It's No Reel Fantasy: Water, Sudoku and Silver Stars Can Boost Your Skills
This week's new downloadable games include a trio of WiiWare titles - two built around water-themed challenges and one designed to keep your mental chops in top shape. For Virtual Console, you'll find a memorable SEGA character making his return in a classic single-player sci-fi adventure. Rounding out the lineup is a new Nintendo DSiWare title that's sure to have sudoku fans reaching feverishly for the nearest stylus.
WiiWare
Water
Warfare
Publisher: Hudson Entertainment
Players: 1-8
ESRB
Rating: E10+ (Everyone 10 and Older) - Cartoon Violence
Price: 800
Wii Points
Description: Water Warfare is a comical
first-person shooter that uses water guns to battle and soak opponents.
A map with a particular theme - Playground, Beach, Plaza or Nature Park
- is generated automatically when the game begins, so you can think up
new strategies each time you engage. Game modes include Single Player
Missions, CPU Match and 2-Player Split Screen. On top of that, players
with broadband Internet access can use Nintendo® Wi-Fi Connection to
battle with up to eight players from around the world, or participate in
Ranking Mode.
Reel
Fishing Challenge
Publisher: Natsume, Inc.
Players:
1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 500 Wii Points
Description:
Reel Fishing Challenge offers a fun and challenging experience for
novice fishers and master anglers alike. Put your skills to the test and
discover new types of fish in the challenging mission mode, or relax and
enjoy the game at your own pace in free play mode. No matter which mode
you play, the game's beautiful graphics and natural setting bring the
fishing experience to life. Choose from a variety of lures to attract
and hook the game's numerous fish. Each fish looks and moves like the
real thing - it's the closest you can get to real-life fishing without
putting on your waders.
Silver
Star Reversi
Publisher: Agetec, Inc.
Players: 1-2
ESRB
Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 500 Wii Points
Description:
Silver Star Reversi has two modes: 1-Player mode allows you to play a
match against the computer opponent, and 2-Player mode allows you to
play against another person. In 1-Player mode, you can choose from five
different computer opponents, turn the background music on or off,
adjust sound effects and access in-game help features. During each
match, you can also redo your last move, save the game at any point, or
resign from the game. After a match has ended, you can review each move
and resume the match from any point you choose.
Virtual Console
Fantasy
Zone II: The Tears of Opa-Opa
Original platform: SEGA
MASTER SYSTEM
Publisher: SEGA
Players: 1
ESRB
Rating: E (Everyone) - Mild Cartoon Violence
Price: 500
Wii Points
Description: Ten years have elapsed since Opa-Opa
restored peace to the Fantasy Zone. Now history is repeating itself, and
the planets that make up the Fantasy Zone once again find themselves
attacked by the mastermind of the Nenon planet forces. This mastermind
is secretly constructing a huge fortress in the Fantasy Zone and aims to
put an end to their ambitious plans. Just as he did 10 years ago,
Opa-Opa must do battle to save the Fantasy Zone.
Nintendo DSiWare
SUDOKU
MASTER
Publisher: Hudson Entertainment
Players: 1
ESRB
Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 500 Nintendo DSi Points
Description:
SUDOKU MASTER offers 150 unique puzzles that beginners and experts alike
will enjoy. A handful of tutorials will help you learn the rules and
controls as you go, and handy features like Write Mode and Temp Numbers
make Sudoku pleasantly user-friendly. Feeling confident? Then try your
hand at Title Mode to work your way up from Rookie to Sudoku Master. All
puzzles were created by Sudoku veteran NIKOLI Co., Ltd., and tips from
Sudoku godfather Maki Kaji are offered between games.
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.
