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December 11th, 2009 at 05:00pm
Under Wii / Nintendo
The sole Virtual Console release this week is a reminder of a very odd time: when Sega thought Alex Kidd was a viable character. The company took an in-progress Shinobi parody game called Shinobi Kid, and then added the Alex Kidd character. Someone at Sega was under the impression that a game would sell better with Alex Kidd in it.
Also available: more Monkey Island, an expansion of one of Rubik’s World’s games, and Pallurikio, a cute platformer with a slingshot mechanic. And on DSiWare, it’s … a stripped-down version of Hell’s Kitchen!
- Pallurikio (WiiWare, 1 player, 1,000 Wii Points)
- Rubik’s Puzzle Galaxy: RUSH (WiiWare, 1-2 players, 600 Wii Points)
- Tales of Monkey Island: Chapter 4 (WiiWare, 1 player, 1,000 Wii Points)
- Alex Kidd in Shinobi World (Sega Master System, 1 player, 500 Wii Points)
- PictureBook Games: The Royal Bluff (DSiWare, 1-4 players, 500 DSi Points)
- Hell’s Kitchen Vs. (DSiWare, 1-2 players, 800 DSi Points)
European Nintendo downloads: Alex Kidd in Shinobi World, Monkey Island originally appeared on Joystiq Nintendo on Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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By Mister-X
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November 30th, 2009 at 01:00pm
Under Wii / Nintendo
If you thought last week’s NintendoWare Weekly update was huge, well … you’ll probably think the same thing about this week’s update! That’s mostly because Nintendo provides quite the overweight offering this time, with a total of ten new titles available for your post-Thanksgiving download. Loosen that belt and make some room for more by heading past the break for the full list of this week’s releases.
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NintendoWare Weekly: Tales of Monkey Island, Bookworm, The Combatribes originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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October 26th, 2009 at 05:40pm
Under Xbox 360
In an interview with Shacknews, Telltale Games CEO Dan Connors said long wait times between episodic content releases on XBLA are “over.” When asked why the XBLA follow-up to the first Wallace & Gromit episode has taken over five months, Connors said Microsoft’s second-annual Summer of Arcade promotion had kept the second episode off the virtual store shelves, allowing Telltale to develop new episodes of the series to keep release dates between episodes close. “I think our goal, going forward, is to launch on as many platforms as we can simultaneously,” Connors said.
With two episodic franchises under its belt on Microsoft’s downloadable service, Connors said he “would love” to see Tales of Monkey Island — its best selling episodic franchise based on the classic adventure series — on Microsoft’s downloadable platform. “I know they had great success with Monkey Island: Special Edition. We think there’s definitely an audience there and we definitely want to get the game to them.” Thankfully we’re able to hold our breath just as long as Guybrush Threepwood, so the wait for a possible release shouldn’t be too painful.
Telltale discusses XBLA wait times, possibility of XBLA Monkey Island originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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October 26th, 2009 at 11:20am
Under DS
Of course Nintendo of America didn’t release Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth today. That would have been far too obvious. However, rather than disappointing us with this week’s selections, Nintendo actually surprised us with a very welcome, seasonally appropriate Virtual Console classic! Knock on the post break and see what kind of downloadable candy Nintendo is shoving into our pillowcases.
Continue reading NintendoWare Weekly: Zombies Axed My PictureBook
NintendoWare Weekly: Zombies Axed My PictureBook originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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October 23rd, 2009 at 06:15pm
Under Wii / Nintendo
Telltale just announced that the third chapter of Tales of Monkey Island, called Lair of the Leviathan, will arrive on WiiWare this Monday, October 26. Given the success that the series has seen so far, it’s sure to attract interest despite taking place in “the guts of a giant sea manatee”. And not, we suppose, inside the rare land manatee.
Leviathan’s PC version was released on September 29, giving it roughly a month of lead time over the WiiWare release. That means if you know any avid PC adventure gamers, you should stay away from them or risk being totally spoiled. They’ll understand.
