Official Weekly Nintendo Downloads Thread

[ubersaurus]

Sky Kid rocks! One of my favorite NES games ever!

I'm all over Star Soldier R.

[MegaDrive20XX]

I refuse to buy a single Wii Ware game until Dr. Mario comes out.


Agreed!

[Rob2600]

instead we get Pokecrack '99. Way to go.

Pokemon Puzzle League is actually a great game. It's a lot of fun! I'll have to download it when I get home.

[Rob2600]

I refuse to buy a single Wii Ware game until Dr. Mario comes out.

That's too bad because Lost Winds is a great $10 game. When is Dr. Mario being released in the U.S. anyway?

[djbeatmongrel]

star soldier r is pretty damn good. i suggest you people buy it now.

[7th lutz]

That's too bad because Lost Winds is a great $10 game. When is Dr. Mario being released in the U.S. anyway?

Dr. Mario should come out next week monday. This is according is according to http://www.wiiware-world.com/games/wiiware/dr_mario_online_rx.

[Icarus Moonsight]

Star Soldier R? For real? I r now happiness. :D

[GrandAmChandler]

That's too bad because Lost Winds is a great $10 game. When is Dr. Mario being released in the U.S. anyway?

Give me Dr. Mario, or give me nothing!

Also it better be $10 or under, or Wii Ware can GTFO.

[djbeatmongrel]

Give me Dr. Mario, or give me nothing!

Also it better be $10 or under, or Wii Ware can GTFO.

Meds: take them.

[c0ldb33r]

Also it better be $10 or under, or Wii Ware can GTFO.
I read somewhere it's 1500 Wii points.

[GrandAmChandler]

Meds: take them.

The only meds I need are in the form of red, yellow, and blue pills!

[7th lutz]

I read somewhere it's 1500 Wii points.

Dr. Mario is not 1500 Wii points. Dr. Mario is for 1000 Wii points.

The source is http://www.wiiware-world.com/games/wiiware/dr_mario_online_rx. Other proof is the fact Dr Mario was released in Europe and Japan for 1000 Wii points and is shown at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WiiWare_games .

[classicb]

I refuse to buy a single Wii Ware game until Dr. Mario comes out.

from what i've read its just the same as the old game but with online multiplayer added. I'd rather spend my wii points on a game i don't have

[classicb]

star soldier r is pretty damn good. i suggest you people buy it now.

i was unsure about this one because it only has two levels but if its good i'd probably be happy with just that

[djbeatmongrel]

i was unsure about this one because it only has two levels but if its good i'd probably be happy with just that

if you are into score attack you'll be pleased. i normally am not but am a sucker for vertical shmups and i am playing this a lot due to the online rankings.

[Neil Koch]

I'll agree with djbeatmongrel... I was a bit skeptical about picking up this game, but it is really fun. I put about an hour into it tonight. It gets surprisingly addictive trying to find the best way through the levels.

It is a bit overpriced at 800 points though IMO. They should have put in a 3rd level or some sort of multiplayer (on or offline). The way you connect to the scoreboards is also pretty clunky.

[classicb]

sold! its getting some good reviews and that combined with recommendations from here has me sold. a couple of reviews have also called it addictive due to its 2min and 5min modes i guess you always want to take one more go at it.

[7th lutz]

The aim of creators of World of Goo is to finish development of the game by July. The source is http://www.wiiware-world.com/news/2008/05/world_of_goo_new_info_and_screenshots .

JV games announced Beer pong as a Wiiware game. Source and info is found at http://www.wiiware-world.com/news/2008/05/beer_pong_college_drunkeness_is_wiiware_bound .

I don't know if Dr. Mario will be release on Monday due to conflicting information.

