Nintendo Wii WiiWare/Virtual Console Releases 9/8

This Week there were 3 games released 1 WiiWare and 2 Virtual Console.

WiiWare

Groovin’ Blocks (Empty Clip Studios, 1-2 players, Rated E for Everyone, 800 Wii Points): A music-based game like no other, Groovin’ Blocks
adds innovative musical game play to an addictive action/puzzle game
foundation. Play to the rhythm of the music to increase your score, and
try to hit “Superbeats” to double your multiplier.
Go for the high
score in each of the 27 stages as you collect stars to unlock 15 levels
of power-ups. Groovin’ Blocks features three skill levels, from

the accessible Casual to the fiendish Hard mode. Play with your friends
in co-op mode or against them head-to-head. Head-to-head brings it up a
notch as the power-ups now become attacks on your opponent. Play
head-to-head with people of all skill levels using a golf-style
handicapping system.


You can see a little gameplay here. The game seems to be very similar to Tetris or Wario Woods and games along those lines;  If you like puzzle games like that I am sure you would like this game.  As for me I don’t care for these games too much they tend to get annoying really quickly.


Virtual Console

Final Solider
(TurboGrafx16, 1 player, Rated E for Everyone—Mild Fantasy Violence,
700 Wii Points): A vertically scrolling shooter from the well-known Soldier series.
In the 23rd century, invaders from the future suddenly attack Earth.
Controlling a fighter created by the world’s scientists, you rise to
meet the enemy. Collect power-up units, such as LASER, E-BEAM, FIRE and
MISSILE, and then equip them in Options to launch a variety of attacks.
For each of these weapons, you can freely select from three different
types in SET-UP. Anticipate enemies’ strikes and deftly switch between
weapons to defeat the invaders. In addition to NORMAL GAME, there are
also 2 MINUTE GAME and 5 MINUTE GAME score-attack modes. The most
perfect blend and balance of any game in the series, Final Soldier is a title you don’t want to miss.

Final Solider looks really cool.  the game seems to be a combination of Gradius and 1942.  If you like vertically scrolling shooters than this game will be awesome for you.  If i could work out obtaining the money for this game I would get it.  This is a game you are going to need some patients for more than likely highly frequint deaths.  You can see some game play here.

Cho Aniki
(TurboGrafx16 CD-ROM, 1 player, Rated E10+ for Everyone and Older—Mild
Fantasy Violence, Mild Suggestive Themes, 900 Wii Points): The odd
world in this shooter made for quite the conversation piece in its day.
Players control either Idaten or Benten, celestial warriors out to
bring
an end to the tyrannical rule of the emperor of Planet Builder,
who holds muscular prowess to be the supreme virtue of the universe.

Aided by able-bodied muscle-head options Adon and Samson, they must
battle to defeat the emperor’s army across five stages. Use the buttons
to fire away and lay into the Builder forces. Power up your character
and options with protein from defeated enemies to have them “bulk up”
with a yell, and take their macho battle to the next level.

Another Shooter that came out today it’s defenitly an interesting looking game you seem to be some form of god and your shooting things like you would on Gradius with an upgrade system that is also similar to Gradious.  I would say it is worth a try but Nintendo still hasn’t done any form of “demo” system for any of there console games.  Yet again if you like shooters then you will more than likely appreciate this game.  Here is a game play video for the game.

At the end of the day it seems that shooters was the keyword.  I have fun with shooters as much as the next guy but it would seem having at least one other type of game on the Virtual Console releases would have been a better choice for Nintendo.