Today's Special Archives: December 2009

News Archives Index Close out 2009 With Vamps, Rabbids, and Pilots [ Nintendo ] WiiWare Castlevania The Adventure ReBirth Publisher: Konami Digital Entertainment Players: 1 ESRB Rating: T (Teen) - Animated Blood, Fantasy Violence Price: 1,000 Wii Points Description: Another 100 years have passed since the death of Count Dracula, but his curse has emerged once again within the realms of Transylvania. Play the role of the ultimate gothic hero from the long lineage of vampire hunters, the Belmont clan, and rid the universe of Dracula's legion of darkness and doom. Based on the classic 1989 original Castlevania: The Adventure, this WiiWare version will allow players of a new generation - and older fans - to experience one of the most popular games within the storied Castlevania timeline from a new perspective. Eat! Fat! FIGHT! Publisher: TECMO Players: 1-2 ESRB Rating: E10 (Everyone 10 and Older) - Cartoon Violence, Comic Mischief Price: 1,000 Wii Points Description: Forget about being healthy. Here's a game that celebrates eating, getting fat and fighting. Hold the Wii Remote controller horizontally and tilt it left, right, up or down to perform all kinds of lifts and throws just like in real sumo. There are also hidden moves like suplexes and scrapbusters thrown in for fun. Use all the moves you learn in tournaments around the world to reach the peak of sumo and become a yokozuna. In ONE PLAYER mode, play eating or sparring mini-games to make your wrestler stronger and change his look. You can also use your own Mii character's face on your wrestler. In TWO PLAYER mode, take on another person using default wrestlers or the wrestlers that you have created. (Additional accessories are required for two-player mode and are sold separately.) Chow down, bulk up and fight on to become the strongest sumo wrestler ever. RABBIDS LAB Publisher: Ubisoft Players: 1 ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) - Cartoon Violence Price: 500 Wii Points Description: A raving Rabbid is stuck inside the Wii Remote controller. Come play with him. First, try interacting with him by moving the Wii Remote or pressing the buttons and seeing how much he loves it. Once you've gotten to know the crazy guy, it's time to change his appearance in the Lab. Mess with his head and place seasonal accessories on him, or change his look entirely with the painting module. When you've made your raving Rabbid completely unique, you can take a photo and send it in a Wii message to show your Wii Friends (broadband Internet connection required). The Magic Obelisk Publisher: GAME ARTS Co., Ltd. Players: 1 ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) - Comic Mischief Price: 500 Wii Points Description: The Magic Obelisk is an action-adventure game in which you become Popo, a light spirit. Your mission is to guide Lukus, a tree spirit, to each stage's goal while moving only within the shadow. You can help him do this by shining your light near the mysterious magic obelisks, allowing you to create and connect shadows to solve tricks and gimmicks along the way. Join Lukus as he travels through a light-filled realm filled with quirky creatures and spirits, trying to find the perfect spot to become a tree. Experience meaningful encounters and partings, climb hills, cross rivers and traverse a vast desert on your way to the very edge of the world. Virtual Console PilotWings Original platform: Super NES Publisher: Nintendo Players: 1 ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) - Mild Violence Price: 800 Wii Points Description: Join the Flight Club to take to the skies and experience a variety of aerial activities. Take off and pilot a biplane through rings along a predetermined flight path, or drift serenely in a hang glider, catching thermal currents to gain altitude. In either case, just be sure to stick the landing. Looking for more speed? Strap on the rocket belt to blast your way around an obstacle course. If that's not enough, reach maximum velocity as you tackle a skydiving lesson at 3,800 feet. Complete specific objectives within a set time limit to score points (and maybe even a bonus chance) and obtain certification in eight different lessons. Your goals will become more challenging, and weather conditions will make controlling your vehicle more difficult as you progress. If you succeed, you will be rewarded with the opportunity to pilot an attack helicopter on a daring rescue mission. It's time to earn your wings. Nintendo DSiWare The Oregon Trail Publisher: Gameloft Players: 1 ESRB Rating: E10 (Everyone 10 and Older) - Comic Mischief, Mild Cartoon Violence, Use of Tobacco Price: 800 Nintendo DSi Points Description: Westward, ho! Your favorite pioneering adventure game takes you on an exciting, historic, side-scrolling adventure with your Nintendo DSi system. Take the Oregon Trail experience further than ever before with all of the decision-making and problem-solving fun of the original game plus additional challenges. Leave your mark on America's history. Take a picture of yourself at each landmark with the Nintendo DSi system's built-in camera. You'll have your portrait and