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

WiiWare

Bit Boy!!
Publisher: Bplus
Players: 1-2
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 600 Wii Points
Description: Get ready for the most spectacular journey through time in the history of video games!! Accompany Bit Boy Kubi through a crazy pixellated adventure and battle hordes of nasty monsters in 4-bit dungeons, 8-bit caves, 16-bit strongholds, 32-bit labyrinths, 64-bit arenas and 128-bit worlds!! Rescue Kubi's friends!! Set off in the ultimate pursuit of fruits and high scores!! Grab a friend for even more fun in Cooperative mode!! The Wii Remote is your joystick – let the arcade adventure begin!!

Incoming!
Publisher: JV Games Inc.
Players: 1-2
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) – Mild Cartoon Violence
Price: 500 Wii Points
Description: The goal of Incoming! is to defeat your opponents by destroying their tanks using the arsenal you have at your disposal. Advanced arsenals become available at different levels of the game. Incoming! is great fun for two people to play competitively. Can you defeat your opponent's tanks before they conquer yours? Collect power-ups to give your arsenal that tactical advantage. Your firing must be quick and your aim true to claim victory.

Ant Nation
Publisher: Konami Digital Entertainment
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E 10 + (Everyone 10 and Older) – Mild Violence
Price: 700 Wii Points™
Description: The beloved childhood pastime of lazy Sundays spent with a magnifying glass and an ant farm finally arrives in its most mischievous form via the WiiWare service. You must train your colony of Super Ants using a devilishly fun toolset. Zap, torch and manipulate your ants to make them numerous enough and tough enough to survive a variety of increasingly difficult challenges.
• Zap your ants with lasers, fry them with your trusty magnifying glass, send down lightning and much more to build them to be the strongest Ants on the block.
• Send your ants into war against local bullies like spiders and ladybugs. Is your colony ready for the fight?
• 100 missions keep you busy facing a smorgasbord of fun and wacky tasks.
• Bonus mode features 20 additional challenges that allow you to get crazy with all your favorite weapons of ant destruction.
• Use your Wii Remote™ controller to drop a virtual hammer on your ants, use your Wii Remote like a metal detector to find in-game gold and much more.

Virtual Console

Secret Command™
Original platform: SEGA Master System
Publisher: SEGA
Players: 1-2
ESRB Rating: E 10+ (Everyone 10 and Older) – Mild Violence
Price: 600 Wii Points
Description: Play as a lone warrior, armed to the teeth, sent on a top-secret commando mission behind enemy lines to liberate your comrades at arms. Released on the SEGA Master System in Europe as Secret Command, players will battle frenzied attacks from enemy soldiers, rocket troops, tanks and other enemies doing everything they can to stop you from saving the hostages. Use your trusty machine gun and a compound bow, equipped with explosive-tipped arrows, to pave the way to victory. Let nothing stand in your path. Play it with a friend in two-player mode for double the fire power.

Pulseman™
Original platform: SEGA Genesis
Publisher: GAME FREAK
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) – Animated Violence
Price: 900 Wii Points
Description: When noted 21st-century scientist Doc Yoshimaya fell in love with one of his C-Life artificial-intelligence creations, he uploaded himself into his computer, where her program core merged with his DNA, and half-human/half-C-Life Pulseman was born. Doc Yoshimaya's mind twisted as he emerged back into real life, and he became evil Doc Waruyama. Use Pulseman's ability to harness electricity as a weapon with his Volteccer attack as a means of rapid transport to fight Waruyama's Galaxy Gang across seven crazy stages. Find out why this SEGA Channel classic was widely regarded as one of the best-looking games for SEGA's MEGA DRIVE (Genesis) on release.

Nintendo DSiWare

Brain Challenge®
Publisher: Gameloft
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) – Mild Cartoon Violence
Price: 800 Nintendo DSi Points™
Description: Just like your body, your brain needs exercise to stay in shape. Brain Challenge is a simple, entertaining solution for stimulating your neurons that goes way beyond logic tests. Thanks to a complete range of 48 mini-games, Brain Challenge provides an exceptional variety of exercises. Not only can you train your brain for Math but also for four other categories: Logic, Focus, Memory and Visual. Plus an original Stress Mode, featuring multitasking and authority challenges, Plus, you can now personalize your profile and some exercises with your own photos.
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Looks like they're still keeping up the pace with Wiiware...
 
