The newest additions to WiiWare and Wii Virtual Console have been announced today by Nintendo. Check out what new games you'll find on the Wii Shop today, available starting at 9am PST!
WiiWare Releases:
Bruiser and Scratch (Steel Penny Games, Inc., 1 player, Rated E for Everyone, 1,000 Wii Points)
Hockey Allstar Shootout (Big Blue Bubble Inc., 1-2 players, Rated E for Everyone, 500 Wii Points)
Virtual Console:
Sonic The Hedgehog 2 (SEGA MASTER SYSTEM, 1 player, Rated E for Everyone, 500 Wii Points):
Gamertell has posted a quick recap of the best and the worst WiiWare games released throughout the service's first year.
Some of the games listed include World of Goo, Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People, Family Pirate Party and Midnight Bowling.
Helix deserves a best of spot too being such a fun, unique and exhausting rhythm based game. Additionally... where is lost winds??? How lazy is only three games for each category?? At least go for 5. There were alot of stinkers over the last year too. Easily could to a top 10 worst games list. with pop-up pirate and the infamous crap racing game which name i can't remember all i know was you were just a wheel and it bit donkey balls.
GR writes: "WiiWare. It kind of sounds like it could be a dental dam for special occasions. Something that needs to be sterilized immediately after use. I had been hesitant to check WiiWare titles out, partially because of my aversion to the name, but mostly because of my old thinking. I used to believe that for a game to even have a chance of being good, I'd have to travel to a store and give them lots of money first.
Then I was invited to try Bruiser and Scratch. If it is any indication of the quality of other games in the WiiWare family, I'll be checking the list from time to time. I was pleasantly surprised with this one, and I never left my couch."
+ Solid, challenging puzzles
+ High value for the price
- Ir-resolute graphics
- Disturbingly familiar soundtrack
Game Vortex writes: "There's a very good chance that due to some less-than-stellar production values, you may miss one of the better puzzle games to hit the Wii. Now, Puzzle is a broad category, we realize. Games like Professor Layton and the Mysterious Village are little more than a collection of puzzles, but by virtue of their storytelling become something greater. On the other side, games in the Fire Emblem series are known for their storytelling, but are at heart just fancy set pieces (aka "puzzles"). The line between strategy and good puzzle-solving is sometimes very gray, but there's no such line between good and bad production".
Still no Bomberman 64.
Will there ever be good games on the VC again?
I don't care about Bomberman Blast, I want my lovable, fun, amazing Bomberman 64 ;_;
i still think there will be a massive virtual console released either right before Christmas or right after.
Im thinking big.....not Super Mario Kart big,but big enough for people to download.
Maybe
Super Smash Bros(n64)?
Super Mario All Stars?
Super Mario World 2:Yoshis Island?
random spam right there...
and why would i want to play the master system versions of genesis games?!? seems like a way to trick people into wasting 5 bucks.