So there is downloadable content? The only mention I see is in the last line of this review?

Great review of a great game!
@Corbie: Have you unlocked any DLC yet?

My guesses about the download content are to give the game some extended life. All content out the door and people set high scores and possibly get burned out. Slowly rolling out tables or whatever and it allows people to try each as it comes.

What I'd like to know is why'd they even bother making content downloadable(why not include it already)? Unless the content isn't ready yet. I've heard they made it free. So that's good.

Great review, I'm downloading this as soon as I get some points.

I wonder how long people are playing this. Is everything pretty much found right away (Other than downloadable content) Any secrets? Also how's it rate against the previous 2 games ac and dc?

Great reveiw corbie, buti hoped that more info on the DLC was mentioned. I wonder if it is just tables, or maybe it will have extra modes too, and some other multiplayer types. Since it is free content, im hoping that it will have new content continuously maid availible. For me, if there are tons of downloadable stages, i will probaly buy, since i bore of the same ones quickly. Sounds like a great game, i also hope that the leaderboards are very competitive, with pinball, getting a mega high score can be done by novices too, so it will probaly keep changning. Im either buying this, or MaBoShi(i just wish there was a leader board for that too) if that ever comes to the US. It looks great for a wii ware game

It deserves at least a 9! But nice review. The story mode was alot of fun, (at least facing the bosses) and they really did a great job. The multiplayer could have been a little bit better, but..

Other reviewers on this site have expressed discontent with the game.
One even suggested buying the VC game before this one.

So I wonder what Corbie likes that they didn't.

I thought it would get a 9 as well. As for DLC, I heard about two new action balls: Exploding ball, and Paralyzing ball.

@Crazynoodle: The leaderboards (high score and time attack) are very, very competitive, especially worldwide, in the high score leaderboard I'm 120th with 2280800pts for stage 1. As for time attack, I'm in 18th with 8:17.2 for stage 3.

Somehow I knew this game was getting a 8. Great review as usual Corbie

Will the downloadable content be free. I don't think I would want to pay for action balls. That would be stupid.

☆ Brazcan, where'd you hear about those 2 powerballs? ☆

I've heard of a boost, reverse, and split one, but not those. It's gonna be cool if download content is differant from what hudson let us know about. Also I wonder when its all coming out. Heres hoping that there is alot of cool new content for this. : )

@BrazCanMan
That sounds fun, i always love leader boards with high scores, so it takes longer to getgood enough to work my way up. That also sounds good with the balls. Im gonna wait though, see what other content comes.

I'm currently 35th on stage 2

@Weegee. I doubt it will be. And yeah, I guess it would be pretty stupid to pay money for spme measly extra balls. That would be like if Capcom made us pay for extra difficulties in Mega Man 9. Oh wait....

@longtimegamer: I can't find the forum I read about the action balls, I believe it was on ign. They had pics as well, I don't know if they were photoshopped, but I'm sure there's more action balls. As for extra stages, they should release a remake of the original stage. That would be sweet!

My main beef with the game is the lack of any palpable challenge, even in hard mode, especially when considering being able to use something like the reverse gravity action. After playing one match for the better part of an hour I just totally lost interest in actually chasing the high score. It felt less like fun and more like a chore. This is where the game fails majorly for me. It has little to do with skill and all the more to do with the player's endurance. About as equally fun has killing thousands of the same wild boars (and other assorted critters) in World of Warcraft. ZZZZZzzzzzz.

Yes, the presentation is nice, but it doesn't save the game from being un-fun. I like pinball games, a lot, whether they're more inspired by classic arcade designs or consist of interactive tables. In the end, I can't recommend ACR to anybody. 5 in my book.

Funny mr.cheese. Good one! : )

added: Hows this stack up to other pinball games like metroid pinball and mario pinball?

@Thanks for the link brazcan.

i got it yesterday and almost got to 200,000,000 points on the first stage. i think it was free play or something
i love it but i agree w/ corbie i give it an 8/10
by the way great review corbie not a bad review so far
(dont think there will ever be)

I love this game. Im ranked 23rd in the world at 3rd stage time attack! I can't wait for the DLC.

