Nintendo Wii WiiWare/Virtual Console Releases 10/13

This Week there were 4 games that were released 2 WiiWare as well as 2 Virtual Console.

World of Goo (2D Boy, 1-4 players, Rated E for Everyone—Comic Mischief, 1,500 Wii Points): World of Goo is an award-winning, physics-based puzzle/construction game made entirely by two guys. Grab living, squirming, talking globs of goo to build structures, bridges, cannonballs, zeppelins and giant tongues. The millions of Goo Balls that live in the beautiful World of Goo are curious to explore—but they don’t know that they are in a game, or that they are extremely delicious. World of Goo Corporation is contractually obligated to state that everyone is a winner, and is enthusiastic to celebrate everyone’s Goo building opportunities equally.

This is a really odd looking puzzle game that uses Goo to make structures to pass levels.  You can see a game play here. It looks fun as long your in to the weird.  I would have to say it is worth a try if you have the money.

Art Style: CUBELLO (Nintendo, 1 player, Rated E for Everyone, 600 Wii Points): Art Style: CUBELLO mixes the strategy and feel of a traditional puzzle game with the precision and reflexes required in a shooter. As each stage begins, various colored cubes form into one large object called a Cubello, which floats and rotates as you play. Launch additional cubes from your magazine and try to connect four or more of the same color, removing them from the Cubello and eventually leaving only its core. Take on the challenge of either Stage or Endless mode and watch what happens when Bonus Time is activated. The straightforward controls and goal ensure that anyone can play, while offering enough depth that even advanced players will find themselves quickly addicted to the unique world of Art Style: CUBELLO.

Another odd Puzzle game came out.  this game is all about Cube elimination; by shooting other cubes at them placing 4 of the same color next to each other.  This game seems fun but I would think if you have got any of the other Puzzle games that the Wii has then you still have more of that game to play.  you can see game play here.

SECRET OF MANA (Super NES™, 1-3 players, Rated E10+ for Everyone 10 and Older—Mild Fantasy Violence, Mild Suggestive Themes, 800 Wii Points): Good and evil battle for a young warrior’s heart. There is one force in the universe that keeps good and evil in perfect balance. It is called the tree of Mana. But a magic sword has tricked a young warrior into upsetting this balance, spreading evil throughout the land. Thus, the warrior must undertake a dangerous journey to find the seeds of the Mana tree, which have been hidden for centuries. Only then can perfect harmony be restored. In this incredible adventure, things are not as they seem. Magic swords release evil as well as fight it. Treasure chests hold booby traps. Monsters are friends and friends are enemies. Potions give power, black magic takes it away. Dragons fly, weapons change. It’s a world turned upside down that you must help the warrior make right. And the only way to succeed is to solve the Secret of Mana.

This Game Rocks that is all there is to it.  But for all of you that might not got to this game back on the Super Nintendo here is some gameplay for you. This game is an action RPG that you can play with up to 3 players.  Each character has there own use the “Boy” is all about attacking,  the “Sprite” is all about Attack Spirits, and the “Girl” is all about Enhancing the party with Spirits.  This can be a fairly long rpg if you do not know the game very well.  The story and art are awesome.  I would recommend that anyone with time to play a great action rpg purchase and play this game.

STREET FIGHTER II’: SPECIAL CHAMPION EDITION (Sega Genesis, 1-2 players, Rated T for Teen—Violence, 800 Wii Points): STREET FIGHTER II’: SPECIAL CHAMPION EDITION was the first STREET FIGHTER game released for the Sega Genesis console. The STREET FIGHTER series can be considered one of the first fighting games to popularize competitive video game fighting. This version of the game contains both the CHAMPION and HYPER rule sets, from the two editions released in the arcades. It also introduced an exclusive Group Battle mode that is now a general feature in most fighting games. Play as one of 12 different characters, each with their own distinctive fighting style. Try single-player mode or challenge a friend in this legendary, classic fighting game.

Although Street Fighter II is a great game.  It becomes very hard to discern the different versions.  This is going to be good for anyone that has not already bought a version.  It has a couple rule sets that can make it a better choice than some of the other versions.  If you need to see the game here is some game play.

At the end of the day this was a really good day for the Virtual Console.