Bonsai Barber, a four player "first-person-groomer" game, allows players to take use of scissors, clippers, spray cans, and more in order to groom twelve local villager's gardens. Each day players will tend to five customers, and each will choose from thirty designs to test your landscaping stylistic skills. Bonsai Barber is rated E for Everyone by the ESRB and is available now through the Wii Shop Channel for 1,000 Wii Points ($10).
Super Punch-Out!! the SNES sequel to the NES Punch-Out!! pits players against an array of wacky boxers. Little Mac must work his way through the Minor, Major, and World Circuits in order to retain his World Video Boxing Association belt. Bear Hugger, Bald Bull, and Super Macho Man are among the boxers who will challenge Little Mac in his quest for boxing dominance. Super Punch-Out!! is rated E for Everyone by the ESRB and is available now through the Wii Shop Channel for 800 Wii Points ($8).
WII-KLY UPDATE: "THE FAREWELL EDITION"
March 30, 2009
In this farewell edition of the Wii-kly Update (more on that below*), we're pleased to announce a pair of excellent games based around completely opposite vocations. Newly available on the Virtual Console is Super Punch Out , the classic boxing title that pits players against tough pugilist rivals such as Bald Bull. Speaking of baldness, the unique new WiiWare game Bonsai Barber invites players to take off the gloves and work their clippers instead, giving new hairstyles to a colorful cast of fruits and vegetables. Both are yours for the downloading via the Wii Shop Channel.
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
Bonsai Barber (Nintendo, 1-4 players, Rated E for Everyone-Comic Mischief, 1,000 Wii Points): The village residents are hungry for the latest in foliage fashion, and it's up to you, the new barber, to fix them up. Use the tools of your trade: scissors, clippers, spray can, and more in this humorous, first-of-its-kind "first-person-groomer" game. Bonsai Barber features a colorful cast of 12 intriguing customers, including a temperamental shallot starlet (don't call her an onion), an oddball strawberry boffin, a cactus cowboy, a daredevil carrot, and a suave banana with top-secret clearance. Each day, five customers arrive to test your stylistic skill. If the customer requests a specific style, you'll plow that furrow, or you can rely on your expertise to pick from more than 30 popular fashions. Or, why not turn over a new leaf? Be creative and see how they react. They're a demanding bunch, so if you miss an appointment, you'll hear about it-on your Wii Message Board. If you do a good job, you may receive a gift or even a postcard from an exotic destination as your happy customers travel to distant lands and show off their exquisite coifs.
Virtual Console
Super Punch-Out (Super NES, 1 player, Rated E for Everyone, 800 Wii Points): Featuring the tight game play and humor the series is known for, this sequel to the NES classic sees Little Mac return to the ring with the World Video Boxing Association belt once again at stake. Slug your way through the grueling, sweat-pounding matches of the Minor, Major and World Circuits as you face off against some of Little Mac's greatest rivals, such as Bear Hugger, Bald Bull and Super Macho Man. With a cast of new challengers waiting, do you have what it takes to identify their unique patterns and exploit their weaknesses? Go to your corner and come out fighting, but remember what Doc Louis would say: "It's not about brawling-it's about finesse!"
Remember that Wii features parental controls that let adults manage the content their children can access. For more information about this and other Wii features, visit Wii.com.
* - About that farewell edition stuff: Starting next week, the name of this newsletter will be changed from Wii-kly Update to Nintendo Download. Why? With the April 5 launch of the new Nintendo DSi portable game system comes the opening of the Nintendo DSi Shop. Like the Wii Shop Channel, the Nintendo DSi Shop will offer a growing library of downloadable games, with new titles added every week. Accordingly, we'll be using this space to tell you not only about new games for Wii but also for Nintendo DSi. Watch for the first edition of Nintendo Download on April 6.
"Nintendo Downloads"? meh...
Nintendownloads? Yeah!
Supposedly Bonsai Barber is really fun, so I'll have to pick it up!
I finally beat Super Macho Man, wahoo! But to my disappointment, I now have to go back and beat the Major and World Circuits without losing in order to open the final circuit, doh!
I finally beat Super Macho Man, wahoo! But to my disappointment, I now have to go back and beat the Major and World Circuits without losing in order to open the final circuit, doh!
Ah, you know what I do remember this now. One of my friends was able to unlock that circuit on my cart and I was never able to beat the second guy in that circuit. Man ... I really need to boot that game back up.
Busted out the cart last night ... my god did I get my **** wrecked.
Dragon Chan made me his bitch so hard so many times. Definitely gotta get back in the groove for this game.
Beating this circuit without losing a life is going to be a bitch.
If I only had enough to get Punch-Out or Super Punch-Out, which would you folks recommend?
If I only had enough to get Punch-Out or Super Punch-Out, which would you folks recommend?
I'd recommend Super Punch-Out over the original. Rose-tinted glasses aside, the second is a better game and far more playable today. The original--while extremely fun--is a bit simplistic and relies entirely on pattern recognition. You figure out when to attack, wait for an opening, hit your opponent a bunch, wash, rinse, repeat.