Corbie
have price points been announced for the DLC?

Hey guys, here is where I read about the two new action balls:
http://www.siliconera.com/2008/09/19/how-hudson-hands-out-alien-crush-returns-dlc-for-free/

@AlexSays-So far WWW is more generous with overall score when it comes to games that others criticize for their length such as this, Strongbad, and especially LostWinds. I have to agree that sometimes less is more if the gameplay is good.

Great review, I agreed with every bit of it. My only gripe with the game so far (still in keeping with this review) is the music. The music is good, but not nearly as sinister or as imposing as it needs to be. Of course the updated sound quality of the music is better here, but the scores to the original Alien's Crush and Devil's Crush were more complimenting to their 16 bit counterparts than the music found in ACR is to...well, itself.

Great review differently some to considur .
So far my money tight with world tour which be out here in Australia next week but still something to considure .

I hope people were just waiting for this review to buy it because I can barely ever find any one for versus play! But it's still a great game. I don't really like the rumble feature. It felt weird to only feel it on the left side...

While we're comparing versus mode high scores...I am ranked 10th in America for stage 3! Sure there's only like 12 entries there right now...but still!

On VC I opted for Devils Crush instead of Alien Crush. This wiiware version has me intrigued. Wonder if DC will ever get an upgrade.

If this one does good enough I bet it will!

The only reason I'm getting this is because it could have more levels in future - pinball games just seem too short normally. Either way - I'll definitely pick this one up on Friday hinthinthinthinthintHudson/Nintendo

Thanks for the review, i think im going to give this one a miss though!

The comfirmed DLC of new action balls sounds like it is enough to reignite possibly stale high score tables. The balls with totally rework potential stratagies.

Maybe an accelerated way of getting the DLC out the door is to get the high score tables to remain fairly static. Hudson have clearly learned from their first high score game; Star Soldier R.

Still one for the maybe pile for me at the moment though (Art Style and Toki Tori come first).

@SmaMan
I totally agree with you about the rumble feature. I was playing for a while when I suddenly became aware that I kept feeling the rumble but only on my right hand. After realizing this, it was all I could think about. I spent the rest of the gaming session wishing the nunchuck had a rumble feature as well.

Are there any hints of future DLC towards the end of the instructions guide, as with Mega Man 9 and Final FantasyCCMLAAK? These gave me the information I needed weeks before certain packages came out.

@Wiloveit
The instruction guide just says that there is DLC that gets unlocked after certain conditions are met. For the time being check out the link I posted.

Has anyone beat any of the 'mini bosses' hiding in the bonus areas? I have a feeling that beating them unlocks stuff. I've only seen the 1st stage mini boss (had him flashing red, then I lost my ball), it's a purple spider thing with one eye, anybody know if it's the same mini boss for every stage, or is it a different one?

Gee Corbie at the rate you chaging your avatar the servers is going to crash even if its running Linus its going to crush .
And Corbie one again great review a game for me to consider even as i yet to buy the Turbografx original .

This game seems really interesting and the shortness of the game is the only thing that breaks the game's magic. Downloadable content couls make the game a but longer.

I'd buy this in a heartbeat. As long as there's loads of objectives on each table I'll be happy just with score-chasing. I love the first one on VC.

The instruction guide just says that there is DLC that gets unlocked after certain conditions are met.
I'm still holding this means something like x amount of people having greater than y amount of score. Kind of like the PSO Maximum attack challenges (various awards to participants would be handed out after net number of kills had been reached).

It seems strange that you unlock DLC. Surely releasing it all for a couple of hundred points apeice would have been a better choice for Hudson.

Also: I forgot - does this have MadStone/Bomberman/Tetris Party style tournament(s)?

cant wait to get it this is my next game! the web site says there is going to be extra levels and action balls

Not a fan of the music, but the game is fun. I'm depressed there wasn't something more like the original game.

I want this soooo much! but no wiipoints.
Nice review Corbie as always.

