Nintendo Download 08-09 September 2009 (Japan)

I wonder why there have been no WiiWare updates for a couple of weeks

Retro styled games on WiiWare/DSiWare always get me excited, I hope Nintendo does this theirselves one day.

@lz2009: They've probably ran out of games to release.

@Ratengo: Ah, That explains it. Japan has been getting good WiiWare anyways, so I guess they're stepping down for the sake of NoA+NoE.
Hopefully, some of the games might get an English release.

I checked a couple of Kanji translation sites and "今日（こんにち） / these days, nowadays, now, at present, today" looks like the right translation to me, though I'll confess to not being fluent in Japanese. If we can get a third party to weigh in before changing that one I'd feel better if you don't mind. I use the following sites for my kanji checking:

http://www.webdico.com/dico/sitemap.html
http://www.saiga-jp.com/kanji_dictionary.html

With regard to Hajimeru you may well be correct; I was just assuming it was the "wa" particle so I'll get that corrected. I'm really not sure about that last kanji. Gan and Kao both appear to be valid readings; I'm really not sure which is more valid in this context, however the URL for the site does have kaotore_mini in it so I'll defer to you on that one as well.

I want those 8-bit platformers!

Saikyoo Yokosuku Action is described as a platformer, but the screenshot is definitely of an overhead game. Do you use the map to get to platforming levels? Also, what's with the blank bottom screen? We really need to see that?

@Superman: Please. Shut up, stop trolling, and do something with your "life".

Anyway, I can say this much: I am very jealous of Japan.

Am i the only one who noticed that Noroi no geemu is featured among the old school phases of gameplay in "Nanashi no Game Me", released recently in Japan (the sequel to the game where the characters play a cursed handheld video game which influences their real life, leading eventually to their death) ? Can't be a coincidence that they released this old school title just after they revived it from the ashes in their new DS game .

Oh wait sorry this is just a DSiware game, i thought it was a VC title. My bad . So let's just say it's a "side game" to accompany Nanashi no Game Me". Oh i get it now ! Play this DSiWare title, and you'll get cursed just like in the retail game :lol: ! Clever Square Enix .

Not one of these excite me even a little. That's a good thing.

@Adam, from the few screens I've seen it looked like a mix of overhead and side-on action hence my referring to it as "adventure/platformer" to cover the bases!

@Ratengo: After consulting my Oxford Japanese Learning Dictionary I think your initial reading is more correct so the editors will hopefully correct that this week-end. I always appreciate the corrections; it's helped me improve a lot, but ultimately the multiple readings that kanji can have make it challenging when you lack real knowledge of the language; especially given some of the funny titles Japanese games can have! I should be starting "Let's Learn Kanji" this week -- should be fun!

@Kafei: Good catch. I did think it might be some kind of 8-bit port, but I couldn't find anything in casual googling.

why cant theese games make it to NA i would love to try that Saikyoo Yokosuku Action Volume 1: Noroi no Geemu Ketsu game! looks awesome!

I translated the titles for someone else, so might as well post them here, too:

The Most Evil 2D Action Game Ever Volume 1: The Blood of Cursed Games
The Most Evil 2D Action Game Ever Volume 2: The Dungeon of Cursed Games

Let's Start Facening Today - Face Training Mini 1: Plain Small Face Course
Let's Start Facening Today - Face Training Mini 2: Lovely Smile Course
Let's Start Facening Today - Face Training Mini 3: Youthful Face Course
Let's Start Facening Today - Face Training Mini 4: Healthy Eyes and Mouth Course
Let's Start Facening Today - Face Training Mini 5: Face Refresh Course

They're a bit freely translated (the facening titles don't liteally say "let's start", but it's the best way to get the mening across in English, really), but you should get the idea.

(the "ketsu" in the first title should be "chi", btw)

(the 2D games have somewhat of a pun in the title - "saikyou" would normally be understood as "greatest", so if you don't see the kanji used, you get the complete opposite meaning of what these games REALLY are)

@Adamant : Your translation would further confirm what i said : It's the cursed game the characters play on their DS in "Nanashi no Game Me" (which happens to be a retail game released on DS a few weeks ago). The few sections you got to play in the retail title showed a bird's eye view RPG style of game mixed with side-scrolling platforming elements by the way. And if it has the same story, then it must be a great title. Old style graphics but deep storyline, and a very heavy atmosphere to it.

Sounds like it. Damn, now I want those games even more. Come on, Nintendo, I'll even buy a DSi for these.

(from what you're saying, the wording should probably be "Blood/Dungeon of the Cursed Game" or something like that. Silly Japanese and it's lack of plural forms)

BTW, the arcade version of Rygar is very different from the NES one.

I can remember the bitter disappointment of playing the NES version of Rygar at a friend's house expecting it to be like the arcade so I'm pretty thrilled about this!

Mahjong DSiWare!

That Squenix thing sounds pretty awesome from what I'm reading in Kafei2006 and Adamant's posts! Any idea if this retail/DSiWare pair of titles is headed over any oceans or continents?

Thanks for that one Adam, I've mailed the admins so we'll get that sorted as well!

I remember that dragon spirit game from one of those Gamecube collection games... it gets hard at points!

Yeah, Dragon Spirit does get tough, but it's still a fun game -- not many games where you get to control a dragon (now we just need Steel Dragon on the VCA!).

The last of the originally announced Namco VCA titles was the sequel, Dragon Saber, so I fully expect that to come out on the 15th.

@Ratengo: Yeah, to tell the truth, I'm actually thinking about doing just that. The Japanese DSiWare library is so much more impressive than the others.

Let Nintendo of Japan be happy with their release list.I'm still to mad at who ever is in charge of the NOA VC List to care at the moment.I want my SSB 64 and Super Mario Kart before the Wii dies out.The most that would get me to stop complaining again until those 2 games come out are if USA gets Tetris Attack the USA version of Panel de Pon or at least Nintendo World Cup.

Sure WiiWare will be seeing Contra Rebirth on Monday for USA.I wonder if we will see a big VC Game monday since we got Super Mario RPG last year for Labor Day.Labor Day is on September 7th this year.

Oh, how could I forget Dragon Buster! Yeah, they'll probably need to have two Namco games next week. Dragon Buster -- another game like Baraduke which I have a fondness for and never would have known of had I not played it on the original Playstation Namco Museum series...

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