Wii Shop Channel Update 9/22/08 (NA)

4 GAMES ADDED THIS WEEK! 2 old and 2 new… Check them out below! By the way, another week, and another company correct in their new that their game would show up on a specific date. I wonder what happened back on Update 8/4/08

Wii-KLY UPDATE: TWO WiiWARE GAMES AND TWO VIRTUAL CONSOLE GAMES ADDED TO Wii SHOP CHANNEL

Sept. 22, 2008

What does your Wii library say about you? Are you fanatical about one style of game, or do you favor a brimming variety of sports, puzzle and fantasy titles? Fortunately for gaming fans of all kinds, the Wii Shop Channel makes it easy and fun to expand your collection in any direction. A few waves of the Wii Remote controller will introduce you to the latest Virtual Console and WiiWare offerings this week, featuring classic sci-fi adventure and some invigorating twists on familiar pastimes.

Nintendo adds new and classic games to the Wii Shop Channel at 9 a.m. Pacific time every Monday. Wii owners with a high-speed Internet connection can redeem Wii Points to download the games. Wii Points can be purchased in the Wii Shop Channel or at retail outlets. This week’s new games are:


WiiWare

Mega Man 9 (CAPCOM, 1 player, Rated E for Everyone-Mild Cartoon Violence, 1,000 Wii Points): Mega Man fans, the wait is over! The classic Blue Bomber that debuted in 1987 is back with the ninth installment in the classic series. It’s a new adventure for Mega Man done in an 8-bit style-graphics, music and gameplay are all like you remember them.

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Plättchen twist ‘n’ paint (Bplus, 1-8 players, Rated E for Everyone, 1,000 Wii Points): Plättchen twist ‘n’ paint is a crazy, challenging puzzle shooter that delivers more than 100 hours of fun, supporting up to eight players simultaneously. Guard the birth of ZeLeLi and free them from the menace of the evil black Shadow Plättchen. Play as one of the countless FantasyMEs and fight as an astronaut, butterfly, car or football against sharks, cowboys, asteroids and skulls in numerous, fabulous fantasy Worlds. Use items and multipliers in combos to fight yourself to the top of the high scores and find the perfect way to solve a level. Go wild in three completely different game modes of Plättchen twist ‘n’ paint with more than 300 levels. Twist cooperatively with your friends or compete through many multiplayer modes.

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Virtual Console

Super Dodge Ball (NES, 1-2 players, Rated E for Everyone-Mild Cartoon Violence, 500 Wii Points): In Super Dodge Ball, you take control of the USA Dodge Ball team and travel the world in an effort to become the best dodge ballers around. Step onto playing fields in countries all over the globe and use a combination of normal and super shots to help take down your opponents. But be careful, as some destinations have surfaces that can affect your footing. Manage the team as you think best, and swap out characters with other players that better fit your playing style. Two players can enjoy a head-to-head game or play a spirited round of Bean Ball, a six-character free-for-all. Three difficulty levels are available (Easy, Medium, and Hard); which one you choose will depend on your skill and courage. Do you have what it takes to lead Team USA to the ultimate prize and win the world championship of dodge ball?

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Vectorman (Sega Genesis, 1 player, Rated E for Everyone-Animated Violence, 800 Wii Points): In the year 2049, mankind is forced to abandon an over polluted Earth and seek out other planets for colonization while the mechanized Orbots stay behind to clean up the mess. When the Orbot leader, WarHead, starts blowing a few circuits and causes a war among the mechanical brethren, a sludge pilot named Vectorman is the only one willing to step up and fight him. You’ll morph into a speeding train, a power drill, a mechanical fish and a mighty dune buggy in this action-packed adventure. Equip yourself with weapons, pick up morphs and power-ups to defeat WarHead, and restore peace on Earth.

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  • http://wiinintendo.net/ hattrick

    I just realized…Vectorman is only 41 years away from reality. haha!

    btw… MM9 is VERY hard. haha…I’ve not even beat one level yet. but i have a feeling Galaxy Man is going down soon! lol

  • SirVenom

    Haha, people had some big predictions for the 21st century, didn’t they?

    Vectorman looks cool for a 16 bit game, and MegaMan is pretty cool for a new one (good graphics on retro game = cool. Retro graphics on new game = cool :P )

    But, dagnabbit, THEY AREN’T EARTHBOUND.

  • Surgical Precision

    No Earthbound is always a sad sad thing SirVenom, But don’t let that get you down. This is a GREAT DAY!

    Unfortunately for me however it’s going to be a full week before I’ll actually be able to play the new Mega Man… My grandmother passed away recently so it’s up to my mother and I to clear everything out of the house before the time comes to sell it…

    So for me this is more or less a bad day but meh… They can’t be all good I guess…

    Anyawhoo… Personally if you ask me Nintendo’s probably just going to keep playing dumb with the Mother series until the good people over at Starman.net finally finish what Nintendo themselves SHOULD BE DOING in the first place…

    Since Nintendo already has had Mother 1 set to go with a full english script & Mother 2 is fine as well obviously, It would be just a simple matter of making a few adjustments to the Starman.net english patch (For copyright issues & so they won’t have to pay anyone for doing their job)

    A few tweeks here & there to make thing work with the GBA port’s & before anyone knows it we’ll have all three Mother games set to go on the DS at full retail price…

    Well all be too happy about it to care about the details anyway…

  • SirVenom

    True… they will probably wait till the patch is done, slap the patch onto official cartridges, and sue Tomato and company for piracy and stuff.

    Sorry to hear about your Grandmother, I know how you must feel… My Grandfather (my only living grandparent) is near death from cancer… and I live halfway across the country from him.

  • Surgical Precision

    Oh man… That’s rough… My grandparents are more or less a mixed subject with me… My mother has been practically tormented by them her whole life…

    She’s always loved them regardless but they hated her enough to disown her and completely remove her from the family will (Leaving it all to my uncle who’s been kind enough to give my mother half of the estate)

    All over really petty issues… So I’m kinda torn on the subject… They did love me but it’s been kinda hard to return the sentiment all things considered…

    Still it’s rough… Mostly because of seeing how much pain my mother is going through…

    I’m sorry to hear about your grandmother… Sounds to me though that at least she knows for sure there’s someone out there who’ll always think kindly on her… So you should know that if there is a heaven, at least you made it a little bit easier for her to get there…

  • Surgical Precision

    Err… Edit… Grandfather… Sorry…