Edit: And great Thanksgiving treatment to Gregg.

Hi, guys. I have downloaded ACR this morning and as I hope for a long time, it is a great pinball game. But i'm very disappointed by one thing not noticed in this review:

You can save only one player profile! You can enter only one name in score ranking. If another player than you make a great score, he can't change the name! And if you create a new save file, it's overwritten the previous score of the other player!

So, what's the purpose of ranking in pinball game if you can just enter one and same name?

Very very disappointing.

Only one player profile? quite an oversight in what is essentially a score attack game. Hope they'l fix that in a download soon! Anyways, downloading this one just the same.

No matter to me as I'm the only one that plays my Wii most of the time unless mates come over.
Downloaded this last night. It's great so far. The story mode is a bit short though.

Yeah, i'm on the 12th place in the world wide ranking of Level 3 . Wohoo^^.

My initial thoughts.

I don't like the "aliens" they look like woodlice, worms and maggots. There's none of the Geiger influence the original had. They should have called this "insect crush"
Secondly the WiFi mode seems to be very bad at connecting. you have to wait three minutes for it to find another player (it usually only finds one) and then it sometimes crashes whikle setting the game up.
I'm also not impressed with the scoreboard. you have to load up the scoreboard every time you want to look at it (with more tedious waiting time while it connects, instead of the always there stats of Mario Kart Wii) and as stated its absurd that you can't so much as enter different initials if a different player is playing.
The story mode is a bit of a waste of time and I'm not sure why they bothered with it.
Sounding negative I realise but the game is actually quite a bit of fun but there are so many basic errors in the presentation that I can only give it a 7/10

Hi.

Yesterday, I made 68.000.000 pts on table 3 in 1hour (I left pass last balls because I had to go ^^ ) . But my score is no listed on the leaderboards.

http://www.hudson.co.jp/ww/aliencrush/usa/e/ranking_ac3_01.html

When I'm connect to CWF, datas are sent, but nothing on the ranking.

Do you have to make other special thing to send your score?

@Betagam: I love the presentation. The menu interface is a bit naff, but in-game, I love it. The ooey gooey-ness alone makes me happy that they did update this for WiiWare
@Ouazegaga: I believe that all you have to do is press the plus button after playing (as you already implied you did). That's all I did, and it worked for me!

@Wiiloveit:

Thank your for your answer.

do is press the plus button after playing

Perhaps, I have to do this just after finish the game and make a score. For my case, I have just pushed the A button and updated my save file.

And after, I have gone in Ranking Mode and connect to CWF.

The next time, I press the + button straightaway.

The third table is kind of a neverending story. It is almost impossible to lose a ball. The other tables are better...

@thunderforceV

You are absolutely right. Table 3 is too much easy. Otherwise, Table 2 is very hard. Play at least 10mn on it is something hard to do. Whatever, I'm 27th on it.

@Wiiloveit:

That's it. For send your best score, you can do it at one single moment: just at the end of your current game, by pressing the + button.

woohoo, dlc finally came! Even though it's just a new action ball: tractor ball.

@Brazcanman- What is tractorball and did you have to do something to unlock it?
I haven't got this game yet(I heard only one person can have their name on this game at a time, but do you have to reset the game and score to do it?

@Comment 20

You should see some of the pinball tables in Williams Collection: snoozers.

@longtimegamer
Tractor ball is an action ball that slows down time (matrix style) and puts a cursor on screen, you choose a target and the ball will "lock-on" and go after it. I didn't do anything to get it, I jusy turned it on and there it was.

@BrazCanMan

I've played this morning (until now) and I haven't had this new ball. To unlock it, perhaps you should have an amount of time play or make a score in each game mode (including versus)?

Or this new DLC is just available on your region until now. If an european player get it, tell us please!

Moreover, this "Tractor Ball" seems very useful!

@Ouazegaga
When it ACR came out, I played it constantly but I never unlocked anything. Then I thought that maybe it releases something every week on monday (I guess friday for Europe), so I turned it on, checked for updates, and there was a message saying "new content available for download, download now?" And there it was, tractor ball. It is a useful ball, but you got to play through story mode to 'activate' it. I can't wait for new stages.

