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

Machinarium and Super Motherload have been announced for Wiiware:
http://wiiware.nintendolife.com/new..._machinarium_and_super_motherload_for_wiiware

Double-whammy on the way

XGen Studios' last WiiWare title, Defend Your Castle, seems like a long time ago now, but it won't be long before it's gracing our Shop Channel again as it's bringing two titles to WiiWare in the coming months.

The first is a collaboration with Amanita Design to bring to WiiWare the highly-regarded PC puzzle-adventure Machinarium, which won plenty of hearts – and awards – for its offbeat design and fantastic artwork, a sample of which you can see in a trailer from the PC version below.

The second title is the all-new Super Motherload, the next entry in the alarmingly addictive Motherload series. With four player drop-in, drop-out co-op play and plenty of Martian digging action, we'll bring you screenshots and plenty more information on both releases in the coming months.
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This week:
NINTENDO DOWNLOAD: NEW DOWNLOADS CHALLENGE PLAYERS TO CONQUER, SEARCH AND SCORE

Sept. 13, 2010

The Nintendo DSiWare™ and WiiWare™ services offer a wide variety of downloadable games to satisfy players of all kinds, and with this week's new additions, the selection just keeps on growing. For Nintendo DSi™ users, Castle Conqueror delivers real-time strategy excitement for casual players, while Crazy Pinball puts arcade-style thrills in the palm of your hand. Meanwhile, Adventure on LOST ISLAND - Hidden Object Game lets Wii™ owners put their searching skills to the test with an adventurous twist.

Nintendo DSiWare

Castle Conqueror
Publisher: CIRCLE Entertainment
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) - Mild Cartoon Violence
Price: 500 Nintendo DSi Points™
Description: Castle Conqueror is a real-time strategy game for casual gamers. You play as a commander who must resist the empire and save the lives of the people. Lead your soldiers into battle, seize the enemy's castle and gain victories until you destroy the empire on the mainland. The rules are simple. Use the stylus on the touch screen to select the player's castle and send your army to storm the enemy's castle in real time. Capture the castle and destroy your enemies to earn gold that can be used to upgrade your commander's abilities and to buy items that will help you win more battles. Select commanders and different cards to upgrade your army or castle. If you've managed to occupy the enemy's castle by the end of a battle, you win the game!

Crazy Pinball
Publisher: dtp entertainment
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 500 Nintendo DSi Points
Description: Find fun pinball action just like at the arcade. Five fantastic tables and plenty of themes ensure awesome variety. Go hunting for points with the Safari Flipper, or zoom from one goal to the next with the incredible Deep Sea Flipper. Set records that will blow your friends away. Crazy Pinball is the ultimate portable pinball experience.

myNotebook: Tan™
Publisher: Nnooo
Players: 1
Price: 500 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 personalize your notebook by drawing on the cover or by changing the paper type with 24 unlockable squared and lined paper styles. Use the pen or pencil to make notes or doodles and 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. myNotebook also includes 128 pages to write on, plus the ability to export your pages to your Nintendo DSi Photo Album.

WiiWare

Adventure on LOST ISLAND - Hidden Object Game
Publisher: Ateam Inc.
Players: 1-4
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 500 Wii Points™
Description: Discover hidden-object fun for kids and adults. Quickly find items in every stage to complete this adventure. Work together or compete in each stage to find items and help the game's hero find a way home. From seashells to sparkling jewels, do your best to find all of the hidden objects as fast as you can. During this adventure you will also confront ghosts and a dragon in action stages. Each stage can be played by up to four players for great gaming fun.

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://www.nintendodsi.com.
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[quote name='mykevermin']http://wiiware.nintendolife.com/new...erby_game_of_your_dreams_is_coming_to_wiiware

Coming this fall/winter, this might be the one WiiWare game I purchase (aside from Castlevania Rebirth).[/QUOTE]

Briefly played an alpha of this game over the weekend - I was pretty impressed with it as a WiiWare title. It's fast-paced and does an admirable job of capturing the "kart" gameplay. I can't speak too much to the number of tracks it offers, however - and I'm pretty sure I may never want to listen to Bikini Kills' Rebel Girl again.
 
