Wii Shop Thread: ***FINAL FANTASY 3 IS OUT ON THE VC***

Yes. Back when Play-asia had one of their 20% off everything in stock sales. It's good but I still like the SFC controller more (for games that it works with).
 
This week, Europe got 1 VC game and 2 WiiWare games, Shadow Dancer: The Secret of the Shinobi - SEGA Genesis/800 Points, Stop Stress: A Day of Fury - WiiWare/800 Points, and Stunt Cars - WiiWare/800 Points.
 
[quote name='seanr1221']Anyone import the Classic Controller pro?[/QUOTE]

I picked one up several months ago. I love it.

Been playing Castlevania: Adventures ReBirth. Got to Death but he wasted me.
 
WiiWare™

Phoenix Wright™: Ace Attorney
Publisher: Capcom
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: T (Teen) - Blood, Language, Suggestive Themes, Violence
Price: 1,000 Wii Points™
Description: Meet Phoenix Wright, the rookie defense lawyer new to the scene with the wildest cross-examination skills in town. Take on four intriguing cases to reveal dramatic, stunning and even comical court proceedings. Use the Wii Remote controller to investigate the crime scenes, question witnesses and present shocking evidence.

Chronos Twins DX
Publisher: EnjoyUp Games
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E 10+ (Everyone 10 and Older) - Animated Blood, Mild Fantasy Violence
Price: 1,000 Wii Points
Description: Enter into the original world of Chronos Twins DX to live a fantastic adventure full of innovative ideas. Thanks to its Dual Gameplay game system, you'll be able to control Nec in two temporal scenarios at the same time. Chronos Twins DX mixes action, platforms, adventure and puzzles to challenge your intelligence and ability.

ShadowPlay
Publisher: Deep Fried Entertainment
Players: 1-2
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) - Alcohol Reference
Price: 800 Wii Points
Description: Welcome to ShadowPlay. Let your imagination run wild when light meets everyday objects to create fascinating shadows. Play and experiment, make a monster out of a pineapple, a dolphin out of a banana - the only limit is your imagination. ShadowPlay challenges players by transforming shadows into more than 100 exciting, unique puzzles. As more challenging puzzles are unlocked, players will have to find more creative ways to solve problems. You will never look at a slice of pizza the same way again! Winning a round will allow players to advance to the next level as well as score another item to use in the Free Play Mode, where you can unleash your imagination and create your own shadow art. Family and friends can also jump in to help tackle a puzzle at any time using Local Co-op Mode. ShadowPlay will provide tons of brain-racking fun for players of all ages. How do you ShadowPlay?

Nintendo DSiWare™

Touch Solitaire
Publisher: Nintendo
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 200 Nintendo DSi Points™
Description: Touch Solitaire features two of the most popular versions of the world-famous card game - Spider and Klondike - with simple touch-screen controls and an easy-to-understand interface. In Spider, the aim is to arrange cards in piles of a single suit from King down to Ace, thereby removing the pile from play. When all cards are removed, you win the game. The goal of Klondike is to arrange cards from Ace to King in piles, one for each suit, on the four foundations. You win when all cards have been moved to the foundations. Various difficulty levels are available for Spider and Klondike, allowing beginners or experts to enjoy the game at their own pace.

Jazzy Billiards
Publisher: Aksys Games
Players: 1-2
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 500 Nintendo DSi Points
Description: Challenge intelligent computers or even your friends to a traditional game of 9-ball while enjoying mind-soothing music with Jazzy Billiards. Take advantage of the intuitive stylus mechanic to aim and hit the cue ball with varying strength to sink the other balls. Defeat your opponents by being the first to sink the 9-ball. Jazzy Billiards' Stage Mode features nine different stages, each with an opponent of ascending difficulty. Find out how many computers you can defeat in a row with Challenge Mode, or challenge your friends to a game of 9-ball in Versus Mode.

Word Searcher
Publisher: Digital Leisure Inc.
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 500 Nintendo DSi Points
Description: You'll need a sharp eye and a quick mind to complete these 100 themed word search puzzles. Word Searcher contains fun words from multiple categories including anatomy, world cities and U.S. presidents. Packed with a huge assortment of subjects to choose from, there's sure to be a puzzle anyone will enjoy. Help improve your vocabulary, memory and problem-solving skills with these challenging puzzles. Keep track of, and try to beat, your own play-through times again and again as words are scrambled every time you play. Get your thinking cap on and conquer all 100 today.

Virtual Console™

Shanghai® II: Dragon's Eye
Original platform: Genesis
Publisher: SEGA
Players: 1-2
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 800 Wii Points
Description: The ancient pastime of mahjong solitaire is reinvented as an interactive video game where each tile you remove may be your last. Discover enchanting music, fun animation and exciting obstacles that are built in to this intriguing board game that will keep you engaged for hours. This classic title challenges you to clear the board by removing matching pairs of tiles. Play the traditional Shanghai® II or take the game to a new dimension with Dragon's Eye. Don't let the simple rules deceive you - the depth and intricacy of this challenge will become your new obsession very soon.
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I think ShadowPlay might be a game that lets you act out your own death, but I know no more.
 