Cool..Thanks Brazcanman.
May have to get it. Haven't decided yet.

@BrazCanMan:

OK, thank you for the tips.

I hope we europeans get this new ball on next friday.

I hope extra stages will come quickly too.

@Atlantis1982 - What'choo talkin'bout Willis? Alien Crush Returns has its own charm, but Pinball Hall of Fame: Williams Collection blows it away. The tables feel incredibly real with perfect sound effects and physics. (Even replicates the nuances of the board designs!)

To top it off, each table comes with clear instructions on how to play the table. Which was a real eye opener for me. I found that after playing PHoF:WC, my ability to play REAL pinball tables (even unrelated tables) was vastly improved. IMHO, the $20 that PHoF:WC costs is a much better value than Alien Crush Returns.

ACR is fun and I'm glad I bought it, but it feels like a poor substitute after getting such deep exposure to the real thing. No trick shots, rollover targets, table goals, drop targets, etc. It's pretty much a task of keeping your ball in play for as long as possible. Which is fun in its own right (which is why I like having the game ), but not even in the same class as PHoF:WC.

@Ouazegaga: I'm glad I could be of service

@thewiirocks: Hey, should I get the Gottlieb collection or wait til Williams is released here? I like the look of the Williams one.

Also, does anyone know how to get into the bonus round on table 1 in AC Returns after you've beaten it once?

@Outrunner - I've heard mixed reviews about the Gottlieb collection. On one hand, it seems to achieve much of the detail that makes Williams Collection great. On the other hand, complaints range from the tables being boring to missing the detailed instructions present in Williams.

Soo... probably a toss-up. If you can find it cheap, it might be worth checking out. I know I'd pick it up if they sold it here in the states for cheap. However, it's important to keep in mind that the Williams Collection almost certainly dwarfs the Gottlieb Collection.

Not sure if that helps, but there you go.

Exactly what I was thinking. The Gottlieb tables look boring. That helps a lot. I'll wait for Williams. Thanks!

@Outrunner:

Yes, wait for Williams Pinball Classics (December 5th in Europe). I has bought the Gottlieb one and I has been very disappointed: old boring tables, no objectives (just make some scores to unlock credits and not very interesting bonus), and camera angles weren't convenient. Williams corrects these weak points wonderfully.

For ACR, I don't know exactly how I re-light the hole leading to the bonus level. I think by bashing the three alien's head on the left upper corner, but I'm not sure.

Tractor Ball is now available for european players too.

I'm just little disappointed by one thing: you can only aim alien ennemies, not the targets, bonus level holes, or multiball locks.

It would be make scoring too easy perhaps.

First time post so bear with me...
I had to beat the story mode to unlock all of the actions, Then I got the new download and seen it was a new action I though GREAT!!

I went to arcade mode and noticed it was not there. So I did what ever gamer would do, I beat the story mode again and got the tractor ball. I really was tired after but had to try it out. All I got was a slow-motion ball nothing else. Will have to try this target select sometime tonight.

Peace..

@ L A in OK

Will have to try this target select sometime tonight.

Yes, you have to aim your TV screen with the Wiimote. I miss that the first time too.

Tractor Ball is pretty useful sometimes (as to run quickly the true multiball on Stage 1) but it has a dramatical lack of accuracy.

Whatever, I hope there will be new DLC on monday (and friday for me )

More I play this game, more I like it.

I hope new bonus level to score more quickly.

One more monday, one more action ball: Explode ball!

Thanks for the news.

OK, I just have to wait Friday now.

I think this ball could be useful to clear quickly the bonus levels and to destroy more carefully annoying aliens in lower part in Stage 2.

@BrazCanMan
Hi,

Have you succeed to unlock Explode Ball through the Story Mode?

I have cleared it in Easy, Normal, and Hard level (but with one continue for this one) and I've not unlocked this ball. ??

Maybe I have to clear Hard mode in one single walkthrough (without continue).