This week:
NINTENDO DOWNLOAD: DISCOVER NEW WAYS TO RUN, THROW, KICK AND COUNT DOWN ON NINTENDO SYSTEMS

Sept. 20, 2010

This week's new game downloads for Wii™ and Nintendo DSi™ systems will test players' mettle in a lively mix of activities. For the WiiWare™ service, Triple Throwing Sports can help hone your skills with Olympic-style projectiles, while The Very Hungry Caterpillar's ABCs challenges youngsters to grow their vocabulary. The Super NES™ classic AERO THE ACROBAT™ 2 makes its debut on the Virtual Console™ service, offering fun ways to boost your aerial acumen. For the Nintendo DSiWare™ service, Nintendo Countdown Calendar introduces a cool tool for helping to manage your busy schedule. You can also assess your need for speed with GO Series 10 Second Run or go for the goal in Everyday Soccer. Ready? Set? Download!

WiiWare

Triple Throwing Sports
Publisher: The Code Monkeys Ltd.
Players: 1-2
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 500 Wii Points™
Description: Triple Throwing Sports is the most advanced recreational throwing game available for the WiiWare service, immersing players in the world of competitive projectile throwing. Most Olympic 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 Javelin, Discus, Shot Put and Hammer. As with real-life throwing events, you will have full control over the aim of the projectile. You must also take into account the angle, release point and power - all of these factors can influence the success of your throw.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar's ABCs
Publisher: CYBIRD Co., Ltd.
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: EC (Early Childhood)
Price: 800 Wii Points
Description: The Very Hungry Caterpillar's ABCs is an educational game based on the children's book The Very Hungry Caterpillar. It allows parents to help children learn basic English while enjoying a game together. The game consists of four parts, including alphabet flash cards featuring colored letters and pictures by Eric Carle, plus a vocabulary quiz for preschool-aged children that includes numbers, colors, shapes, animal names and simple verbs and adjectives. Young players can also engage in fun activities such as erasing parts of a colored screen to reveal a hidden illustration, or placing a variety of animal stamps on the screen. Finally, parents can use the "To The Parents" option to check their children's progress in remembering vocabulary words. Your whole family is sure to appreciate the colorful illustrations by Eric Carle, internationally renowned as a creator of beautifully illustrated and innovatively designed picture books for children.

Virtual Console

AERO THE ACROBAT™ 2
Original platform: Super NES
Publisher: Sunsoft
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) - Mild Cartoon Violence
Price: 800 Wii Points
Description: The aerialist extreme, Aero the Acro-Bat, bounds back into the spotlight once again to stop the wicked industrialist, Edgar Ektor! Aero has entered a new realm of enchantment and must now use all of his acrobatic prowess to foil a criminal plot known only as "Plan B." Join Aero as he discovers new friends - and enemies - in a world custom-built for his high-flying adventures. There are 45 levels of acrobatic fun, including Bonus Rounds, Chance Stages and Hidden Chambers. Discover new villains and original digitized character voices. A password feature allows you to return to any level. The Chillin' Snow Boarding Stage adds a new twist to Aero's style, and you'll find new moves and fighting techniques for Aero's attacks.

Nintendo DSiWare

Nintendo Countdown Calendar
Publisher: Nintendo
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: Not Rated
Price: 200 Nintendo DSi Points™
Description: With Nintendo Countdown Calendar, you can add and track all of your important events in a fun and exciting countdown format. Simply set up your personal profile and then start entering events. Adding events is easy: Choose a date for the event, decide whether it will be an open event (which you name yourself) or a set event (chosen from the School, Work or General Events categories), and select an icon from the wide variety of available options. If necessary, you can set the recurrence of the event or even move the event to the Hidden Events List. From there, the calendar does the rest - just watch the days count down! On subsequent visits to the application, you may see special greetings or suggested seasonal events you can choose to add to your calendar. All events added to the calendar are displayed chronologically, so you can quickly view all of your upcoming events in one place.