[classicb]

i went ahead and got Star Soldier R and i'm loving it. I haven't even touched the 5min mode yet. after a couple passes through the game you figure out how to score more and the game gets a lot more interesting. I'm #3 in Central America woo hoo for living in a part of the world without many wii's

[7th lutz]

Today's vc games are the following:

City Connection- Nes 500 Wii points
Metal Slug - Neo Geo 900 Wii points

The source is http://press.nintendo.com/articles.jsp?id=15287 .

Metal Slug is a fun game imo.

Metal Slug is the first Neo Geo game on the vc since Top Hunter : Rudy & Cathy On Dec. 31st. Hopefully more Neo Geo games will be hitting the vc soon.

[7th lutz]

Today's wiiware releases are the following:

Dr. Mario Online Rx -1000 Wii points
Family Table Tennis - 500 Wii points

The source is http://press.nintendo.com/articles.jsp?id=15287

[DigitalSpace]

Heh, I just got City Connection for a buck last week, and have been playing it frequently over the past few days. As a cheap NES find, it's a decent game once you figure out the jumping controls, but it's hard to recommend at $5. If anyone's interested, InsaneDavid did a pretty nice review on it, and that can be found here (http://www.classicplastic.net/dvgi/features-RTMnescadeCityConnection.html).

[GrandAmChandler]

they both are NOT available yet on my Wii.

[7th lutz]

they both are NOT available yet on my Wii.

The new Wiiware releases should up by now. I think you checked too soon.

[Frankie_Says_Relax]

I picked up Dr. Mario Online Rx and Family Ping Pong today ... and, man, I'll say it again ... I have NO idea how Nintendo expects people to have more than two or three of these things on their Wii without doing either of the following:

erasing ALL their VC games

or

moving ALL their VC games onto an SD card for storage

...but back to the games.

Dr. Mario is great. I haven't played the mode where you use the Wiimote pointer ... but the standard mode is full featured and the online matches are fast and furious ... I'm somewhere around 12 wins and 5 losses right now, also it doesn't appear to have any secondary friend code for friend play!! WOO!!

Family Ping Pong plays pretty much like Wii Sports tennis. You don't control the movement of the character, and the direction of the Wiimote swing doesn't really affect the direction of the shot, rather the speed of the the Wiimote swing directs the spin of the ball (left = slow / right = fast /center = medium).

Unlike the Ping Pong "game" in Wii Play, this is actually a Ping Pong game.

Not bad at all for $5 if you plan on playing it with another player...as the CPU is pretty damned easy to beat.

Dr. Mario is great though. Add my standard friend code and PM me with yours if you want to play.

[Rob2600]

I picked up Dr. Mario Online Rx and Family Ping Pong today ... and, man, I'll say it again ... I have NO idea how Nintendo expects people to have more than two or three of these things on their Wii without doing either of the following:

erasing ALL their VC games

or

moving ALL their VC games onto an SD card for storage

That's weird. I've downloaded LostWinds, TV Show King, Defend Your Castle, and some NES games and still have plenty of room left on my Wii. Maybe you've downloaded a lot of N64 games?

I agree with you though, Nintendo should let us plug USB memory sticks into the back of the Wii for added active storage. What's the problem, Nintendo?

[Frankie_Says_Relax]

That's weird. I've downloaded LostWinds, TV Show King, Defend Your Castle, and some NES games and still have plenty of room left on my Wii. Maybe you've downloaded a lot of N64 games?

I agree with you though, Nintendo should let us plug USB memory sticks into the back of the console for added active storage. What's the problem, Nintendo?

I currently have:


All of the available Wii Channels (except the Mario Kart Channel)
One page of NES/Genesis/TG-16/SNES games (no N64 games, no NeoGeo games)
Three Wii Ware games


and I have 6 blocks left.

When WiiWare was first released, I had 3 pages of VC titles that I deleted down to 1 page worth of stuff...I think that one page of VC games is a average/reasonable amount of purchases/space ... to only be able to fit aprox 3 WiiWare titles on there in addition is pretty dissapointing.

Unless they add USB drive compatability in a firmware upgrade, or create a proprietary storage device.

