News Tagged: Upcoming Games
News: Incoming! Coming to WiiWare in July
JV Games' strategy-combat game headed to WiiWare soon.
JV Games Inc., creators of Frat Party Games Pong Toss, are getting set to release their second WiiWare title onto the service in July.Incoming! will make its North American WiiWare debut sometime in July. You can check out the official press release below for more information on this interesting WiiWare title. JV Games Inc. is pleased to..
Interviews: BIT.TRIP CORE - Gaijin Games
Gaijin Games talk about their upcoming BIT.TRIP CORE release.
With the upcoming release of Gajin Games' BIT.TRIP CORE WiiWare title on Monday, we thought it was time to get in touch with the ever-insightful CommanderVideo, aka Alex Neuse, CEO of Gaijin Games, to find out what we can expect from their second BIT.TRIP release.As usual, Alex was as candid as ever, and he seems about as excited as..
News: Cave Story Nearing The Finish Line
Developer ironing out some bugs.
Still waiting for the WiiWare version of Cave Story? Looks like the wait'll be just a little bit longer, but hopefully not too long.An update over at developer Nicalis' official blog via GoNintendo throws us a few morsels regarding the game's progress. Fortunately, it's looking good! We still have bugs that need to be fixed. Probably about two dozen or so minor..
News: Magnetis WiiWare Trailer
Check out Magnetis in action.
The folks at Yullaby were kind enough to send over the official trailer for their upcoming WiiWare puzzler Magnetis along with a press release for the game below. Yullaby is proud to introduce a video trailer and three new images for its new game, Magnetis, which demonstrates combo mechanics for advanced players. Magnetis is a multiplayer arcade puzzler with a very..
News: New Chronos Twins DX Screenshots
Check out some brand new screenshots of the game.
The developers of Chronos Twins DX were kind enough to send us over a brand new batch of screenshots from their upcoming WiiWare title that you can check out below. Chronos Twins DX offers an amazing space-time travel on which our tireless character Nec will find adventure, action, platforms and ingenious time puzzles.They were also rather generous..
News: New 5 Spots Party Gameplay Trailer
Another video of 5 Spots Party in action!
Cosmonaut Games has just sent over a brand new trailer for their upcoming WiiWare title 5 Spots Party.The basic premise of the game is spotting differences between various photos. You've likely seen these challenges in various magazines over the years, but this time the game can even be played with up to four other players in a competitive fashion.This..
News: Dragon Master Gameplay Video
Check out the upcoming dragon-flying WiiWare title in action!
You might remember that we recently did an in-depth news story on Dragon Master Spell Caster and now the developers have been kind enough to send us over a video showing the game in action.As you can see from the video, there seems to be a bit of a Panzer Dragoon influence at times, although the aerial combat differs greatly from that of..
News: Chronos Twins DX Coming to WiiWare
EnjoyUp announces their brand new WiiWare title.
From the makers of Little Red Riding Hood's Zombie BBQ, comes a brand new WiiWare title called Chronos Twins DX. You might remember a European release of Chronos Twins on the Nintendo DS back in 2007. How exactly this game ties in, we're not quite sure of yet.While we have very little information on this title currently, we are in the process of..
News: Dragon Master Spell Caster - Game Overview
Let's check out Stickmen Studios’ WiiWare debut.
It’s been quite a while since we first came across Dragon Master Spell Caster on WiiWare. Up until now the guys at New Zealand based Stickmen Studios’ have kept tight lipped about their WiiWare debut. As the game is nearing release they have finally spilled the beans – exclusively to your friendly neighbourhood Nintendo Life of course!The..
News: UK Club Nintendo Offering Speedy Icarian Incentive
First 100 registered users to buy the game will also receive the soundtrack.
Mythologically themed WiiWare title Icarian: Kindred Spirits may still have a TBD release date, but those UK'ers that dig the soundtrack may want to keep their eyes extra open.Over at the game's Nintendo UK page, a contest of sorts has been revealed: the first 100 registered Club Nintendo users to download the Greeky..
News: Oh No, There's a Zombie Panic in Wonderland
Zombie shoot-em-up action to hit WiiWare later this year.