party's name printed in the Daily Oregon Trail newspaper in the game. Play eight skill-based mini-games that will impact your resources: Hunting, Fishing, River Crossing, Rafting, Wagon Repairing, Telegraph, Berry Picking and Gold Panning. Random events faced by real pioneers - such as disease, bandits and hitchhikers - and side missions add more excitement to your westward trek. SUDOKU SENSEI Publisher: Hudson Entertainment Players: 1 ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) Price: 500 Nintendo DSi Points Description: Introducing 100 “Super Hard Puzzles” for the hardened sudoku veteran. All puzzles are skillfully designed for a level of satisfaction that computer-generated puzzles just can't offer. You can play through puzzles to learn about rules and controls in Tutorials mode. Other handy features include Write Mode and Temp Number for an easier, more enjoyable sudoku experience. Glow Artisan Publisher: Powerhead Games Players: 1-2 ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) Price: 500 Nintendo DSi Points Description: Solve mind-bending puzzles in this unique and colorful game. Use your wits and ingenuity to solve more than 100 puzzles and earn more than 300 medals. Play Time Trial, Randomizer and Multiplayer modes for an endless supply of new challenges. Create new puzzles with the built-in editor or use the Nintendo DSi Camera application to turn your photos into puzzles. Master of Illusion Express: Psychic Camera Publisher: Nintendo Players: 1 ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) Price: 200 Nintendo DSi Points Description: Master of Illusion Express titles include mind-boggling magic tricks that you perform with your Nintendo DSi system. Learn the illusions, practice them and amaze your friends. Your audience will never look at your Nintendo DSi system the same way again after Master of Illusion Express: Psychic Camera proves that it has psychic powers. Astound others by taking their picture and revealing an item (such as a card, picture, letter or number) that they're thinking about. Arcade Hoops Basketball Publisher: Skyworks Interactive, Inc. Players: 1 ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) Price: 200 Nintendo DSi Points Description: From Skyworks comes the slickest basketball game for the Nintendo DSi system. See how many baskets you can sink in a fast-moving 45 seconds, using only your stylus and, of course, your lightning-fast hand-eye coordination. Arcade Hoops features your choice of three rockin' soundtracks, state-of-the-art 3-D graphics and thrilling, high-speed game play for the most fun possible in under a minute. Advanced hoopsters can move on to the progressive level, where a moving basket provides an additional challenge - plus the chance to rack up even more points. For the real pros, there's 3 Point mode, where speed and accuracy are a must as you shoot “threes” from downtown. Carl DeNovio -- Posted on Monday, December 28 2009 17:25 PM [Top] 500th Downloadable Wii Game a "Smash" [ Nintendo ] Deck the halls with downloadable fun this week as Nintendo offers 11 new games to engage and entertain everyone in the household. Among this week's highlights is the Virtual Console debut of the original Super Smash Bros. game, bringing the total of downloadable games for the WiiWare and Virtual Console services to a fabulous 500 and featuring a host of beloved characters from across the Nintendo universe. Virtual Console Super Smash Bros. Original platform: Nintendo 64 Publisher: Nintendo Players: 1-4 ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) - Cartoon Violence Price: 1,000 Wii Points Description: Choose from an all-star cast of Nintendo characters in a frantic melee to prove who will be the ultimate brawler. Utilize the easy-to-learn but hard-to-master controls and battle it out in the single-player mode, earning point bonuses and unlocking hidden characters along the way. Enter VS Mode to take on up to three other players simultaneously. Inflict damage using each character's unique set of special moves, familiar items and power-ups, eventually winning by knocking your opponents off the screen in one of the interactive stages, each with a Nintendo theme. Need a moment to catch your breath? Polish your skills in Training Mode or destroy targets in Bonus Stages specific to each character. Are you ready to test your mettle against all comers, including the powerful Master Hand? NINJA GAIDEN Original platform: Arcade Publisher: TECMO Players: 1-2 ESRB Rating: E10 (Everyone 10 and Older) - Alcohol Reference, Suggestive Themes, Violence Price: 600 Wii Points Description: Take control of a ninja, master of the Five Ninja Fighting Arts of assassination passed down since the chaotic times of feudal Japan, and enter "Jungle," a terrifying American city, to crush waves of foes who are part of an assassination syndicate. Use three buttons to execute exciting moves like the Flying Neck Throw, the Hang Kick and the Triple Blow Combination. Each stage is based around popular Western misconceptions about ninja and Japan, making the game world a fantastic mix of ninja and American pop culture. Game settings such as the starting number of