Download New BIT.TRIP Kicks, Speeding Karts, Magic Castles and More
Among the latest downloadable games from Nintendo is BIT.TRIP VOID, a riveting new installment in the extraordinary retro-arcade series for the WiiWare service. You'll also find some remarkable kid-friendly fare on WiiWare this week, including the immersive Harvest Moon: My Little Shop. Race-loving Mario fans will thrill to see the original Super Mario Kart make its Virtual Console debut alongside the imaginative A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia. The Nintendo DSiWare service welcomes Castle Of Magic - featuring some inventive uses for the Nintendo DSi system's built-in cameras - as well as five delightful additions to the Electroplankton series. No doubt, the variety and value found on the Wii Shop Channel and Nintendo DSi Shop are enough to keep holiday consumers energized through Black Friday and beyond.
WiiWare
BIT.TRIP
VOID
Publisher: Aksys Games
Players: 1-4
ESRB
Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 600 Wii Points
Description:
The third installment in the retro-arcade BIT.TRIP saga is a synesthetic
exploration of rhythm and music as they pertain to our everyday lives
and moods. With a control scheme that's new to the series yet wholly
familiar to gamers, players have complete freedom to move about the
screen wherever they desire, interacting with the music in brand new
ways. The classic game-play aesthetic remains as color - and the absence
of color - are explored to the fullest. Trip out in four-player co-op
and get lost in the beat with a friend. See if you can survive the
onslaught of Beats and further your own BIT.TRIP.
Harvest
Moon: My Little Shop
Publisher: Natsume, Inc.
Players:
1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 1,200 Wii Points
Description:
Welcome to Clover Town, where you've just taken over your
grandparents' farm and shop. The town has fallen on hard times, though.
People are leaving, businesses are struggling and the magic of the
Harvest Sprites is gone. Can you turn Clover Town's fortunes around and
restore its missing magic? Raise crops and animals, then use what you
farm at your shop. Keep your customers happy by making wild fruit
juices, towering ice cream cones and extravagantly decorated eggs in a
series of fun and fast-paced activities that use the Wii Remote
controller to its fullest potential. Chop vegetables in midair, shake
your Wii Remote controller to match your cow's moves, roll eggs through
tilting mazes and more. Use your hard-earned money to buy new crops and
animals or expand and decorate your shop. Along the way, you'll meet and
befriend lots of new and interesting characters, as well as several
familiar faces from the Harvest Moon series.
Little
Tournament Over Yonder
Publisher: Gevo Entertainment
Players:
1-2
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) - Mild Cartoon Violence
Price:
800 Wii Points
Description: In the world of Little Tournament
Over Yonder, play as a young Prince or Princess and lead your team
through numerous battles. Plan and deploy your units to gain strategic
advantages. Launch real-time battles between units and fight hard, fast
and smart. Build your team, hire new units with different powers, then
groom them with battle experience to gain level. With strategic planning
and real-time, fast-paced fighting, this game is for the complete
warrior - one who works his mind and his muscles. Go for Single-Player
Tournament glory or challenge your friend in a 2-Player Versus match.
Learning
with the PooYoos: Episode 1
Publisher: Lexis Numérique
Players:
1
ESRB Rating: EC (Early Childhood)
Price: 500 Wii
Points
Description: Welcome to the world of the PooYoos, the
first fun, poetic brain trainer for children aged 3 to 6. With the
PooYoos, a merry band of adorable baby animals, children will have fun
while learning the developmental basics: numbers, letters,
lateralization, shapes, colors and more. Children get to dance with
their new friends and enjoy lovely interactive rewards. There are two
levels of interactivity, so children can play according to their age and
level. This game has been designed for use by children who have not yet
grasped reading.
Virtual Console
Super
Mario Kart
Original platform: Super NES
Publisher:
Nintendo
Players: 1-2
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price:
800 Wii Points
Description: Get in, sit down, buckle up
and experience frantic kart racing in the game that started it all.
Select one of eight characters from the Mario series - offering a
variety of driving styles - and take on three championship cups in three
different kart classes. Win enough and you'll unlock a fourth circuit:
the ultra-tough Special Cup. Crossing the finish line in first place
isn't an easy task, though, as each track has unique obstacles to
conquer. Racers can obtain special power-ups that boost them to victory.
For a different kind of challenge, take on a friend in multiplayer races
or go head-to-head in a Battle Mode arena, where the object is to pop
your opponent's balloons before you lose your own. With more than 15
tracks to master and nearly endless replay value, Super Mario Kart is
classic gaming with some banana peels thrown in for good measure.
A
Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia
Original platform: NES
Publisher:
Majesco Entertainment
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E
(Everyone)
Price: 500 Wii Points
Description: Blob
has come from the distant planet Blobolonia in search of an Earth boy to
help him save his world. Join him on this fantastic adventure, searching
for treasures in mysterious caverns beneath the earth, then traveling to
Blobolonia to battle the evil emperor. Discover Blob's amazing appetite
for jellybeans and the different transformations that occur with each
flavor. Use these shapes to overcome even the most outrageous obstacles.