Interesting Wiiware options. Excited that Phoenix Wright will now be available for folks that never played the DS originals. That series remains my favorite on the DS.
 
[quote name='pete5883']I think ShadowPlay might be a game that lets you act out your own death, but I know no more.[/QUOTE]

Shadowplay, as in making shadows on the wall. There is a gameplay video at nintendolife.com: http://wiiware.nintendolife.com/news/2010/01/shadows_come_out_to_play_next_monday

For 800 points this might be a good buy, but I don't know. A demo would help. Oh well.

Oh, and it uses the Wii Motion Plus. Requires it (EDIT: I think it requires it. It definitely supports it.)

[quote name='utopianmachine']Interesting Wiiware options. Excited that Phoenix Wright will now be available for folks that never played the DS originals. That series remains my favorite on the DS.[/QUOTE]

But I don't get why they are just porting the existing game. Why not make a new one? Probably anyone who would want to play the game already played the original and why would you want to play it again? There is no replay value.
 
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Is there any news on when Mega Man 10 releases? I can't imagine it will take that long to produce it.
 
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[quote name='RedvsBlue']Is there any news on when Megan Man 10 releases? I can't imagine it will take that long to produce it.[/QUOTE]

Recovering from a sex change operation takes time.
 
A fucking Mah Jong game? Really? Are we trying to see how few downloads a VC game can get in North America to justify an eventual stop to the service?

fuck you whale and fuck you dolphin.
 
Well I'm cool with the Phoenix Wrights coming to wiiware as I missed those and only have Apollo Justice. $10 is a nice price for these games too. Too bad I've already spent too much on games this month or I would be getting this today.
 
[quote name='RedvsBlue']Is there any news on when Mega Man 10 releases? I can't imagine it will take that long to produce it.[/QUOTE]


IIRC, it's due out in March.
 
[quote name='Halo05']A fucking Mah Jong game? Really? Are we trying to see how few downloads a VC game can get in North America to justify an eventual stop to the service?

fuck you whale and fuck you dolphin.[/QUOTE]

I seriously think so. It's one thing if you put it on Wiiware or DSI, but a Genesis Mah Jons game? Seriously what the fuck.
 
Max and the Magic Marker is scheduled for release in Europe on the 22nd, they have a demo of the game up on their official site. http://maxandthemagicmarker.com/demo/

Seems really fun to me, I am a sucker for these 2d sidescrollers that use the IR aiming on WiiWare. Hopefully it will come to NA shortly after Europe gets it, and I wont be waiting a long time.
 
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WiiWare™

Muscle March
Publisher: NBGI
Players: 1-4
ESRB Rating: E 10+ (Everyone 10 and Older) - Comic Mischief
Price: 500 Wii Points™
Description: Muscle March is a quirky Japanese action game stuffed full of macho bodybuilders. The all mighty protein powder has been stolen, so it's up to Tony and his muscle-bound crew to catch the thieves. Choose from a variety of perfectly molded superstars and bring these terrible villains to justice. As the thieves attempt escape, they will smash through walls while making a variety of poses. You must match these poses to fit through the holes and catch up to the thieves. The protein powder will be yours again! Flex your muscles by yourself or with up to three friends in turn-based macho excitement. Posing for a few minutes not enough? Enjoy Endless Rush mode until your muscles bulge and explode! Muscle March will also be the first WiiWare title to offer a polar bear in tight swimwear!

The Amazing Brain Train!
Publisher: Wahoo Studios
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 600 Wii Points
Description: All aboard! Power up your intellect and embark on an epic quest aboard The Amazing Brain Train! Fueled by your mental energy, Professor Fizzwizzle's Brain Train will take you on a brain-boosting adventure. Put your mighty mind to the test and see how far you can go.

Virtual Console™

Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi
Original platform: Genesis
Publisher: SEGA
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E 10+ (Everyone 10 and Older) - Fantasy Violence
Price: 800 Wii Points
Description: Easy to play, hard to master, Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi, first released in 1987, is the sequel to the original Shinobi arcade game, and is one of the only games in the Shinobi series to feature true arcade-style game play. Play as Joe Musashi, the master ninja known to his enemies only as "The Shinobi." This battle is not one you must fight alone, as this is the first game in the Shinobi series to feature your ninja attack dog, Yamoto, who will charge foes on command, leaving them open to a powerful drop kick. Use your mastery of ancient ninja technique to topple the crime syndicate - the Neo Zeed Corporation - and free the foreign dignitaries they have taken hostage in New York City. Good luck, and may the ninja spirits help guide you in your journey.
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The somewhat familiar recent trend of 1 VC title per week is lame, but good to see Muscle March finally come over.
 