I have also noticed that the Explode ball icon is different from the others with its orange colour...

Yeah, it must be a powerful ball, seeing it seems harder to unlock it.

Good review, I DL'd it yesterday.

I have a question, I'm not finding anyone online to try it out, is anyone else having the same luck?

I have not even seen a new download for the exploder ball. Will have to try again..

@ Nintendude92
I have played against 1 person online out of 10 attempts, keep trying..

@ L A in OK

In US, Explode Ball is avalaible since monday (in fact, US users have a new DLC every monday, friday for us, europeans)

Whatever, if you find how to unlock the Explode ball, keep me informed, please.

I'm very annoyed by that, I play and play again through Story Mode, and no way to obtain it.

Raaah.

No luck on unlocking the explode ball. Was there a new download today? Maybe the new download will trigger the explode ball to unlock?

@Rocky:

I have played and played again through the Story Mode to unlock this damned Explode ball.

I have looked for an answer on the Net: nothing, even on Gamefaqs boards (where a player has the same problem), nobody has answered me on WWW.

And... OMG!!! You have just to play a game in Arcade Mode on Stage 1!!!

I play often in Arcade mode, but mostly on Stage 2.

So, I played on Stage 1 just for kill time and at the end of the game... BOOM! Explode Ball unlocked... hum.

Whatever, it is a useful ball only in bonus level: you can destroy the boss in one shot (easy 2M points).

But on the main tables, the ball explodes and you lose it. Useless.

Well, what is the new DLC this monday?

The latest ball is 'paralyze ball'... I'm sure you have to play one of the three tables to unlock this one too. I'm hoping they release a new table soon!

@Ouazegaga
Sorry abou the delay in the reply, I didn't unlock explode ball, my girlfriend did 3 days ago. She was just trying out the tables in arcade mode and there it was. I did the same as you though, playing story mode on easy, normal and hard.

@BrazCanMan

No problem, dude.

I was just thinking that you guys consider me as "an another silly french, it's so obvious how to unlock it, no need to answer".

Besides, when I unlocked this ball so easily (after I have tried a lot of unnecessary hard things like clear hard mode in one credit - I was so convinced that it must be unlocked through Story Mode - ), I have to admit that I felt myself a little stupid.

Oh, hey. I forgot to say what paralyze ball does: It electrically charges the ball for 10 seconds (i think) and the ball paralyzes the aliens it touches.
(play table 2 on arcade to unlock it)
@Ouazegaga
French, Brazilian, Canadian or whatever... you're a gamer just like everyone else here. On top of that, you're as fanatical about ACR as I am! That's sweet! I'll keep you informed every week before friday as the new DLC comes out so you know what to expect.

Thanks a lot!

Is an interesting use for the paralyze ball? As you present it, I don't see a real utility.

Whatever, I'll see friday.

you're as fanatical about ACR

That's right. In fact, fanatical about pinball in general.

About ACR, I just regret that it is no more competition on leaderboards. Reach the top 5 is not so hard: I'm 2nd on Stage 1, 4th on Stage 2, and 1st (yes 1st ) on Stage 3 (the easiest and the most boring... ). (pseudo: JCS&JJS)

I hope that new tables will be released soon. The players will be back.

Aargh I hope it picks up too.

I only have the first three action balls, so I'll start unlocking these.

Logged into ACR today and it gave me another update. Of course I was wanting another table (No such luck).

The download was unlocking exploder ball. I played arcade mode after that download nothing happened. I played the table beating my old high score (over 2 billion I can not remember) and it unlocked the new ball

I does what it says it will do explode causing an area effect. My first thought is this would be great on the bonus room that is until I tried it..
It does blow your ball up so in fact it does it to the point where you will loose the ball, still looks kewl.

The only utility of the explode ball is against the mini-boss in bonus room (it appears once all little aliens are destroyed).
I bash it 2-3 times (200K points per hit), and use the explode ball (2M points).
But careful, if the monster begins to light red, you can't use the explode ball anymore.

I don't know why.

