NINTENDO DOWNLOAD:
A NEW DECADE BRINGS SEVEN NEW
DOWNLOADABLE NINTENDO GAMES
Should old acquaintance be
forgot? We can't remember. But what we can
remember is that this week's downloadable lineup
from Nintendo asks a lot of questions. The
Nintendo DSiWare™ service wonders if you can
master missiles with Trajectile™, lead animals
to their proper pens with Animal Puzzle
Adventure or match wits with TV chef Gordon
Ramsay in Hell's Kitchen Vs. The WiiWare™
service puts you in charge of maximizing your
rubber duckie output with Heron: Steam Machine,
asks you to aim for the bull's-eye with Pub
Darts and wonders if you have an itchy trigger
finger with Fast Draw Showdown. Finally, Final
Fight™ 3 on the Virtual Console™ service makes
you wonder if the fight is ever really final.
Nintendo DSiWare
Trajectile
Publisher: Nintendo
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 500 Nintendo DSi Points™
Description: Trajectile is a
puzzle game that's as much about firepower as it
is about brainpower, requiring you to line up
your shot and launch a flurry of missiles at
enemy targets. Three types of missiles are at
your disposal, each one with its own
characteristics - but all of them can bounce off
walls on their path to smash, blast or drill
through enemies and blocks. Along the way,
you'll find item blocks just waiting to be
destroyed so that you can obtain special
power-ups ... and cause even more destruction.
Be careful though, as missile type and position
are predetermined and you get only a limited
number of launches per stage. Complete multiple
classes containing numerous individual stages,
earning medals when you clear stages in fewer
than the given number of turns. Are you ready to
take aim at becoming a Trajectile master?
Animal Puzzle Adventure
Publisher: Aksys Games
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E10+ (Everyone 10
and Older) - Mild Suggestive Themes
Price: 500 Nintendo DSi Points
Description: Animal Puzzle
Adventure is a simple puzzle game where you have
to lead various animals to their respective
barns placed on the map, while avoiding pitfalls
and cliffs and using the objects on the field to
your advantage. There are 10 stages per level
with a total of five levels, creating 50 stages
in all. After clearing a stage, you unlock a
piece of a photo. Once you clear all 10 stages
in a level, the wallpaper for that level becomes
unlocked and you can then view it in the
gallery. With so many puzzles to unravel, you'll
find yourself immersed in the puzzle-riffic
world of Animal Puzzle Adventure.
Hell's Kitchen Vs.
Publisher: Ludia
Players: 1-2
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 800 Nintendo DSi Points
Description: Hell's Kitchen Vs. is based on the
U.S. TV phenomenon where world-renowned chef
Gordon Ramsay puts aspiring chefs through
rigorous culinary tests. The game recreates the
show's pressure-cooker atmosphere as two players
battle head-to-head in an arcade-style kitchen
challenge. Try to conquer your opponent in each
time-management test, while taking the heat of
Gordon Ramsay judging and rating your
performance at every stage of the game.
WiiWare
Heron: Steam Machine
Publisher: Triangle Studios
Players: 1-4
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 500 Wii Points™
Description: Heron: Steam
Machine is a game about a factory where rubber
duckies are being produced by a large steam
engine. On this steam engine, there are four
different gauges which you will have to watch
carefully. By connecting the pipes, you will
earn points and relieve some of the pressure,
keeping the machine running just a little bit
longer. If one of the gauges reaches its
maximum, the machine will eventually blow up,
and the game is over. If you were lucky enough
to achieve a high score, make sure you enter
your name in the list so other players can
compete with you. In Multiplayer, you are able
to cooperate with friends in maintaining the
steam machine. When you play with two, three or
four players, the screen is divided into
sections with different background colors. Each
player is able to solve his or her own part of
the puzzle. Players are restricted to their own
section of the screen, so you will have to work
together to make the pipes fit properly.
(Additional accessories are required for
multiplayer play and are sold separately.)
Pub Darts
Publisher: Big Blue Bubble Inc.
Players: 1-4
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) -
Alcohol Reference
Price: 500 Wii Points
Description: Pub Darts is a
simple darts simulation which uses the Wii
Remote™ controller's unique controls to mimic
dart-throwing motion. The game is set in a local
pub where the players will settle in to play
some of their favorite dart games, including
501, Cricket, Around the Clock, Killers and
Baseball. Controls function just like throwing a
real dart. Players are able to create their own
personal profiles, including selecting their
avatar image from a collection of creative
characters and the design they would like
displayed on the dart flights.
Fast Draw Showdown
Publisher: Digital Leisure Inc.
Players: 1-2
ESRB Rating: T (Teen) - Alcohol
Reference, Violence
Price: 500 Wii Points
Description: When it comes to
fast draw there're only two types of people: the
quick ... and the dead! Now you have the chance
to find out where you stand, or lie, as the case
may be. You'll go up against the best quick
draws in the business, including one of the
world's fastest, Wes Flowers. Unholster your Wii
Remote controller and show 'em who the fastest
draw really is, in this live-action shooter. You
can even take on a friend in multiplayer modes,
and see which of you has the quickest draw.
You'll need some serious speed and awesome
accuracy to take on these gunslingers ... so get
ready for some real fast draw action.
Virtual Console
Final Fight 3
Original platform: Super NES™
Publisher: Capcom USA
Players: 1-2
ESRB Rating: T (Teen) -
Animated Violence
Price: 800 Wii Points
Description: Following the
defeat and subsequent disappearance of the Mad
Gear Gang, a small group known only as "Skull
Cross" is responsible for a new uprising of
vandalism, terrorism and death. The government
of Metro City is at a complete loss. Metro
City's mayor, Mike Haggar, and Guy are prepared
to take on the new gang, but before they can
act, the door bursts open, revealing Lucia,
Cody's old friend. "Metro City is under attack!"
she shouts, "Skull Cross is loose, and they've
got something up their sleeves." But before any
of them can move, a mysterious man appears in
the doorway. "My name is Dean," he says. "I know
Skull Cross inside-and-out, and I hate them more
than anything. I can help you, and you can help
me. We must go!" All four fighters vow to bring
Skull Cross down. It will be a tough assignment,
and may even be their final fight!
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. |