This Week's Downloadable Lineup Truly Sparkles
Why just take photos with your Nintendo DSi system when you can have access to a virtual photo booth? Sparkle Snapshots, a new Nintendo DSiWare application, lets you customize pictures with fun extras like fancy frames and stamps. On the other hand, if you're more of a fan of Nordic pillaging and/or dragons, you're going to want to check out this week's Nintendo DSiWare offerings of both Viking Invasion and Battle of Giants: Dragons – Bronze Edition.
Three fun WiiWare games are added to the ever-growing library, including Carnival King, which turns your TV into a carnival midway. And the Virtual Console delivers its usual quality classics, including Fighting Street, a port of the original arcade version of STREET FIGHTER.
Nintendo DSiWare
Sparkle
Snapshots
Publisher: Nintendo
Players: 1
Price:
500 Nintendo DSi Points
Description: Take photos and embellish
them to your heart's desire with Sparkle Snapshots. Choose from a large
variety of fancy frames, backgrounds, stamps and funny outfits to
decorate your photos, or use the powerful paint program functions to
manipulate them in detail. Want to take a new photo and add it to your
collection? Adjust the lighting conditions and lens type to match your
subject and even use a shutter timer to allow yourself some extra time
to get everything perfectly in place. Save your favorite snapshots in
your Nintendo DSi Camera album and use Nintendo DS wireless
communications to send your masterpieces to your friends. It's all the
fun of a photo booth – and more – in the palms of your hands.
Viking
Invasion
Publisher: BiP Media
Players: 1
ESRB
Rating: E (Everyone) – Mild Fantasy Violence
Price:
800 Nintendo DSi Points
Description: They come from the North,
and they're about to invade your Nintendo DSi system. Beware of Olaf the
Viking and his motley crew. Even now, their drakkars are sailing up the
rivers to attack your castles. It's up to you to construct
fortifications to prevent them from pillaging everything you own. The
more you defend yourself, the more ferocious they'll become. Before you
know it, they'll be invoking legions of fantastic creatures straight out
of the mythical land of Asgard. Fortunately, the experience you gain
will help you to build even more powerful defenses. Thwart all your
assailants' ruses and unlock new kinds of buildings: tornado-blowing
windmills to repel the ships, monoliths that strengthen your
fortifications or canons that shoot studded shells. Discover more than
10 levels, tons of units, a Campaign mode, a Survival mode and three
difficulty levels. There's even a little surprise at the end. Can you
rise to the challenge and stop Olaf from taking your treasure home to
his sweetheart Olga?
Battle
of Giants: Dragons – Bronze Edition
Publisher:
Ubisoft
Players: 1-4
ESRB Rating: E10+ (Everyone 10
and Older) – Mild Fantasy Violence
Price: 800 Nintendo
DSi Points
Description: As last of the noble and rare Bronze
Dragons, you must defeat the evil SALMU dragons and reclaim the 25
exclusive bronze gems they stole. Explore 10 maps and travel through the
great jungles of Earth, the scorched grounds of Fire, the frozen
wastelands of Ice and the floating islands of Wind. Customize your
dragon's appearance by changing its body, wings, tail shape and colors –
even add stripes. Test your dragon's fighting skills against your
friends in head-to-head combat or four-player tournaments.
WiiWare
Carnival
King
Publisher: Incredible Technologies
Players:
1-2
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) – Mild Cartoon Violence
Price:
700 Wii Points
Description: Carnival King is a
fun-for-all-ages video game that brings the spirit and energy of
competitive carnival games to the screen. Players compete for top scores
and prizes while visiting three different amusement parks: Arcadia,
Dreamland and Lagoon Park. Each park has four sets of games and a Bonus
Round to test players' speed and accuracy. For novices or sharpshooters,
the games are continually challenging, and the difficulty level can be
adjusted to match each player's growing confidence.
"Aha!
I Got It!" Escape Game
Publisher: Ateam Inc.
Players:
1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 500 Wii Points
Description:
Play alone or with family and friends to solve this puzzling adventure
game. Today is Milo's birthday, and he just got an amazing present from
his dad: a room full of puzzles. Milo needs to solve all the puzzles to
escape from the room. Shake, push and twist the Wii Remote controller to
collect and use in-game items. There's plenty to solve – see if you have
what it takes to figure it all out.
Family
Card Games
Publisher: Aksys Games
Players: 1-2
ESRB
Rating: E (Everyone) – Mild Suggestive Themes
Price:
500 Wii Points
Description: Daddy, Mommy, Sarah and Billy are
back for some good ol' card game action. Try your hand at one of three
card games: Daifugo, Speed or Memory. Family Card Games offers appealing
cel-shaded graphics, endearing music and friendly, competitive
match-ups. You can play one-player Daifugo or play against up to three
other random players in an online match. You can also view your ranking
and see how you match up with players around the world. Test your
reflexes against another player in Speed and see who truly has the
fastest hands. Memory will test your mental capacity as you try to
remember where cards and their respective matches are.
Virtual Console
Fighting
Street
Original platform: TurboGrafx16 CD-ROM
Publisher:
Capcom
Players: 1-2
ESRB Rating: E10+ (Everyone
10 and Older) – Mild Blood, Violence
Price: 800 Wii
Points
Description: A port of the arcade version of STREET
FIGHTER, the legendary fighting game that started it all. Players
control RYU or KEN and battle against unique fighters from all over the
world. The first fighter to knock out an opponent and win two rounds is
the winner. Power up your attack to three different levels – the longer
you hold a button, the stronger your attack. Input commands to perform
special attacks and deal serious damage to your opponent. Combine your
normal and special attacks effectively to fight your way to victory.
R-TYPE
Original
platform: SEGA Master System
Publisher: SEGA
Players:
1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) – Mild Fantasy Violence
Price:
500 Wii Points
Description: R-TYPE is a classic,
side-scrolling arcade shoot-'em-up that was developed by Irem in 1987.
It's the 22nd century, and you are humanity's last hope against the evil
Bydo Empire. Your ship is called the R-9a "Arrowhead" and comes with a
standard gun, but power-ups and upgrades are available in each mission.
Navigate through eight challenging levels that will test even the best
gamer's reflexes. The SEGA Master System version features an exclusive
secret level not found in any other release.
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.
