Cut Straight to the Fun with Paper, Planets, Puzzles, Mind Games and Mini Golf
Familiar activities get a funky boost with this week's additions to the Wii Shop Channel and Nintendo DSi Shop. A trio of fresh WiiWare titles will have players wrapping their minds around unique puzzles, entertaining brain drills and awesome mini-golf courses. A new Art Style game for Nintendo DSiWare turns cutting paper into a cool hand-held gaming challenge. And simple things like air and weather conditions become exciting game elements in the latest classic offering on the Virtual Console.
WiiWare
Drill
Sergeant Mindstrong
Publisher: XSEED Games
Players:
1-4
ESRB Rating: E10+ (Everyone 10 and Older) - Mild Language,
Mild Violence
Price: 800 Wii Points
Description: Line
up and get ready to use your mind. Drill Sergeant Mindstrong is a party
game that allows up to four people to play at once. Players become
boot-camp trainees under the tough Drill Sergeant Mindstrong, going
through mind-boggling, mind-training games. The rules are simple, but
concentration and quick thinking are key. Become the top boot of your
class and earn promotions based on your efforts. This game is best
played with friends and family.
NEVES
Plus
Publisher: YUKES Company of America
Players:
1-4
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 600 Wii Points
Description:
Try your hand at the newest puzzle craze to come out of Japan, NEVES
Plus! Enhanced for WiiWare, NEVES Plus not only retains all the simple,
mind-bending tangram-based game play from the original Nintendo DS
version, but also includes new multiplayer modes wrapped up in an
Egyptian theme. This time, you and up to three others can work together
to move, rotate and flip the seven Lucky stones into each of the
500-plus silhouette puzzles. You can also challenge one another in new
multiplayer modes such as Versus, Speed, Lucky Number and Party Mode.
Whether you play every mode by yourself or with friends, NEVES Plus is
set to charm you with harder-than-they-look silhouette puzzles.
Family
Mini Golf
Publisher: Aksys Games
Players: 1-8
ESRB
Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 500 Wii Points
Description:
Daddy, Mommy, Sarah and Billy are back for some mini-golf action. Play
through multiple golf courses that contain obstacles ranging from
bumpers to speed ramps to fans and more. Up to eight players can play
together using a single Wii Remote controller. You can download new
courses to expand your fun-filled mini-golf experience, creating even
more complex and difficult challenges to overcome. Can you conquer all
the courses and become the mini-golf champion?
Nintendo DSiWare
Art
Style: BOXLIFE
Publisher: Nintendo
Players: 1
ESRB
Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 500 Nintendo DSi Points
Description:
Climb the corporate ladder in the world of BOXLIFE using your wits
and... paper? Use the Nintendo DSi stylus to cut and then manipulate the
paper into a box shape. Be careful-if you're not efficient with your
cuts, you'll waste paper and be penalized. R&D mode teaches you new
patterns and challenges you to complete various ranks, while FACTORY
mode gives you the chance to earn money by making as many boxes as
possible from an endless sheet of paper. Success in each mode brings its
own reward: Clear ranks to earn a promotion, change your character's
appearance, and use your earnings to acquire new items for your
character's miniature garden. With this game's stylish graphics and
catchy sounds, thinking inside the box isn't such a bad thing.
Virtual Console
SimEarth:
The Living Planet
Original platform: TurboGrafx16 CD-ROM
Publisher:
Hudson Entertainment
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E
(Everyone) - Violent References
Price: 800 Wii Points
Description:
An entire planet becomes your laboratory in this large-scale simulation
game. Players help foster new life and promote its evolution into life
forms of higher intelligence. Guide civilization along the path of
evolution until it can achieve Exodus, the ultimate goal of settling on
another planet. The basic challenge of the game is to maintain a
comfortable environment for the life forms by adjusting atmospheric and
geological parameters. Small organisms called Prokaryote and Trichordate
will grow and evolve into a multitude of life forms. Making a drastic
change is a recipe for disaster. The key to success is making small
adjustments and watching how the life forms react. SimEarth also
includes planets with environments different from Earth, such as Mars
and Venus. Try your hand at terraforming these planets with harsh
conditions and creating a world where life can thrive.
Nintendo adds new titles to the Nintendo DSi Shop and the Wii Shop Channel at 9 a.m. Pacific time on Mondays. Users with broadband Internet access can redeem Wii Points or Nintendo DSi Points to download the games. Wii Points can be purchased in the Wii Shop Channel. Nintendo DSi Points can be purchased in the Nintendo DSi Shop. A Nintendo Points Card can be purchased at retail locations. All points from one Nintendo Points Card must be redeemed in either the Nintendo DSi Shop or the Wii Shop Channel. They are not transferable and cannot be divided between the two systems.
Remember that both Wii and Nintendo DSi feature parental controls that let adults manage the content their children can access. For more information about this and other features, visit Wii.com or NintendoDSi.com. For the latest WiiWare games, click here. Click here for a list of games available on Virtual Console.
