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Should old acquaintance be forgot? We can’t remember. But what we can
remember is that this week’s downloadable lineup from Nintendo asks a
lot of questions. The Nintendo DSiWare™ service wonders if
you can master missiles with Trajectile™, lead animals
to their proper pens with Animal Puzzle Adventure or match wits
with TV chef Gordon Ramsay in Hell’s Kitchen Vs. The WiiWare™
service puts you in charge of maximizing your rubber duckie output with Heron:
Steam Machine, asks you to aim for the bull’s-eye with Pub Darts
and wonders if you have an itchy trigger finger with Fast Draw
Showdown. Finally, Final Fight™ 3 on the
Virtual Console™ service makes you wonder if the fight is
ever really final.
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Asking if the fight can ever be final is like asking if the fantasy can be final. You already know the answer- when the sales slump, it's over Jonny...
Nintendo DSiWare
Trajectile
Publisher: Nintendo
Players:
1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 500 Nintendo
DSi Points™
Description: Trajectile is a
puzzle game that’s as much about firepower as it is about brainpower,
requiring you to line up your shot and launch a flurry of missiles at
enemy targets. Three types of missiles are at your disposal, each one
with its own characteristics – but all of them can bounce off walls on
their path to smash, blast or drill through enemies and blocks. Along
the way, you’ll find item blocks just waiting to be destroyed so that
you can obtain special power-ups … and cause even more destruction. Be
careful though, as missile type and position are predetermined and you
get only a limited number of launches per stage. Complete multiple
classes containing numerous individual stages, earning medals when you
clear stages in fewer than the given number of turns. Are you ready to
take aim at becoming a Trajectile master?
Animal Puzzle Adventure
Publisher: Aksys Games
Players:
1
ESRB Rating: E10+ (Everyone 10 and Older) – Mild
Suggestive Themes
Price: 500 Nintendo DSi Points
Description:
Animal Puzzle Adventure is a simple puzzle game where you have to
lead various animals to their respective barns placed on the map, while
avoiding pitfalls and cliffs and using the objects on the field to your
advantage. There are 10 stages per level with a total of five levels,
creating 50 stages in all. After clearing a stage, you unlock a piece of
a photo. Once you clear all 10 stages in a level, the wallpaper for that
level becomes unlocked and you can then view it in the gallery. With so
many puzzles to unravel, you’ll find yourself immersed in the
puzzle-riffic world of Animal Puzzle Adventure.
Hell’s Kitchen Vs.
Publisher: Ludia
Players:
1-2
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 800
Nintendo DSi Points
Description: Hell’s Kitchen Vs.
is based on the U.S. TV phenomenon where world-renowned chef Gordon
Ramsay puts aspiring chefs through rigorous culinary tests. The game
recreates the show’s pressure-cooker atmosphere as two players battle
head-to-head in an arcade-style kitchen challenge. Try to conquer your
opponent in each time-management test, while taking the heat of Gordon
Ramsay judging and rating your performance at every stage of the game.
WiiWare
Heron: Steam Machine
Publisher: Triangle
Studios
Players: 1-4
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price:
500 Wii Points™
Description: Heron: Steam
Machine is a game about a factory where rubber duckies are being
produced by a large steam engine. On this steam engine, there are four
different gauges which you will have to watch carefully. By connecting
the pipes, you will earn points and relieve some of the pressure,
keeping the machine running just a little bit longer. If one of the
gauges reaches its maximum, the machine will eventually blow up, and the
game is over. If you were lucky enough to achieve a high score, make
sure you enter your name in the list so other players can compete with
you. In Multiplayer, you are able to cooperate with friends in
maintaining the steam machine. When you play with two, three or four
players, the screen is divided into sections with different background
colors. Each player is able to solve his or her own part of the puzzle.
Players are restricted to their own section of the screen, so you will
have to work together to make the pipes fit properly. (Additional
accessories are required for multiplayer play and are sold separately.)
Pub Darts
Publisher: Big Blue Bubble Inc.
Players:
1-4
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) – Alcohol Reference
Price:
500 Wii Points
Description: Pub Darts is a simple
darts simulation which uses the Wii Remote™ controller’s
unique controls to mimic dart-throwing motion. The game is set in a
local pub where the players will settle in to play some of their
favorite dart games, including 501, Cricket, Around the Clock, Killers
and Baseball. Controls function just like throwing a real dart. Players
are able to create their own personal profiles, including selecting
their avatar image from a collection of creative characters and the
design they would like displayed on the dart flights.
Fast Draw Showdown
Publisher: Digital Leisure
Inc.
Players: 1-2
ESRB Rating: T (Teen) –
Alcohol Reference, Violence
Price: 500 Wii Points
Description:
When it comes to fast draw there’re only two types of people: the quick
… and the dead! Now you have the chance to find out where you stand, or
lie, as the case may be. You’ll go up against the best quick draws in
the business, including one of the world’s fastest, Wes Flowers.
Unholster your Wii Remote controller and show ’em who the fastest draw
really is, in this live-action shooter. You can even take on a friend in
multiplayer modes, and see which of you has the quickest draw. You’ll
need some serious speed and awesome accuracy to take on these
gunslingers … so get ready for some real fast draw action.
Virtual Console
Final Fight 3
Original platform: Super NES™
Publisher:
Capcom USA
Players: 1-2
ESRB Rating: T (Teen) –
Animated Violence
Price: 800 Wii Points
Description:
Following the defeat and subsequent disappearance of the Mad Gear Gang,
a small group known only as “Skull Cross” is responsible for a new
uprising of vandalism, terrorism and death. The government of Metro City
is at a complete loss. Metro City’s mayor, Mike Haggar, and Guy are
prepared to take on the new gang, but before they can act, the door
bursts open, revealing Lucia, Cody’s old friend. “Metro City is under
attack!” she shouts, “Skull Cross is loose, and they’ve got something up
their sleeves.” But before any of them can move, a mysterious man
appears in the doorway. “My name is Dean,” he says. “I know Skull Cross
inside-and-out, and I hate them more than anything. I can help you, and
you can help me. We must go!” All four fighters vow to bring Skull Cross
down. It will be a tough assignment, and may even be their final fight!