It’s Monday which means another set of Nintendo titles are hitting the virtual shelves. Available on the WiiWare service, Tales of Elastic Boy – Mission 1 truly stretches the possibilities for console adventure. Available today on the Nintendo DSiWare, Cosmos X2 which is a side scrolling shooter similar to R-type, myNotebook: Pearl which is a note taking application for your DS and Music on: Learning Piano which teaches you have to play the piano. Here are the full details for each title.

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It’s Monday yet again, and hard to believe that summer is almost over.  For those of you who may have started class already today, take some consolation in the fact that And Yet It Moves has finally arrived on WiiWare.  And, even better, for those moms (or dads) out there who have finally gotten rid of–that is to say–shuffled your children off onto those shiny yellow school buses, you can kick back and (finally) relax with either that game or even (gasp) a Virtual Console title, not to mention four other DSiWare releases for this week.  Hit the break for all the games released today.

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You know, Monday is one of those things that takes a hold of you sometimes, so I apologize upright for not posting the weekly “Nintendo Monday” updates yesterday.  However, to help make up for my tardiness, I have a few juicy tidbits to help make things a little sweeter.  In addition to new downloadable titles released yesterday, today Nintendo announced official release dates for three of their hotly anticipated fall and winter titles.

Again, Virtual Console languishes, as we have two new releases for WiiWare and four for DSiWare this week.  Hit the break to read more about these games and learn the new release dates for Kirby’s Epic Yarn, Donkey Kong Country Returns, and more.

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Ah, Monday, Monday, so good to me.  It means it’s time for some fun new updates to Nintendo’s downloadable marketplaces.  Looks like the VC is once again left alone in the corner of the dance floor, as this week’s updates are for WiiWare and DSiWare only.  Today, you’ll find six new games to tickle your fancy, including more aquarium fun on WiiWare and some more puzzling adventures on your DSis.

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That’s right, kids, it’s Monday yet again, which, although usually not a good thing, can be seen as great if you are a Nintendo fan, because it means it’s time once again for another update to WiiWare, VC, and DSiWare.  This week we have six new titles (none for virtual console, unfortunately), with the headliner being BlayzBloo for DSiWare, the kawaii version of the fighter BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger, previously only available on non-Nintendo systems.  Hit the break for details on all that’s new to download this week. (more…)

It’s Monday! And not only does that mean back to the grind, it also means our fans over at Nintendo have once again betrothed our Wiis and DS’s with a slew of new downloadable goodies in the form of DSiware, WiiWare, and Virtual Console releases.  This week brings us eight new titles (no VC this week, sorry, kids), so get your points ready and check out the details below. (more…)

With E3 fast approaching, and details about the mysterious new Nintendo handheld still scarce, this bit of news sheds just a little bit of curious light on the new platform. Apparently, Nintendo of Japan has trademarked the terms “3DS,” “3DSPlay,” and “3DSWare.”  This all seems to fit into line with the existing DSiWare, WiiWare, and so on.  But didn’t Nintendo recently denounce the system would be called the 3DS when it finally came out?  Perhaps this is just to protect the brand and prevent anyone else from releasing a 3DS named device.

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The Sonic franchise is no stranger to heralding the latest game as a return to form, only to fail hard upon it’s release.  But Sonic 4 is looking to change all of that by taking the series back to it’s roots.

And of course, by roots, I mean 2D gameplay, with nothing but running fast and collecting rings.  Sans the upgraded graphics, this could have easily been released some 15 years ago.

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Among the crowded PAX East show floor, it can be difficult to catch the eye of the crowd of passerbys. The large banner boasting “Gravitronix” above Medaverse Studios booth sporting a cast of eight colorful and interesting characters roped my eye in for just enough time to pull me in to see what it was all about.

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The Rainbow Islands series spun off from Bubble Bobble as a sequel, opening the door to a brand new franchise. Following the “true ending” of the original Bubble Bobble game, the game was an adventure involving human forms of the iconic dragons Bub and Bob, escaping from rapidly sinking land masses via rainbow. It might sound silly, but it garnered mostly positive critical reception and received several sequels. The latest of which, Rainbow Islands: Towering Adventure, was recently released via WiiWare and the Xbox Live Arcade. While it manages to capture most of the magic that made its predecessors memorable, much of the whimsy is dwindling with this next-gen update.

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Those of you who have been following my reviews of the episodic adventure Tales of Monkey Island by TellTale will know I’ve had very little bad to say about the game, overall.  After playing through dozens of ho-hum point-and-clicks, many that suffer from poor writing, irritating, uncreative puzzles, and frustrating bugs, the latest romp through the Caribbean with Guybrush Threepwood has been a breath of fresh air.  But how does the momentous finale, Rise of the Pirate God, stack up against the other four episodes?  As Guybrush would probably snicker and say, “Does it sink or swim?”

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Come January, anyone weird enough not to own a DS and a Phoenix Wright game still has a chance to experience the majesty of this series.  You’ll just need a Wii and an internet connection to do it.

That’s right!  Capcom’s announced that the first three Ace Attorney games, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: Justice for All, and Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations are coming to WiiWare.  They’ll cost a cool 1000 Wii points, which is about ten bucks, and should be available in January.

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The Tales of Monkey Island is closing in on the finale, and the penultimate episode, The Trial and Execution of Guybrush Threepwood, will definitely leaving you hungering to find out how it all works out in the final chapter. After the vastly entertaining last episode, how does chapter four measure up?

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As Astrella reported a couple weeks ago, Nintendo is all set to start offering WiiWare demos for those of us savvy enough to be on this new-fangled internet.  With as short as most WiiWare games are, I don’t think I would have ever expected to try them out before buying.  The list of demos available thus far is fairly short, but offers up some good picks.  They also announced a new Pokémon game, and you Spawn Kill readers know how much we here love Pokémon.  Just listen to our latest podcast for a testament to that love.  Pokémon aside, hit the jump for the full demo list.

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Recently, Nintendo’s CEO, Satoru Iwata, announced that WiiWare will be offering downloadable demos before the end of this month. This will include the online stores for both the Wii and DSi platforms.

Iwata realizes that the overall sales of the WiiWare games are very low while XBLA and PSN sales are very high. He believes offering demos will increase the WiiWare sales, but it may not be the ultimate solution. For now, only a small number of games will be offering a free demo. Nothing was mentioned as to if Nintendo will increase the amount of demos offered in the future.

This could be the beginning of more powerful marketing for the WiiWare store. Perhaps not enough to compete with XBLA and PSN, but it’s a start for sure.

[Source: Gamasutra]