EDIT: another strange thing. If you use Explode Ball in bonus level of Stage 1, you lose it completely (one ball less in your total number of balls).

But if you use it in bonus level of Stage 2, you keep your current ball when you go back on the main table.

??!

@nintendude 92
I have had no luck as well finding anyone online. However the game is still cool though

@Corbie: why do you mention in these comments that you think Devil's Crush is a better game than the original Alien Crush? In the review on vc-reviews you say exactly the opposite thing :S

Thanks for your reply Corbie and keep up the good work!

Playing against others is quite fun ... however more often than not, there are nobody else available to play. I hope they will tune this type of feature in future games, had they connected earlier to show people waiting to play in the main menu, I would go for it more often.

No new action ball for this week? I was hoping for something new.

Hey, does anyone know how to change the name in Alien Crush returns?

@Rocky: I wait for the weekly post of BrazCanMan to know the new DLC. You live in USA, you didn't have any DLC when starting game this past monday?
EDIT: Aparrently, no new DLC this week according to ACR Gamefaqs Board.

@WeeGee: You can't change the name in ACR. You can only create one save profile. Yes, it's definitely weird.

Ya, I'm a little late on the new DLC... the semester is finishing and I got lots of tests / papers to mark. Anyways, the new DLC is yet another action ball: "trap ball". I havn't had the chance to unlock it yet... too busy.

@Ouazegaga
Maybe you can tell me what it does when you unlock it, I'm sure you'll unlock it before me.... havn't actually played anything on wii for days!

Hi, buddy!

Well, I've checked if there was the new DLC, and I've had nothing... ??

Maybe, it's too early (3.00AM). I'll check tomorrow morning.

Keep in contact.

OK, I've downloaded it this morning. As always, to unlock it, just play in Arcade mode, but this time, on Stage 3.

Trap Ball is by far one of the most useful ball since the beginning of DLC.

When you use it, it activates a little circular energetic field, destroying all ennemies at proximity, and those who move in or respawn in it.

This bio-field lasts about 10 seconds and disappears.

By now, we can possibly expect a new stage next week, because we have 6 Action balls (3 blue "moving" balls and 3 orange "attack" balls).

Do you think I should get this or Rotohex, I'm not sure which one to get?
Can anybody help me out?

@megaman-sam: well, Rotohex is a puzzle game and ACR is a pinball game.
It depends of your personal tastes. In my opinion, ACR is one of the best games released on Wiiware. But i'm a pinball fanatic.

I got ACR earlier, It's great!
I haven't got any of these downloadable ball's yet, and I've played arcade on all of the stages!

@megaman-sam:

Hi. Have you checked for updated content when you start the game? Choose "yes" for "Do you want to for the latest information via WiFI?". You should downloaded the first DLC : Tractor Ball.
You unlock it by beating story mode.

For the other balls, read our previous comments on this thread.

Oh ok, I got to the last boss earlier, so I will finish that off later.

Also, I have only got the accelaration ball, reverse ball and split ball, I haven't got the explode ball or any other's yet, and I have played Arcade on all levels

Ok guys I want to know something...

WHY I can't send my new highscore on the leaderboard??!!

When I'm connecting to the CWF I just see my old and bad score instead of the new one....and this case appears on every arcade stages with a new score!

So...WHY? If i can't send my scores the game's appeal down to zero (until the extra stage comes).

...oh yeah and my wifi connection works very well.

Well, i got good news and bad news about this weeks dlc.

Good news: its not a new ball, its a new stage. It's a fairly simple table with lots of aliens to kill and it has some loungish music instead of the hard techno. Oh, and theres a big eye that opens if you hit it enough times.

Bad news: it's only playable through story mode after you kill the last boss (as far as I know).

Hopefully next week will be a new 'arcade' table. Oh well, a new table is a new table.

EDIT: in case anyone was wondering, the new table doesn't use more blocks in the wii system memory.

@xesbeth : même si tu es français, je te la fais dans la langue de shakespeare.

You can send your score only straightaway after the end of a game by pressing the + button (before saving). If you do this in Ranking Mode, it doesn't work.