GO Series 10 Second Run
Publisher: Gamebridge
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 200 Nintendo DSi Points
Description: Run like the wind in this unique twist on the classic platform game. Take control of a stick man and run for your life across an obstacle course to reach the goal within 10 seconds. Dash across platforms and avoid various hazards, desperately trying to reach the exit in time. Ten seconds is all you've got. Go flat out over 50 stages and three game modes. Do you have what it takes to reach the finish line?

Everyday Soccer
Publisher: Aksys Games
Players: 1-2
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 500 Nintendo DSi Points
Description: Play soccer against teams from all over the world. Customize your characters to be normally sized, small, tall or muscular. You can also customize their shirts, shorts and shoes. Take advantage of your players' specific traits as dictated by their body types. Assembling a well-balanced team is the key to becoming world champions. There are many teams to play against, so keep your mind sharp and your kicking foot sharper. Play against friends via DS Download Play and find out who's the true soccer champion!

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://www.nintendodsi.com.
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I stopped reading these releases to avoid spoilers for the dramatic reading of the Nintendo Shop Releases by the Giant Bombcast.

Sonic 4 should still be slated for this fall.
 
This week:
NINTENDO DOWNLOAD: LAWN DARTS FOR THE LIVING ROOM, HIGH-ENERGY PUZZLES AND RPG FUN AWAIT YOU

Sept. 27, 2010

Sometimes big fun unfolds in unexpected places. For proof, try your hand at the latest downloadable games for Nintendo systems. ZENONIA® and FIZZ for the Nintendo DSiWare™ service invite you to experience rich RPG action or eye-popping puzzles in even the most ordinary locations, from the bus stop to the coffee shop. New for the WiiWare™ service, Target Toss Pro: Lawn Darts turns your living room into a virtual backyard where you can enjoy heated competition with up to 15 of your closest friends. In other words: It's not where you are, it's what you're playing.

Nintendo DSiWare

ZENONIA
Publisher: GAMEVIL USA, Inc.
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E10+ (Everyone 10 and Older) - Mild Fantasy Violence
Price: 800 Nintendo DSi Points™
Description: Classic RPG action returns with ZENONIA. Get ready for the endless journey of Regret, who is on a mission to find the reason for the death of his father at the hands of a demon. He begins his quest by choosing one of three classes: Paladin, Warrior or Assassin. Players can equip and customize using hundreds of different types of weapons and armor. There are tons of items to refine or combine from five different item classes: normal, magic, rare, unique and epic. There are even more astonishing features such as full skill trees which you can level up, along with stunning visuals and sound effects. ZENONIA offers extensive playtime with numerous main and side quests, plus good and evil storylines to choose from. Anime-style graphics and innovative real-life systems such as a day/night cycle and hunger/weight system make ZENONIA a unique gaming experience for everybody.

FIZZ
Publisher: DK-GAMES
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 200 Nintendo DSi Points
Description: Welcome to FIZZ, the explosive puzzle game. In FIZZ, you earn points by creating rings of energy. To do that, you must align identical colors and create links between the different nodes. The bigger your rings, the more points you earn. There will be outside events that get in your way, such as asteroids, meteorite showers and aliens who'll try to break your nodes. Magnetic storms and pulsars will change colors, and magnetic spheres will prevent you from using the nodes in the surrounding area. Exceedingly simple to understand but challenging to master, FIZZ is an inventive puzzle challenge that will have gamers on the edge of their seats.

