Posts Tagged ‘wiiware’

rainbow-island-towering-adventure-wiiwareThe 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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ch5_logoThose 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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OBJECTION! Comes to WiiWare

Posted by David "Snarkasaur" Stewart on November 19th, 2009

phoenixwrightfingerpointingCome 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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ch4_logoThe 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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4100040310_6a0deaa44eAs 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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wii_wareRecently, 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]

wiiwareLast week’s update was great (Lost Winds: Winter of Melodias!) and while this week’s update may not be nearly as exciting, perhaps in some ways it is even more so.  Why?  Because Zombies Ate My Neighbors is finally available via Virtual Console.

Yes, it is a weird game, but you just don’t see stuff like that made anymore.  Back when Zombies were “real,” man.  Now I just have to wait for them to release Duck Tales.

The third episode of Tales of Monkey Island is finally available, and if you haven’t already played it on PC, you OWE it to yourself to get this version.  Trust me.

Check out a video of Zombies Ate My Neighbors and the full list of releases hitting your Little White Box today.

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logoJapanese Wii owners will be getting another new WiiWare title on October 27: Game Arts’ Shadow Walker: The Boy of Shadow and the Fairy of Light.  In the game, you must use your ability to manipulate light in order to create a path of shadows to lead the tree fairy to the special location at each level.  Once at that location, and when exposed to light, she will transform into a tree, which is apparently the goal of the game. Although details are sparse, a North American release is in the works, although no date has yet been set.

GameArts has previously been known for the Grandia and Lunar RPG series, as well as working with Nintendo on Smash Bros Brawl.  Check out the very Phantom Hourglass-like visuals in the screens after the break.

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989I feel like I should start this review off with a “Do You Remember Kid Icarus?” because in many ways, Nyx Quest is the spiritual successor to that hallowed and now ancient mythological platformer.  In many ways though, it’s not.  Nyx Quest stars female deity-like being Nyx who happens to be the one true love of Icarus himself.  The game isn’t made by Nintendo, and the game’s name change from Icarian to Nyx Quest might have something to do with that.  In truth, the two games are nothing alike in anything but mythology references and the fact that they’re both platformers.  I think people just crave (for some reason) a Kid Icarus reinvention so much that anything with Icarus in it at all seems to get attention.  I find this odd as Kid Icarus’ protagonist is named Pit.

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darklord1Final Fantasy as a franchise is forever branching out and taking entirely different paths. From the adorable minigame collections (Chocobo Tales) to the fighters (Dissidia), Square Enix is never afraid to create games other than RPGs utilizing characters or concepts within the universe. Upon playing My Life as a Dark Lord, a tower defense title obtainable as a WiiWare title, I am convinced that they can make any genre work, so long as they approach it with the right attitude and color palette. Having never previously played My Life as a King, I can’t quite compare it to anything I’ve played before, but rest assured, even through its sometimes intractable difficulty, it’s a whole lot of fun.

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talesofmonkeyislandPlayers of the first chapter of Tales of Monkey Island can continue their adventure with the second chapter, titled Siege of Spinner City, on August 20 for the PC. The WiiWare release will follow soon thereafter, although on an unknown date.

Tales of Monkey Island is the fifth installment in the Monkey Island series, in which players control pirate Guybrush Threepwood and try to save his lover and save the Caribbean. The Monkey Island series consists of all graphic adventure titles, and Tales of Monkey Island will be released in five parts.

[Source: Joystiq]

414qehr7vwl_sl500_aa280_Recently, Amazon.com launched its own Xbox Live store where gamers could purchase codes for various digital games.  One huge bonus to this new system is that gamers were offered nice discounts on most games.

Now 2D Boys infamous World of Goo has also appeared online.  For $14.99 (no discount, unfortunately), Wii owners can purchase the code for the game online.  So does this mean we will soon see more WiiWare titles available via Amazon.com?

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