A Boy and His Blob is a fantastic journey filled with constant surprises
and humorous characters.
Nintendo DSiWare
Castle
Of Magic
Publisher: Gameloft
Players: 1
ESRB
Rating: E (Everyone) - Mild Cartoon Violence
Price: 500
Nintendo DSi Points
Description: Be prepared for anything as
you try to save your friend from the clutches of the horrifying magician
Nefastax. Stand up to wild monsters in environments that directly
influence your movement. As you navigate this universe, the ground will
make you stick, slide, sink, swim, levitate and even walk on the ceiling
when gravity disappears. A never-before-seen use for the Nintendo DSi
Camera application lets you transform yourself into powerful new forms.
Visit an in-game Photo Cabin and search for a real-life object that
matches the color of the character you want to transform into. Take a
picture of a blue object with your Nintendo DSi system and…presto,
you're transformed into a swordfish. You can customize game items - from
coins to enemies - with pictures of your choice. Our cute hero's
adventure is just too big and immersive for one screen, so he'll have to
jump between the top and bottom screens of your Nintendo DSi system.
Ready to dive into the adventure?
myNotebook:
Blue
Publisher: Nnooo
Players: 1
Price:
200 Nintendo DSi Points
Description: myNotebook allows you to
take notes wherever you are. Just pop open your Nintendo DSi system and
jot down your thoughts. Make a list and cross it off or play your
favorite pen and paper games (games not included). You can even
personalize your notebook by drawing on the cover and changing the paper
type with 18 unlockable paper styles. Use the pen or pencil to make
notes or doodles, then erase the bits you don't like. With five ink
colors, you'll always be able to make your notes and doodles look
stylish.
Electroplankton
Luminarrow
Publisher: Nintendo
Players: 1
ESRB
Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 200 Nintendo DSi Points
Description:
Luminarrow plankton are famous for their habit of perfectly following
arrow-shaped formations. The plankton spin as they move, changing
directions as soon as they come in contact with an arrow that's pointing
in another direction. The pitch of the sound they make will change
depending on where the arrows are positioned. There are four types of
Luminarrow: red, yellow, green and blue. Each type floats at a different
speed and makes a distinctive musical tone. The four types of Luminarrow
drift together to create beautiful melodies. Completely alter the
direction of the arrows to change their sound dramatically.
Electroplankton
Sun-Animalcule
Publisher: Nintendo
Players: 1
ESRB
Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 200 Nintendo DSi Points
Description:
Sun-Animalcule plankton get their name from their tendency to emit
light in a sphere around them. The plankton begin as eggs and gradually
grow, emitting light and fascinating sounds throughout their entire life
cycle. The sounds they make will change as they grow from infancy to
maturity, growing very quickly until they disappear completely.
Sun-Animalcule plankton only emerge in the morning, noon and evening.
They lose strength as the night wears on; that's when the
crescent-shaped Falcato plankton take their place. The pitch of the
plankton changes depending on where they grow.
Electroplankton
Lumiloop
Publisher: Nintendo
Players: 1
ESRB
Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 200 Nintendo DSi Points
Description:
Lumiloop plankton are curious, donut-shaped aquatic creatures. While
stationary, they have the ability to spin at a very high rate of speed.
As they spin, the Lumiloop emit unique sounds and a fascinating
ring-shaped glow. Lumiloop plankton seem to always grow in clusters of
five. They produce sounds at different pitches as they spin together,
creating a beautiful harmony. This is called a pentatonic scale.
Depending on where they live, Lumiloop plankton that produce several
different sounds have been identified.
Electroplankton
Marine-Crystals
Publisher: Nintendo
Players: 1
ESRB
Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 200 Nintendo DSi Points
Description:
Resembling delicate snow crystals, Marine-Crystal plankton float
elegantly on the surface of the water. The plankton get their name from
their distinctive snowflake shape. They grow in clusters of 35 and line
up in very orderly formations. When stimulated, Marine-Crystal plankton
spin and produce vibrant sounds. While the plankton do grow in size if
they are repeatedly tapped, they gradually return to their original size
over time. They are born in four polygonal shapes: triangle, square,
pentagon and hexagon. The ends of the crystalline protrusions also take
on the same shapes. The tone of the sound they make will change
depending on the shape of the Marine-Crystal plankton's body
Electroplankton
Varvoice
Publisher: Nintendo
Players: 1
ESRB
Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 200 Nintendo DSi Points
Description:
Varvoice plankton memorize the sound of human speech and repeat it over
and over. They accomplish this amazing feat by oscillating the long
flagellum that extends from their heads. By resonating the vibration
with their water-droplet-shaped body, the plankton produce sounds that
closely resemble the human voice. The body can expand and contract at
will. By changing shape, they can easily manipulate the sound of the
voice. Words that the Varvoice memorize and play back in reverse have a
particularly strange ring to them. Researchers refer to this phenomenon
as Varvoice inversion.
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.
