Toppling Cubes, 3-D Characters and Classic Ninja Kicks Lead a Stellar Lineup
Beware of falling objects and soaring imaginations with this week's new downloadable game offerings from Nintendo. The WiiWare service welcomes the precarious puzzle action of You, Me, and the Cubes and the court-storming antics of Family Tennis. Commodore 64 favorite Last Ninja 2 arrives on the Virtual Console, pushing players to heroic heights in a classic martial-arts adventure. Nintendo DSiWare users can let the chips fall where they may with Clubhouse Games Express: Strategy Pack or create imaginative pictures with MySims Camera. Another heads-up for Nintendo DSi fans: Consumers can still receive 1,000 bonus Nintendo DSi Points by purchasing a new Nintendo DSi game system and connecting to the Nintendo DSi Shop by 11:59 p.m. Pacific time on Oct. 5, 2009. For full offer details, please visit DSiOffer.Nintendo.com.
WiiWare
You,
Me, and the Cubes
Publisher: Nintendo
Players:
1-2
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) - Comic Mischief
Price:
1,000 Wii Points
Description: Experience a unique combination
of strategy and skill as you maintain a level playing field in the
physics-based action puzzler You, Me, and the Cubes. The action centers
around Fallos, mysterious creatures that resemble humans and have an
ability to balance on a playing field of 3-D cubes. First, create a pair
of Fallos inside your Wii Remote controller by shaking it up and down.
Next, determine suitable places for the Fallos to land, then fling them
to the selected cube with a swinging motion. After that, the Fallos are
on their own. If your placement is sound, the Fallos will remain stable
and you'll clear the stage after tossing a required number onto the
cubes. But if the weight or locations of Fallos causes the cubes to tilt
and sway too much, the Fallos will lose their balance and fall off.
Adding to the challenge, you'll find that some cubes have different
properties, making tosses tricky and further threatening the stability
of the Fallos. Guide Fallos through dozens of single-player stages or
invite family and friends to join you in two-player cooperative mode.
Family
Tennis
Publisher: Aksys Games
Players: 1-4
ESRB
Rating: E (Everyone) - Comic Mischief, Mild Suggestive Themes
Price:
500 Wii Points
Description: Daddy, Mommy, Sarah and Billy
return for some hard-hitting, fast-paced tennis action. Battle it out
between the happy family members as you vie for the top spot. Choose
from three different modes: Elimination Match, Free Match and Thrilling
Rally. Play against the CPU or compete with friends. Elimination Match
mode pits you against the CPU to test your skills, while Free Match mode
allows you to play against another player under conditions of your
choosing. Thrilling Rally mode lets you join up to three other players
and rally to see who can get to 100 points first.
Virtual Console
Last
Ninja 2
Original platform: Commodore 64
Publisher:
Commodore Gaming
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E10+
(Everyone 10 and Older) - Mild Violence
Price: 500 Wii Points
Description:
The ninja known as the Mystic Shadow Warriors were the elite
fighting force of ninth-century feudal Japan. The evil Shogun Kunitoki
was once beaten, but he has gathered all his mystic powers to create a
modern-day tyranny in Manhattan. Face your archenemy Kunitoki in the
urban jungle and conquer him with your ninja skills. Transported to 1988
Manhattan by an unknown force, the ninja leader Armakuni must find a way
to defend himself against the unknown dangers that lie before him. Will
this be the final battle? Can you vanquish the evil Kunitoki once and
for all?
Nintendo DSiWare
Clubhouse
Games Express: Strategy Pack
Publisher: Nintendo
Players:
1-8
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 500 Nintendo
DSi Points
Description: Prepare yourself for a lesson in
tactics as you play through five strategy-based games in this Nintendo
DSiWare version of the popular Clubhouse Games. Take on an opponent in
the classic Backgammon, invade an enemy base in Field Tactics, sandwich
your opponent's pieces to capture them in Turncoat, create strings of
five in a row in Connect Five and guess where to attack your opponent's
pieces in Grid Attack. Play by yourself or use DS Download Play to host
as many as seven friends.
MySims
Camera
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Players: 1
Price:
200 Nintendo DSi Points
Description: MySims Camera is a camera
application that utilizes popular MySims characters. You can take photos
and overlay 3-D MySims characters to bring them into the real world. The
3-D characters can be animated, moved, scaled, rotated and cropped. You
can also draw on the photos with the stylus or use the stamp tool to add
more art and style. Create a unique frame and save the photos to the
Nintendo DSi Camera album to share with friends. MySims Camera is a fun,
creative experience for the entire family.
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.