[Rob2600]

I currently have:


All of the available Wii Channels (except the Mario Kart Channel)
One page of NES/Genesis/TG-16/SNES games (no N64 games, no NeoGeo games)
Three Wii Ware games


and I have 6 blocks left.

When WiiWare was first released, I had 3 pages of VC titles that I deleted down to 1 page worth of stuff...I think that one page of VC games is a average/reasonable amount of purchases/space ... to only be able to fit aprox 3 WiiWare titles on there in addition is pretty dissapointing.

Unless they add USB drive compatability in a firmware upgrade, or create a proprietary storage device.

You have way more VC games than I do, which is a good thing! I have every channel too, but deleted Everybody Votes because it's useless to me. That's why I have plenty of storage left on my Wii.

Really though, what could be the reason Nintendo won't let us plug a USB memory stick into the back of the Wii? If Nintendo is worried about piracy, couldn't it make it so that downloaded games only play on the originating console?

[Frankie_Says_Relax]

You have way more VC games than I do, which is a good thing! I have every channel too, but deleted Everybody Votes because it's useless to me. That's why I have plenty of storage left on my Wii.

Really though, what could be the reason Nintendo won't let us plug a USB memory stick into the back of the Wii? If Nintendo is worried about piracy, couldn't it make it so that downloaded games only play on the originating console?

Purchases are tied to consoles and users, and you can already copy out games for storage onto an SD, so I don't think Nintendo is worried about piracy ...

... I'd love for it to be non-proprietary USB sticks ... but I think that if anything, Nintendo is going to create their own storage system ... the Wiispace or the Wiidrive or the Wiigiveusallyourmoneykthanxbye

Whatever the case ... I don't want to have to keep deleting stuff to buy new stuff.

[7th lutz]

2d Boy confirmed the Wiiware version of World of Goo will be getting exclusive online co-op.

The source is http://www.wiiware-world.com/news/2008/05/world_of_goo_wiiware_exclusive_online_co_op .

[Frankie_Says_Relax]

I was rather disappointed to see that Dr. Mario DOES have a separate friend code. (It was the ability to send a limited version of the game to a standard Wii code friend that confused the issue.)

How many game-specific friend codes are we going to have to make threads for???

[Neil Koch]

Unless Nintendo changes their online strategy (or as some people might say, actually comes up with one) it's going to be a seperate friend code for every online Wii game -- and as long as Wii systems continue to sell like hotcakes, I don't really see them as changing anything.

And I'm in the same boat as some of you in this thread -- my Wii's HD got filled up a long time ago. I do have all my VC and WiiWare games saved on a SD card, so I can just copy from there to the HD, but it gets annoying having to do that everytime I want to play something new (especially for the bigger games which can take several minutes to copy over). Why they don't just let you play stuff directly off of the SD card is still baffling to me.

[Graham Mitchell]

Heh, I just got City Connection for a buck last week, and have been playing it frequently over the past few days. As a cheap NES find, it's a decent game once you figure out the jumping controls, but it's hard to recommend at $5. If anyone's interested, InsaneDavid did a pretty nice review on it, and that can be found here (http://www.classicplastic.net/dvgi/features-RTMnescadeCityConnection.html).

Oh, it's totally worth the $5...to run over cats.

Seriously, though, the NES version is pretty junky. After playing it in MAME I'd never go back to NES incarnation.

[7th lutz]

Japan will be getting Super Mario rpg in June. The source is http://www.vc-reviews.com/news/2008/05/japanese_virtual_console_list_june_2008_super_mari o_rpg .

It means Square has agreed to release the game on the vc. Super Mario Rpg was developed by Square.

I think this is good news for North American wii owners. Japan getting the game means, North America will be getting it sometime in the uture.

This something North America Wii owners can look foward to after Earthbound.

[c0ldb33r]

This something North America Wii owners can look foward to after Earthbound.
I hope this isn't a stupid question - what's the release date for Earthbound? Has that been figured out yet?

