OH YEAH!
Exceptionally, I forgive nintendo if we don't have Gradius Rebirth tomorrow.

Only one game or more?

Interesting. This has made my decision even harder. I just got 1200 points from tetris, and now I have to choose between this, majoras or sin & punishment. This looks pretty damn good, can't wait for the reviews.

Yikes! It will be first released in Europe? That is a rarity. But before I consider to buy it, I wait for the review. Of course.

Oh, those Japanese. They are always faster than light.

Guess we wont get "Gradius Rebirth" again... =

Adventure Island and Bubble Bobble... what next, Europe gets a new Mario game that we don't get?

Why does the USA always never get the good stuff until forever

I haven't played Adventure Island, but I'll probably get an older version sometime rather than this (unless it's way better) since they aren't ugly.

OK, to the Americans here please don't go around saying things like why does the USA always have to wait for games, when you guys know that Europe is behind in released Virtual Console and WiiWare games. Usually Europeans are forced to wait longer for their games (example: SSBB was released in NA on March 9 08, Europeans however got it on June 27 08) and sometimes we don't even get some of the games you guys get (coughs EARTHBOUND). But for Australians the situations is much worse, not only do we pay a lot more for our games and our gaming consoles and deal with crappy release dates but we don't even get some games (looks at every single C64 game on the VC) that other regions get. It's a rare occasion for the Euro/Aus gamers to recieve their games before the North Americans so please don't ruin it for us.
Sorry about the rant, thank you and goodnight.

Cheese

Why are we Americans seem to be getting games last here lately? First Majora's Mask,and now this. Oh well at least we are possibly going to get Super Smash Bros. first.

Those screenshots look hideous. Not just the art direction and the models, as these shots also certainly give the impression that the level design is greatly lacking as well. I might just not understand this series since I've never seen an Adventure Island game with even passable level design (although I know I haven't played many iterations), but maybe someone can explain the appeal of this to me. I feel as if we'd all be calling this shovelware in a heartbeat if those screenshots were shown under some other title.

EDIT: I finally watched the video, and the animation is even worse! Honestly, the level design looks like an even more monotonous version of Yoshi's Story, but with graphics that have zero charm and stiff animation. As a platforming fan, I just don't get it.

@warioswoods: The appeal of the games is in the gameplay, and if you don't like it, well, different strokes for different folks.
The graphics in this one look pretty bad because the size limit on WiiWare is really strict.

Wow, yet another "Rebirth" of an game series Europe gets first. Once again I don't care because I perfer originals (Mega Man 9 does get that category of being an original) and Majora's Mask I have on the Gamecube with little problems.

"It will be on sale in the Wii Shop at midnight tonight for 1000 Nintendo points."

That's actually midnight tonight in Europe, which is 9AM to 10AM Aussie time (usually around 9:30 where I am now) tomorrow (Friday). Still, we DO technically get our VC and WiiWare at the same time as Europe...oops...I went off topic...

This actually looks like something I'd pick up

I also have 1200 points from Tetris. Are we only getting this?. I want Gradius Rebirth now!.

First its Majoras Mask and now THIS?!?! I think I need a european wii...

@Cheese, I 100% agree with you. I'm from South Africa (in 2001 I moved to England) and in South Africa, they only got a Wii at the end of 2007, a full year after it's launch!

@Sean Aaron

Pfft, any TV can do that, it only requires misspelling it with a 'u'

Can't wait to give it a try, although I must admit that it's one of my least anticipated WiiWare games from Hudson in a while, but that doesn't mean to say that I don't think it will be good. If we get Bit.Trip with this, I will be amazingly happy.

@17
Quakster! From the Jumper / Helix forums? I didn't know you were a member here, too.
I agree though, the graphics shouldn't be held to too high a standard on WiiWare.

@Adam: I'm a member on every existing forum on every imaginable plane. But enough about me, let's talk about the game.

It doesn't have dinosaurs, therefore it's automatically inferior to the NES games.

I still disagree strongly; I'm not just talking about the graphics in terms of complexity, I'm primarily saying that the art direction (and I include character animations under this) looks absolutely awful to me. I don't see the download size limitations or other hardware limitations as a factor in the fact that it just looks like it was put together with minimal effort.

2.5D can be done relatively well (NSMB), but if the developers failed to put any work into it, it really shows. It's sort of like watching one of those cheap 3D-rendered children's television series, which rely on the 3D effect to hide the fact that they are actually far cheaper, take less effort, and look far worse than even mediocre 2D animation.

LostWinds is the opposite end of the spectrum as far I'm concerned, as the great attention to detail and art design attained a level that leaves these screenshots looking miserable by comparison.

Hm, I hope it's not the only WiiWare release (2-3 games are likely since they seem to have a lot of stuff lined up that wants to be released so 1 game weeks would be a bit out of place). There's an interview with Ronimo on the Nintendo Channel, I wonder if that means anything about Swords and Soldiers coming soon.

But for Australians the situations is much worse, not only do we pay a lot more for our games

http://www.google.com/search?q=100+AUD+in+EUR
Can't reach the Aussie Amazon to check but 100 AUD seems to be the normal price for (HD console?) games down under.

@Wariowoods
Haha, I thought I was commenting on the Icarian thread when I posted. I just edited out that nonsense. I otherwise wouldn't compare the two at all. The graphics for Lost Winds were pretty good, but it was also a very short game. Coincidence? I don't think so. I'd rather take lesser graphics for more game play.

And I agree with Quakster: Without dinosaurs, I don't expect much.

I won 1200 Wii points in a Tetris tournament. I finished 125th in PAL EU/AUS NZ. I won 1200 before that to and on the 30th of this month i will win 1200 more points |()

Well well, look at Europe and their "Worse than those stupid American" updates

The graphics in this one look pretty bad because the size limit on WiiWare is really strict.

No the graphics look terrible because they are. Last I checked, not all Wiiware games looked terrible. They could've gone with 16-bit graphics and had them look great, and take up less space.

I'm not sure if this is going to be a purchase soon...

Praying for some DSi Ware stuff today. Is it just me, or is anyone else praying for Virtual Console on DSi?

Commence super-cheers from Europe!

@Vendetta: Tetris party has these tournaments. One in USA/Japan, one in europe/aus/nz. If you finish in the top 100 (or 500 - depends on the tournament) you get 1,200 points. So far tetris has given me 2,400 points. Best wiiware game I ever bought. I need to get off my butt and get into the next tournament. Its only got like 10 days left :/

@Mik Thanks I'm glad at least someone agrees with me.

The graphics look only okay. Hopefully the gameplay will make up for it.