This Weeks WiiWare, DSiWare, And Virtual Console Releases

Nintendo have revealed the games coming out today in the USA on the Virtual Console, WiiWare, and DSiWare stores. in all there are 6 games coming out, 1 on Virtual Console, 2 on WiiWare, and 3 on DSiWare.

Virtual Console

STREET SLAM
This is a 1-2 player game that originally came out on the NEOGEO in 1994. this game costs 900 Wii Points. this is a 3 on 3 street basketball game with 10 teams, each vying for the position as the strongest street basketball team in the USA.


WiiWare

Robox
This is a 1 player only game that costs 1,000 Wii Points. you play as a probe sent to a mysterious planet to find other missing probes. however a crash landing means your abilities have scattered throughout the game so you have to help your main character find his abilities and re-discover his mission.


Gene Labs
This is a 1-2 player game that costs 500 Wii Points. this is a arcade puzzle game where your goal is to find an anti virus solution and distribute it to the infected cells before it becomes too late.


DSiWare

Gene Labs
This is a 1 player only game that costs 200 DSi Points. this is a DSiWare version of the WiiWare game, mentioned above.


Paul's Shooting Adventure
This is a 1 player only game that costs 200 DSi Points. this is a side scrolling shooter where you player as Super Baby Paul. your abilities let you fly and attack enemies with projectile energy. you can also use your enemies weapons against them. you are tasked with saving the worlds oceans from an Alien Invasion.


Peg Solitaire
This is a 1-2 player game that costs 500 DSi Points. this is a DSiWare version of the classic Peg Solitaire game.


Press Release

Halloween has passed, but there's no reason you can't spend time pretending to be someone – or something – else. For the WiiWare™ downloadable game service, players can hop inside a robot in Robox®. For Nintendo DSiWare™, players can take on the role of the Ultimate Pacifier in Paul's Shooting Adventure or go solo with Peg Solitaire. For a sporty look, try out a classic three-on-three basketball game for the Virtual Console™ service. Get the best of both worlds with a virus-controlling game, Gene Labs available for both WiiWare and Nintendo DSiWare.

WiiWare

Robox
Publisher: DreamBox Games
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) – Fantasy Violence
Price: 1,000 Wii Points™
Description: An exploratory probe has been sent to a strange planet to investigate the loss of several previous probes and to collect information. Following a crash landing on the planet's surface, our main character loses the skills that were to enable the accomplishment of the mission. Help him recover them with the help of the strange creatures that have taken over his mechanical interior… and discover the truth behind his new mission. You can enjoy a complete adventure mode that takes place in different locations around the planet, exploring different paths and discovering the many secrets hidden in the planet. Inside the exploratory probe, you can control tiny creatures that will help you to repair the areas damaged by the crash landing, thus recovering skills and accessing memory files. If you cannot move through the interior of the robot you must find amber rocks on the outside in order to obtain to new creatures and progress through the internal circuits.

Gene Labs
Publisher: FRONTLINE Studios
Players: 1-2
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) – Mild Fantasy Violence
Price: 500 Wii Points
Description: Gene Labs is an arcade puzzle game set in the world of genetic science and experiments. New viruses that are capable of genetically changing any living organism are spreading all around the world. The only hope is to cure the infected cells by looking at them under a microscope and injecting the anti-virus solution at your disposal. The goal of the game is to distribute the anti-virus solution to the cells visible under the microscope before they become infected by deadly virus. Drag the solution from healthy cells to infected cells to kill them and/or prevent the healthy cells from becoming infected by the bad virus.

Nintendo DSiWare

Gene Labs
Publisher: FRONTLINE Studios
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) – Mild Fantasy Violence
Price: 200 Nintendo DSi Points™
Description: The Nintendo DSiWare version of the WiiWare game.

Paul's Shooting Adventure
Publisher: Agetec, Inc.
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) – Mild Cartoon Violence
Price: 200 Nintendo DSi Points
Description: Super Baby Paul, the Ultimate Pacifier, stars in this classic side-scrolling shooter. The player controls Paul, the son of a super hero family who was born with innate super powers. Paul has the ability to take flight and attack with powerful projectile energy. But, most importantly, and unique to Paul is that he's gifted with the ability to take the form and harness the weaponry from fallen enemies. Paul is summoned to take on an alien invasion force bent on conquering Earth's oceans. It's up to Paul to use both his own powers and the weapons obtained from the aliens to fight back and protect Earth's most vital resource. His action-packed adventure goes from the seas to the stars themselves. Let's hope Paul can save our oceans before nap time.

