Fans of Kirby will be in dreamland tomorrow when Nintendo's pink blob returns to Virtual Console. Kirby's Dream Land 3 is just one of five new Nintendo downloads this week as Detana Twin Bee hits Virtual Console, Colorz and Heracles Chariot Racing are released through the WiiWare service and A Little Bit Of Dr Kawashima's Brain Training: Sudoko launches for DSiWare.
However, the one that most Nintendo fans will be looking forward to is Kirby's Dream Land 3 (900 Points). It was released in Japan and the US in the late 90s but never came out in the UK. Now many gamers can enjoy this platformer for the first time. King DeDeDe is causing trouble in Dream Land and only Kirby can stop him. As ever, Kirby can swallow his enemies and absorb their abilities - fire, ice, stone, spark etc - and he can also request help from his animal friends like Rick the Hamster, Coo the Owl and Nago the Cat. He can even summon his stretchy-tongued pal Gooey, controlled either by the computer or a friend.
This week's other Hanabi Festival download is Detana Twin Bee (700 Points). Originally released in Japan in 1992, it is a cute vertical scrolling shooter which has you blasting goofy aliens. You take on the roles of TwinBee and WinBee, flying through the sky in six missions which have you trying to save the planet from evil alien invaders. You can play as TwinBee in one player mode, or team up with WinBee in two player co-operative mode.
Colorz (700 Points) from Exkee is a WiiWare action/puzzler which sees you flying around in a spaceship in an attempt to clear planets of viruses. You control red, green and blue UFOs but they can only absorb viruses of their own colour so you'll have to avoid some viruses. However, you can fuse your ships to create new colours. Apparently the developers were influenced by the rock hard GameCube blaster Ikaruga, so it could be worth a look.
Then there's Heracles Chariot Racing (800 Points) from Neko Entertainment. In a race through kingdoms to become the first to reach Mount Olympus, you can either play as the Greek divine hero himself or other characters from Greek legend including Poseidon. The press release mentions playing as Satyr but these are troop of male companions of Pan and Dionysus so we're not sure how that will work! Anyway, you'll race through three racing cups across ten courses set in five mythic landscapes and use Zeus' lightning rods, tridents, fireballs and more to defeat your enemies. You can play with two to four players in split-screen multiplayer mode or compete in Championship, Single Race or Battle Mode.
Heracles Chariot Racing Finally Nintendo's most famous brain box Dr Kawashima will return to DSi tomorrow in A Little Bit Of Brain Training: Sudoku (500 Points). It features more than 100 sudoku puzzles for beginners and experts and there's a Brain Age check featuring various exercises to determine your Brain Age score.
Finally Nintendo's most famous brain box Dr Kawashima will return to DSi tomorrow in A Little Bit Of Brain Training: Sudoku (500 Points). It features more than 100 sudoku puzzles for beginners and experts and there's a Brain Age check featuring various exercises to determine your Brain Age score. EDIT: ^ This is the last paragraph of the article.
No surprises really. Though a very nice update for the blokes across the pond. I imagine Kirby will fly up the charts rather fast. What a game!
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