WiiWare

Target Toss Pro: Lawn Darts
Publisher: Incredible Technologies
Players: 1-16
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 700 Wii Points™
Description: Target Toss Pro: Lawn Darts is a new video game based on one of the nation's most infamous backyard games. There are four types of flying-dart action to choose from: Classic Lawn Darts, 501, Cricket and Poker Darts. Each game has a unique scoring method and strategy to keep players entertained for hours. Classic Lawn Darts involves throwing three darts at two circles with an escalating Red Dot Bonus bull's-eye in the center. 501 is similar to the classic pub darts game of the same name; throw three darts at a dartboard during eight rounds of play until all 501 points - and not one point more - are cleared. Cricket is another classic pub darts game of three tosses per round, challenging players to close out the bull's eye and the numbers 15 through 20 before their opponent. Poker Darts involves launching five darts at a deck of 52 playing cards while attempting to get the best poker hand and highest scores over three hands.

Astro Bugz Revenge
Publisher: Sudden Games
Players: 1-2
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) - Mild Fantasy Violence
Price: 700 Wii Points
Description: Astro Bugz Revenge is an action-puzzle game with a retro vibe. Protect our solar system from astro bugz and blast them by matching three or more bugz. Pick up valuable power-ups and activate them to annihilate the incoming invaders. Flip to the other side in Revenge mode and play as the bugz. Test your skills against your friends by playing in Co-Op or Versus mode. This action-packed game will surely keep you challenged.

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://www.nintendodsi.com.
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Zenonia looks potentially great.

I'm gonna have to insert a grumble about this game being $2.99 on iPhone and 800 points on DSiWare, though. You know, for good measure.

Trailer of the iPhone game:
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaYmNLnX5_k&feature=player_embedded[/media]
 
Zenonia looks awesome, and not just because I love girls in thongs. Reviews are overly positive as well, and I'm a sucker for Secret of Mana clones. So I'll be getting that.
 
Zenonia is pretty fun, but there are some issues with it. I've only played about 1.5 hours or so. The story is pretty much what you'd expect, and the art looks ok - good pixel sprites, animations, and hand drawn portraits for main characters. Music is passable.

I think there's annoying little things I keep noticing though. For example, I don't know if this is a glitch or due to space restrictions, but there's not a lot of sound effects. Coming from the old school SNES era, I expect dialogue to have a little sound associated with it, but this doesn't happen in this game. It's just silent text scrolling across. Same with running - there's no sound for it. There's no audio cues when you go into menus and make selections. I want to know if the iPhone version is this anemic in the sound effects area. Normally this kind of thing wouldn't bother me, but the amount of "missing" sounds irks me after a while.

Other small things feel unfinished. For example, you'll run across boxes that you have to destroy to move into an area. Simple enough - you just attack them. The weird part is that if you do it immediately after running to it, it won't disappear. The game forces you to run up to it, stop, THEN attack. This is a tiny thing that will trip you up over and over and over, and also happens in other ways. When you exit a house, the screen will transition to the outside. You'll see yourself near the door. Let's say you had been pressing down to get to the door from the inside. The screen changes, and - like any gamer would do - you hold down through this entire screen transition. But then your character just sits there - he won't respond to the down motion. You have to take your thumb off the dpad and then press it down.

Other small things like this jump out at me too - the animation as a whole is pretty choppy. Go play Secret of Mana - it's a very smooth game. Your characters move in fluid lines, the screen scrolls in a very continuous manner. This game moves "bit by bit, pixel by pixel." I imagine I will get used to it, but it sort of gets under my skin when other games don't have this issue. Again I wonder if this is the deal with the iPhone iteration, and I'm just seeing a sloppy, unoptimized port.

The gameplay itself is pretty fun, if a little simple. There's a lot of elements I haven't really messed with yet - the item drop/equipment system is a lot like Diablo where there are unique/epic/rare items, and you can get groups of items that bolster each other, etc. You can craft stuff together with a blacksmith's help into better weapons. You have to eat to keep your special attack meter up so you can perform special attacks. You can get new weapons and armor to identify. There's a good/evil system. There are lots of side quests to go on.