[quote name='snipegod']Bit Boy seems like an interesting concept with the changing graphics of past systems ... anyone have any opinions?[/QUOTE]

http://wiiware.nintendolife.com/reviews/2009/07/bit_boy
http://www.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk/article.php?id=9839

Reviews so far have been negative. They say that while it's an interesting concept, it is not executed well. I suggest waiting for reviews on Ant Nation, something that I haven't heard of before, so it may be worth looking out for impressions of it. If neither of those pan out, Pulseman was a well-known import side-scroller for the Genesis, created by GameFreak before they moved on to Pokemon.

EDIT: First Incoming! review up:
http://wiiware.nintendolife.com/reviews/2009/07/incoming
 
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I found out about Ant Nation's overall concept from a GameSpot preview:
http://www.gamespot.com/wii/action/antnation/news.html?sid=6207857&mode=previews

Essentially it's a combination of a pet sim and a Pikmin-style RTS. You are a human in charge of an ant colony, and it's your job to make your colony the strongest around. You do this by... torturing them to the brink of death... to make them stronger (And using candy to help them regain their strength). The standard ant torture tools are available to you, including, among others, a flame thrower, rocket launcher, earthquake, and a laser. You can then start missions that will generate enemies like spiders and ladybugs for your ants to fight.
 
This week, Europe got 2 VC games, and 1 WiiWare game, Smash Table Tennis - NES/600 Points, M.U.S.H.A. - SEGA Genesis/900 Points, and Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a Darklord - WiiWare/1000 Points.
 
NINTENDO DOWNLOAD: ART, CARDS AND CRYSTALS HAVE GAMERS SEEING SPOTS


July 20, 2009
Looking for a big name to bolster your downloading agenda this week? We've got two words for you: FINAL FANTASY®. The latest additions to the ever-growing WiiWare™ game library include the new FINAL FANTASY CRYSTAL CHRONICLES®: My Life as a Darklord™, plus a fast-paced poker title and a brain-teasing party game that everyone in the household can enjoy. Also this week, the Nintendo DSiWare™ service welcomes a slick new installment in the Art Style™ series, mixing extraordinary sounds and visuals to create a captivating puzzle game.

WiiWare

FINAL FANTASY CRYSTAL CHRONICLES: My Life as a Darklord
Publisher: SQUARE ENIX
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E10+ (Everyone 10 and Older) - Mild Fantasy Violence, Mild Suggestive Themes
Price: 1,000 Wii Points™
Description: Step into the royal shoes of the Darklord's daughter as she installs traps and monsters inside her tower to fight back the endless waves of invading adventurers in this world-conquest RPG. Known as Artifacts, these monsters and traps are your only hope in keeping the adventurers from destroying the Dark Crystal on the top floor. Fly your tower across the land and conquer every stage on your way to dominating the entire world.

Battle Poker
Publisher: Left Field Productions
Players: 1-4
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 800 Wii Points
Description: Battle Poker is a family-friendly card game with up to four players battling against the clock to make the best five-card hand possible. Battles are played across multiple rounds, and points are scored for each round based on the quality of the hand. Each player uses a Wii Remote™ controller to point and click on a standard deck of cards on the screen. The first click flips the card over, at which point it can be grabbed by anyone else. You've got to have fast fingers and eyes to grab the cards you need before someone else snatches them.

5 Spots Party
Publisher: Cosmonaut Games
Players: 1-4
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 500 Wii Points
Description: Have fun with the entire family and compete in three different play modes. 5 Spots Party is a game of skill for all ages based on the popular game of finding five differences. The goal is to find the greatest number of differences in the pictures shown. In the party modes, you must compete with other players and find as many mistakes as possible. In the 1-Player mode, you must find the differences before time runs out in order to beat the game's highest scores. How far do you think you can go?

