Ian_Daemon

Wow, the Wii Update 4.0 is long overdue and a welcome sight. Although I'm more excited about the possibilities than the actual outcome, it's a step in the right direction. (I think it's a big step, but that's just me.)

Maybe now we'll see the "Arch Rivals" arcade classic! "Arch Rivals" was the most not-like-Basketball "Basketball" game I ever played.

We can hope...

BitTrip:Beat is a cool game. I'm really glad I bought it. I just wish either (1) I was better at it or (2) it wasn't so difficult so quickly...

@WiiGuy: "Game Boy" and "Game Boy Advance" are specifically named. I'd be surprised if they made NES games available. It's not impossible, just improbable.

"Gunstar Heroes" for the Genesis/MD is one of the greatest video games ever made!

This actually looks pretty interesting...depending on the puzzles...

Doesn't look too bad... I wonder how fast people will use two human players in solo mode.

Sounds kinda boring to me...but it may just be "not my style".

I grabbed Bit.Trip: Beat last night and had a good time with it. It's a good game, but harder than I expected... I guess it has a steep learning curve. Aside from that, my only complaint is that the "beats" occasionally get "lost" by blending into the background.

"the increased firepower of the Wii" - you really don't hear that often...or at all.. And Chris van der Linden even added the phrase "make use of"! (That's downright rare...)

I'm anxiously awaiting this!

This actually looks pretty cool...

"We wanted something simple, something we could learn on."

Now I'm hesitant. Hopefully the controls and physics will be better than "Niki Rock'n'Ball".

Sooo, "Niki Rock'n'Ball" and "LostWinds" had a baby?

Sooo, "Niki Rock'n'Ball" and "LostWinds" had a baby?

This would only effect a minuscule amount of console gamers and a minority of PC gamers...

This new CC is pretty useless. Maybe if someone doesn't have ANY classic controller this would be OK, but this is basically the same thing as the original Classic Controller with that handle-add-on-thing stuck on it. (and if I wanted bulk, I'd take the GameCube controller over this)

@ Nintendo-Naut:
"I mean, who puts the wire on the bottom?!"
The Sega Dreamcast

I'm not surprised at all to see these lists remain relatively unchanged. There not releasing that many good games on WiiWare lately.

@Ikiosho: What was the name of the arcade game with two analog sticks and no buttons? I thought THAT was Karate Champ.

So now we have more pages? Sigh. Great. Now we'll have more opportunities for kiddies to yell "first message, first message"...

"Swords & Soldiers" looks good, but I don't play RTS games. (Actually, this appears to be targeting the same demographic as "Defend Your Castle"...and we all know how that sold.)

@ Starwolf_UK: "Anyway, this game has to have the weirdest implination of fiendly fire I've seen in an FPS 9usually its a case of do you hurt them or not?"

I think this implementation of friendly-fire is an awesome idea. It could virtually eliminate "spawn camping"!

Aww. Animales de la Muerte sounded like fun...

I still don't have WoG. I still don't want it.

Wow, looks a lot more fun than I thought it would be. Cool!

"My guess is that Sonic & knuckles won't hit the VC til Sega/Nintendo work out how theyr'e gonna get sonic 3 + knuckles on there."

@ouenben:
You think they're working on it? They don't care. S&K will be released if something accidentally happens while Nintendo is working on something else.

I wouldn't mind seeing "Ikari Warriors", but I'm not holding my breath.

I love the original Bubble Bobble and play it on the V.C. Should I really buy a second copy of essentially the same game?

No WoG here. It just never seemed that interesting.

I downloaded this last night and it isn't bad. (1) The whole initial 'menu' thing (picking a level and starting a game) is confusing because you just seem to start playing without warning and (2) the 'jump' physics take a lot of getting used to because they're nothing like Mario's (which platformers emulate). However, considering all of my gripes, this title isn't bad overall. Interesting and worth the 500 points.

I downloaded this last night and it isn't bad. (1) The whole initial 'menu' thing (picking a level and starting a game) is confusing because you just seem to start playing without warning and (2) the 'jump' physics take a lot of getting used to because they're nothing like Mario's (which platformers emulate). However, considering all of my gripes, this title isn't bad overall. Interesting and worth the 500 points.

I downloaded this last night and it isn't bad. (1) The whole initial 'menu' thing (picking a level and starting a game) is confusing because you just seem to start playing without warning and (2) the 'jump' physics take a lot of getting used to because they're nothing like Mario's (which platformers emulate). However, considering all of my gripes, this title isn't bad overall. Interesting and worth the 500 points.

I loved Bubble Bobble and still play it actually. This looks pretty good. And for 500 points it's a winner! Looks like another DL for me...

Bomberman Blast is such multiplayer fun!

Kudos for giving us a game people can play with ONLY the nunchuk!

It really doesn't matter if you know what Pachinko is or not. By the looks of things... this is Pachinko in name only.

I initially thought "Eduardo" sounded decent...and then there was mention of Gunstar Heroes and Metal Slug. Now I'm quite intrigued!

Yay brawl!

@Tony: Skywarp is awesome! (My favorite of the Decepticon planes.)

Hopefully Fun Fun Minigolf is indeed...fun.

Eh, I'm still playing Secret of Mana...

Speaking of Secret if Mana, I keep getting lost (pre-Flammie) and this site helps keep me on-track. (www.rpgclassics.com/shrines/snes/som) Hope this helps...

It took me a while yesterday to log-in and connect my My Nintendo account with my Club Nintendo account. I think Nintendo's servers were just overwhelmed initially with everyone trying to access it at the same time.
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(edit) That website is buggy as heck. I'll wait a few days and then try again.

This gameplay looks surprisingly simple and fun (although I can see how switching between the two ball types could get difficult at times). I'm actually looking forward to this one!

@Bensei: Wouldn't primary Wii controllers lacking motion-sensing capabilities be useless for most games?

HVS seems like they have a good idea of what good controls SHOULD BE, now we'll just have to wait and see if they materialize. (Animales=good, Conduit=good.)

So, by using that pic and caption, is WWW implying German people can't count? I'm really not looking to start an argument, I just thought it was odd.

"A happy German fellow celebrates today's quartet of WiiWare games" - and the chap holds up five fingers...

Regardless, I'm happy for the EU WiiWare gamers!

Is this a two-player game? One of the screenshots looks like it features two flashlights.

Hmm, cornhole indoors....

Looks really cool!

Well, if you don't have the space to set-up a cornhole game...this would suffice.

"European WiiWare fans ...will soon be put out of their misery."

Um, this doesn't sound good..

Yay, MORE puzzle games?

@slambert215:
Bomberman Blast is so much frantic fun...