Two WiiWare Games and Two Virtual Console Games Added to Wii Shop Channel
What does your Wii™ library say about you? Are you fanatical about one style of game, or do you favor a brimming variety of sports, puzzle and fantasy titles? Fortunately for gaming fans of all kinds, the Wii™ Shop Channel makes it easy and fun to expand your collection in any direction. A few waves of the Wii Remote™ controller will introduce you to the latest Virtual Console™ and WiiWare™ offerings this week, featuring classic sci-fi adventure and some invigorating twists on familiar pastimes.
Nintendo adds new and classic games to the Wii Shop Channel at 9 a.m. Pacific time every Monday. Wii owners with a high-speed Internet connection can redeem Wii Points™ to download the games. Wii Points can be purchased in the Wii Shop Channel or at retail outlets. This week’s new games are:
Sing and Dance Your Way to SuperStardom Performing Today’s Hottest Music .
For any girl who has ever dreamed of being a star, EA Casual Entertainment brings you one step closer with Boogie™ SuperStar. Combining the hottest music hits from around the world with the coolest dance moves and total character customization, Boogie SuperStar provides the ultimate gaming experience: to sing and dance your way to superstardom!
Boogie SuperStar features nearly 40 songs made famous by popular artists such as Natasha Bedingfield, Rihanna, Fergie, Katy Perry, Maroon 5, Leona Lewis, Alicia Keys, Good Charlotte, Britney Spears, Kanye West, and more. Bedingfield, who has topped the Billboard charts with number one singles and albums in both the US and the UK, has joined forces with EA as featured spokesperson for the game. Additional songs are available on an International version of Boogie SuperStar, allowing players to also perform songs made famous by local European artists.
– Missions have been designed with shorter spurts of play, feel more arcadey
– A lot of cars and pedestrians moving in the streets
– Chinatown Wars revolves around a man named Huang Lee, member of Chinese Triads
– Must deliver your father’s Yu Jian (he was just assassinated) to his Uncle Wu “Kenny” Lee
– Yu Jian is a family heirloom/sword
– Ambush occurs, Huang must locate the sword, avenge his father’s death
– Hand-painted cut-scenes, there is limited animation in the cut-scenes
de Blob (Wii) – 92%
Order Up! (Wii) – 80%
Ferrari Challenge: Trofeo Pirelli (Wii) – 83
Samba de Amigo (Wii) – 71%
Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo’s Dungeon (Wii) – 84%
Rock Band (Wii) – 60%
Madden NFL 09 All-Play (Wii) – 87%
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 All-Play (Wii) – 85%
Twin Strike: Operation Thunder (Wii) – 74%
Super Mario RPG (Wii VC) – 95%
Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels (Wii VC) – 88%
Chase HQ (Wii VC) – 68%
Dig Dug (Wii VC) – 62%
MaBoshi: The Three Shape Arcade (WiiWare) – 85%
My Aquarium (WiiWare) – 21%
Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood (DS) – 93%
Spore Creatures (DS) – 66%
Jewel Quest: Cradle of Rome (DS) – 81%
Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: Trials & Tribulations (DS) – 85%
Zubo (DS) – 84%
Lego Batman (DS) – 80%
Dungeon Maker (DS) – 70%
Spongebob SquarePants: Drawn to Life (DS) – 51%
Pipemania (DS) – 82%
Gauntlet (DS) – 53%
Thanks to Joclo for the review scores!
VGChartz is reporting that Star Wars: The Force Unleashed has sold over one million units in just five days. This is a bit surprising, considering that most publications have given the game a decent score at best. On the bright side, some media outlets have rated the Wii version of The Force Unleashed as the best version of the game. A majority of sales so far in the Americas have been coming from the 360 version, though.
This quote comes from the LostWinds developer’s video provided by Nintendo…
“At the end of LostWinds, it says ‘to be continued.’ In the future, we may be visiting the origins of Mistralis or off to find where Toku’s mother has gone because she’s off adventuring somewhere in the world.” – Steven Burgess, Lead Designer
David Braben, chairman of Frontier, also added that “Mistralis is such a big, rich world” and that it would be foolish for the company not to revisit it.
A sequel seems to be almost confirmed. Now it’s just a matter of when Frontier will announce something and what the next game will be focused on.
*Note: When Mr. Burgess spoke, one of his words wasn’t entirely clear. I believe he was speaking about Mistralis, but I’m not 100% sure.
“It’ll be interesting to see what happens with Mega Man 9. That right there could set our internal strategy. If the Mega Man 9 stuff is successful we might see more retro games like that. But if ultimately Rearmed is more successful, they could come back and say ‘people really want these high def, high quality remixes, they don’t want just the old stuff’. It’ll be interesting to see what happens.” – Ben Judd
Mega Man 9 releases on WiiWare tomorrow, so make sure you do your part and download the game! There are plenty of other games that should receive the classical treatment. If people download Mega Man 9, there’s a pretty good chance that Capcom won’t be the only company to provide the retro style to some newly developed titles.
– Dragon Quest V (NDS, Square Enix): 1,131,378 units sold
Release: 7/17/08
– Battlefield: Bad Company (PS2, EA): 29,112 units sold
Release: 8/28/08
– Mario Kart DS (NDS, Nintendo): 3,194,908 units sold
Release: 8/12/05
– Sigma Harmonics (NDS, Square Enix): 38,631 units sold
Release: 8/2108
– Wario Land: Shake It! (Wii, Nintendo): 91,743 units sold
Release: 7/24/08
Best Buy
My Weight Loss Coach (DS) – $24.99
First Act Mini Amp (Compatible with Guitar Hero On Tour) – $19.99
Big Brain Academy (Wii) – $29.99
de Blob (Wii) – Free T-Shirt in pack – Best Buy exclusive
Samba de Amigo (Wii) – Get a pair of maracas for $4.99 when you buy the game
Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 (Wii) – $19.99
Kung Fu Panda (Wii) – $39.99
Circuit City
Buy 1 get 50% off – SSBB, Mario Party 8, Mario Super Sluggers, Madden NFL 09 All-Play, Top Spin 3
Big Brain Academy (Wii) – $29.99
de Blob (Wii) – Free Blob Mood Music CD with purchase
2 for $40: Imagine: My Secret World, WALL-E, Imagine: Babyz, Imagine: Teacher, Mario Party DS, Diddy Kong Racing, Little League World Series Baseball 2008
LEGO Batman: The Video Game (Wii) – Free set of 4 collectible buttons + free $5 gift card with purchase
Target
Big Brain Academy (Wii) – $29.99