I already have Shadow Dancer on at least one Genesis compilation so thanks but no thanks there but...

...at least I wouldn't have to go on the internet to figure out how to play it ala Shanghai II.

I'm calling it, I'll bitch about Shanghai II until the middle of February or we get Rondo of Blood, whichever comes first.
 
I saw the trailer for the game months ago.

1. I didn't realize the game is 5 bucks=instant buy for me. :D

2. Namco Bandai is publisher of the game. Which means maybe this could be a noby noby boy/katamari successor of these games in the sense of something original new for them.

3. Men in speedos with a polar in said clothing makes it instant win.
 
Wow! I can't believe they released Fast Draw Showdown! (yeah, I haven't bothered to check the thread for a couple weeks). I actually played that game for the first time in Dodge City, Kansas on a family vacation when I was like 14. Just downloaded it now and it is everything I remember...except now I don't have to burn quarters to enjoy it.

I think I'm having as much fun with this game as I did the first time I played Wii Bowling. No other game has really reproduced that initial feeling of excitement, but being able to shoot FMV characters in my living room blows my freaking mind. And you're damn right...I'm using my Perfect Shot, haha. :cool:

"I just shot my lawyer. It's been a pretty good day, so far..."
"How many times do I have to tell you? Put it back in the holster!"

Ah, takes me back. :)
 
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WiiWare

UNO
Publisher: Gameloft
Players: 1-6
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 1,000 Wii Points™
Description: Get ready to call "UNO" on your Wii™ system! The world-famous card game is faithfully reproduced for the Wii console with some exciting new rules. Thanks to a multiplayer mode (additional Wii Remote™ controllers required) that's playable on one Wii console or online via Nintendo® Wi-Fi Connection (broadband Internet access required), UNO has never been so fun and easy.

bittos+
Publisher: MACHINE
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 800 Wii Points
Description: The next big thing in casual gaming, bittos+ is all about rotating, moving and placing game pieces onto a game board to make squares and, more importantly, squares within squares. Playing bittos+ provides hours and hours of entertainment for the whole family, with boatloads of challenge and replay value for even the most avid gamer. With luscious environments, multiple modes to unlock, game styles to suit every mood, multiple real-time reactive control methods, in-game Awards to collect and high-score boards for the entire your household, bittos+ is a new game-play experience that will sweep you away.

"Aha! I Found It!" Hidden Object Game
Publisher: Ateam Inc.
Players: 1-4
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 500 Wii Points
Description: A hidden-object game for everyone has come to the WiiWare service. Try to find 12 particular items among a crowd of on-screen objects as fast as you can, from big fish to tiny earrings, easy-to-find items to well-hidden ones. Unlike most other hidden-object games, this one lets you play along with friends and family (additional Wii Remote controllers required) and compete to see who's best at finding the hidden objects in each stage. With 10 stages and more than 277 different items, there's plenty of searching fun to enjoy. Also, with items changing position each time you play, you can enjoy each stage again and again.

Virtual Console

Ghoul Patrol
Original platform: Super NES
Publisher: LucasArts
Players: 1-2
ESRB Rating: E10+ (Everyone 10 and Older) – Mild Fantasy Violence
Price: 800 Wii Points
Description: The main attractions at the library's Goblin exhibit have come to life! As the Ghoul Patrol, you'll go back in time and de-spook an encyclopedia of zombified historic dudes. Vaporize garbage-can ghosts and ninja spirits, rescue bug-eyed librarians and wigged-out pirates, dodge flying books and adolescent-eating plants, and ultimately put the beastly spirit back in the history books.[/quote]


Yay, Uno?
 
If they put out an online version of the card game Pit, with Wii Speak support (required, of course) and a virtual bell... now that would rock. :) UNO I don't get the love for. It's right up their with Shoots & Ladders as games I'd rather not play, but will for the sake of my kids. OK, it's not really as bad as Shoots & Ladders....
 
[quote name='Sir_Fragalot']Pretty meh week. What annoys me is UNO is $10 on Wiiware but 400 MS points on XBLA.[/QUOTE]

This is because UNO has been out on XBLA forever, is available for less than $5 if you pick up the right Arcade compilation disc, and there are a ton of free copies floating around thanks to all of the Vision Cam bundles. If they charged more than $5, nobody would pay for it.

The Wii version doesn't have ANY of that in its favor, so they can get away with that.
 
[quote name='ChibiJosh']No one cares about the ZAMN sequel? Lots of people were happy when the original came out. Is it a lot worse?[/QUOTE]

probably because hardly anyone had actually played the sequel
 
The youtube videos I watched looked pretty mediocre.

Bring on Rondo of Blood.

Also, hey Nintendo, screw you for that Mah Jong game from a few weeks back. fucking ridiculous.
 
This week, Europe got 1 VC game, and 1 WiiWare game, Street Fighter Alpha 2 - SNES/800 Points, and 530 Eco Shooter - WiiWare/1000 Points.
 
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