Load Up on Excitebike Action, Musical Plankton and More

November 9, 2009

Load Up on Excitebike Action,
Musical Plankton and More

Rev up your engines for a huge week
at the Wii Shop Channel and Nintendo DSi Shop, starting with the launch of a
pulse-pounding revamp for the WiiWare service, Excitebike: World Rally. For the
Nintendo DSiWare service, you’ll find five new titles in the mesmerizing
Electroplankton series – available at just 200 Nintendo DSi Points apiece – plus
the irresistible multiplayer mayhem of Bomberman Blitz. With two new classic
Virtual Console offerings to sweeten the selection, there’s truly something for
everyone to download and enjoy.

WiiWare

Excitebike: World Rally
Publisher: Nintendo
Players: 1-4
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 1,000 Wii Points
Description: Prepare to face daredevil jumps, crazy obstacles and other racers
in the newest installment in the venerable Excitebike franchise, available
exclusively on the WiiWare service. Choose from multiple camera angles as you
tilt your way to smooth landings using motion-sensitive controls. Compete in
races around the world in four championship circuits. Use Nintendo Wi-Fi
Connection to invite friends to a race. Or if you’re feeling brave, take on
anyone else looking for a match. Feel like tackling a challenge of your own
design? Use the intuitive Track Editor to choose from the available obstacles
and put together your dream course, then share courses with friends to see whose
creation skills reign supreme.

Frogger Returns
Publisher: Konami Digital Entertainment
Players: 1-2
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 500 Wii Points
Description: Frogger Returns takes the heart-pounding challenge of arcade
Frogger and moves it into the next dimension. Classic top-down 2-D game play is
updated with colorful 3-D graphics, a new perspective, new levels, new enemies
and game-changing power-ups. A local multiplayer mode lets you race a friend.

Dragon Master Spell Caster
Publisher: Stickmen Studios
Players: 1-2
ESRB Rating: E10+ (Everyone 10 and Older) – Mild Fantasy Violence
Price: 500 Wii Points
Description: The Dragon Lords have returned to the magical world of Nakiha,
bringing ultimate power to whoever controls them. Choose your champion, then
master amazing magic and fierce dragon attacks to defeat the rival Champions and
their Dragon Lords. Choose from four different paths and decide the fate of the
world in the fantastic story mode. Battle your friends in two-player
split-screen arcade mode and tailor your tactics with different dragon and rider
combinations, each with its own strengths and weaknesses. Marvel at the effects
of mind-blowing spell collisions. Mix spells and unleash their ultimate power.
Control your Dragon Lord and crush, bite and burn your way to victory.

Nintendo DSiWare

Bomberman Blitz
Publisher: Hudson Entertainment
Players: 1-8
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) – Comic Mischief
Price: 500 Nintendo DSi Points
Description: Bomberman makes his downloadable debut on Nintendo DSiWare with
Bomberman Blitz. Dive into a classic multiplayer Bomberman experience with
eight-player local or online multiplayer using Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. Hone
your skills and learn the maps, then take the battle online. Change map and item
preferences for enhanced customization. Delivering unparalleled multiplayer
excitement, Bomberman Blitz lets Nintendo DSi users enjoy the addictive fun of
Bomberman anytime, anywhere.

Electroplankton Trapy
Publisher: Nintendo
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 200 Nintendo DSi Points
Description: Trapy plankton make sounds as they swim over graceful lines made up
of linked triangles. The creatures follow the lines you trace along the water.
There are six types of Trapy in all, each with a unique color and sound. All
Trapy plankton produce different tones depending on the direction they swim.
They produce the lowest-pitched sounds when they swim to the right and produce
higher-pitched sounds as their path veers to the left.

Electroplankton Hanenbow
Publisher: Nintendo
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 200 Nintendo DSi Points
Description: Normally aquatic creatures, Hanenbow sometimes use floating leaves
to launch themselves out of the water, creating strange sounds and melodies as
they bounce off the leaves. Entire schools of Hanenbow have been known to launch
out of the water, one after another. As a leaf is repeatedly hit by flying
Hanenbow, it gradually changes color. This also alters the sound made by
bouncing Hanenbow. When all the leaves turn red, a flower will bloom. It remains
unclear why the Hanenbow display this curious behavior.

Electroplankton Rec-Rec
Publisher: Nintendo
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 200 Nintendo DSi Points
Description: Rec-Rec are fishlike plankton that feed on sound waves. They absorb
sound waves transmitted through water and use them as a form of nutrition. The
sound waves that the Rec-Rec eat are then stored inside their bodies until they
have been digested. Once the digestion process is complete, they play back the
sounds in perfect four-second intervals. While these sounds are playfully
emitted, wave patterns can be seen pulsating on their bodies. Rec-Rec always
swim side by side in schools of four. When they swim at different speeds, the
frequency with which they emit sounds also changes.

Electroplankton Nanocarp
Publisher: Nintendo
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 200 Nintendo DSi Points
Description: Nanocarp have very sensitive hearing. Using their two ears to sense
vibrations coming through the water, these plankton can distinguish sound
quality and frequency. They display very interesting reactions to the sound of
humans clapping or breathing. Nanocarp are also excellent swimmers. They have a
tendency to swim in formations of 16 and react together when they detect sounds.
These plankton emit sounds on their own when they sense waves on the water’s
surface. When this happens, the pitch of sounds they produce changes depending
on where the Nanocarp is located.

Electroplankton Beatnes
Publisher: Nintendo
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 200 Nintendo DSi Points
Description: Beatnes are curious plankton with geometrically shaped heads that
form vertical strands like seaweed. Their bodies are made up of eight sections,
each featuring a distinctive diamond-shaped tail. The sound of a Beatnes can
vary wildly depending on which segment of the body is tapped. However, all of
the sounds closely resemble the short-wave and triangular-wave sound effects
from a Nintendo Entertainment System sound chip. When Beatnes are tapped in time
with a rhythm, they continue to repeat the sounds in perfect time for a short
period.

Virtual Console

Wonder Boy III: The Dragon’s Trap
Original platform: MASTER SYSTEM
Publisher: SEGA
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) – Mild Cartoon Violence, Tobacco Reference
Price: 500 Wii Points
Description: Wonder Boy III: The Dragon’s Trap is widely considered to be one of
the best games produced for the SEGA MASTER SYSTEM. The direct sequel to Wonder
Boy in Monster Land, it starts in the final lair of the previous game. This game
is the first in the series to allow Wonder Boy to roam freely by using various
animal forms, but as with previous games in the series, Wonder Boy can also buy
various weapons, armor and items to help him in his quest.

Cybernoid
Original platform: Commodore 64
Publisher: Commodore Gaming
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) – Mild Fantasy Violence
Price: 500 Wii Points
Description: Federation storage depots have been raided by pirates, who’ve taken
valuable minerals, jewels, ammunition and the latest battle weaponry. You have
been commissioned by the Federation to retrieve the cargo and return it to
storage within a specified time limit. The pirate craft have activated all
planetary defense systems, which you must negotiate along with the pirates
themselves. If you fail to reach the depot within the time limit, or if the
value of your retrieved cargo is insufficient, you must forfeit one of your
Cybernoid ships.