BIT.TRIP CORE Brings WiiWare Library to 100 Games and Counting
Another year of American independence isn't the only thing we're celebrating this week. With new releases, including the hotly anticipated game BIT.TRIP CORE, Nintendo crosses the 100-game mark in its ever-growing WiiWare game library, a milestone that ought to keep fans ooh-ing and ahh-ing long after the Fourth of July. Other WiiWare offerings this week will have players bursting bubbles and racing in chariots, whether solo or with friends. Nintendo DSiWare welcomes a new Art Style title and a unique auto racing game, while a classic Commodore 64 title will have Virtual Console users tearing it up California style.
WiiWare
BIT.TRIP
CORE
Publisher: Aksys Games
Players: 1-2
ESRB Rating: E
(Everyone)
Price: 600 Wii Points
Description: BIT.TRIP CORE
continues the BIT.TRIP saga in this retro-arcade-style game. BIT.TRIP
CORE adds up to an exciting action/rhythm game that's best played while
zoning out on the tunes and letting the visuals swallow you whole. The
experience is inspired by games from the '80s, but with a modern twist.
The game play is entirely new to the series, leaving the single-axis
controls of BIT.TRIP BEAT behind in favor of the ability to control two
axes. If the difficulty gets you down, grab a friend and play
cooperatively with two-player multiplayer. Make it to the end and you'll
have journeyed one step further to completing your BIT.TRIP.
BUST-A-MOVE
Plus!
Publisher: TAITO
Players: 1-2
ESRB Rating: E
(Everyone)
Price: 600 Wii Points
Description: BUST-A-MOVE Plus! is
a simple but hugely addictive puzzle game in which you must try to burst
a multi-colored mass of bubbles with your very own bubble launcher.
Every time you make a group of three or more bubbles of the same color,
they pop. There are two game modes available: 1P Puzzle (players tackle
the game's 135 stages in pursuit of a new high score or best time) and
Battle (players take on friends or computer-controlled opponents). If
that doesn't satisfy your passion for popping, there are a total of 270
extra stages waiting for you in the two add-on-content packs, available
for purchase on the Wii Shop Channel. BUST-A-MOVE Plus! is simple to get
into and deep enough to keep you coming back for more.
Heracles
Chariot Racing
Publisher: Neko Entertainment
Players: 1-4
ESRB
Rating: E (Everyone) – Comic Mischief
Price: 800 Wii Points
Description:
The famous Heracles has taken on a challenge like none he has ever
faced. Our hero will have to beat his opponents in a race across
mythological kingdoms and be the first to reach the top of Mount
Olympus. You can play as Heracles and help him return the sacred trophy,
or play as one of the other varied mythological characters from Satyr to
Poseidon and claim the prize for yourself. Race through three racing
cups across 10 courses set in five mythic landscapes. Use awesome
fantasy weaponry to defeat your opponents: tridents, fireballs, Zeus's
lightning rods and more. Get your friends together for intense
two-to-four-player split-screen multiplayer action in Championship,
Single Race or Battle mode.
Virtual Console
California
Games
Original platform: Commodore 64
Publisher: Commodore
Gaming
Players: 1-5
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 500 Wii
Points
Description: Welcome to California, home of the most radical
sports in the world. You're about to hit the beaches, parks and streets
of the Golden State to go for trophies in everything from surfing to
bike racing. California Games gives you the hottest sports and the most
aggro competition. You even have to pick your own sponsor. So pull on
those kneepads – you're about to get into the most fun you've had since
Mom hid your skateboard. California Games is going to take you from surf
to the turf, from the pipe to the parks.
Nintendo DSiWare
Art
Style: BASE 10
Publisher: Nintendo
Players: 1-2
ESRB
Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 500 Nintendo DSi Points
Description:
Art Style: BASE 10 is a game of numbers. Your goal is simple: create
combinations equaling 10 by sliding numbers around the playing field.
Move them horizontally or vertically, but be careful not to create an
unusable non-number in the process. Choose from one of three modes:
eliminate a set amount of numbers as quickly as possible in ZEROSUM
MODE; get rid of prearranged groups of numbers in as few moves as
possible in PUZZLE MODE; or continue removing numbers until your game is
over in INFINITE MODE. In addition, you can challenge an opponent to a
two-player wireless battle in VS MODE and see whose number-crunching
skills reign supreme. If you think you're a master with numbers, the
straightforward yet challenging world of Art Style: BASE 10 gives you
the opportunity to prove it in a unique way.
Asphalt
4: Elite Racing
Publisher: Gameloft
Players: 1-4
ESRB
Rating: E10+ (Everyone 10 and Older) – Mild Violence
Price: 800
Nintendo DSi Points
Description: For the racing elite, the world is
their racetrack. Choose among 28 dream cars and motorcycles from the
world's most prestigious manufacturers. Then race your way through eight
of the most renowned cities, fully rendered in 3-D. Control your speed
machine with either standard or touch-screen controls for precision
driving. Photos taken with the Nintendo DSi Camera can be used as your
personal icon or can appear throughout the various environments,
including the garage where you can customize and tune your vehicles.
From New York to Shanghai, Paris to Dubai, you'll weave a course through
busy streets in six kinds of races plus four-player Multiplayer mode.
Avoid police, demolish competitors and pass the leader to win. You'll
need to floor it at every straightaway and push every drift to the limit
to stay one step ahead and become the ultimate VIP of urban racing.
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.