Nintendo DSiWare

Art Style: ZENGAGE™
Publisher: Nintendo
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 500 Nintendo DSi Points™
Description: Do you dream of relaxing with a great puzzle game? Art Style: ZENGAGE revolves around sliding cells (squares) to match colors with cores (beads) located on the board. Clear each stage by matching all of the cores and cells. As you progress through the game's 100-plus stages, you'll encounter cells with special characteristics, such as immovability, which further add to the challenge. To truly master ZENGAGE, you must keep your mind sharp and employ careful strategy to complete stages in as few moves as possible. Combining wistful graphics and mesmerizing sound, ZENGAGE creates a surreal world that should be experienced by all puzzle gaming fans.

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 Wii.com or NintendoDSi.com.
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No VC wtf
 
Having just finally played and finished My Life as a King a couple weeks ago, I'm really on the fence about My Life as a Darklord. Is it basically the same thing, only on the side of the baddie? I'm not sure I can take another 15 hours of running around my town talking to everyone over and over again.
 
No, think of it as a MLAAK in name only. Instead of a city, you have a tower to defend, so it's more like a type of tower defense game. You build floors and set traps/enemies to defeat the entering adventurers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cSdNDb41Vg

I think it may be time for me to start using up some of my stored points. I'm behind a few Art Style games, and I really want to try MLAADL.
 
Thanks a LOT for the video link, BlueLobstah. I think this is good enough for me to download. I'm really glad Square-Enix didn't go the lazy route and just make this a rehash of My Life as a King.
 
This week, Europe got 2 VC games and 2 WiiWare games, Kirby's Dream Land 3 - SNES/900 Points, Detana!! TwinBee -TurboGrafx-16/700 Points, ColorZ - WiiWare/700 Points, and Heracles Chariot Racing - WiiWare/800 Points.
 
Just got in on that 1200 Wii Points for $8 deal, and had 100 points left over, so that brings me to 1300. Any suggestions on what to buy?
 
Tales of Monkey Island this week. No VC again.
NINTENDO DOWNLOAD: MONKEY ISLAND AND MUSKETEERS, CARD GAMES AND SUDOKU

July 27, 2009

Three WiiWare™ games anchor this week's Nintendo Download. Gamers can buckle their swashes with both the first installment of a five-part Tales of Monkey Island series and a Three Musketeers platform adventure. Meanwhile, fans of card games will enjoy a half dozen classic options in HB Arcade Cards. On the Nintendo DSiWare™ side, beginners can learn the basics of sudoku with Sudoku Student.

WiiWare

Tales of Monkey Island: Chapter 1
Publisher: Telltale Games
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E10+ (Everyone 10 and Older) - Alcohol Reference, Comic Mischief, Mild Language, Mild Suggestive Themes
Price: 1,000 Wii Points™
Description: Join Guybrush Threepwood, Mighty Pirate, in this first chapter of an epic five-part saga, filled with humor, romance and piratey swashbuckling. When a showdown with the demon pirate LeChuck goes up in flames, Guybrush gets marooned on a strange island. How will he escape? Where is Guybrush's beloved wife, Elaine? And what's up with the voodoo pox spreading through the isles? Jump into Tales of Monkey Island today to find out!

The Three Musketeers: One for All!
Publisher: Legendo Entertainment
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) - Cartoon Violence
Price: 900 Wii Points
Description: The Three Musketeers have been imprisoned by the treacherous Count Xavier and his sinister lieutenant, Count Orsini! Well, almost - take on the role of Porthos, famed member of the Musketeers, to save the day in this swashbuckling platform adventure inspired by the classic novel. Swing the Wii Remote™ to launch blistering sword attacks on your foes, avoid fiendish traps and discover hidden collectables. Packed with frenetic fencing, heroic leaps and fun puzzles, this is one adventure no aspiring hero will want to miss.

HB Arcade Cards
Publisher: HB Studios Multimedia
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 500 Wii Points
Description: HB Arcade Cards is a great collection of fun and easy-to-play card games. The collection of games included in this title includes: Rummy, Hearts, Euchre, Canasta, Cribbage and the always-classic Solitaire. Each game comes with an interactive tutorial to show you the rules and basic game play. You'll need to be clever to outsmart your opponents, and you can even team up with a computer partner to play Euchre and Cribbage. You can play HB Arcade Cards using a Mii™ character from your Wii™ console, or play with one of our four new characters. HB Arcade Cards has lots of style and flare, and will keep you coming back for more. Remember, it's never the same game twice.

