Sorry about the delay in WiiWare and Virtual Console news. Moving on though This week I am going to summarize the releases I missed and start to give basic ratings from 1-10 on a worth buying scale. 1 being you would have to an idiot to buy this and 10 being your a moron for not already owning it.
New This week we have 2 WiiWare games Tiki Towers and Fun! Fun! Minigolf.
Tiki Towers™ (RealArcade, 1 -2 players, Rated E for Everyone-Comic Mischief, 500 Wii Points): Tiki Towers is a game of construction, destruction, problem-solving and monkeys. Reclaim the islands of your tribe by defeating a series of evil enemy chiefs. Work with your monkey friends to build towers out of bamboo poles, coconuts and vines.
Match wits against the enemy chiefs bent on destroying your towers and driving you from the islands. Navigate levels filled with crazy building challenges, and deal with unfriendly wildlife and other environmental obstacles.
Get your monkeys to chant for the BananaMana necessary to counter enemy attacks. Play in either single-player or two-player cooperative mode in this game where monkeys rule.
In this Game you build structures to get monkeys to the finish. This game reminds me of the DS game Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2. If you like games similar to lemmings you will definitely like this game. Here is a game video.
Tiki Towers gets a score of 5.
Fun! Fun! Minigolf (Shin’en Multimedia, 1-4 players, Rated E for Everyone, 900 Wii Points): Play minigolf with your friends in beautiful environments. Choose a character and turn your Wii Remote™ controller into a golf club.
With its easy-to-use controls, all you need to do is aim, swing and see who’s the best putter. Play 27 holes spread across America, Asia and Europe. Enjoy exotic locations all over the world. Go for gold in single-player mode,
or invite your friends. Fun! Fun! Minigolf supports up to four players. You can use one to four Wii Remote controllers. Fun! Fun! Minigolf is the ultimate party game for everyone.
This game has pretty standard Wii based golf controls. The major things this game has over standard golf games is that it is Miniature Golf. You are playing through a wide variety stages with some fun looking holes. You can see a little game play here.
Fun! Fun! Minigolf gets a score of 6.
Wii Ware Games I missed. (scores are links to gameplay videos)
- Alien Crush Return score 3
- Home Sweet Home score 2
- Brain Challenge score 6
- Yummy Yummy Cooking Jam score 4
- Strong Bad Episode 4: Dangeresque 3 score 7
- Target Toss Pro: Bags score 2
- Boingz score 5
- Sudoku Challenge! score 5
- Space Invaders Get Even score 7
- Pit Crew Panic! score 4
- Bruiser and Scratch score 5
- Hockey Allstar Shootout score 6
- Strong Bad 5: 8-Bit Is Enough score 8
- Big Kahuna Party score 4
This week there was only 1 game released Phantasy Star IV.
Phantasy Star™ IV (SEGA GENESIS, 1 player, Rated E for Everyone-Fantasy Violence, Mild Sexual Themes, 800 Wii Points): Phantasy Star IV is the fourth released game from SEGA’s epic Phantasy Star series, one of SEGA’s biggest RPGs on the SEGA GENESIS. In the year AW 2284, planet Motavia is once again plagued by strange biocreatures, and it’s up to the brave men and women of the Hunters
Guild to exterminate them. You are Chaz Ashley, a rookie Hunter straight out of training who is supported by Alys Brangwin-a crafty veteran whose good looks and prowess with the blade have earned her an awesome reputation.
These two Hunters, along with a cast of supporting characters, will go beyond Motavia to unwittingly save their entire solar system.
This is pretty much what you would expect from a Phantasy Star game. If you like the earlier games in the series you will most likely enjoy this one. If you are in to trying new rpgs this is fairly popular series. you can see some game play here.
Phantasy Star IV gets a score of 6.
Virtual Console games I missed. (scores are links to gameplay videos)