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September 25th, 2009 at 04:00pm
Under DS
This week’s content for European Nintendo fans is quite the bevy of scrumptious content. There’s a new chapter in the Tales of Monkey Island franchise to laugh through, as well as some new stuff for your little ne’er-do-well in My Life as a Darklord. If WiiWare isn’t your thing, you could always shoot everything in sight in some R-Type on the Virtual Console. See? Totally a bevy.
- You, Me, and the Cubes (WiiWare, 1 -2 players, 1,000 Wii Points)
- Tales of Monkey Island Chapter 2: The Siege of Spinner Cay (WiiWare, 1 player, 1,000 Wii Points)
- Sexy Poker (WiiWare, 1 player, 500 Wii Points)
- Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a Darklord – Palom ally add-on (WiiWare, 1 player, 200 Wii Points)
- Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a Darklord – Living Room Set add-on (WiiWare, 1 player, 400 Wii Points)
- R-Type (Sega Master System, 1 – 2 players, 500 Wii Points)
- Yummy Yummy Cooking Jam (DSiWare, 500 DSi Points)
European Nintendo Downloads: You, Guybrush, and The Darklord originally appeared on Joystiq Nintendo on Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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August 31st, 2009 at 12:20pm
Under DS
Welcome to Monday, a dreadful day for most, but a means for celebration for Nintendo loyalists. This week, we’ve got the second episode of Tales of Monkey Island and Phantasy Star on the Sega Master System, among other additions to the Wii’s downloadable lineup.
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NintendoWare Weekly: Tales of Monkey Island, Phantasy Star originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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August 28th, 2009 at 07:31pm
Under Wii / Nintendo
Our
last post about a
Tales of Monkey Island episode launching on WiiWare was written entirely in pirate speak. This one won’t be. Nope, we’ll just tell you that the second episode in Telltale’s ongoing series, “The Siege of Spinner Cay,” will be available on WiiWare this coming Monday, August 31, for 1000 Wii Points ($10). See, that wasn’t so harrrrrrd. (
Darnit!)
WiiWare Monkey Island Ep. 2 on sail Monday, Aug. 31 originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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August 7th, 2009 at 10:10am
Under Wii / Nintendo
Telltale has announced that the next chapter of Tales of Monkey Island, Siege of Spinner Cay, will be out on PC on August 20. The developer wasn’t as precise with the details of the WiiWare release, but, according to the announcement, it will be “timed close to the PC release.”
This is, perhaps, what we like best about Telltale’s episodic approach — it gives us the satisfaction of buying a new adventure game every month or so, even though we’re actually only buying another part of the same adventure game. After an eight-year wait for a new Monkey Island, we’re enjoying the novelty of purchasing new games in the series almost as much as we’re enjoying playing them.
Should you be stuck in the first game, and in need of some help to get you ready for the second, Telltale posted a walkthrough for Launch of the Screaming Narwhal.
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July 31st, 2009 at 01:15pm
Under DS
Today’s Wii Shop releases in Europe worry us a bit. After two weeks of nothing on the Virtual Console in North America, the first week in Europe post-Hanabi Festival offers … also nothing. No Virtual Console games. This is a bit troubling, on account of the fact that we like Virtual Console games.
We can only distract ourselves from our increasing panic with a decent-looking WiiWare selection — three games, one of which is the first Tales of Monkey Island. And on DSiWare, Guitar Rock Tour, from the shockingly wealthy Gameloft.
- Driift Mania (WiiWare, 1-8 players, 800 Wii Points)
- Tales of Monkey Island: Chapter 1: Launch of the Screaming Narwhal (WiiWare, 1 player, 1,000 Wii Points)
- The Three Musketeers: One for All! (WiiWare, 1-3 players, 700 Wii Points)
- Guitar Rock Tour (DSiWare, 1-4 players, 500 DSi Points)
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