Which is to say, there's a LOT of mechanics in the game, and I imagine it'll keep me busy for a while. I'm just a little spoiled by fluidly animated games from several Japanese companies.

Anyway, right now it feels about a high 7/low 8, but I'll play it more and see how it goes.
 
The download update PR won't be posted until later, but we already do know that Shantae: Risky's Revenge for DSiWare will be released tomorrow. It'll be 1200 points, and they said that they're dropping the episodic plan, so tomorrow's release will be the full game. In their review, IGN said it's about six hours long, a Metroidvania-style adventure.
http://ds.ign.com/articles/112/1124899p1.html
 
This week:
NINTENDO DOWNLOAD: REVENGE IS A DISH BEST SERVED ON NINTENDO DSI SYSTEMS

Oct. 4, 2010

From Samus Aran to Princess Zelda™, Nintendo® consoles have played host to some of the most memorable female characters in video game history. This week, a different breed of heroine makes her eagerly anticipated splash on the Nintendo DSiWare™ service. Shantae: Risky's Revenge finds the famous "half-genie" Shantae using her wits and her belly-dancing prowess in a wild new adventure that players can carry with them everywhere they go. You'll also find new additions to the WiiWare™ and Virtual Console™ services that offer more ways than ever to download a fresh dose of fun directly to your Nintendo game system.

Nintendo DSiWare

Shantae: Risky's Revenge
Publisher: WayForward
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E10+ (Everyone 10 and Older) – Comic Mischief, Mild Cartoon Violence, Suggestive Themes
Price: 1,200 Nintendo DSi Points™
Description: The sequel to the critically acclaimed Shantae is here! Fans asked, and WayForward has answered with a powder keg of high-octane, hair-whipping, hip-shaking action available only on the Nintendo DSiWare service. Shantae: Risky's Revenge sets the bar even higher with thousands of frames of animation, huge multi-sprite bosses and a quest so big it's bursting at the seams. Guide "half-genie" Shantae through haunted wastelands, burning deserts, enchanted forests, dripping caverns and deadly labyrinths. Discover magical attacks, brew zombie coffee, save golden babies and master the art of belly dancing to transform Shantae into more powerful creatures. Use your powers to foil the lady pirate Risky Boots and save Sequin Land from certain doom. With its infectious characters, flirtatious humor and deliciously outlandish action, Shantae: Risky's Revenge offers up all the hair-whipping, belly-dancing action you can handle.

Rummikub
Publisher: Games Factory Online
Players: 1-4
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 800 Nintendo DSi Points
Description: For more than 50 years, players have loved Rummikub for its combination of tactical thinking, luck and tense competition. In this new edition for the Nintendo DSiWare service, combine the tiles to create the smartest combinations and play with friends who have their own copy of Rummikub. You can also pit your wits against the computer in single-player mode at various difficulty settings. Collect all the medals Rummikub has to offer and become the world champion.

WiiWare

Racers' Islands – Crazy Racers
Publisher: ZALLAG
Players: 1-4
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) – Mild Cartoon Violence
Price: 1,000 Wii Points™
Description: Six drivers are competing on a popular TV show: an English lord, a dangerous beauty from Russia, a Mexican desperado, an eccentric Frenchman, a Japanese prodigy and an American bulldozer. Whichever driver you choose, you'll have to drive and shoot simultaneously to be the first to cross the finish line. The game includes 20 different races and six thematic islands styled to look like a big amusement park. Unique game play lets you drive with one hand while aiming with the other. Discover tons of content like new items, trophies and time trials.

Learning with the PooYoos: Episode 3
Publisher: Lexis Numérique
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: EC (Early Childhood)
Price: 500 Wii Points
Description: Welcome to the world of the PooYoos, the first fun poetic brain-trainer for children ages 3 to 6. With the PooYoos, a merry band of adorable baby animals, children will have fun while learning basic development concepts such as numbers, letters, lateralization, shapes and colors. Children get to dance with their new friends and earn lovely interactive rewards. With two levels of interactivity, children can play activities based on plants and music. This game has been designed for use by children who have not yet grasped reading. The instructions are spoken in French, English or Spanish, depending on the language setting of your Wii™ console.