player characters and the difficulty level can also be adjusted. WiiWare Eco Shooter: Plant 530 Publisher: Nintendo Players: 1 ESRB Rating: E10 (Everyone 10 and Older) - Fantasy Violence Price: 1,000 Wii Points Description: Earth's empty cans have been brought to life by the Cannoids, an alien race determined to destroy the planet. Only Mack, a technician from the recycling facility Plant 530, stands in their way as Earth's last line of defense. Step into Mack's shoes in this guided first-person shooter as he takes on the invading aliens with only his trusty recycle cannon and a can-do attitude. Blast and vacuum (yes, vacuum) your way to victory, keeping in mind that every shot counts. Your ammo also doubles as your health, and every enemy you destroy leaves behind Can Energy that you can vacuum up and use as ammo. Uncomplicated controls (including optional use of the Wii Zapper accessory) give everyone the chance to save the planet, while advanced tactics like consecutive hit combos and the tough Challenge mode give even the best players a run for their money. Are you ready to step up and put a dent in their cans? TV Show King 2 Publisher: Gameloft Players: 1-4 ESRB Rating: E10 (Everyone 10 and Older) - Drug Reference Price: 800 Wii Points Description: TV Show King is back for a second round. There are 8,000 questions sorted into 12 categories on the program, including general knowledge, sports, movies, music and more. And that's without counting the questions that you can create yourself. Here's everything you need to compete with your friends, or with players all over the world thanks to Nintendo® Wi-Fi Connection. Pallurikio Publisher: Playstos Entertainment Players: 1 ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) Price: 1,000 Wii Points Description: Jump and roll with Pallurikio, a fast-paced action platformer that's easy to pick up yet challenging to master. While playing a mysterious board game he found with his friends, Rusty is sucked into a dimensional vortex and finds himself in a mystical and wondrous world where he assumes the aspect of the round and bouncing Pallurikio. Using the Wii Remote controller, make Pallurikio jump and roll and help him find his way through more than 50 enticing levels while surviving all kinds of pitfalls and trickeries in Bakumbala Jungle, the far reaches of Palluro Prime and many other weird settings. Featuring physics simulation, Time Attack mode, collectible cards and space rockets to boot, Pallurikio is a game you won't want to miss. Happy Holidays Christmas Publisher: 505 Games Players: 1 ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) Price: 500 Wii Points Description: Planning a Christmas party and want to grab guests' attention? Or want to send greeting cards without the hassle of licking stamps? Here's the solution: Create and send fun Christmas cards with this unique WiiWare application. Happy Holidays Christmas lets you make fun Christmas-themed e-cards and send them straight to friends' Wii consoles. Add a tree and decorations; choose frames, stickers and music; then write a message to friends you've registered in your Wii Address Book. It might not snow this Christmas, but with this fun new software your holiday is guaranteed to be a happy one. Nintendo DSiWare UNO Publisher: Gameloft Players: 1-4 ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) Price: 800 Nintendo DSi Points Description: Get ready to call out "UNO!" on your Nintendo DSi system. The world-famous card game has been faithfully reproduced for the Nintendo DSi system and features exciting new rules. With a multiplayer mode that can be accessed by local wireless play or with broadband Internet access and Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, playing UNO has never been so fun and easy, so be the first to get rid of all your cards. Dragon's Lair Publisher: Digital Leisure Inc. Players: 1 ESRB Rating: E10 (Everyone 10 and Older) - Animated Blood, Fantasy Violence, Mild Suggestive Themes Price: 800 Nintendo DSi Points Description: You play the heroic Dirk the Daring, a valiant knight on a quest to rescue the fair princess from the clutches of an evil dragon. Control the actions of the daring adventurer and find your way through the castle of a dark wizard who has enchanted it with treacherous monsters and obstacles. In the mysterious caverns below the castle, your odyssey continues against the awesome forces that oppose your journey to the dragon's lair. Dragon's Lair is a fully animated classic arcade game from legendary animator Don Bluth. Hot and Cold: A 3D Hidden Object Adventure Publisher: Majesco Entertainment Players: 1-2 ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) Price: 800 Nintendo DSi Points Description: You're getting warm...warmer...hot! You've found Hot and Cold: A 3D Hidden Object Adventure, the new game that puts you on the job of finding people's missing stuff. A voice in your head tells you whether you're Hot or Cold when searching for things. Investigate cases all over town using your unique ability, and discover the secret behind the mysterious voice in your head. Throw objects out of your way, maneuver your way through a 3-D