This Weeks WiiWare, DSiWare, And Virtual Console Releases

Nintendo have revealed the games coming out today in the USA on the WiiWare, Virtual Console, and DSiWare stores. there are 8 games coming out in total as well as 1 new WiiWare demo.

Virtual Console

Wolf of the Battlefield: COMMANDO
This is a 1-2 player game that costs 800 Wii Points. This is the arcade version of the game. you play as Super Joe and you have to shoot your way through enemies .


SONSON
This is a 1-2 player game that costs 800 Wii Points. this is the arcade version of the game that game out in 1984.


WiiWare

Fluidity
This is a 1 player only game that costs 1,200 Wii Points. you play as a pool of water having to overcome obstacles to try and save Aquaticus from evil ink.


Racers' Islands - Crazy Arenas
This is a 1-4 player game that costs 600 Wii Points. whilst racing, players have to drive with arm whilst aiming with the other.


Fireplacing
This is an application that turns your TV into a virtual Fireplace.


WiiWare Demos

Fluidity


DSiWare

Dairojo! Samurai Defenders
This is a 1-2 player game that costs 800 DSi Points. this is a tower defence game where you have to defend 6 castles, from across Japan, from Ninjas. the game also come with 4 gameplay modes.


Space Ace
This is a 1 player only game that costs 800 DSi Points. this is a fmv game were you play as the heroic space ace trying to stop the evil Commander Borf from taking over the earth.


Rytmik Rock Edition
This is a 1 player only game that costs 200 DSi Points. Rytmik Rock Edition is an application for creating rhythmic and melodic themes and composing full songs.


Press Release

Making its debut on the WiiWare™ service this week, Fluidity invites players to embark on an exciting hydro action adventure by controlling water in various forms. Players can test the waters before diving in by downloading a demo version of the game for zero Wii Points™. Meanwhile, a pair of arcade classics from Capcom - Wolf of the Battlefield: COMMANDO andSONSON™ - are now available via the Virtual Console™ service, letting fans enjoy old-school battle action on the Wii™ system. And if those battles aren't enough for you, check outDairojo! Samurai Defenders for the Nintendo DSiWare™ service.

WiiWare

Fluidity
Publisher: Nintendo
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) - Comic Mischief
Price: 1,200 Wii Points; demo version available for 0 Wii Points
Description: A magical illustrated encyclopedia called Aquaticus has been tainted by a vial of evil ink called the Influence. As a pool of water that can take on alternate forms of ice and steam, you must overcome obstacles scattered across the pages of Aquaticus and save it from the corruptive Influence. Tilt and twist your Wii Remote™ controller to use the various forms and properties of water on your free-flowing journey through Aquaticus, where every page has multiple panels and illustrations that come to life. Tackle problems and defeat enemies to reveal magical Rainbow Drops, each of which will restore some of Aquaticus' power and allow it to open more chapters and grant you new powers. These additional powers, such as sticking to objects as a block of ice or shooting bolts of lightning as a steam cloud, will be essential to destroying the Influence and its minions. Along the way, you can also test your ingenuity and reflexes by finding hidden puzzle pieces. These pieces unlock playrooms that give you the opportunity to use the skills you've learned and race against the clock to complete as many challenges as possible. These challenges won't affect your quest to restoreAquaticus' powers, but everyone needs a break now and again, right? Fluidity offers the chance to slosh and slide your way through an imaginative environment filled with challenging adventures. Are you ready to dive into this unique experience?

Racers' Islands - Crazy Arenas
Publisher: ZALLAG
Players: 1-4
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) - Cartoon Violence
Price: 600 Wii Points
Description: Do you like unusual motor sports challenges? Racers' Islands - Crazy Arenasincludes five wacky activities/challenges: a golden totem to capture in a lost temple, a wild ascent to an infernal mountain peak, an ice hockey tournament between racing cars, a paintball contest powered by engines and a time bomb to toss to your opponents as quickly as possible. During these frenzied events, players must drive with one hand while aiming with the other.

Fireplacing
Publisher: Korner Entertainment
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 500 Wii Points
Description: Turn your television into a virtual fireplace equipped with realistic graphics and a fire effect that will almost make you want to warm your hands by it. Prepare the wood, light the fire and stoke it. Or, if you prefer, choose the Automatic option to have the fireplace on your screen while you eat with your family, celebrate with friends or dine with your partner. There are fireplaces for every occasion.