[zektor]

Oh, it's totally worth the $5...to run over cats.

Seriously, though, the NES version is pretty junky. After playing it in MAME I'd never go back to NES incarnation.

I started this game on the NES initially (never even knew it was an arcade game back then) and really liked the game. I think I prefer the NES version over the arcade version just because of that. Good game!

[7th lutz]

I hope this isn't a stupid question - what's the release date for Earthbound? Has that been figured out yet?

There is no release date info for Earthbound yet. Nintendo of America is very secretive when it comes to vc and wiiware release nowdays.

Nintendo of Japan vc release information usually doesn't relate to North America. It is caused by vc games being release in different months.

There is a chance I could be wrong on Earthbound being released before Super Mario Rpg.

[7th lutz]

Two Tribes told Wiiware-world.com that Toki Tori will be released on Monday for 1000 Wii points.

The source is http://www.wiiware-world.com/news/2008/05/toki_tori_coming_to_america_on_monday .

I don't know if there is another wiiware game being release on Monday at this time.

[KoopaBro]

You guys must buy a lot of games to have it filled up already.

I have 10 VC games, a fair share of game saves, one Wiiware gam, and plenty of space.

[7th lutz]

Today's vc release is Ninja Combat. It is for 900 Wii points.

The source is http://www.vc-reviews.com/news/2008/06/us_vc_release_2nd_june_ninja_combat .

[7th lutz]

The 2nd Wiiware game release for today is Protöthea. It cost 1,000 Wii points to download.

The source is http://www.vc-reviews.com/news/2008/06/us_vc_release_2nd_june_ninja_combat .

This version Protöthea is a remake of a 2005 pc game. More info about Protöthea is found at: http://www.wiiware-world.com/games/wiiware/protothea

The 2 wiiware games shouldn't be up till 11:00 a.m. Central time.

[Frankie_Says_Relax]

You guys must buy a lot of games to have it filled up already.

I have 10 VC games, a fair share of game saves, one Wiiware game, and plenty of space.

"one Wiiware game"

That's the problem right there. Once you have more than one ... say two or three, you'll see a DRASTIC drop in space available.

[7th lutz]

Today's Wiiware game release is the following:

My Pokemon Ranch-1,000 Wii points

The source is http://www.wiiware-world.com/news/2008/06/usa_wiiware_update_my_pokemon_ranch . Wiiworld is a legit site and is the sister site to vc-reviews.

Nintendo of America sends out e-mail Press releases to members of the video game media. The owners of Wiiworld and vc-reviews gets these e-mails from Nintendo of America.

Info on My Pokemon Ranch can be found at: http://www.wiiware-world.com/games/wiiware/my_pokemon_ranch .

[7th lutz]

Today's releases are the following:

Dig Dug- Nes 600 Wii points
Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa - Nes 600 Wii points

The source is http://www.vc-reviews.com/news/2008/06/us_vc_releases_9th_june_nes_import_duo . Vc-reviews is a legit site. Nintendo of America sends out e-mail Press releases to members of the video game media.

North America only got Dig Dug 2 back in the day. Dig Dug was a Japan only game.

Both games are imports.

I don't know how good this version Dig Dug is as a result.

Here is info on Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa: http://www.vc-reviews.com/games/nes/bio_miracle_bokutte_upa

[p_b]

Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa - Nes 600 Wii points


Is this Japanese for Bio Force Ape?

[heybtbm]

Today's Wiiware game release is the following:

My Pokemon Ranch-1,000 Wii points

The source is http://www.wiiware-world.com/news/2008/06/usa_wiiware_update_my_pokemon_ranch. Wiiworld is a legit site and is the sister site to vc-reviews.

Nintendo of America sends out e-mail Press releases to members of the video game media. The owners of Wiiworld and vc-reviews gets these e-mails from Nintendo of America.