world, follow your Hot and Cold meter and more in this unparalleled hidden-object adventure. High Stakes: Texas Hold'Em Publisher: Hudson Entertainment Players: 1-4 ESRB Rating: T (Teen) - Simulated Gambling Price: 500 Nintendo DSi Points Description: Hudson proudly presents the definitive Texas Hold'Em game for Nintendo DSiWare with High Stakes Texas Hold'Em. High Stakes allows players of any level to enjoy Texas Hold'Em game play. The popular No-Limit rule set used in many tournaments is included, so anyone can play with the big boys. With the added functionality of DS Wireless Communications, players can compete with others and test their skills. It's the core Texas Hold'Em experience on your Nintendo DSi system - anytime, anywhere. myNotebook: Green Publisher: Nnooo Players: 1 Price: 200 Nintendo DSi Points Description: myNotebook allows you to take notes wherever you are. Just pop open your Nintendo DSi system and jot down your thoughts. Make a list and cross it off, or even play your favorite pen-and-paper games (games not included). You can even personalize your notebook by drawing on the cover and changing the paper type with 18 unlockable squared and lined paper styles. Use the pen or pencil to make your notes or doodles, then erase the bits you don't like. With five ink colors, you'll always be able to make your notes and doodles look stylish. Carl DeNovio -- Posted on Monday, December 21 2009 16:31 PM [Top] Nintendo Announces Game Schedule for Early 2010 [ Nintendo ] Consumers nationwide continue to snap up Nintendo products for the holidays, and Nintendo is poised to carry that momentum into 2010. Dozens of games for the Wii, Nintendo DS and Nintendo DSi systems are on the way in a wide range of categories from both Nintendo and its third-party partners. To bring a little color to the winter months, Nintendo will release two new colors for its Wii Remote controller. Starting Feb. 14, the controller will come in Pink or Blue and will be bundled with a Wii MotionPlus accessory. Along with the current White and Black versions of the controller, now every player in four-player matches can have his or her own color. On the Wii console, Endless Ocean: Blue World arrives on Feb. 22 to provide players with an adventurous and educational experience, complete with underwater exploration, an adventurous storyline and Wii Speak compatibility. This January also sees the highly anticipated release of Tatsunoko VS. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars. Available exclusively on Wii, this new VS. series fighting game features global online game play for those who have access to a broadband Internet connection. On the portable side, Nintendo's hand-held systems will see the arrival of a number of diverse games, including the eagerly awaited Pokémon HeartGold Version and Pokémon SoulSilver Version on March 14. Pokémon HeartGold Version and Pokémon SoulSilver Version allow fans to return to the scenic Johto region first introduced in the beloved Pokémon Gold and Pokémon Silver games. The games have been fully enhanced with rich graphics, updated sound, new touch-screen controls and much more. On March 28, WarioWare D.I.Y. lets users design their own micro-games from scratch and share them with other WarioWare D.I.Y. owners via a broadband Internet connection and Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. Every element, such as the characters, the environment, the actions and even the purpose of the micro-game itself, can be created entirely by the player. Also on March 28, hungry gamers can dig into America's Test Kitchen: Let's Get Cooking, which gives family members the chance to prepare 300 different dishes together. All of the recipes and the how-to videos in the game were created by the popular public television show America's Test Kitchen. On Jan. 18, Glory of Heracles introduces U.S. role-playing fans to the popular Japanese franchise. The game is inspired by Greek mythology and written by Kazushige Nojima of Final Fantasy fame. The traditional role-playing game features an engrossing story and a robust battle system. Below is a partial list of upcoming packaged and downloadable games for the Wii, Nintendo DS and Nintendo DSi systems. Note that game titles and launch dates are subject to change. Wii 2K Sports Major League Baseball 2K10 - March Activision How To Train Your Dragon - March 23 The American Game Factory, Inc. Build-A-Bear Workshop - Friendship Valley - March 17 Atlus U.S.A., Inc. Shiren the Wanderer - Feb. 9 Capcom TATSUNOKO VS. CAPCOM: ULTIMATE ALL-STARS - Jan. 26 City Interactive USA Combat Wings: The Great Battles of WWII - Feb. 16 Chicken Riot - Feb. 9 Collision Studios City Builder - February D3Publisher Family Party: 30 Great Games Winter Fun - February Deep Silver, Inc. Let's Play Ballerina - March Let's Play Garden - March Disney Interactive Studios Alice in Wonderland - March Hudson Entertainment Rooms: The Main Building - Spring Calling - Spring Konami Walk it Out - Jan. 10 Yu Gi Oh! Duel Trancer - Q1 DanceDanceRevolution - Q1 Majesco Entertainment Data East Arcade Classics - January The Daring Game of Girls - February Pizza Delivery Boy - March Nintendo