The biggest drop of the week is Warioware: DIY hands down. The whole thing is explained after the break but it's pretty cool.
Other than that, we've got Ogre Battle 64 from the N64 on the Virtual Console. Which is also pretty cool.
WiiWare and WarioWare Join Forces for Maximum Downloadable
Excitement
Wario™ may be known as a troublemaker, but this week he
deserves a friendly high-five for helping to deliver a mother lode of
downloadable fun for Wii™ owners. The new WarioWare™:
D.I.Y. Showcase game for the WiiWare™ service lets users
with broadband Internet access download all kinds of outrageous content,
from music and microgames to four-panel digital comics – some created by
users themselves. Meanwhile, a classic RPG has arrived on the Virtual
Console™ service, while Nintendo DSiWare™ users
will find new ways to tune musical instruments, rescue turtles, launch
their own fireworks display and more.
This week also marks the kickoff of Nintendo’s WarioWare: D.I.Y.
“Big Name Games” series. Several of the industry’s most talented game
designers are using WarioWare: D.I.Y. software for the Nintendo DS™
family of systems to create their own one-of-a-kind microgames. New
microgames will be added every Monday through July 26, all available for
download to anyone with broadband Internet access and a copy of either WarioWare:
D.I.Y. for Nintendo DS or WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase software
for the WiiWare service. The series gets underway with inventive new
microgames from Super Smash Bros.™ creator Masahiro
Sakurai and Metroid™ designer Yoshio Sakamoto. To
learn more about the games and view an exclusive behind-the-scenes video
featuring Masahiro Sakurai, visit http://www.wariowarediy.com.
And just for Club Nintendo™ members, we’ve got a little
something extra to offer this week. Starting March 31, members can
redeem 80 Coins to download Grill-Off with Ultra Hand! ™,
a wild game for the Wii console that challenges players to cook a
variety of meats with an extendable arm. What better way to prepare for
barbecue season than some fast-paced grilling drills on your Wii system?
For a taste of the action, visit http://grilloff.nintendo.com.
WiiWare
WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase
Publisher: Nintendo
Players: 1-4
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) – Comic Mischief, Mild Cartoon Violence
Price: 800 Wii Points™
Description: The frantic fun of WarioWare is available for
the first time on the WiiWare service! WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase
shows off all the different elements found on the WarioWare: D.I.Y.
game for the Nintendo DS family of systems. The WiiWare software
includes microgames, music and four-panel comics – all with simple
controls using only the Wii Remote™ controller. Use the Game
Blender and its many modes to play microgames featuring Wario™,
ninjas, animals and even classic Nintendo franchises. Check out the
Music section to hear or play a selection of songs using a character
from Balloon Fight™. In addition to the bevy of
preloaded products, you can also receive content from friends, play with
products made using WarioWare: D.I.Y. or download games from the
NinSoft Store. Let your creativity run wild – even Wario would be
impressed with the possibilities for new content!
Diner Dash®
Publisher: Hudson Entertainment
Players: 1-4
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) – Use of Alcohol
Price: 1,000 Wii Points
Description: Diner Dash, a popular PC action-puzzle game,
has landed on the WiiWare service. Guide Flo, an office
worker-turned-restaurateur, as she builds up her empire over four unique
diners. Go online to face players in head-to-head. If you feel up to the
challenge, join up with a friend or another player online for a Team
Dash game where your team will take on six other players to see whose
diner is the best in town. (Broadband Internet access is required for
online play.) Players take direct control of Flo as she runs around to
seat patrons, take orders, deliver food, take payment and bus tables as
efficiently as possible within the time allowed. Players who are fond of
traditional control schemes may also use a point-and-click style with
hotkeys to aid Flo in her quest for customer satisfaction, which is
reflected in a heart meter that empties as customers lose patience. If
the meter empties completely, then the customer will leave the
restaurant.
Virtual Console
Ogre Battle® 64: Person of
Lordly Caliber™
Original platform: Nintendo 64™
Publisher: Square Enix
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: T (Teen) – Mild Language, Mild Violence
Price: 1,000 Wii Points
Description: Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber is a
tactical RPG originally released for the Nintendo 64™ system.
Featuring a gripping storyline with many possible endings, plus a
genre-defining character class system, this strategic epic has rightly
retained its place in the hearts of tactical RPG fans for more than a
decade. The game tells the story of Magnus Gallant, a recently graduated
officer of the Palatinean Army who is assigned to the troubled southern
region of his native land. There he witnesses the plight of the lower
classes – the victims of a tyrannical ruling elite whose only thought is
for the preservation of its own lofty status. With civil war brewing,
Magnus is faced with a terrible choice: to betray his own noble origins
in the name of liberty, or to turn a blind eye to the evils of his
rotten society.
Nintendo DSiWare
Disney Fireworks
Publisher: Disney Interactive Studios
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 800 Nintendo DSi Points
Description: Light up the night with Disney Fireworks!
Touch and flick to trigger a dazzling nighttime extravaganza of color
and fun. Aim rockets to their matching colors in the sky to set off an
explosion and score points. Time them perfectly to improve your Wow
Meter and unlock special surprises and rockets. Disney Fireworks
comes with five themed environments, original music, 15 challenging
levels for each world, high-score tracking and much more.
Save the Turtles
Publisher: Sabarasa
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) – Comic Mischief
Price: 500 Nintendo DSi Points
Description: Save the Turtles takes players to more than
32 of the world’s most exotic beaches in a quest to help tiny turtles
find their new home. Players must use the stylus to rub and tap the
touch screen of the Nintendo DSi system, digging eggs from the sand and
lining up cute reptiles while avoiding crabs, seagulls and litter on
their way to the safety of the sea. The game features four modes,
including a never-ending survival mode called Turtles Forever, plus
several unlockable trophies. Give Mother Nature a hand and help save the
turtles.
Nintendo DSi™ Metronome
Publisher: Nintendo
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 200 Nintendo DSi Points™
Description: The Nintendo DSi Metronome software can be
used to help keep tempo –when playing an instrument, for example. It
creates a rhythm by playing sounds based on beat and tempo settings,
both of which allow a wide range of adjustments. Choose from three
metronome designs (including one based on Nintendo’s Game & Watch™:
Ball title) and record your own sounds for the metronome to use. Or,
if you want to take a break, enjoy a unique minigame: Donkey Kong™
Metronome, in which you make sounds into the microphone to match the
beat and have Mario™ jump over Donkey Kong’s barrels.
Nintendo DSi Instrument Tuner
Publisher: Nintendo
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 200 Nintendo DSi Points
Description: The Nintendo DSi Instrument Tuner software
can be used to tune an instrument by aligning tonal pitches. The
software offers two methods of handling this: feeding sounds into the
microphone to measure the difference with a target pitch, or listening
to a sample tone. In addition, the standard musical pitch and notation
can be changed, as well as the design of the tuner (choose one of three
designs). If you’re feeling especially in tune, test your ear by taking
on the Tuner Fight minigame’s challenge: Pop balloons as they rise from
pipes by making tones that match the displayed pitches.
Super Yum Yum Puzzle Adventures
Publisher: Mastertronic
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) – Comic Mischief
Price: 800 Nintendo DSi Points
Description: Super Yum Yum Puzzle Adventures is a
multi-award-winning puzzle game starring a chameleon called Leon.
Featuring 48 levels across four worlds and exclusive Nintendo DSi
features, the game asks players to navigate many hours of mind-bending
game play while trying to rescue Leon’s babies from the belly of Ms. Tum
Tum. Leon must eat his way through fruity, fiendish puzzles, licking
fruit to change color and choosing the right combinations of fruit to
finish each level.
