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Totally bought Shantae. I'm psyched to try it tonight. I can't believe I passed on the original several times at 15-30 only to see it absolutely skyrocket in price.

FYI, Zenonia on iOS appears to be just as limited sound wise. The sound effects are incredibly minimal on both platforms it would seem. Try playing it with the music off. You might as well be turning all the sound off.

I think I will download NyxQuest on Thursday or Friday. It seems like a good contrast to Metroid: Other M, which I'm loving, but which frequently kicks my ass. Good to cool off with a more relaxing game. Our Wii (all game systems) are offline for a few days, so can't download until then.

Well dang. I thought Final Fantasy Mystic Quest had come out here too, not just in Europe. I have fond memories of that game.

Did pick up Fatal Fury 3 though.

I found that I had 1200 points exactly on my DSi, so bought Shantae. Haven't had time to really delve into it yet. Will do so this weekend.

Sonic 4 is coming out on Monday. I'm trying to decide if I want to buy it on WiiWare or not. I've got points to spend, so probably.

Sonic 4 this week:

NINTENDO DOWNLOAD: NINTENDO GAME SYSTEMS SUDDENLY BESET BY KIWIS AND HEDGEHOGS Oct. 11, 2010 When the words "hedgehog" and "video game" show up in the same sentence, it's pretty clear which gaming superstar you're about to encounter. Sonic The Hedgehog™ 4 Episode I arrives on the WiiWare™ service this week, adding a fresh chapter to one of the most beloved series in all of gaming. Meanwhile, on the Nintendo DSiWare™ service, Ivy the Kiwi? Mini finds the flightless Ivy on a quest to find her mama, while Datamine and G.G. Series SUPER HERO OGRE challenge players to recover lost files and battle evil foes, respectively. Whichever games they choose to download, Wii™ and Nintendo DSi™ fans alike should prepare for elevated levels of fun. WiiWare Sonic The Hedgehog 4 Episode I Publisher: SEGA Players: 1 ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) - Comic Mischief Price: 1,500 Wii Points™ Description: The sequel fans have waited 16 years to experience is finally here! Featuring enhanced game-play elements such as the classic Sonic Spin Dash and the versatile Homing Attack, Sonic 4 picks up right where Sonic and Knuckles™ left off. With Eggman finally defeated, Sonic runs off to explore new zones and uncharted lands. Dr. Eggman, furious at the destruction of the Death Egg and the failure of his plans, puts all of his most devious schemes into action. In an effort to finally rid himself of Sonic, he revisits - and improves - the very best of his creations. Get ready for the next chapter in an epic 2D saga built for old and new fans alike. Triple Jumping Sports Publisher: The Code Monkeys Ltd. Players: 1-2 ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) Price: 500 Wii Points Description: Triple Jumping Sports is the most advanced recreational jumping game available for the WiiWare service, immersing players in the world of competitive jumping. Most events consist of activities that are traditionally derived from hunting and combat skills. Over time these practices have evolved into a variety of competitive sports that include Long Jump, High Jump and Pole Vault. As with real-life jumping events, players have full control over the speed, height, angle and distance. All of these will influence the success of the jump. Nintendo DSiWare Ivy the Kiwi? Mini Publisher: XSEED Games Players: 1 ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) - Comic Mischief Price: 500 Nintendo DSi Points™ Description: Ivy is on a search for her mother and she needs your help! Help guide Ivy by stretching vines and protecting her from treacherous terrain and mean animals that stand in her way. She's a bird, but she can't fly, and she's going to need all the help she can get if she's going to find her mother. Will Ivy find her mother? More than 50 stages provide loads of fun for the whole family. Datamine Publisher: Enjoy Gaming ltd. Players: 1 ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) Price: 500 Nintendo DSi Points Description: You are the safety inspector at the largest data storage facility in the world. Unfortunately, your laziness at work has led to the biggest cataclysm of the wireless age: the loss of all mankind's data. You have been chosen to embark on a dangerous journey to retrieve the lost data. Datamine is a great arcade-style action game where you control a robot and beam at data bubbles to split and catch them. Test your skills in 100 challenging levels. Grab equipment upgrades like speed boost, sticky shots and shields. Break encrypted data and fusion bubbles that multiply when they touch others. G.G. Series SUPER HERO OGRE Publisher: Genterprise, Inc. Players: 1 ESRB Rating: E10+ (Everyone 10 and Older) - Cartoon Violence Price: 200 Nintendo DSi Points Description: Charge up your Superhero Attacks and be a super-cool superhero. An evil army is on the march. Confront it and save the day in this superhero action game. Each time you defeat an enemy with a Hero Attack, your Hero Gauge goes up. Then, with simple button commands, you can use the charged-up Hero Gauge to unleash powerful Superhero Attacks on your foes. Continue to land Hero Attacks to keep the Hero Gauge charged and perform a devastating chain of Superhero Attacks. After you destroy the lesser enemies, a boss will appear. Defeat it to clear the level. 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 http://wii.com or http://nintendodsi.com.