Virtual Console

Wolf of the Battlefield: COMMANDO
Publisher: Capcom
Players: 1-2
ESRB Rating: E10+ (Everyone 10 and Older) - Mild Violence, Use of Tobacco
Price: 800 Wii Points
Description: Experience the Capcom arcade game that spawned a multitude of clones as the original commando comes to your living room courtesy of the Virtual Console service. Take control of Super Joe and shoot your way upwards into enemy territory, using grenades to wreak havoc with enemy placements in this seminal genre creator.

SONSON
Publisher: Capcom
Players: 1-2
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) - Mild Cartoon Violence
Price: 800 Wii Points
Description: Experience the original adventures of the Monkey King in this action-packed side-scrolling adventure. Rapidly switch between different levels of play to shoot dangerous enemies in the face. A truly original concept, this quirky, old-school arcade classic has been hard to find in the West since its arcade debut in 1984 - until now!

Nintendo DSiWare

Dairojo! Samurai Defenders
Publisher: Abylight
Players: 1-2
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) - Mild Fantasy Violence
Price: 800 Nintendo DSi Points™
Description: On the awakening of the Edo period, Shoguns fight ferocious battles to win over the Land of the Rising Sun. From Kumamoto to Tsuruga, six emblematic castles are under siege by implacable ninjas attacking from land and air. Strategically position your spears, archers, gunners, generals and cannons. Promote their ranks and wisely employ the smoke bombs and rice balls to your advantage. But don't get overly confident - the art of war of Hana, the Geisha, is a reminder that appearances can be deceptive. Four game-play modes include Score Attack, Normal Mode, Random Mode and Versus (via DS Download Play). The game also includes a Fast Forward function and several degrees of difficulty.

Space Ace®
Publisher: Digital Leisure Inc.
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E10+ (Everyone 10 and Older) - Fantasy Violence
Price: 800 Nintendo DSi Points
Description: Play as the heroic Ace and stop the evil Commander Borf from taking over the Earth. Borf plans to reduce all of humankind to infants and take over the planet. Only two people have the courage and strength to stop Borf and save Earth: the beautiful Kimberly and the heroic Ace. But as they approach Borf's stronghold, Ace is changed into a child by the Infanto Ray and Kimberly is kidnapped by the evil madman. Space Ace is a fully animated arcade classic from legendary animator Don Bluth. You'll make your way through bizarre new worlds by using your Nintendo DSi™ system to move and fire your laser gun. Beware of your foes, as they are numerous. The fate of Earth is in your hands.

Rytmik Rock Edition
Publisher: CINEMAX
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 200 Nintendo DSi Points
Description: Rytmik Rock Edition is an application for creating rhythmic and melodic themes and composing full songs. It contains more than 130 carefully selected sound samples of drums, keyboards, bass, lead and rhythm guitars. With Rytmik Rock Edition you can quickly and easily create the basic building block: an audio clip. It consists of musical notations for up to four instruments that you may transpose, select their location in the stereo field and modify their volume, polyphony and echo. You may arbitrarily combine up to 128 such clips in four tracks and create complex pieces of music. You also have a rhythm library and a varied collection of 10 pre-made compositions at your disposal. For the best musical experience, listen using headphones or a quality speaker system (not included).

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, visithttp://wii.com or http://www.nintendodsi.com.

Atari Have Released A New Trailer For Test Drive Unlimited 2 Showing The Game World

Atari have released a new trailer for Test Drive Unlimited 2. this trailer shows many parts of the game world that Test Drive Unlimited 2 takes place in. there are also various parts of the world shown like houses. there is also some racing in the trailer from a few different locations.

Nintendo Have Released 3 New Gameplay Videos For Fluidity

Nintendo have released 3 new gameplay videos for Fluidity. each of the videos show how the gameplay mechanics differ depending on the state of the water your controlling. the videos show Ice, Cloud, and Water states.

Hit X Podcast: All The News From QTE Gamers From The Weekend Of Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th December

This is all the news from The Weekend Of Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th December

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The Re-Cap: News From QTE Gamers From Saturday 4th And Sunday 5th December

• QTE Blog: Hit X Podcast: All The News From QTE Gamers From Friday 3rd December http://ht.ly/1aiBNG
• Android: Video of emerged of the Playstation Phone in action. Playstation Controls and app logo shown, Has L1/R1 buttons http://ht.ly/3jLIP
• QTE Blog: THQ Have Released New Screenshots And Boxart For You Don't Know Jack http://ht.ly/1aiFg1
• PS3: Gran Turismo 5 has an easter egg for AutoArt, a model maker, where their logo is on the bottom of in-game cars http://ht.ly/3jLKZ
• Rockstar announce that a big update for L.A. Noire is coming in the next few days, look at the tech behind the game http://ht.ly/3jLLK
• QTE Blog: Sega Have Revealed The Boxart For Shogun 2: Total War http://ht.ly/1aiH62
• A Survey for Assassin's Creed 3 asks if fans want faster free running, advanced eagle vision, new assassin + more http://ht.ly/3jLOL
• Its rumoured the next Angry Birds update will be coming at Valentines Day. a new bird is also coming. http://ht.ly/3jLQk
• Udon announce there is an announcement coming on Wednesday, most likely involving Mega Man http://ht.ly/3jLQY
• QTE Blog: What Have You Played This Week? http://ht.ly/1ajA3r
• QTE Blog: QTE Tweets Of The Week http://ht.ly/1ajCA5