Spanish developers, Akaoni Studio sent over some screenshots and information today about their upcoming WiiWare zombie shooter, Zombie Panic in Wonderland. Of course we just had to share it with you.The game is a first-player shooter game with a very simple system. The player controls the character´s movements with the nunchuk at the same..
News: Alien Hominid Joins The Meat Team
More indie lovin' for WiiWare platformer
Super Meat Boy has quite the posse. Tim, from XBLA's Braid, was the first to fly their meat freak flag. Bit.Trip Beat's Commander Video then donned the colors, and now a fellow Newgrounds compatriot has joined the ever-growing army of meat fans: Alien Hominid.Score one for, well, everyone! SMB is expected to feature between 12-14 characters from other indie..
News: Taito Announces More Retro-tastic Games
New-old versions of Arkanoid, Space Invaders and Bust-A-Move coming to WiiWare
Did you like Bubble Bobble Plus!? Taito is banking on a big ol' "yes" to that one, because the company has announced it'll be unleashing five more new-old games for WiiWare and DS.Bust-A-Move Plus!, Rainbow Islands: Towering Adventure and Arkanoid Plus! will be competing for your Wii Points, with Space Invaders..
News: First Look: Max & the Magic Marker
Reinventing the humble 2D platformer by throwing in some physics.
Here’s an interesting looking game from Danish development studio Press Play, who will make their WiiWare debut with a game called Max & the Magic Marker later this year.So far it’s looking pretty good, drawing items which become physical objects to guide Max around the levels looks like a whole heap of fun. This will..
News: Namco's Muscle March Possibly Most Bizarre WiiWare Game Yet
Burly musclemen break through walls in speedos. You read that right.
Here's one to skyrocket to the top of your most-wanted WiiWare games.We don't know much about Muscle March other than it was announced today, it's from Namco, and it's a Japan-exclusive WiiWare title (for the time being). And it's weird. Oh, and there's an inexplicable polar bear. Of course.It looks like a sort of rhythm game..
News: Check Out Some Final Fantasy IV: The After Years Gameplay
Party like it's 1991 in the upcoming WiiWare episodic title
Wii-owning retro RPG fans have a lot to look forward to in SquEnix's upcoming episodic title Final Fantasy IV: The After Years. Until now, we haven't seen much of the WiiWare port outside of a few screens here and there, but now there's a full-blown trailer on them thar Intarnets to ogle.And, surprise, it looks like a 16-bit Final Fantasy..
News: Commander Video Confirmed For Super Meat Boy
Joins Tim from Braid in the butcher-friendly game
TWG News has a hilarious interview up with Alex Neuse, designer at Bit.Trip factory Gaijin Games, and Edmund McMillen, busy developing Super Meat Boy, in which the dynamic duo talk about Bit.Trip Beat's punishing difficulty and some of the tricks up Super Meat Boy's disgusting sleeve.[sic]: TWG News - Are the Characters based of other games?
News: Details Seep Out on Cave Story, Night Game
New video of CS' Sand Zone to boot
Tyrone Rodriguez, producer over at Nicalis, house of Cave Story and Night Game, made a guest appearance on the most recent IGN Nintendo Voice Chat podcast. While he remained silently "concentrating" for most of the hour, he did let slip a few details about his studio's highly anticipated WiiWare titles.We've known for a good while that Cave Story would..
News: Watch Contra ReBirth In Action
Explosions, shooting and hilarious-looking storyline accounted for
Announced mere days ago, the wait for Contra ReBirth could hardly be described as excruciating for owners of a Japanese Wii. Everyone else, on the other hand, will have to make due with excited air-punches and YouTube videos to get their fix until the title is unleashed in their region.Speaking of which, here's a YouTube video of..
News: Contra ReBirth Announced, Approaching
New WiiWare title set to hit Japan...next week?
What's old is new again. Again.Capcom kick-started the whole retro-sequel shenanigans last year with the stellar Mega Man 9, and Konami tried it's hand with the awkwardly-capitalized and underwhelming Gradius ReBirth too. Looks like Konami is going to be taking another stab at a retro revival, wheeling out the 16-bit style Contra ReBirth.I don't speak..
