News Tagged: Announcements
News: Art of Balance Announced for WiiWare
Cubic cranium conundrums on the way
Puzzle games and physics go together like plumbers and mushrooms, so Shin'en Multimedia's announcement that Art of Balance is heading towards WiiWare is welcome news. Here it is in their own words: Shin’en Multimedia announces the development of Art of Balance for WiiWare. Grab your Wii Remote™ and build a balanced stack in this physics-based puzzler! Puzzle..
News: Onteca Announces Monsteca Corral For WiiWare
Herd monsters away from danger that is more dangerous than monsters
British developer Onteca yesterday announced their new WiiWare game, Monsteca Corral, and it will be hitting sometime in January. The game puts players in the shoes of a Monster Herder, whose job is to control a herd of monsters called Sdompe's and keep them away from danger and tomfoolery. Onteca said Monsteca Corral incorporates..
News: Phalanx Remake Coming to WiiWare
The Kemco shooter is getting an upgrade.
Chances are you're familiar with Phalanx one way or the other - Originally released for the Japan-only Sharp X68000 and later ported to the SNES for all regions, the game's somewhat infamous for having some of the most ridiculously inappropriate boxart of all time. Of course, the game itself is actually pretty good, which already led to a Game Boy Advance..
News: Hudson Soft Releasing My Zoo in Europe This Week, Shootanto Next Week
It's been a while since the last Hudson WiiWare game, but now there will be two of them in two weeks.
Hudson's My Aquarium has seen continuous success - Almost every single week, it is among the top WiiWare downloads. Obviously, they've taken note of that, because this week, they'll be releasing a sequel to it! And to top it off, next week, they'll be releasing a game North America already got a..
News: Konami Announces Tomena Sanner For North America
Dancing onto WiiWare next year
Konami is just full of download announcements today, this time with one for North America. Previously released in Japan, Tomena Sanner is bringing its odd dance party to us other NTSC gamers early next year. The game has players take on the role of businessman Hitoshi Susumu who is behind schedule and won't stop running until he gets to his ULTIMATE DANCE PARTY. As..
News: Frogger Returns Coming To WiiWare
Twelve times the size of the original game, says Konami
Frogger, the little amphibian who has been trying to cross roads with varying success since the early 80's, is coming back for another go this fall. Frogger Returns, slated for a fall release, is being developed by Konami for PlayStation Network and WiiWare. New for this time around are time travel, invincibility and time freeze power-ups and..
News: Excitebike: World Rally Coming To WiiWare
Track editor, online multiplayer and more
Nintendo's long-dormant Excitebike franchise has seen two entries proper: the original NES release and a 3D sequel in the form of Excitebike 64. Yeah, the Excite name has lived on in the excellent Wii releases Excite Truck and the more recent Excitebots: Trick Racing, but Bike fans know they're just not the same. But good things come to those who wait..
News: Heron: Steam Machine Available on WiiWare this Friday
Yet another Dutch developer joins the party.
Triangle Studios have announced that their upcoming puzzler Heron: Steam Machine will be available on WiiWare in Europe this Friday. Remniscent of the classic Pipe Mania/Pipe Dream, in this game you move around sections of pipe in order to stop a steam machine from overflowing. There is also multiplayer support for up to 4 players. For 500 Wii Points it..
News: Nintendo of Europe Announce WiiWare and DSiWare Plans for 2009
NoE has once again revealed a bunch of their upcoming downloadable games in advance.
Today, Nintendo of Europe held a press event for the announcement of a whole bunch of DSiWare and WiiWare titles. And it paid off - There's at least 37 WiiWare games left for the rest of the year, so it looks like we're going to get at least 2 every single week from now until 2010! DSiWare also has quite a hefty..
News: Flowerworks "Coming Soon" To WiiWare
Flowers, explosions and gnomes, oh my!
Aussie developers Nocturnal Entertainment have announced that their WiiWare title Flowerworks is just about ready to drop after 18 month in development. No date or window was given for the release, but we've got a whole slew of new screens for you to check out. Flowerworks is an adventure that puts you in the role of a confused alien with no self-confidence on..