QTE Tweets Of The Week

This top 10 shows the most clicked tweets from my News in brief Twitter stream. There wasn't as much interest with news in brief as with previous weeks but there was still interest in Gran Turismo 5, with 3 stories in the top 10, and news on the iPad. I was surprised to see video of the PlayStation Phone not making it into the top 10.

10 QTE Blog: The Re-Cap: News From QTE Gamers From The Weekend Of Saturday 27th And Sunday 28th November http://ht.ly/1ad8mo

9 QTE Blog: Hit X Podcast: All The News From QTE Gamers From The Weekend of Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th November http://ht.ly/1adq5I

8 JP Consoles, PSP 96.601, PS3 29.058, Wii 27.851, DSi LL 21.836, DSi 20.550, 360 7.083, DS 1.904, PSPgo 1.816, PS2 1.255 http://ht.ly/3gPCW

7 PSP2: SCEA have patented several new touchscreen applications, some appear to point to PSP2 type device http://ht.ly/3gQ1X

6 PS3: Digital Foundry have an in-depth look at the tech in Gran Turismo 5, show it to be a impressive technical feat http://ht.ly/3gTSU

5 Eat. Sleep. Play's David Jaffe admitted his loyalty to the PS3, he received a big backlash from Xbox fans http://ht.ly/3hS3u

4 PS3: Kaz Yamauchi reveals a Gran Turismo 5 update this month will allow the back-up of your Gran Turismo 5 save http://ht.ly/3iO7u

3 PS3: Little Big Planet 2 could feature a Kevin Butler costume for Sackboy to wear http://ht.ly/3jFcv

2 iPad: its rumoured the iPad 2 will come out Q1 2011, has front and back cameras http://ht.ly/3iNLZ

1 PS3: Kazunori Yamauchi reveals Mechanical Damage is coming to GT5 as well as shadow fixes. youtube uploads not coming http://ht.ly/3io7a

What Have You Played This Week?

For the Third week running I managed to put some good gaming hours in. I put in a lot of time into Darksiders and Puzzle Quest 2.

Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 – PS3 – I've only played a few online matches. The team i'm experimenting with is Minato Namikaze, Sasuke, and Neji.

Darksiders – PS3 – I'm up to the first boss in the game. I can safely say that this game is hard. I'm playing on Normal difficulty but i'm finding it hard, mostly due to the amount of damage enemies do. I've tried to defeat the first boss, Tiamat, but i've not had much luck so far. The level design is good and surprisingly expansive. The puzzles aren't too hard and fit fairly well with things. The weapons in the game are great and are used well, i've recently got the glave and that has several gameplay mechanics.

S'plosion Man – Xbox 360 – this is a fun game. There is a lot about this game that fits together so well. There are a surprising amount of different ways to use the exploding mechanic and the game introduces you to them at a good pace. I've defeated the first boss and that was perhaps the low point so far. It just felt that it took a little too long to defeat it.

Puzzle Quest 2 – Xbox 360 – its soo easy to try to play for an hour and end up playing for 4. this has happened to me several times so far. The slight changes made since the first game have made the game better, and whilst the menus take a little to get used to the game itself is just great and a solid game. I've defeated the Goblin king so there's still some way to go.

Gran Turismo 5 – PS3 – this is a fairy divisive game. I have not played enough to give a final opinion either way. For me personally I don't have any problems with it. I've played Gran Turismo games before and for me it's an improvement over past games, but still familiar enough to make it accessible. There is a range of graphic quality throughout and it is a shame, but it is too early for me to say how big this range is.

Trials HD – Xbox 360 – This was another game going cheap in the XBLA sales. I have several friends who have played it and recommended it so I thought i'd give it a go. Its good. I find the beginning is perhaps a little too easy but for the most part the level of difficulty gently increases. There are some levels i'm great at and others i'm not, and the addition of friend high score tables always want you to go back and do better. The mini-game style challenges aren't that great but they offer something different and use your skills in different ways. I'm only half way through the medium difficulty levels so there's still a ways to go.