Virtual Console

FATAL FURY 3: ROAD TO THE FINAL VICTORY
Original platform: NEOGEO
Publisher: D4 Enterprise
Players: 1-2
ESRB Rating: T (Teen) – Violence
Price: 900 Wii Points
Description: Originally released in 1995, this is the fourth title in the Fatal Fury series of beat-'em-up games. Previous releases in the series used a two-plane battle system allowing you to move and fight between the foreground and background. This game features a three-plane format – foreground, background and main plane – known as the Oversway System. Characters will automatically move back to the main line after a certain period of time in the foreground or background planes. Other new features include Combination Arts (the ability to execute combo attacks with simple rhythmic button taps), Hidden Abilities (superior versions of the popular Special Moves and Super Special Moves from previous installments) and minor tweaks to all of the characters' Special Moves. As a result, this installment offers the deepest strategies and tactics in the Fatal Fury series to date.

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://www.nintendodsi.com.
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Last night I finally tried the NyxQuest demo I've had sitting in our Wii for forever and I liked the demo a lot. Anyone have thoughts on if the full version is worth the asking price?

Also, hate to break the news, but Zenonia is currently on sale on iOS (iPhone, etc) for 99c and the sequel is $1.99. I picked up the original there. I'll see if the sparse sound is there too, but I haven't had a chance to try it yet.
 
[quote name='crunchewy']Last night I finally tried the NyxQuest demo I've had sitting in our Wii for forever and I liked the demo a lot. Anyone have thoughts on if the full version is worth the asking price?

Also, hate to break the news, but Zenonia is currently on sale on iOS (iPhone, etc) for 99c and the sequel is $1.99. I picked up the original there. I'll see if the sparse sound is there too, but I haven't had a chance to try it yet.[/QUOTE]

Nyxquest is my favorite WiiWare game. It is a little on the short side (I forget exactly how long it took me to beat it now, but I want to say it was somewhere between 4.5 and 5.5 hours to 100% the game. [but there wasn't a huge difference between time spent beating the game, and time going back for anything missed, probably only spent a half hour going back for stuff I missed)

Still, I enjoyed the hell out of it, and for the price the length was fine by me. I would have liked a little more challenge ... but I like my sidescrollers to be very difficult so take that for what it's worth.
 
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.
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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. :)
 
[quote name='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.[/QUOTE]

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.
 
[quote name='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. :)[/QUOTE]
Is the L button used in Shantae?
 
[quote name='pete5883']Is the L button used in Shantae?[/QUOTE]

It does a backdash move. See also: Alucard in Symphony of the Night, and probably some of the GBA/DS Castlevanias.
 
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.
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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.
 
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)
 
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.
 
I own three copies of Mystic Quest (on the SNES) and have never played it. :lol:

(I dislike the series in general.)

I'll get that Netflix app tonight.
 
Netflix app now has full catalog search. You can even add to your DVD queue. Nice, but no search filter to limit to streaming titles? Dumb oversight. Nice anyway, though.
 
It doesn't take up a huge amount, but I don't remember the number. Definitely under 100 blocks. The new features and design are worth it. You can also put it on your SD card if you have one and run it from there.
 
[quote name='2DMention']how much space does the netflix app take up? Might be worth it to keep using a disc.[/QUOTE]
I'm not sure, but I don't think it takes up much space.

Also, the disc might no longer work in about a month, the PS3 disc that I use said that it will not work in 30 days, so it might be the same on the Wii.
 
[quote name='Strell']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.[/QUOTE]

I own it, and it isnt by any means awful, but it is Final Fantasy with training wheels, so rather linear and rather easy.
 
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