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!
Mon, 24 Aug 2009 by Marcel Van Duyn
1. Wolfcoyote
07 Jul 2009, 13:06 BST
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. WhoKnew
11 Jul 2009, 19:51 BST
I LOVE arkanoid. Definently DLing this.
3. opeter
13 Jul 2009, 11:19 BST
Wow, hope this comes out in EU too.
4. LEGEND MARIOID
14 Jul 2009, 11:12 BST
Insta-download!
5. Bass X0
14 Jul 2009, 11:48 BST
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. Tony
15 Jul 2009, 13:29 BST
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
24 Jul 2009, 23:52 BST
I think it'll be 600 for North America plus 200 for downloadable content to make it 800 Wii points.
8. Kobayashi
26 Jul 2009, 18:26 BST
Instant Download too. Arkanoid rocks !
9. JRAPOCALYPSE
27 Jul 2009, 18:24 BST
The nes arkanoid is still the best followed by doh it again but after that really shaky! this looks like a shit 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
29 Jul 2009, 08:00 BST
Congratulations.
11. LEGEND MARIOID
20 Aug 2009, 14:44 BST
We're getting this Friday...yipeeeee!
12. Justin26
21 Aug 2009, 04:01 BST
I love Arkanoid so much! I hope it comes on this Monday or in Fall!
13. Schrempf11
22 Aug 2009, 09:36 BST
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
23 Aug 2009, 19:34 BST
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
24 Aug 2009, 10:42 BST
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
27 Aug 2009, 20:31 BST
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
04 Sep 2009, 07:13 BST
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
28 Sep 2009, 19:26 BST
Holy crap! 600 points? What a steal!
19. Luigison
28 Sep 2009, 23:45 BST
Video removed for terms of use violation.
20. Kobayashi
29 Sep 2009, 03:02 BST
Yessssssssssss !!! Arkanoid !!!!
21. Vertigo
29 Sep 2009, 12:51 BST
It's finally out! Hurrah! And I have... 100 Wii Points and nothing in my bank account
22. longtimegamer
29 Sep 2009, 16:27 BST
@Luigison: ????
23. ballistikboy
08 Oct 2009, 08:29 BST
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.
24. Kobayashi
10 Oct 2009, 04:06 BST
Me playing Arkanoid Plus on WiiWare:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aBhfY8CPQg
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