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Japanese Nintendo downloads: Phoenix Wright, Zaxxon, Photo Fighter X

December 15th, 2009 at 05:15pm Under Wii / Nintendo

The release list for the Japanese Wii and DSi Shops are a bit more restrained than the last couple of weeks, offering a much more manageable (read: smaller) selection of downloadable titles. On Virtual Console, for example, Sega’s isometric arcade shmup Zaxxon is the only offering. Similarly, there’s just one WiiWare game, but it’s Phoenix Wright!

DSiWare gets the cool Photo FIghter X, which lets you build fighting game characters from DSi camera snaps. More Paint By DS joins it, this time all about dogs; and in the requisite “puzzle game” positions are a new G.G. series entry and a Jupiter-developed game about rotating blocks to match colors.

Zaxxon (Arcade, 1-2 players, 500 Wii Points)
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (WiiWare, 1 player, 900 Wii Points)
Shashin de Kakutou! Photo Fighter X! (DSiWare, 1-2 players, 200 DSi Points)
G.G. Series Vertex (DSiWare, 1 player, 200 DSi Points)
Kanji Practice First Grade (DSiWare, 1 player, 200 DSi Points)
Artist ni Narou! Minna no Nurikai Inu-hen (DSiWare, 1 player, 500 DSi Points)
Atelier Deco La Doll (DSiWare, 1 player, 500 DSi Points)
Castle of Magic (DSiWare, 1 player, 500 DSi Points)
Panewa! (DSiWare, 1 player, 500 DSi Points)

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Original Smash Bros. rated by ESRB for Wii

December 14th, 2009 at 02:30pm Under Wii / Nintendo

North American Wii owners, the wait may soon be over. After years of patient, patient waiting — and watching the game land on both the European and Japanese Virtual Console — the original Smash Bros. should soon be winging its way to American Wiis. The evidence: The game has been rated for Wii by the ESRB, hopefully signifying that a release is imminent. In case you were wondering, the game received an E rating, ostensibly making it suitable for everyone.

We’ll just have to wait and see how Grandma takes it when she gets a Star Rod to the dome.

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NintendoWare weekly: Bejeweled, Blaster Master, Earthworm Jim 2

December 14th, 2009 at 02:20pm Under DS

As promised, Sunsoft’s brought Blaster Master to the Virtual Console — though we think the impact is somewhat dulled by the quantity of other games available for download this week. There’s a total of 11 different games available, so head past the break for the full list.

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European Nintendo downloads: Alex Kidd in Shinobi World, Monkey Island

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)

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VC in Brief: Street Fighter Alpha 2 (SNES) and Shinobi (VC Arcade)

December 7th, 2009 at 08:15pm Under Wii / Nintendo

Martial arts is the theme on the Virtual Console this week, as Sega and Capcom both offer up entries in their respective franchises. Unless you like to punch things, throw pointy things at things or kick things — or maybe some kind of mixture of all that — then you’ll probably want to skip this week’s downloads. Pacifists need not apply!

Street Fighter Alpha 2 (SNES, 1 – 2 players, 800 Wii Points)
Shinobi (VC Arcade, 1 player, 800 Wii Points)

Every week, we like to check out what’s new on the Virtual Console. We offer these videos as a sort of taste to help you decide whether or not you would want the game in question. We also toss in our own two cents because we’re pushy jerks like that.

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This Week on the Nintendo Channel: Jack’s stress reliever

December 7th, 2009 at 07:15pm Under Wii / Nintendo

When we heard about Stop Stress: A Day of Fury, we were pretty interested. It’s not that we have above-normal levels of stress or anything, it’s all about the method Jack employs. After checking out the game’s info video on the Nintendo Channel this week, we can safely say that Jack just has a short fuse. Hey, Jack, we deal with large, autonomous copy machines all the time and you don’t see us going on a rampage. Seriously, stop being such a spaz!

Head past the break for the full list of this week’s content.

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NintendoWare Weekly: Rayman, Stop Stress, Shinobi, Street Fighter Alpha 2

December 7th, 2009 at 11:30am Under DS

There’s some classic platforming to be had in both Rayman and Shinobi in this week’s Nintendo downloads, and even a way to deal with Jack’s overabundance of stress in Stop Stress: A Day of Fury. There’s over ten titles in all, so cruise past the break for the full list.

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Sunsoft kicks off American return with Blaster Master on Virtual Console

December 4th, 2009 at 07:45pm Under Wii / Nintendo

Sunsoft is coming back, with the help of Victor Ireland’s Gaijinworks. The publisher plans to bring its brand back to prominence initially by re-releasing classics. The first? Blaster Master on Virtual Console. Sunsoft plans to launch the NES action title this month.

Through its new website, the company plans to offer prizes and “exclusive, limited edition premiums,” which reminds us of Ireland’s former company, the swag-heavy Working Designs. More game launches will be announced soon. “This first Wii release is a great start,” Ireland said. “But there is one upcoming announcement in particular that will demonstrate just how serious (Sunsoft CEO Kiharu) Yoshida-san is about rebuilding the Sunsoft console gaming brand here.”

[Via NeoGAF, GameSetWatch]

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European Nintendo downloads: Earthworm Jim 2, holiday games

December 4th, 2009 at 02:45pm Under DS

This week, the European Wii and DS Shops’ halls are decked, with one festive, holiday-themed game each! Happy Holidays: Christmas on WiiWare is, like the Halloween WiiWare release, a program that lets you put together and send e-cards. Yep.

Just Sing! Christmas Songs on DSiWare is pretty much what it sounds like: a karaoke game in which you just sing Christmas songs. Two of them. Just watch the trailer (via GoNintendo) after the break.

Oh, also, Earthworm Jim 2 on Virtual Console. Neat!

Earthworm Jim 2 (Mega Drive, 1 player, 800 Wii Points)
Mahjong (WiiWare, 500 Wii Points)
Happy Holidays: Christmas (WiiWare, 1 player, 500 Wii Points)
Foto Face: The Face Stealer Strikes (DSiWare, 1 player, 800 DSi Points)
A Little Bit of … Magic Made Fun: Matchmaker (DSiWare, 1 player, 200 DSi Points)
Just Sing! Christmas Songs (DSiWare, 1 player, 200 DSi Points)
myNotebook: Red (DSiWare, 1 player, 200 DSi Points)

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Japanese Nintendo downloads: King of Fighters ‘95, Kamenin Merchant

December 1st, 2009 at 02:15pm Under Wii / Nintendo

Today, for those Japanese gamers who like King of Fighters games but didn’t purchase the Orochi Collection disc — or the Neo Geo Online Collection Complete Box sets, King of Fighters ‘95 is available on the Virtual Console. SNK Playmore’s business model is so strange — these Virtual Console releases seem to actively compete with the company’s retail collections.

Also available: two cute Namco arcade games, including Rompers, an obscure game about pushing walls over on enemies. DSiWare features a Tales of Graces spinoff, a calendar that lets you mark upcoming events, and a Picross variant with surprisingly nice sprite work.