The first new entry to WiiWare, Block Breaker Deluxe, is modeled around the classic title Breakout which was first featured in arcade form in the 70s. Block Breaker Deluxe still features the same basic premise of deflecting a ball with a ship at rows of blocks positioned above the ship, however, the newest WiiWare title incorporates a variety of graphical updates, settings and an exclusive multiplayer mode. Block Breaker Deluxe is rated E for Everyone by the ESRB and is currently available on the Wii Shop Channel for 800 Wii Points.
This week's other featured WiiWare title is the first of a few upcoming Cocoto WiiWare entries, Cocoto Fishing Master. The game features a unique gameplay experience that uses the Wii Remote and Nunchuk to emulate the true fishing experience. Players will be able to fish in five different lakes in five different worlds and fish for over thirty types of fish. Players can also sell their caught fish and buy new equipment to enhance their experiences out on the virtual lakes. Cocoto Fishing Master is rated E for Everyone by the ESRB and is currently available on the Wii Shop Channel for 700 Wii Points.
Finally, this week's Virtual Console entry is another title for the Neo-Geo, Samurai Shodown. Samurai Shodown is a fighting title that integrates weapons combat into the core mechanic of the game. Players need to be careful when in the heat of battle, because a wrong move can result in a lost weapon, putting the player at a significant disadvantage. Players can choose from 12 fighters, some of which also bring animal companions to the competition, and square off in the first entry of the Samurai Shodown series. Samurai Shodown is rated T for Teen by the ESRB and is currently available on the Wii Shop Channel for 900 Wii Points.
WII-KLY UPDATE: TWO WIIWARE GAMES AND ONE VIRTUAL CONSOLE GAME ADDED TO WII SHOP CHANNEL
This week's additions to the Wii™ Shop Channel will have players setting their sights on a wild variety of targets. From solid walls to wriggling fish to fierce samurai warriors, you'll face plenty of fresh and unusual challenges as you master these distinctive games, each featuring an inventive twist on a proven formula. You'll also notice the ongoing expansion of both WiiWare™ and Virtual Console™ offerings, bringing you the best of what's new along with classic titles that hold fond memories.
Nintendo adds new and classic games to the Wii Shop Channel at 9 a.m. Pacific time every Monday. Wii™ owners with a high-speed Internet connection can redeem Wii Points™ to download the games. Wii Points can be purchased in the Wii Shop Channel or at retail outlets. This week's new games are:
WiiWare
Block Breaker Deluxe™ (Gameloft, 1-2 players, Rated E for Everyone-Mild Suggestive Themes, 800 Wii Points): Prepare for the frenzy of the coolest block-breaker game ever. Block Breaker Deluxe is a reinvention of the classic arcade brick-breaker game with a trendy graphical style, fun atmosphere and an exclusive multiplayer mode. Lively characters and amazing graphics provide distinctive settings of the jet-set nightlife, including a cool bar, dance club, casino and more. Special bricks, multiple bonuses, secret weapons, paddle size options and ball-speed variations make this fascinating game even more challenging. The Block Breaker Deluxe rage has arrived.
Cocoto Fishing Master (Neko Entertainment, 1 player, Rated E for Everyone, 700 Wii Points): Welcome to the adventures of Cocoto, Fishing Master. Get ready for a completely new experience on Wii. Play the role of Cocoto and travel the world to find five millennial fish. Only they can stop the magic cauldron from overflowing with lava and prevent the world from being destroyed. Thanks to Cocoto Fishing Master for Wii, fishing has never been such fun. Use the Wii Remote™ and Nunchuk™ controllers like a real fishing rod to catch more than 30 different fish. Discover five enchanted lakes in five different worlds from Cocoto's universe. Confront gigantic bosses to collect each fragment of the statuette that will allow you to wake the great god Geo from his slumber. Meet Cocoto's friends, sell your fish to Baggy and buy new fishing equipment from Neuro's shop.
Virtual Console
SAMURAI SHODOWN (NEOGEO, 1-2 players, Rated T for Teen-Animated Blood, Crude Humor, Violence, 900 Wii Points): This first entry in the extremely popular and revolutionary fighting-game series was released in 1993. Choose from 12 swordsmen with highly individualistic characteristics and fight furiously, ultimately confronting the evil Amakusa Shiro Tokisada. Each character wields his or her own specific weapon, but you must be careful not to lose it during the heat of battle. Some of the fighters also bring an animal companion into the fray, offering a unique aspect to the quick-paced action. Another significant feature of the game is the anger gauge, which indicates the level of anger felt by each of the combatants as they suffer repeated injuries. If the anger reaches its maximum level, the attacking ability of the character increases, leading to even more intense confrontations. Through it all, the refined camera system smoothly zooms in and out of the playing field, presenting the frenzy of the battle while showcasing the lively background (watch as the referee scores hits). Awaken the samurai spirit within and get ready for a new kind of fight.
Multiplayer Breakout?! :D
Damn it, I have been waiting for Samurai Showdown and here it is and I am broke. I have to remedy this right now.
Multiplayer Breakout?! :DYeah, I liked that on the C64.
I don't know why SNK is doing this, aside to please some of the fans that only want that particular title. Same with the Metal Slug series. I'd rather see individual titles that are of high quality, and aren't in any compilations for the Wii.
I'm warning you, the only impressions I could find of Fishing Master were that it wasn't so good in the controls department. But I'd love for someone to take the plunge around here.
Well in Metal Slug's case Metal Slug Anthology for the Wii was crap
I think it's just SNK trying to milk their titles for all they can. Yeah WE know that there's a Samurai Shodown Anthology in the works but the average person doesn't know that and might ignorantly buy the titles individually on the VC.
You seem to forget that
1) The average person doesn't use the VC
2) The average person doesn't know what Samurai Shodown is
3) The average person hasn't even heard of NeoGeo
Does SNK really have much going for them anymore outside of old games they rerelease like mad?
I'm warning you, the only impressions I could find of Fishing Master were that it wasn't so good in the controls department. But I'd love for someone to take the plunge around here.Got it, and after 20 minutes of fiddling around, I figured out the one specific section of the controls that were giving the majority of players problems.
Sounds like it needs a tutorial really bad.
When you say censored do you mean the SNES version or the Neo Geo version? Cuz I was unaware of Neo Geo games ever being censored.
Except it was possible to censor the arcades. The first time I played MK it had all the blood turned off.