Endless Ocean: Blue World - Feb. 22 SEGA of America Super Monkey Ball Step & Roll - Feb. 9 Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing - March SouthPeak Games Sled Shred featuring the Jamaican Bobsled Team - Feb. 1 Fast Food Panic - Jan. 5 Storm City Entertainment Bermuda Triangle: Saving the Coral - February UFO Interactive Games, Inc. Arcade Shooter: Ilvelo - Q1 Rock Blast - Q1 Jaja's Adventure - Q1 Ubisoft No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle - late January Sleepover Party - Jan. 12 Racquet Sports - March Red Steel 2 - Q1 XSEED Games The Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces - Jan. 5 FRAGILE DREAMS: FAREWELL RUINS OF THE MOON - March 16 WiiWare Akaoni Studio S.L. Zombie Panic in Wonderland - Q1 Broken Rules And Yet It Moves - Q1 Capcom Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - January Mega Man 10 - March Ghostfire Games Rage of the Gladiator - Q1 Hudson Entertainment Military Madness: Nectaris - Q1 Nabi Studios Toribash - Q1 Nintendo WarioWare™ D.I.Y. Showcase - Q1 Press Play ApS Max & the Magic Marker - Q1 Team Meat Super Meat Boy - Q1 Nintendo DS/Nintendo DSi 2K Sports Major League Baseball 2K10 - March Activision Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief - Feb. 2 How To Train Your Dragon - March 23 Aksys Games World Cup of Pool - Feb. 9 The American Game Factory, Inc. Build-A-Bear Workshop - Welcome to Hugsville - March 17 Atlus U.S.A., Inc. Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey - March 10 Capcom Entertainment, Inc. Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth - Feb. 16 City Interactive USA Animal Country: Life on the Farm - Feb. 16 Art of Murder - March 16 Deep Silver, Inc. Let's Play Flight Attendant - March Let's Play Ballerina - March Let's Play Garden - March Disney Interactive Studios Sonny With a Chance - Spring Alice in Wonderland - March GameMill Publishing Escape the Museum - Jan. 12 Hidden Mysteries: Buckingham Palace - Feb. 9 Hudson Entertainment Rooms: The Main Building - Spring DECA SPORTS - Spring Konami Scene It! Twilight - Q1 Puzzle Chronicles - Jan. 10 Majesco Entertainment Super Speed Machines - February The Daring Game for Girls - February Dawn of Heroes - February ATV Revolution - March Nintendo Glory of Heracles - Jan. 18 Pokémon HeartGold Version and Pokémon SoulSilver Version - March 14 WarioWare: D.I.Y. - March 28 America's Test Kitchen: Let's Get Cooking - March 28 Natsume Inc. Squishy Tank - February Cheer We Go! - March PopCap Games Bejeweled Twist - Q1 SEGA of America Sands of Destruction - Jan. 12 Infinite Space - March Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing - March Sonic Classic Collection - Spring SouthPeak Games Crime Scene - Feb. 1 Dementium II - Feb. 2 Fast Food Panic - Jan. 5 Sushi Go Round - Feb. 1 Montessori Music - March 1 Storm City Entertainment Bermuda Triangle: Saving the Coral - February Myst - February ATV Quad Kings - March T.A.C Heroes: The Big Red One - March TECMO Monster Rancher DS - March AGAIN - March Telegames, Inc. Puzzle Overload -Spring Solitaire Overload Plus - Spring THQ Daniel X: The Ultimate Power - Jan. 12 Tomy Corporation Lovely Lisa and Friends (enhanced Nintendo DSi content) - February Ubisoft Imagine Reporter - Jan. 20 Imagine Party Planner - Jan. 13 Imagine Sweet 16 - Feb. 10 Imagine Gymnast - March 10 XSEED Games KORG DS-10 Plus - Jan. 19 Ragnarok DS - Feb. 16 Nintendo DSiWare EA Downtown Texas Hold'em Poker - Q1 Surviving High School - Q1 Gameloft Legends of Exidia - Q1 Let's Golf - Q1 Real Soccer 2010 - Q1 Gangstar 2: Kings of L.A. - Q1 Nintendo Trajectile - Jan. 4 Number Battle - Jan. 25 Starship Defense - Jan. 18 Touch Solitaire - Jan. 11 X-Scape - February Link 'n' Launch - February Subatomic Studios Fieldrunners - Q1 WayForward Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Q1 Eric Jones -- Posted on Monday, December 14 2009 19:07 PM [Top] Blaster Master, Bejeweled, Stunt Cars, and...Moki Moki? [ Nintendo ] Virtual Console Blaster Master Original platform: NES Publisher: Sunsoft Players: 1 ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) - Mild Fantasy Violence Price: 500 Wii Points Description: The New York sewers were never like this. You've fallen down a hidden manhole into a world of creatures so terrifying they'd scare the rats away. You can panic and perish, or blast your way through an endless maze of tunnels in search of secret passages to your escape. Masters of the Caverns lay waiting - prehistoric creatures so powerful and gigantic they literally fill your screen. Load your arsenal and get ready for Blaster Master. Earthworm Jim 2 Original platform: SEGA Genesis Publisher: Interplay Players: 1 ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) - Cartoon Violence Price: 800 Wii Points Description: Superhero annelid Jim and his new sidekick, Snott, are back for an off-the-wall sequel in Earthworm Jim 2. Containing more action than your standard platformer from the Genesis era, each stage has a different style and mission, drawing on game play from different genres, including mazes, trivia contests and arcade-style levels. The game also features music composed by Tommy Tallarico. Do you