Nintendo DSiWare

Sudoku Student
Publisher: Hudson Entertainment
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 200 Nintendo DSi Points™
Description: Sudoku Student brings you the first Nintendo DSiWare sudoku experience with all the features you'd expect. For "students" of sudoku who are just getting their feet wet, Sudoku Student comes with a full tutorial. Once you've completed the tutorial, jump into simple and easy-going sudoku puzzles. Designed for entry- to beginner-level players, you'll find just the right amount of challenge to keep you hooked.

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 Wii.com or NintendoDSi.com.
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So 2 weeks in a row now with nothing new for the Virtual Console, is it fair to say that Nintendo is abandoning the concept, or at the very least rethinking their strategy. It really doesn't make much sense to me that Nintendo never really got behind this concept fully, there's only maybe a dozen or so must-have games that got put out, but other than that it's been nothing more than a steady stream of crap every seek for almost 2 years now. Who in their right mind thought it made sense to release Sega Genesis games for 7 dollars each when you can buy the whole damn collection on PS2 for 10? Or that people would be willing to pay 5 dollars for Commodore 64 games or crap first-gen NES ties? It just angers me that there is an almost endless amount of classics that Nintendo and their third party licensees have in their archives which may never see the light of day again. It seems to me like this would be an instant money maker for Nintendo, but I guess not...
 
Arg....

Tales is 1000 per chapter??? and there is like 6 chapters right? so a $60 title?

CRAP

glad I'm reaping pepsi caps but geez it's going to drain me just on this series.

Think they will release stamped disc that contains all the chapters?
 
[quote name='EXStrike']Five chapters.[/QUOTE] Ah, corrected, ok so only $50.

They were going to release a DVD for the PC side, I doubt they would for a Wii.

Guess more points to save up.
 
So...that's it? No more Virtual Console? Guess I don't need to worry about stocking up Pepsi codes for downloading stuff for my Wii. Probably shouldn't get my hopes up for Game Boy titles appearing on the DS, either.

Monkey Island is probably fantastic, but I have to decide whether I want to go Wii or PC with the new series.

[quote name='crunchewy']Is it certain that each chapter will be 1000 points?[/QUOTE]

All five chapters of the Strongbad game were 1000 points, so I don't see why this would be any different.
 
While I wish there would be more focus on VC, I'm sure a lot of folk are happy to see a decent selection of WiiWare titles each week. I'm not one of them, but I'd imagine WiiWare makes them more money as well.
 
[quote name='Gothic Walrus']So...that's it? No more Virtual Console? Guess I don't need to worry about stocking up Pepsi codes for downloading stuff for my Wii. Probably shouldn't get my hopes up for Game Boy titles appearing on the DS, either.

Monkey Island is probably fantastic, but I have to decide whether I want to go Wii or PC with the new series.[/QUOTE]
Just wait for the season to finish and buy it on PC for $20-$30.
 
[quote name='Ryukahn']While I wish there would be more focus on VC, I'm sure a lot of folk are happy to see a decent selection of WiiWare titles each week. I'm not one of them, but I'd imagine WiiWare makes them more money as well.[/QUOTE]

Maybe, but considering that the WiiWare games have development fees attached to them that VC games do not, that may not be the case.
 
I need to look into these pepsi caps. Our vending machines don't seem to have any Pepsi promo about Wii Points and the (Diet) Pepsi I bought at the grocery store didn't seem to have any such promo either.

Speaking of the VC (which I really doubt is dead), I finally bought Lords of Thunder. Fun game, though I suck at horizontal scrolling shooters. It's a good game if you like this sort of thing, though it does take up a lot of space being, originally, a CD game.
 
[quote name='Jmclark']Quick question. Should I get Bit. Trip Beat or Bit. Trip Core?[/QUOTE]

I'd start with Bit Trip Beat. Core is harder, both in terms of gameplay and control.
 
[quote name='blandstalker']I'd start with Bit Trip Beat. Core is harder, both in terms of gameplay and control.[/QUOTE]

Okay, I'll probably pick that up.

After getting Bit. Trip Beat, I'll have 900 points left over, so any suggestions on what I should get? I'm looking at Water Warfare since another forum I go to is going to have a night of playing that once a week, but any other suggestions?
 