Ivy the Kiwi? mini? Hm.

I did end up buying NyxQuest, and it is darn good. So, an oldy, but a goody. I'm about an hour into it or so. Probably going to buy Sonic 4, but I'll wait for my boys to have a video game day (Wednesday is next), and then we'll buy it together and try it out.

Is Ivy the Kiwi mini not the full game? I've never played any version of it. It sounded kind of interesting, but I'm not sure I want a gimped version... if it is gimped.

EDIT: oh, and Shantae is quite good too. At first I was stuck and getting frustrated, but then I noticed one of those jump pads *not* in the town. I thought they were saying those were only in the town. So I was running around for nothing. Once I realized that it got much better, needless to say.

Originally Posted by crunchewy Is Ivy the Kiwi mini not the full game? I've never played any version of it. It sounded kind of interesting, but I'm not sure I want a gimped version... if it is gimped.

From what I understand, the retail version has about 100 levels, versus the 50 in the DSiWare version. Could be worth it if you have any interest in the game.

Originally Posted by crunchewy EDIT: oh, and Shantae is quite good too. At first I was stuck and getting frustrated, but then I noticed one of those jump pads *not* in the town. I thought they were saying those were only in the town. So I was running around for nothing. Once I realized that it got much better, needless to say.

Is the L button used in Shantae?

Originally Posted by pete5883 Is the L button used in Shantae?

It does a backdash move. See also: Alucard in Symphony of the Night, and probably some of the GBA/DS Castlevanias.

Originally Posted by pete5883 Is the L button used in Shantae?

Yes. It performs an evasive move.

Did anyone pick up Sonic 4? Any good?

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=410217
An update is available for Cave Story to fix the music and other stuff.

Some changes I've noticed: - Menu screen cleaned up: No longer "glitchy rotating selection" and instead a more tradtional 2D layout as expected. - Extra Modes are now locked untill conditions fullfilled. - Remixed music significantly improved. (Drumbeats make a huge difference!) - Sound mixing fixed. Raining EXP drops are no longer deafening to the ears. - Map screen no longer covers the entire screen with black. Instead it overlays the map on top of the play. - Script: "Examinate further" has been corrected to "Examine further" - Game now supports the GameCube Controller. Will probably edit this to inform you of other changes. I accidentaly deleted my save game because I thought it prompted me to deleted it, turns out it was prompting me to delete the old channel. If you saved the channel on an SD card, you must remove the channel and then redownload to it. Otherwise for you folk who like to keep Cave Story in your Wii's drive, just update as usual.

Well I bought Sonic 4 today and I must say this is a big letdown. My biggest problem with this game is they didn't think about how to make new and exciting level's but more so take what we did make and make it different.

Let me explain, the levels are clear ripoff's of classic sonic levels. For example, there is Splash Hill which is a Green Hills Zone ripoff, Casino Street which is a clear Casino Night Ripoff, Lost Labyrinth. Seriously are they even trying? Especially when a lot of these graphics were just stolen from the genesis game but made in HD.

Now the actual level design is the best level design for a 2D sonic since sonic 3 and knuckles. It's just a shame they decided to just re work old level ideas instead of make fresh new ones.

Originally Posted by Cao Cao http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=410217 An update is available for Cave Story to fix the music and other stuff.

Awesome, off to buy it later today. Big ups to the developers (developer?) for fixing it.

For anyone interested in messing with Ivy the Kiwi, you can download a demo through the Wii. I messed with it for one level and had enough. Ugh.

We also picked up Sonic 4, and while at first I was pretty disappointed, that was only when I just watched my son playing Casino Street Act 2. I finally started my own playthrough tonight and I'm really enjoying it. The levels seem well designed and are fun to play, and it looks quite good. I've played through the first two acts and their bosses, though only with 1 emerald, and am having fun with it. It's probably overpriced, but I'm looking forward to completing it and to seeing what they do with episode 2.

