Nintendo Asks Everyone to Muscle March in Formation
There's a lot to say about this week's downloadable games. You can check out the brain-training power of The Amazing Brain Train! or the cute puppies of Me And My Dogs: Friends Forever. Fans of more traditional games can protect their space fleet from waves of enemies in STARSHIP DEFENSE or explore the dual temporal world of Chronos Twins. Retro gamers will certainly like the ninja stylings of Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi on the Virtual Console service or the chance to try out the Nintendo DSiWare title Dark Void Zero, a mythical long-lost game from Capcom's vaults.
And then there's Muscle March.
A bunch of bodybuilders (and a polar bear) clad in bikini briefs chase after protein-powder thieves who can bash through walls at will. Strike your best bodybuilder poses to catch the thief and make the protein powder yours again. This surreal experience is best shared among friends, so start flexing!
WiiWare
Muscle
March
Publisher: NBGI
Players: 1-4
ESRB
Rating: E 10+ (Everyone 10 and Older) - Comic Mischief
Price:
500 Wii Points
Description: Muscle March is a quirky Japanese
action game stuffed full of macho bodybuilders. The all mighty protein
powder has been stolen, so it's up to Tony and his muscle-bound crew to
catch the thieves. Choose from a variety of perfectly molded superstars
and bring these terrible villains to justice. As the thieves attempt
escape, they will smash through walls while making a variety of poses.
You must match these poses to fit through the holes and catch up to the
thieves. The protein powder will be yours again! Flex your muscles by
yourself or with up to three friends in turn-based macho excitement.
Posing for a few minutes not enough? Enjoy Endless Rush mode until your
muscles bulge and explode! Muscle March will also be the first WiiWare
title to offer a polar bear in tight swimwear!
The
Amazing Brain Train!
Publisher: Wahoo Studios
Players:
1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 600 Wii Points
Description:
All aboard! Power up your intellect and embark on an epic quest aboard
The Amazing Brain Train! Fueled by your mental energy, Professor
Fizzwizzle's Brain Train will take you on a brain-boosting adventure.
Put your mighty mind to the test and see how far you can go.
Nintendo DSiWare
STARSHIP
DEFENSE
Publisher: Nintendo
Players: 1
ESRB
Rating: E (Everyone) - Mild Fantasy Violence
Price: 500
Nintendo DSi Points
Description: STARSHIP DEFENSE takes the
tower defense genre into outer space. Defend your space fleet from wave
after wave of enemy attacks by equipping a variety of weapons and using
a combination of strategic skills and resource management. Attach
weapons to your ships using the touch screen, making sure to place them
for maximum effect when planning your defense. If you don't, the
relentless nature of your enemies could overwhelm you. Increase your
chances of success by using energy collected from defeated enemies to
install new and more powerful weapons, destroying particular enemies to
obtain weapon upgrades, and watching for rare power crystals that unlock
advanced attacks, including a devastating black hole. And if you still
find yourself in trouble, select an SOS card to call on a special kind
of assistance. You'll have to defend your fleet across 30 intense
sectors, some with specific challenges, while advancing your rank from
lowly recruit all the way to fleet admiral. Are you up to the challenge?
Dark
Void Zero
Publisher: Capcom Entertainment
Players:
1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) - Fantasy Violence
Price:
500 Nintendo DSi Points
Description: As the '80s were drawing
to a close, the developers at Capcom began work on a top-secret project
that aimed to set new standards for the platformer genre. That game was
called Dark Void. Alas, Capcom suspended development on Dark Void as it
began to evaluate the SNES. Before long, the game was shelved and
drifted, unnoticed, into the annals of gaming history. Dark Void became
a legendary "lost project" at Capcom. Now, nearly 20 years later, Dark
Void is back! To commemorate the game's humble origins, Capcom has
commissioned this recreation of the original 8-bit classic, now
re-titled Dark Void Zero, on the Nintendo DSi system. You play as Rusty,
the first human born in the Void, who must take on the Watchers in a
quest to stop their domination of Earth. With the aid of Nikola Tesla
and his state-of-the-art rocket pack, Rusty must take down the Watchers
and their minions across three intense levels of action and intrigue.
Chronos
Twins
Publisher: EnjoyUp Games
Players: 1
ESRB
Rating: E (Everyone) - Fantasy Violence
Price: 500
Nintendo DSi Points
Description: Enter into the original world
of Chronos Twins, where you'll live a fantastic adventure full of
innovative ideas never seen before in any game. Thanks to its Dual
Gameplay game system you'll be able to control Nec in two temporal
scenarios at the same time. Chronos Twins mixes action, platforms,
adventure and puzzles to challenge your intelligence and ability. If you
like games with a real challenge, there's no doubt that Chronos Twins is
the game you're looking for.
Me
And My Dogs: Friends Forever
Publisher: Gameloft
Players:
1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) - Comic Mischief
Price:
800 Wii Points
Description: Have you always dreamed of having
a cute dog to cuddle? Thanks to Me And My Dogs: Friends Forever, you can
have up to three of the cutest pups imaginable at the same time and take
them with you everywhere you go. Choose from friendly Labradors, playful
Chow Chows and smart Beagles. Like real dogs, you'll have to take care
of them, feed them, wash them and give them lots of love. Play with them
at the park and teach them lots of tricks or train them for competitions
at the stadium. You can even call them like in real life thanks to the
microphone.
Virtual Console
Shadow
Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi
Original platform: Genesis
Publisher:
SEGA
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E 10+ (Everyone 10 and
Older) - Fantasy Violence
Price: 800 Wii Points
Description:
Easy to play, hard to master, Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi,
first released in 1987, is the sequel to the original Shinobi arcade
game, and is one of the only games in the Shinobi series to feature true
arcade-style game play. Play as Joe Musashi, the master ninja known to
his enemies only as "The Shinobi." This battle is not one you must fight
alone, as this is the first game in the Shinobi series to feature your
ninja attack dog, Yamoto, who will charge foes on command, leaving them
open to a powerful drop kick. Use your mastery of ancient ninja
technique to topple the crime syndicate - the Neo Zeed Corporation - and
free the foreign dignitaries they have taken hostage in New York City.
Good luck, and may the ninja spirits help guide you in your journey.
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.