News: Gaijin Games Announces BIT.TRIP VOID
No rest for Commander Video.
We can all stop guessing about cryptic images for what Gaijin Games has in store for the third installment of Commander Video's journey through the BIT.TRIP saga, as that teaser site has finally put out.Titled BIT.TRIP VOID, the latest entry has you navigating a black hole of adjustable size as you try to intercept other black dots and stay away from presumably nasty,..
News: NinjaBee and Grubby Games Announce The Amazing Brain Train for WiiWare
Award-winning game comes to WiiWare.
The ever-growing list of upcoming WiiWare releases has just gotten a little bit bigger - Developers NinjaBee and Grubby Games have announced a partnership to bring The Amazing Brain Train, originally a PC game, to WiiWare.Although it's an educational game, it supposedly has more content than any other game in the genre - Quests, trophies, highscores and more..
News: Two Tribes Reveals Their Next WiiWare Project
Set to make a series of games based around the famous Rubik's Cube.
Ever since they released the excellent WiiWare launch title Toki Tori, things have been rather quiet at Two Tribes, which was a shame - Obviously we couldn't wait to see what else they had in store for WiiWare!Today the wait is over - Two Tribes has revealed that their next project is actually a series of WiiWare games based around..
News: Tales of Monkey Island Chapter 2 on PC Tomorrow, WiiWare "Soon After"
The second part of Guybrush Threepwood's new adventure is right around the corner.
If you've bought and played the first chapter of Tales of Monkey Island and are itching to find out what happens after the cliffhanger you were shown at the end, your wait is almost over. The Siege of Spinner Cay, the second chapter in the series, will be released on PC tomorrow, with a WiiWare release following..
News: NyxQuest: Kindred Spirits Available in North America Next Monday
Over the Top Games' awesome puzzle platformer finally crosses the ocean.
Over the Top Games has finally announced a North American release date for their debut game, NyxQuest: Kindred Spirits. The game was released in Europe back in June, but week after week, did not show up in any North American Wii Shop updates. Thankfully, you can now rest easy knowing that the game will be out next Monday, the..
News: Grotesque Tactics: Evil Heroes Announced
Silent Dreams announce their brand new WiiWare strategy RPG title.
Silent Dreams has just announced their brand new tactical strategy RPG title Grotesque Tactics: Evil Heroes that will be coming to the WiiWare service later on this year. You can check out the full press release below which gives loads of details on this new title and what you can expect from it. Fans of roleplaying and strategic..
News: Konami Announces WiiWare Plans for Europe
DRiiFT MANIA this month, Contra Rebirth in August.
Konami already released Gradius Rebirth in Europe yesterday, but that won't stop them from releasing another game this month! To top things off, next month they'll be releasing a completely new Contra game which Japan has already been enjoying for a while.DRiiFT MANIA, which will be released later this month, is an overhead racing game similar to..
News: Mecho Wars Confirmed for WiiWare and DSiWare
Luc Bernard's latest project meets with Nintendo's approval
In case you didn't know, Luc Bernard's fantasy-themed turn-based strategy title Mecho Wars has just been released on the iPhone and has been getting some generally positive reviews.Bernard himself has previously stated - albeit under the influence of alcohol - that he'd like to bring the game to either WiiWare or DSiWare and now he's..
News: Hudson Releasing Water Warfare, SimEarth and Sudoku 50! For Beginners This Friday
The first family-friendly FPS, a planet-maintaining game and more sudoku puzzles will be available on Friday.
Hudson has announced the release of three new downloadable games in Europe this Friday.Water Warfare was released in Japan only yesterday, so you'll have a chance to jump in before the Japanese players get too much practice and crush us all online! The game is exclusively based around the..
News: Super Smash Bros. Available on VC This Friday
If you want to relive the original Nintendo fighting game, you can do so in just 2 days.
The official website for Official Nintendo Magazine has revealed all plans for this Friday's European Wii and DSi updates. On the VC side of things, Europeans will finally be able to download Super Smash Bros., the game that started it all. Japan got it back in January, before even getting Majora's Mask - But..