@BrazCanMan:

Thank you for the news. But what a pity that this new stage can be only played through Story Mode.

It's better than nothing however.

Bah du moment que j'understand what you say ^^

I try this with a game over in the arcade stage but it doesn't work again....that would be mean......I will NEVER put my highscore because i don't send it in the right time?

If that the case....the alien crush ranking is a mess....

Good news for the new table.

An edit to confirm that the alien crush ranking is a mess. That's really pisses me off comme qui dirait...

Well, it's kind of strange. You beat your high-score on a stage, you send it after the lose screen but your score is not updated on leaderboards?

Did you check your ranking on leaderboards on ACR official site?
http://www.hudson.co.jp/ww/aliencrush/usa/e/ranking_ac3_01.html

Did you change one time your profile name (maybe an IP conflict)?

Everything works well for me.

The last thing to do is to erase your save file (and why not re-download ACR) to clean this mess.

Well...I beat my highscore BUT i forgot to send this to the CWF right after the lose screen.

So, i wasn't worried about that, i thought i could send this anytime through the ranking mode.

And I'm owned. I have the highscore on my board but the game take the second high score instead of the first. Wonderful system...

I made a new score this morning but still at the second place, this time i upload the score right after the gameover screen and the game catch it....wonderful T__T

Aaaaah, I understand very well now!

Yeah, I confirm: you're owned! lol

So, you'll have to beat your "true local" high-score.

arf...When i made this score i was in a good day. Now it will be very hard to recover this score........very very hard.....i'm cursed.

hopefully i love this game so....this is a good reason to come back on the arcade stage.

edit: ok I try again and i kill my (old) first score and this time I DIDN'T FORGET TO ADD MY SCORE AFTER THE GAMEOVER......

pfff que d'émotions

Ready for the next tables.

I've played the new extra stage in Story Mode. And wow, it's pretty good: graphics and music reminds me a little Metroid Prime Echoes style.

But it is very too short!

So, I think next week DLC will be the same stage but available in Arcade Mode (if not, what would be the point if you can't play it when you want and above all much longer time?)

This extra level is good for scoring.

I hope that Hudson don't stop the downloadable tables after one extra level...

If they allow you to download the new level to Arcade Mode, they will have to update their online rankings to include level 4. They would probably also have to update vs. mode to include this level. Keeping my fingers crossed!!

This quote from the ACR web page makes me think we are only getting extra Story Mode stages and not extra Arcade Mode stages:

'" "STORY MODE" has a total of 6 stages, including the bonus stage.
Extra stages are available through Wi-Fi download!
Defeat the aliens that stand in your way to complete every stage!

ARCADE MODE
Three stages are available in ARCADE MODE.
Aim for the High Score and the Top Ranking!"

@rocky : unfortunately, I think you are totally right.
But as you've said, "keeping fingers crossed..." (and the weekly post of BrazCanMan )

Well, Ouazegaga, you are going to have to tell me what the new dlc is going to be for the next few weeks. I'm in Canada, miles away from my wii. =(

OMG!

Ok, I'll keep you informed (Wiware-World is the only site I know where people continue to play ACR and speak of it).

But I have a very bad feeling about DLC this week. As Xesbeth said, last week DLC was maybe the last one...

I have downloaded the new DLC this morning... and well... it is crap. It's just a new difficulty setup for Story Mode: "Insane".

OK, I will clear the Story Mode once again in Insane level to know if something new will be unlocked.

But I don't think so (and I hope this is not the last DLC for ACR...)

So there are now three difficulty levels for Story Mode? Normal, Hard, and Insane? Obviously I would have preferred a new stage, but I was hoping for a new difficulty level, so hopefully there is a noticeable difference between hard and insane.

Insane mode....

useless

I've cleared Insane Mode (thanks to the unlimited continues and to the very useful Explode ball - except on the crazy hard Stage 2 - ) and...

Yes!!! It unlocks Extra Stage in Arcade Mode!!!

No, I'm just kidding... it unlocks NOTHING. :/

Great. We have to wait the next DLC and hope something better.