Info on My Pokemon Ranch can be found at: http://www.wiiware-world.com/games/wiiware/my_pokemon_ranch.

Finally a Wii alternative to Pokemon Box. I think I'll be picking this one up.

[7th lutz]

Is this Japanese for Bio Force Ape?

No, it is not.

[JSoup]

I remember when the internets got all crazy over a game called Baby Mario that was actually Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa that was misnamed.

[Neil Koch]

You guys must buy a lot of games to have it filled up already.

I have 10 VC games, a fair share of game saves, one Wiiware gam, and plenty of space.

I do have a good number of VC games, but it really doesn't take all that many to fill up the Wii's HD.

IIRC, the HD has 2500 blocks, and if you have a few Turbo CD, Neo Geo, or N64 games which run 150-300 blocks each, you could easily fill it up with 10 games or less.

[7th lutz]

Wii-World.com did an interview with the game Developer Big Blue Bubble.

The CEO of Big Blue Bubble stated stated Home Sweet Home will not have any online features.

Rest of the interview can be read at http://www.wiiware-world.com/news/2008/06/big_blue_bubble_interview_home_sweet_home .

[7th lutz]

Mondays vc release is the following:

Samuari Shodown- Neo Geo 900 Wii points

The source is http://press.nintendo.com/articles.jsp?id=15425 .

I played the game at arcades and on my Sega Genesis back in the 1990's. It was a fun arcade game back in the day and I have great memories of it. It was better than Art of Fighting and Fatal Fury imo.

[7th lutz]

Today's wiiware releases are the following:

Block Breaker Deluxe -800 Wii points

Cocoto Fishing Master - 700 Wii points

The source is http://press.nintendo.com/articles.jsp?id=15425 .

I watched a trailer of Block Breaker Deluxe. It reminds me of Break out or Arkanoid. Here is the trailer or video to the game: http://www.wiiware-world.com/games/wiiware/block_buster_deluxe .

[Captain Wrong]

Sam Sho is my favorite SNK fighter, though I prefer 2 for no other reason than that's the one I have most time with.

[DragonMaster Sam]

I'm hoping they release Shining Force 2 sometime this year, along with other games that have been listed.

[7th lutz]

Taito is making Space Invaders into a wiiware game. The source is http://www.wiiware-world.com/news/2008/06/get_even_with_space_invaders_on_wiiware .

[geneshifter]

Today's wiiware releases are the following:

Block Breaker Deluxe -800 Wii points

Cocoto Fishing Master - 700 Wii points

The source is http://press.nintendo.com/articles.jsp?id=15425 .

I watched a trailer of Block Breaker Deluxe. It reminds me of Break out or Arkanoid. Here is the trailer or video to the game: http://www.wiiware-world.com/games/wiiware/block_buster_deluxe .

Wow, I was stoked about Block Breaker until I found out that you have to keep the Wiimote pointed at the screen to use the D-pad :(

[BydoEmpire]

The video of Block Breaker didn't look very good to me. Fishing Master, however, looked pretty fun so I gave it a shot. It has one problem, and that's that they just drop you in without any real help with the controls. You need to do a bit of trial and error, and overcome some frustration figuring out what you're supposed to do. The key to hooking fish is to not jerk up the wiimote too quickly (which isn't intuitive thinking about hooking a biting fish). You need to slowly tilt it up (and then keep it up during the 'hooking' sequence). Once I figured that out my catch % went from 1% to 80%, and now I think the controls are pretty good. Now that I know what I'm doing I'm finding it to be a lot of fun, and worth the $7 if you're in the mood for a low-key fishing game. It's not deep or complex,but it has an addictive "one more fish" quality.

[7th lutz]

Today's wiiware game release isthe following:

Gyrostarr -700 Wii points

The source is http://press.nintendo.com/articles.jsp?id=15469 .

Information about the game is found at http://www.wiiware-world.com/games/wiiware/gyrostarr .

