Arkanoid Plus! is an updated version of the original arcade blockbuster. Players must destroy coloured blocks by guiding an Energy Ball around the screen using a spaceship called the VAUS.
The game features a host of new modes and settings which radically alter the gameplay experience: "Arcade Mode" consists of 61 Rounds divided into left and right versions with two types of boss characters appearing in the last Round; "VS Mode" lets players face off against a friend or the CPU; and the unfailingly frantic "Time Mode" challenges players to clear Rounds within a strict time limit. Factor in the subtle differences arising from the choice of "Lives" or "Barrier" rules, along with a plethora of exciting items, and it's clear you're in for hours of blockbusting fun!
USA Version
#1
Wolfcoyote said:
I have fond memories of playing the Super Famicom/ Super NES game Arkanoid: D'oh it Again and this is the Taito game that I was waiting for. Hopefully it contains up to one-hundred stages like the SNES game.
This will also make up for the rather bland Arkanoid DS title released last year (square blocks, gap between screens, etc).
#2
IAmNotWill said:
I LOVE arkanoid. Definently DLing this.
#3
opeter said:
Wow, hope this comes out in EU too.
#4
LEGEND_MARIOID said:
Insta-download!
#5
Bass_X0 said:
Meh. I'd rather see a sequel to the Game Boy's Kirby's Block Ball. That was the only block breaking game like this that I could stand. I never really got into Arkanoid and the others.
#6
Rawk_Hawk said:
I might consider this but I would love to see it drop to 600 points. Still you can't go wrong with Arkanoid
#7
jhuhn said:
I think it'll be 600 for North America plus 200 for downloadable content to make it 800 Wii points.
#8
Kobayashi said:
Instant Download too. Arkanoid rocks !
#9
JRAPOCALYPSE said:
The nes arkanoid is still the best followed by doh it again but after that really shaky! this looks like a rehash of do it again,but hey is that not how they rip us off? not me im too smart to re buy something i already have.
#10
LEGEND_MARIOID said:
Congratulations.
#11
LEGEND_MARIOID said:
We're getting this Friday...yipeeeee!
#12
Justin26 said:
I love Arkanoid so much! I hope it comes on this Monday or in Fall!
#13
Schrempf11 said:
Looks fine to have an Arkanoid game on wii, but will be the control good enough? After playing Bit Trip Beat, I think that's the way to go, because the control is the best to move an arkanoid-like paddle...
#14
LEGEND_MARIOID said:
I've downloaded it and it is a solid wiiware title that I expect would get a 7 or 8/10. I like it.
I'm glad it uses the d-pad control and not the slightly more inaccessible bit trip beat control. For a paddle and ball game, I believe the blockbreaker deluxe controls are better. Thats IMHO.
#15
Wolfcoyote said:
Those Block Breaker controls...um...no. Just no. I would lose a ball every time I accidently went out of the sensor bar's range (which was VERY limited). Those controls were a fail for me, but I guess that's just me.
#16
ZEIDO said:
I spent all of the summer of 1987 playing this on my Spectrum 48K everyday, then when I got an Amiga it was one of the first games I got and kept on playing that too for a couple of years. Nowadays, I play it every once in a while on my Spectrum Emulator on my mobile. So, maybe this is an opportunity to rekindle an old addition on my Wii
#17
Vertigo said:
I have a US Wii.
Sooo... Nintendo... Squaresoft... WHERE IS IT??
And while we're on the subject, where the hell is Contra Rebirth?
#18
morphballer said:
Holy crap! 600 points? What a steal!
#19
Luigison said:
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#20
Kobayashi said:
Yessssssssssss !!! Arkanoid !!!!
#21
Vertigo said:
It's finally out! Hurrah! And I have... 100 Wii Points and nothing in my bank account
#22
longtimegamer said:
@Luigison: ????
#23
ballistikboy said:
Wait... Has anybody actually played THIS version and want to tell us about it here? I want to get a Wii and I am checking out WiiWare to see if its ultimately worth it... I loved the original Arkanoid and the port on DS, too.