Wii-kly WiiWare And Virtual Console Update - 09/29/08
This week, Nintendo brings us two new WiiWare titles and one new Virtual Console title. WiiWare gets Art Style: ORBIENT and Bomberman Blast while on the Virtual Console side we get Super Turrican 2. Complete description including prices and whatnot reside below. Will you be adding any of these to your download list this week?
WiiWare
- Art Style: ORBIENT (Nintendo, 1 player, Rated E for Everyone, 600 Wii Points): Explore the universe like never before in Art Style: ORBIENT. Take control of gravity and anti-gravity and carefully maneuver your small star through 50 stages set in multiple galaxies. Collide with other stars to absorb them and make your own star expand in size, or capture the stars in your orbit and have them become your satellites. Space isn't empty, though, and you'll have to avoid bumping into obstacles or getting pulled into a black hole. If you feel like relaxing while still being challenged, this is the game for you. Its combination of simple controls, atmospheric sound and unique environment make for an experience unlike any other.
- Bomberman Blast (Hudson Entertainment, 1-8 players, Rated E for Everyone--Mild Cartoon Violence, 1,000 Wii Points): A brand new addition to the Bomberman series is available on WiiWare. Up to eight players can battle online simultaneously via Nintendo® Wi-Fi Connection. Simple controls make this a great game for family and friends to enjoy anytime. You can trigger new items by shaking the Wii Remote™ controller, creating new levels of Bomberman excitement. You can even take the intensity up another notch by adding your own Mii™ caricatures to the mix. Battle results can be recorded on the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection Ranking, so you can see how you stack up against others around the globe. This title will prove to be a blast for everyone--from those who've never touched a Bomberman game to the Bomberman masters.
Virtual Console
- Super Turrican 2 (Super NES™, 1 player, Rated E for Everyone--Violence, 800 Wii Points): As the last survivor of the United Freedom Forces, it is your duty to destroy the Machine's forces that have devastated the galaxy. Fight through countless hordes of enemies using everything at your disposal. Use weapons and power-ups to fight back the tide of oncoming enemies. Use special abilities like the Energy Wheel and Cyberfist to find secret areas and score extra lives. When your lives and continues are gone, the mission ends. You are the galaxy's last hope. Are you up to the challenge?
Fruit Brute
Posted to Hot Stuff, Video Games on 29 September 2008
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I feel the need to hype up Orbient a little bit. The game is basically a WiiWare remake of the GBA game Orbital, from those odd Bit Generations games that Nintendo released in Japan only a few years ago. It's a really weird/abstract/trippy version of Katamari with classy ambient music. I was addicted to the game when I picked it up on GBA so the $6 price tag makes double dipping an easy choice for me. I'd highly recommend it.
Hopefully Nintendo has the good sense to bring over other Bit Generation games under the Art Style label. I'd love to see a WiiWare version of Dotstream or Coloris as WiiWare releases.