have what it takes to rescue the Princess? Nintendo DSiWare LITTLEST PET SHOP Publisher: Electronic Arts Players: 1 ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) Price: 800 Nintendo DSi Points™ Description: Experience your favorite LITTLEST PET SHOP pets in a whole new way on your Nintendo DSi system. Play catch with your pets and their favorite toys, dress them up in adorable new accessories and keep them happy by brushing and feeding them. You can even throw a little dance party for your pets and help them rock out to cool songs. Miami Nights Publisher: Gameloft Players: 1 ESRB Rating: T (Teen) - Comic Mischief, Mild Suggestive Themes, Tobacco Reference, Use of Alcohol Price: 800 Nintendo DSi Points Description: You won't find a more complete life simulation than Miami Nights: Life in the Spotlight. Begin by designing your avatar with an unbelievable level of customizable physical detail. But it's not your physique that counts. Instead, your life choices and your everyday behavior will influence more than 40 attributes that will make you a unique, progressive individual. The city of Miami is presented to you with no fewer than 30 places to explore. Plus, you'll be able to customize your entire home and interact with your environment in many ways. The most important part of the game play lies in how you interact with other characters. They will be the ones who'll help you achieve your goals. You'll be able to establish and break off different types of relationships with them. It's up to you to act like a bad guy or sweet girl, make friends or enemies, and choose the best way - honest or otherwise - to make your dreams become a reality. Bejeweled Twist Publisher: PopCap Games Players: 1-2 ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) Price: 500 Nintendo DSi Points Description: Spin, match, explode - it's a brilliant new way to play. Spin and match explosive gems for shockwaves of fun in this quick-play version of the award-winning PopCap game. Rotate jewels to set up electrifying combos, outwit obstacles like Locks and Bombs, and create high-voltage Flame and Lightning gems. Play the intensely fun Classic mode or take on a friend in the exclusive Nintendo DS Battle mode. No matter how you play, you'll find endless ways to win. Yummy Yummy Cooking Jam Publisher: Virtual Toys Players: 1 ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) - Comic Mischief Price: 500 Nintendo DSi Points Description: Have you ever asked yourself what it would feel like to be among the stoves of the best restaurants in the world? Do you want to become the best chef there is, preparing scrumptious dishes? Jump right in and enter the world of Yummy Yummy and its mixture of flavors and aromas. In Yummy Yummy, you'll have to satisfy the hunger of the most diverse, colorful set of diners: vampires, extraterrestrials, mafia thugs, Vikings and more. Prepare hot dogs, hamburgers, pizzas and Mexican burritos as quickly as you can before your customers get tired of waiting and decide to leave the restaurant without giving you a good tip. Roll up your sleeves, don your chef's hat and have a great time. Master of Illusion Express: Matchmaker Publisher: Nintendo Players: 1 ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) Price: 200 Nintendo DSi Points Description: Master of Illusion Express titles feature mind-boggling magic tricks that you can perform with your Nintendo DSi system. Learn the illusions, practice up and amaze your friends. Master of Illusion Express: Matchmaker includes two tricks that use your Nintendo DSi system to reveal information about others. Use the Photo Diagnosis trick and stun others by taking two simple photos to pinpoint their exact age. Or have the Matchmaker trick show that another person has favorite dates or favorite foods that are similar to yours. Who knows? You could even land a date or make a new friend. WiiWare Stunt Cars Publisher: Icon Games Entertainment Players: 1-4 ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) Price: 800 Wii Points Description: Stunt Cars takes place on elevated racetracks with very little to stop players from accidentally driving off the side. Turbo can be used to make a car go faster, but it can only be used for a limited amount of time in each race. As you progress through the game's four championship cups, you'll unlock special features such as driver achievement awards. Diatomic Publisher: Grendel Games Players: 1-2 ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) - Mild Fantasy Violence Price: 800 Wii Points Description: Diatomic is a fast retro-arcade action game that takes place inside a set of petri dishes. The safe confines of your petri dish are about to be invaded by nine different diatomic creatures that seek to destroy you. Armed with your shield, tail, strategic intelligence and good reflexes, you stand a good chance of defeating the overwhelming odds. You must stay alive during 65 hectic stages spread over five chapters. The high score list shows what kind of player you are. Playing defensively and gaining an all-out defensive high score is harder to pull off than gaining an all-out offensive high score. Moki Moki™ Publisher: Natsume Inc. Players: 1 ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) - Comic Mischief Price: 800 Wii Points Description: It's a mind-bending, gravity-defying puzzler. The Moki are being devoured by the voracious Gromblins, and it's up to you to guide the hapless little guys to safety. Bend, twist and rotate the environment to herd the Moki through a series of brain-teasing puzzles. Along the way, you'll have to contend with deadly pitfalls, spinning blades and shifting gravity. Roll Moki down ramps, grab them with hooks and blast them with jets to guide them safely to the portals. Challenge your skills in 100 unique levels. Rubik's Puzzle Galaxy: RUSH Publisher: Two Tribes Players: 1-2 ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) Price: 600 Wii Points Description: Rubik's Puzzle Galaxy: RUSH is a 3-D puzzle game with more than 70 challenging levels. Players need to guide Cubes to color-coded exit points. Using the Wii Remote™ controller's intuitive controls, players herd the colored cubes along by using Conveyer Belts, Warps, Stop Signs, Directional Signs and Splits. RUSH also includes the original Rubik's Cube as a bonus. Players can attempt to solve one of the four different-sized Cubes alone, compete against a second player or learn how to solve the classic Rubik's Cube. Eric Jones -- Posted on Monday, December 14 2009 18:56 PM [Top] Raymen, Dolphins, Ninjas, and Street Fighters for Download [ Nintendo ] Nintendo DSiWare Rayman Publisher: Ubisoft Players: 1 ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) Price: 800 Nintendo DSi Points Description: The legendary first Rayman adventure is now available from the Nintendo DSiWare service. Play as Rayman and try to save his amazing world from the evil Mr. Dark. Discover a charming universe with colorful landscapes and meet funny characters who'll help Rayman through his quest. Experiment with his abilities as you punch, hang or fly in the air and choose between two difficulty levels. Take advantage of new features in the Nintendo DSi version, such as the Nintendo DSi Camera, map selection on the touch screen and the ability to play against time to win bonuses. Ball Fighter Publisher: Teyon Players: 1-2 ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) Price: 500 Nintendo DSi Points Description: Ball Fighter is a puzzle game in which you take aim and blast groups of dropping spheres to create matches and clear the board. You can make chains to earn additional points or to make the game more difficult for an opponent. When you destroy spheres in a multiplayer mode, they will be added to the opponent's board, making his or her task more difficult. You can find special bonuses like a Brush, a Rocket Launcher or a Bomb, which can be used to destroy spheres or to paint a line of them with the same color. You'll find a variety of single-player modes, including Arcade, Survival, Brain Breaker and Player vs CPU, plus the unique multiplayer mode, all playable on one Nintendo DSi system. Pop Island Publisher: odenis studio Players: 1-8 ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) - Comic Mischief Price: 500 Nintendo DSi Points Description: Discover a joyful universe where playing is always a pleasure with Pop Island. Colorful and fun, Pop Island is an action-packed capture-the-flag game. Pick a team to join, then run, jump and spin your way around the island in an attempt to collect the priceless flags hidden throughout it. Become a surfing penguin, a flying fish or a waterskiing crocodile as you go all out for victory, unlocking 12 more joyful animals as you rack up points across eight different planets. You might even end up competing as a skateboarding mammoth. Playing alone is plenty of fun, but the madcap action reaches a new level when your friends get involved. By sharing the demo of the game via DS Download Play, up to seven more people with their own Nintendo DSi systems can use a local wireless connection to join you for some head-to-head or cooperative action. With plenty of power-ups, you'll need to concentrate on capturing more than just the rival team's flag to claim victory. ARMY DEFENDER Publisher: MINDSCAPE Players: 1 ESRB Rating: E10 (Everyone 10 and Older) - Cartoon Violence Price: 200 Nintendo DSi Points Description: Army Defender is an action shooter in which players must defend their base against enemy attacks by controlling a machine gun tower designed to eradicate enemy waves. As the player levels up, the enemy becomes more and more numerous and well-equipped. Attackers include soldiers, tanks, paratroopers, helicopters, jet fighters, bombers and elite commandos. Depending on the enemy type (red or green), players must switch between ammunition colors. The machine gun tower will fire where the player taps the touch screen. Power-ups are made available on a regular basis when a super bomber delivers them onto the base. When a power-up is retrieved, players will be able to upgrade their tower for a limited amount of time. Upgrades include flamethrowers, rocket launchers or concussion grenades that will help contain enemy progression. myNotebook: Red Publisher: Nnooo Players: 1 Price: 200 Nintendo DSi