All this amazing free DLC!?!? And I hesitated to get this! That's it, I'm getting ACR this week!!

Well, it is not "true" DLC. All extra contents is already built in the game (no more blocks used in Wii memory when you "download" new stuff).
It works maybe with an activation code or something else.

Whatever, it sounds cool. I am downloading this as we speak. Liking it a lot, even though story mode only takes about 30min to beat...

Hello everybody, there is new DLC this week... and it's as uninteresting as last week DLC.

It's just a No Tilt Mode avalaible in Story Mode and Arcade Mode, but activated in this one, scores are not saved in online leaderboards (it sounds normal to me).

Well, it seems now that we'll never have an Extra Stage in Arcade Mode.

Looks like I'm not missing anything good since I left my wii... there better be extra stage for arcade mode!

BTW, thanks to those of you who have kept the information flowing on here. I bought it late, and regularly check this to get info on the game. So far it just let me unlock the extra stage. Next one (Insane mode I guess) for me will probably be around Thursday or so, and then Tilt mode shortly after.

Overall, it's a pretty good WiiWare title.

Hi, bad news today.

It seems that ACR DLC is over.

When I've checked if there was new stuff this morning, I've downloaded No-Tilt Mode once again... (??)

So, I played a little with no-tilt mode activated, I saved, and I checked again. And... nothing.

Maybe as I've not played one single game in No-Tilt Mode last week (and not saved), the possibly new DLC isn't avalaible for me (that explains why I've downloaded No-Tilt Mode once again...)

I don't know...

Ok, keep us informed if somebody has new stuff. Thanks.

I have had that hapen with other DLC. For instance, with the bonus stage, I didn't have time to go through story mode. So in a couple days after downloading, I went to play it, and it had me D/L it again. After I went through story mode and the stage, and then saved, there was nothing. Then, after the 4-7 days or whatever, the next DLC was available. So I try to unlock or use whatever DLC I get that day instead of waiting.

Yes, you're totally right.

Now, I have to wait next week to be sure that will be no more DLC for ACR.

I have even cleared Story Mode with No-Tilt activated and saved (in case it unlocks maybe the next DLC...)

So, to round up, how much and what DLC has been released so far and how much does it cost altogether or is it free? I've been thinking about buying it for awhile but I'm ready to now. I just want to know without having to go through all the posts.

All DLC is free.

The space is already allocated for it in the original game download as well, so while it may actually download, they're moreso "unlockables."
(which is good IMHO)

So far, the DLC (IIRC):
Tractor Ball
Explode Ball
Paralyze Ball
Trap Ball
Bonus Story Stage
Insande Mode
No Tilt Mode
???

Some nice extras. Thanks for doing the list

Hello everybody,

No miracle since last week... I haven't had any new DLC this morning.

It's over.

So only one new table and only for the story mode....it's sad. However, it's always better than nothing.

That was a good idea Hudson, but next time give us more downloading content and MORE INTERESTING content! (no tilt mode...laule). Maybe for Devil Crash Return

I can't believe that some people complain about the DLC, when there weren't half as many game sales as Hudson would've surely hoped, and all the DLC was completely free. Some people are just selfish, since Hudson could've decided "no DLC at all". At least they didn't pull a Mega Man 9 on us and charge us for all the little add ons.

Well, I think you're already know that, but it's not exactly DLC... these contents are already built in the game, unlocked maybe by a connection on Hudson's server.
So, we're in right to complain about the only one extra table, moreover only playable in Story Mode... complete nonsense.

Despite of this, ACR remains one the best wiiware title for me.

Now I know that it's just unlockable, well, that's just naff (and Professor Layton all over again). Ah well, at least it's better than nothing I suppose, even if it is a bit ridiculous. And, I suppose it gets gamers to keep on playing - truth be told, I haven't played it much after the first week, although I do agree that it's a pretty good title.

Professor Layton isn't the best example to use, bud. It's more like FFCCMLK!

Oh and never talk bad about Professor Layton.. or else! XD

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