[7th lutz]

Today's vc release games are the following:

Alex Kidd in Miracle World- Sms 500 Wii point

Burning Fight- Neo Geo -900

Alex Kidd in Miracle World was the Alex Kidd game ever imo. I own this game. This one of the best platformers on the Sms.

I never played Burning Fight, I don't know how the game is as a result.

I saw a youtube video on it and it reminds of the Streets of Rage and Final Fight series.

I know that Burning Fight will be on SNK Arcade Classic Volume 1. It will be released later on this year on the wii, PS 2 and the Psp. I recommend not to download this game as a result.

[Neil Koch]

Burning Fight is a decent Final Fight clone (one of the characters is a pretty blatant ripoff of Cody from Final Fight) but I don't think it's worth 900 points.

Miracle World is a solid game, really the only good Alex Kidd game IMO. I'll probably end up getting it.

[heybtbm]

I know that Burning Fight will be on SNK Arcade Classic Volume 1. It will be released later on this year on the wii, PS 2 and the Psp. I recommend not to download this game as a result.

The PS2 and PSP versions have been out for a month. I haven't even heard of a Wii version.

[7th lutz]

The PS2 and PSP versions have been out for a month. I haven't even heard of a Wii version.

The Wii version is supposed to come out in the 4th quarter this year.

[Icarus Moonsight]

Is this Japanese for Bio Force Ape?

No, it's Japanese for kick-ass baby staring in kick-ass game. :D

SNK Arcade Classics Vol 1 is listed in Nintendo Power's future releases watch list and has been for a few months now.

[joedick]

Hudson has announced we'll be getting Chase HQ, Break In, and Star Parodier in July.

http://vc-pce.com/usa/e/index.html

[7th lutz]

Hudson announce they are working on a New Adventure Island game for Wiiware. The source is http://kotaku.com/5020161/takahashi-meijin-new-adventure-island-coming-maybe-star-soldier-as-well.

[Tron 2.0]

Hudson has announced we'll be getting Chase HQ, Break In, and Star Parodier in July.

http://vc-pce.com/usa/e/index.html
Some thing that hudson is gonna get the,TG16 version of Chase HQ on the vc.

Given that taito is owned by sqaurenix now hmmm.

[7th lutz]

Today's Wiiware game release is the following:

Magnetica Twist- 1,000 Wii points

The source is http://press.nintendo.com/articles.jsp?id=15560 .

[7th lutz]

Today's vc release is the following:

Fatal Fury 2 - Neo Geo 900 Wii points

The source is http://press.nintendo.com/articles.jsp?id=15560.

I played this back in the day for the Sega Genesis and I own Fatal Fury: Battle Archive Vol. 1 on Ps 2.

Fatal Fury 2 is a solid fighter imo.

[Streetball 21]

I hope Super Mario RPG is released soon. I know it's been released in Japan already. Cant wait for them to release it!

[rpgadam07]

I hope Super Mario RPG is released soon. I know it's been released in Japan already. Cant wait for them to release it!

I've been playing that game on the SNES a lot lately. It is so addicting/fun!

[7th lutz]

Today's vc release is the following:
King of the Monsters - Neo Geo 900 Wiipoints.

http://press.nintendo.com/articles.jsp?id=15587

[7th lutz]

Today's wiiware release is the following:

SPOGS Racing- 1,000 Wii points

Info on the game can be found at http://www.wiiware-world.com/games/wiiware/spogs_racing .

[7th lutz]

Today's vc game releases are the following:

Donkey Kong 3 -Nes 500 Wii points
Ninja Commando - Neo Geo 900 Wii points

The source is http://press.nintendo.com/articles.jsp?id=15621 .

[7th lutz]

Today's wiiware game release is the following:

Major League Eating: The game - 1,000 Wii points

The source is http://press.nintendo.com/articles.jsp?id=15621.

[ubersaurus]

Nice, Donkey Kong 3 is a fun and underrated game.