Points Description: myNotebook allows you to take notes wherever you are. Just pop open your Nintendo DSi system and jot down your thoughts. Make a list and cross it off, or even play your favorite pen-and-paper games (games not included). You can even personalize your notebook by drawing on the cover and changing the paper type with 18 unlockable squared and lined paper styles. Use the pen or pencil to make your notes or doodles, then erase the bits you don't like. With five ink colors, you'll always be able to make your notes and doodles look stylish. WiiWare My Dolphin Publisher: T&S Ltd. Players: 1 ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) Price: 500 Wii Points Description: You are a dolphin trainer. Use the magical stick (Wii Remote and Nunchuk controllers) to perform in lifelike dolphin shows. Teach your dolphin tricks and have fun watching your dolphin swim and play elegantly with different scenes, music and angles. This game lets you train your dolphin, compete in dolphin shows and watch your dolphin swim freely. Using Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection Pay & Play, you can become friends with other dolphins that have different colors and personalities. You can also buy new toys such as rings and balls for your dolphin to play with. MAGNETIS Publisher: YULLABY Players: 1-4 ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) Price: 500 Wii Points Description: MAGNETIS is all about attraction. Connect the magnets to create electric explosions. Solving this frantic puzzle will require quick thinking and foresight. Anticipate connections in order to generate massive chain reactions to win the highest number of points. To get rid of blocks and score points, you must create lines by connecting left and right magnets of the same color by using conductor blocks. The longer the line, the more points you'll get. Team up with as many as three friends in cooperative mode or play against them in battle mode and compete for the highest score. Stop Stress: A Day of Fury Publisher: Abylight Players: 1 ESRB Rating: T (Teen) - Animated Blood, Mild Suggestive Themes, Violence Price: 800 Wii Points Description: Jack's dreams have become a nightmare, and only you can help him to get out. Climb into the skin of the most stressed-out man in the world, grab the baseball bat and prepare to let off more steam than ever before. Destroy everything around you, beat a path through traffic or at the office, and face off against incredible hallucinations. How far will a day of fury take you? Flowerworks Publisher: Nocturnal Entertainment Players: 1 ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) Price: 1,000 Wii Points Description: While our heroine Follie is traveling to meet her auntie with a cargo of mystical Flowerworks seeds, her ship is pulled off course and crash-lands in a particularly dull area of the planet Elilia. Explore with Follie and help her recover her seeds to transform the world from drab to fab. You'll encounter strange inhabitants, some of whom will help Follie in her quest. Others, such as naughty garden gnomes, will hinder it. Flowerworks is a single-player adventure which combines blooming flowers, colorful fireworks, exploration and a whole lot of fun. The game will have the whole family immersed in no time, but be warned: Becoming a Flowerworks master is not for the faint of heart. Flowerworks includes Adventure, FreePlay and Tutorial game modes, with three difficulty settings in a 20-hour adventure. Virtual Console Street Fighter Alpha 2 Original platform: Super NES Publisher: Capcom USA Players: 1-2 ESRB Rating: T (Teen) - Animated Violence Price: 800 Wii Points Description: Street Fighter Alpha 2 explodes with lightning-fast game play and amazing innovations. Quick Move Reversals, Alpha Counters and the incredible Custom Combo System create a new standard for all games to fight by. Push your talents to the limit as you discover new hidden moves and reversals for every character. Neutralize opponents' attacks with high and low Alpha Counters and execute incredible Custom Combos to create your own rapid-fire assaults. All your favorite warriors are back for more. Previously hidden characters Dan, Akuma and Bison are joined by five new fighters: Rolento, Gen and Sakura, plus classic favorites Dhalsim and Zangief. Shinobi Publisher: SEGA Players: 1 ESRB Rating: E10 (Everyone 10 and Older) - Mild Violence Price: 800 Wii Points Description: Here's a bit of helpful advice to all you criminal organizations out there: If you're going to hatch an elaborate plot that involves kidnapping children, don't kidnap children who have ninjas for parents. That was the big mistake that a group called Zeed made when it went after the offspring of the Oboro clan. Now Joe Musashi is on the hunt to rescue the young hostages and take out Zeed's leaders, the Ring of Five. As you scour each stage, leave no children behind - Joe can't proceed to the next level without freeing them all. With an unlimited supply of shuriken, his sharpened katana and his deadly fists and feet, Joe will show Zeed why you don't mess with family. Eric Jones -- Posted on Monday, December 7 2009 11:59 AM [Top]