Great to hear about the Cave Story update. Now I'll have to pick that up, but I'll wait until I've finished Sonic 4 and NyxQuest.

Netflix App now available:


NETFLIX NOW AVAILABLE AS A DOWNLOAD FROM THE WII SHOP CHANNEL

Watching Movies and TV Shows Streamed Instantly from Netflix is Now Just a Click Away

REDMOND, Wash., Oct. 18, 2010 - Beginning today, Netflix members in the United States and Canada can stream content through their Wii™ consoles with Netflix installed on their Wii Menu. The Netflix disc that was used for instant streaming on the Wii console will no longer be required. Netflix members who have a plan starting at $8.99 a month ($7.99 in Canada), a Wii console and a broadband Internet connection can now instantly watch movies and TV shows streamed directly to their TVs by simply downloading Netflix from the Wii Shop Channel. This new channel is available at no extra cost. The new disc-free option installs Netflix on the Wii Menu, making it convenient for Wii owners to quickly access streaming movies and TV shows.

"At this time of year, consumers have a near-insatiable demand for family entertainment," said Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime. "And this simplified Netflix access will help bring families together more quickly, more easily and in more ways than ever before. More than 3 million Wii systems have already connected to Netflix, demonstrating how easy the service is to set up and use."

"Wii is a consummate home entertainment platform and has quickly become one of the best and most popular ways to enjoy movies streamed from Netflix," said Reed Hastings, co-founder and CEO of Netflix. "The availability of Netflix right on the Wii Menu adds significantly to the ease and convenience that attracts our members to the Netflix streaming experience and is an important step in our efforts to continuously improve the service."

Wii offers consumers the most fun right out of the box. Precision motion controls, online access and great games are all included at no extra charge. For a suggested retail price of just $199.99 ($209.99 in Canada), Wii owners get:

The Wii console, Wii Sports™, Wii Sports Resort™, a Wii Remote™ controller, a Wii MotionPlus™ accessory and a Nunchuk™ controller

Access* to hundreds of downloadable games in the Wii Shop Channel, including original games like World of Goo and classic games from the NES™, Super NES™ and Nintendo 64™ eras

Access* to a variety of entertainment and informational channels, including the Nintendo® Channel, which provides information about current and upcoming Wii and Nintendo DS™ games

Access* to streaming Netflix movies and TV shows
The Netflix service has been available on the Wii console in the United States since April 12, 2010, and in Canada since Sept. 22, 2010. For more information about how to stream Netflix through a Wii console, visit http://www.netflix.com/wii or http://www.netflix.ca/wii.

Remember that Wii and Netflix feature parental controls that let adults manage the content their children can access. For more information about this and other features, visit http://wii.com and http://www.netflix.com.

* Broadband Internet connection required. Netflix streaming requires Netflix subscription.

About Nintendo: The worldwide pioneer in the creation of interactive entertainment, Nintendo Co., Ltd., of Kyoto, Japan, manufactures and markets hardware and software for its Wii™ home console and Nintendo DS™ family of portable systems. Since 1983, when it launched the Nintendo Entertainment System™, Nintendo has sold more than 3.4 billion video games and more than 565 million hardware units globally, including the current-generation Wii, Nintendo DS, Nintendo DSi™ and Nintendo DSi XL™, as well as the Game Boy™, Game Boy Advance, Super NES™, Nintendo 64™ and Nintendo GameCube™ systems. It has also created industry icons that have become well-known, household names such as Mario™, Donkey Kong™, Metroid™, Zelda™ and Pokémon™. A wholly owned subsidiary, Nintendo of America Inc., based in Redmond, Wash., serves as headquarters for Nintendo’s operations in the Western Hemisphere. For more information about Nintendo, please visit the company’s website at http://www.nintendo.com.

Games:
Virtual Console - Final Fantasy Mystic Quest (800 points, SNES)
WiiWare - ThruSpace (800), Happy Holidays Halloween (500)
DSiWare - Snapdots (500), Armada (500), Academy Tic-Tac-Toe (200), Music On: Playing Piano (200)

Yay Mystic Quest!

Oh Netflix App, you so crazy and I love you. I might get Mystic Quest out of sheer morbid curiosity. Rented it once back in the day and don't remember anything else, and ran across one of those AVGN-like articles not long ago where the general consensus is that the game is terrible but the music is awesome.