This week, Europe got 3 WiiWare games (and like America, no VC games), Driift Mania - WiiWare/800 Points, Tales of Monkey Island - Chapter 1: Launch of the Screaming Narwhal - WiiWare/1000 Points, and The Three Musketeers: One for All - WiiWare/900 Points.
 
The Japanese VC titles for August were announced (GAF):
http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/vc/lineup.html

Next Week in Japan:
Final Fantasy IV (Super Famicom)
PePen ga Pengo (MegaDrive)
Cosmo Gang The Video (Arcade)
Pac-Mania (Arcade)

Rest of the Month:
Ike Ike Nekketsu Hockey Bu (Famicom; Kunio-kun title)
Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure (MegaDrive)
 
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The PR for Monday (Overturn is a notable for Wiiware and VC returns this week with Tecmo Bowl for the Arcade):
NINTENDO DOWNLOAD: GRIDIRON ACTION, ART STYLE ANTICS, ROBOT BATTLES AND SEDUCTIVE BETS

Aug. 3, 2009

The onset of August means summer is winding down, but the downloadable action at the Wii™ Shop Channel and Nintendo DSi Shop™ just keeps on heating up. Two new WiiWare™ offerings deliver futuristic robot foes and sultry poker opponents, respectively. On the Virtual Console™, there's great news for football fans as the arcade classic TECMO BOWL™ makes its way to the Wii system. And on Nintendo DSiWare™, you'll find a fresh addition to the eye-pleasing, mind-bending Art Style™ game series.

WiiWare

OVERTURN
Publisher: Studio Zan Inc.
Players: 1-4
ESRB Rating: E10+ (Everyone 10 and Older) - Fantasy Violence
Price: 800 Wii Points™
Description: OVERTURN is a futuristic robot-versus-robot fighting game. Choose from eight different robots to pilot and master, using various close-range and long-range weapons to blast away enemies in six single-player tournaments. Unlock secret modes and up to 12 new weapons. Customize your robot's color and weapons to prepare for your next battle. Then take the action online to play in a two-player Versus battle or a four-player Battle Royale match. Search the world for Friends or other players who are online and ready for battle. Players with the optional Wii Balance Board™ can use it to control their robots by shifting their weight.

Sexy Poker™
Publisher: Gameloft
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: M (Mature) - Simulated Gambling, Suggestive Themes
Price: 500 Wii Points
Description: Get your pulse racing with a game of strip poker against a selection of six lovely manga-style women who may wind up in nothing but swimsuits or underwear when the final hand is dealt. Choose the classic Texas Hold'em Poker to be thrilled as the bets increase, or try the Black Jack game for a mix of chance and strategy. Discover the girls' personalities: they'll bluff you! Enter the photo gallery to see the pictures you've unlocked by playing and winning. If you're good enough, Emi, Sakura and their seductive girlfriends will bet their clothes to stay in the game.

Virtual Console

TECMO BOWL
Publisher: Tecmo
Players: 1-4
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 600 Wii Points
Description: Released in 1987, the football game that took America by storm is back. This arcade version required a custom-made dual-screen cabinet and was popular for its large characters and intense graphics. The game is filled with great action as players take control of receivers and running backs, quickly moving the controller to break a tackle. Play alone or with up to four players in a two-on-two match. Experience the best moments of both competitive and cooperative play, finding holes in your opponent's defense, then savor the thrill of receiving a pass thrown by your teammate. In addition, game options such as play time, team division and difficulty level can be adjusted.

Nintendo DSiWare

Art Style: precipice™
Publisher: Nintendo
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) - Comic Mischief
Price: 500 Nintendo DSi Points™
Description: The sky is falling in the form of cubes in the action-oriented Art Style: precipice. Watch for the telltale shadow to avoid seeing your character get crushed by a falling cube while climbing the stacked cubes to ascend to the floors above. Push, pull or shove cubes to make your climb easier. Try to gain extra points by stepping on five cubes in a row on the same floor. In addition, you'll encounter special cubes that can either be helpful or harmful to your effort. Choose from either TEN FLOORS mode, which challenges you to reach the tenth floor while scoring as many points as possible, or TOWER mode, which gives you the chance to climb as high as you can. Do you have what it takes to make it to the top, or will you be crushed?

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 Wii.com or NintendoDSi.com.
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