Highlights include the Turbografx-16 version of Street Fighter 2, the original A Boy and His Blob on the NES, and some really good DSiWare games.
Eat! Fat! FIGHT! (WiiWare: Tecmo, LTD. 1,000 Wii points) is a sumo wrestling game that celebrates eating, getting fat, and fighting!
You hold the Wii Remote horizontally and tilt it left, right, up or down to perform all kinds of lifts and throws like a real sumo. There are also hidden moves like suplexes and scrapbusters thrown in. You’ll need all these moves as you compete in tournaments around the world on your mission to become a yokozuna.
As for the eating, you can play eating mini-games alongside sparring challenges to make your wrestler stronger and change how they look. You can also use your own Mii face on your wrestlers.
Moki Moki (WiiWare: Natsume Inc., 800 Wii points) is described as a mind-bending, gravity-defying puzzler! The Moki are being devoured by the voracious Gromblins and it’s up to you to guide the hapless little guys to safety. Bend, twist and rotate the environment to herd the Moki through a series of brain-teasing puzzles. Along the way, you’ll have to contend with deadly pitfalls, spinning blades and shifting gravity.
You can roll Moki down ramps, grab them with hooks and blast them with jets to guide them safely to the portals in 100 unique levels.
A Little Bit of… Magic Made Fun: Psychic Camera (DSiWare: Nintendo.,200 Nintendo DSi points) gives your DSi incredible telepathic abilities. Simply ask a spectator to think of a card and then take a photo of them using the Nintendo DSi’s camera. The correct card will magically appear next to the person’s face!
You can also perform a variation of the trick in which the spectator thinks of a symbol instead of a card. Take the spectator’s photo and the symbol they were thinking of will appear on the screen – as if by magic.
Castle Of Magic (DSiWare: Gameloft, 500 Nintendo DSi points) is a platformer which sees you leaping between both screens as you stand up to wild montsers. You can use your DSi camera not only to customise game items but also to transform into new powerful forms. Visit a Photo Cabin in the game and take the picture of an object in real life that matches the colour of the character you want to transform into.
Littlest Pet Shop (DSiWare: Electronic Arts, 800 Nintendo DSi points) looks like one for nintendogs fans. You can play catch with your pets and their favourite toys, dress them up in new accessories, and keep them happy by brushing and feeding them treats. You can even throw a little dance party for your pets.
myNotebook: Green (DSiWare: Nnooo, 200 Nintendo DSi points) is the latest version of the coloured notebook series. It’s basically a notebook on your DSi so you can scribble down notes and lists whenever you like.
Starship Patrol (DSiWare: Nintendo, 500 Nintendo DSi points) is a tower defence game set in outer space. Defend your starship fleet from waves of enemy attacks using a combination of strategic skills and resource management. You can plan your defence on the Touch Screen by attaching weapons to your ships in strategic positions. Use energy collected from defeated enemies to purchase new and more powerful weapons, and look out for rare power crystals that unlock advanced attacks, including the ability to summon a devastating black hole.
Street Fighter II: Champion Edition (Virtual Console: Capcom, 700 Wii points) is the TurboGrafx16 version of the timeless classic two-player fighting game. A large capacity HuCARD was used to port the arcade version, allowing a faithful recreation of the dynamic game and its features, including bonus stages and sound effects.
VS Battle mode contains a convenient handicap feature, allowing a novice player to take on a seasoned veteran and enjoy an intense, head-to-head combat experience.
A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia(Virtual Console: NES, 500 Wii points) is the original Blob game that was released for NES in 1989. As with the recently released Boy And His Blob Wii game you have to team up with Blob to help save Blobolonia. Blob has come from the distant planet Blobolonia in search of an earth boy to help him save his world so you have to join him as you explore mysterious caverns beneath the earth searching for treasures before travelling to Blobolonia to battle the evil king. By eating jellybeans, Blob can transform into different shapes that will help you. Did you know that Blob’s full name is Blobert?
