchise, which invites fans to
drill through multiple game modes and a variety of stages.
Meanwhile, Nintendo’s WarioWare:
D.I.Y. “Big Name Games” series continues with two new downloadable microgames
created by top game designers. Suck Goo! is an imaginative offering from 2D
BOY’s Ron Carmel, co-creator of the award-winning World of Goo for the WiiWare
service. You’ll also find Ikachan!, an original microgame designed by Daisuke
Amaya (a.k.a. Pixel), whose popular Cave Story is also available for the WiiWare
service. 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 Nintendo DS or
WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase software for the WiiWare service. Visit the Nintendo
Channel on your Wii system today to learn more about the games and view an
exclusive behind-the-scenes video featuring 2D BOY’s Ron Carmel.
Also, a special reminder for Club
Nintendo members: You can now redeem 80 Coins to download Grill-off with Ultra
Hand!, a wild game for the Wii console that challenges players to cook a variety
of meats with an extendable arm. For details on this delicious new offering,
visit
http://grilloff.nintendo.com.
WiiWare
FISHIE FISHIE
Publisher: DK GAMES
Players: 1-4
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) – Comic Mischief
Price: 500 Wii Points
Description: Welcome to FISHIE FISHIE, a game that can be played with just one
button. You’re going to experience something extraordinary that will really test
your reflexes. The game contains a series of tutorials that will teach you not
only how to control your fishie, but also how to use the various game modes. In
FISHIE FISHIE, you are a fish that must eat all the time. You also have to
finish several different game modes as quickly as possible. Every second counts.
To win, you’ll have to get through more than 100 levels spread over seven game
modes: Story, Soccer, Capture the Star, Survival, Skill and a large competition.
Play solo or allow up to four people to play on the same screen.
Learning with the PooYoos: Episode 2
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 trainer
for children aged 3 to 6. With the PooYoos, a merry band of adorable baby
animals, children will have fun while learning the basics: numbers, letters,
lateralization, shapes, colors and more. Children get to dance with their new
friends and earn lovely interactive rewards. With two levels of interactivity,
children of any age and development level can enjoy activities based on plants
and music. This game was designed for children who have not yet grasped reading.
The instructions are spoken in French, English or Spanish, depending on the
language setting of the Wii console.
Virtual Console
IRONCLAD
Original platform: NEOGEO
Publisher: D4 Enterprise
Players: 1-2
ESRB Rating: E10+ (Everyone 10 and Older) – Fantasy Violence, Mild Language
Price: 1,000 Wii Points
Description: IRONCLAD is a side-scrolling shoot-’em-up originally developed by
SAURUS in 1996. You operate a warship and team with the mighty Iron Clad in
order to fight the Iron Mask Republic and save the Kingdom of Chop. The biggest
appeal of this game comes from discovering all the ways you can attack your
enemies. Your weaponry includes three main blast weapons upgradable by
collecting more items, a charged attack you can use when Iron Clad is attached
to your ship, three types of melee weapons you can brandish to show off your
strength in close-range combat, a bomber that clears all enemy bullets, and
shooting patterns that change based on whether the Iron Clad is attached or
disconnected from your ship. A vast array of weaponry lies waiting to become
part of your arsenal. You can even select the stages you want to play, feeding
your hunger for combat and allowing you to see different endings for each
play-through.
Nintendo DSiWare
Game & Watch: Manhole
Publisher: Nintendo
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 200 Nintendo DSi Points
Description: Move quickly and use your manhole cover to prevent the pedestrians
from falling through the holes. Pedestrians appear from the left on the upper
path and from the right on the bottom path. Earn a point every time a pedestrian
walks safely over a covered manhole, or receive a mistake icon for every
pedestrian who falls down an uncovered manhole. Receive three mistake icons and
it’s game over!
Game & Watch: Helmet
Publisher: Nintendo
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 200 Nintendo DSi Points
Description: Tools are falling from the sky! Help the worker at the construction
site move from the building on the left to the office on the right while
avoiding the hammers, wrenches and pliers dropping from above. Earn five points
for entering the office and one point for every three tools that hit the ground.
Receive a mistake icon each time the worker gets hit with a falling tool.
Receive three mistake icons and it’s game over!
Game & Watch: Vermin
Publisher: Nintendo
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) – Comic Mischief
Price: 200 Nintendo DSi Points
Description: It’s time to clean up the neighborhood. Move the player to the left
or right and hit the moles that pop out of holes in the ground. Moles appear
from four holes in GAME A and from five holes in GAME B. The moles in GAME B
move faster than those in GAME A, and they also appear more frequently. Earn one
point for each mole hit, or receive a mistake icon for each miss. Receive three
mistake icons and it’s game over!
Mr. DRILLER: Drill Till You Drop
Publisher: NBGI
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) – Comic Mischief
Price: 500 Nintendo DSi Points
Description: Drill till you drop with the latest version of Mr. DRILLER, created
exclusively for the Nintendo DSi system. Featuring the classic game play that
the series is known for, Drill Till You Drop has three different game modes and
more than 40 stages of nonstop drilling action. Go underground with Mission mode
and dig into various locales with deeper and more challenging goals. Race
against the clock to reach the goal in Time Attack mode. Drill through a
labyrinth of stones to collect the rare and precious Dristones in the Dristone
mode, exclusive to the Nintendo DSi system. Choose from six different drillers,
drill through a seemingly endless onslaught of colored blocks, avoid falling
obstacles and strategically manage your oxygen on the go.
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.