Peg Solitaire
Publisher: CIRCLE Entertainment
Players: 1-2
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 500 Nintendo DSi Points
Description: A classic thinking game, Peg Solitaire is a board game for solo players where you have to move pegs strategically on a cross-shaped board with 33 holes. Some boards use marbles that sit in shallow indentations. In the United Kingdom, this game is known asSolitaire, and the card games are called Patience. The game has five levels with 41 stages to allow players to learn the game-play techniques step by step.

Virtual Console

STREET SLAM
Original platform: NEOGEO
Publisher: D4 Enterprise
Players: 1-2
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 900 Wii Points
Description: This 3-on-3 street basketball game was released in 1994. Players choose from 10 teams vying for the position of the strongest street basketball team in America. The excitement of this game comes from the players' ability to enjoy an exhilarating game of street basketball. In addition to pulling off fancy slam dunks, players can enjoy the thrill of basketball with simple controls that allow them to make passes to players in midair to throw down a slam dunk or dunk when rebounding the ball. Additionally, if players charge up their gauges, they'll be able to make an earth-shattering super shot that can break any defense. This game successfully combines adherence to the basics of basketball with some outrageous special moves.

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.

Sega Have Released New Screenshots For Sonic Free Riders

Sega have released new screenshots for their upcoming Xbox 360 Kinect game Sonic Free Riders. these screenshots are in-game and show 2 player split screen racing. the screenshots reveal that players can work together in the game to beat their opponents.

Screenshots

Sony Announce MUBI Is Coming To The PSN On 3rd November

Sony have announced that MUBI is coming to the PSN on 3rd November. the application will be a free download from the PSN and you will be able to rent movies for 7 days for £2.99/€3.59, or you can buy a 30 day subscription and watch as much as you like for £9.99/€12.99. there will be some free films as well, these will tend to be lesser known but great movies.



From EU Playstation Blog

EA Have Released A New Trailer For Shadows Of The Damned

EA have released a new trailer for Grasshoppers upcoming PS3 and Xbox 360 game, Shadows of The Damned. This "Halloween" trailer shows in-game footage of the main character and a few of the monsters in the game.

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• Android: More Pictures emerge for the Playstation Phone from Sony Ericsson. http://ht.ly/31Mb6
• 360: Its rumoured Kinect Beta Testers maybe able to keep Kinect and receive a code to download Kinect Adventures for free http://ht.ly/31MbQ
• 360: Its reported GameStop are calling Kinect Customers to warn them of the update loop, don't play until release date http://ht.ly/31McQ
• 360: pre-release copies of Dance Central have been recalled, Microsoft say manuals need updating, Launch should be fine http://ht.ly/31Mev
• PC: Its reported that over 500,000 of the 1.6 Million registered Minecraft players have bought licenses for the game http://ht.ly/31MfB
• Nintendo's Reggie Fils-Aime say Nintendo are not interested in Smartphones, handhelds have best gaming content http://ht.ly/31MgX
• Its reported/rumoured that 35 staff from IO Interactive have been made redundant and a project has been cancelled. http://ht.ly/31MhK
• PSP: Square Enix have filed trademark for Dissidia Duodecim Prologus. its unknown what this is http://ht.ly/31Mis
• DS: The ESRB has rated Dragon's Lair 2 for the DSi, DSiWare speculated http://ht.ly/31YjR
• QTE Microsoft have reportedly purchased Canesta, a developer of 3D sensing Hardware and 3D Tracking http://ht.ly/31Yz0
• 360: Microsoft say they expect Kinect to sell more than the Wii did when it launched. http://ht.ly/31Yl4
• Koei Tecmo have announced Dynasty Warriors 7 is not a PS3 exclusive, its coming to 360 as well in Spring 2011 http://ht.ly/31YlC
• Pictures from Capcom Halloween Party may have revealed Mike Hagger is a fighter in Marvel Vs Capcom 3 http://ht.ly/321UO
• QTE Blog: THQ Have Released A New Smackdown Vs Raw 2011 Trailer http://ht.ly/19J7XG
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• QTE Blog: Namco Bandai Have Released New Screenshots And A Trailer For Pac-Man Championship Edition DX http://ht.ly/19JbBR
• QTE Blog: Konami Have Released New Screenshots For NeverDead http://ht.ly/19JdFP
• QTE Blog: EA Have Released New Trailers For EA Sports Active 2 On The Wii, Xbox 360, And PS3 http://ht.ly/19JfV5
• QTE Blog: What Have You Played This Week? http://ht.ly/19Jncf
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