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This Week's Virtual Console and WiiWare

by Nick DiMola - December 1, 2008, 8:04 am EST
Total comments: 7 Source: Press Release

This week brings the long-awaited Space Invaders: Get Even along with another for WiiWare and a redundant Virtual Console release.

This week's Virtual Console and WiiWare update brings us two new titles alongside an entry from an already represented Wii series.

Space Invaders: Get Even is the first WiiWare release of the week and it gives players a new take on the Space Invaders franchise. Rather than controlling the typical defender cannon, players get a chance to control the oft-defeated invaders. By pointing the Wii Remote, players will direct the invader UFO to destroy the Earthlings through use of five different attacks. Players will also be able to expand the initial bundle of the game with three expansions that include the rest of the levels of the game. Space Invaders: Get Even is rated E10+ by the ESRB and is available now through the Wii Shop Channel for 500 Wii Points ($5).

The final WiiWare game of the week comes from Hudson in the form of Pit Crew Panic!. Players will take control of a pit crew in this action game as they service the vehicles that stop in the pit. Up to a team of four players can take on the presented challenge, or two teams of two can face off in abnormal mode. Players will also be able to upload their scores to the online leaderboards to challenge the best scores around the world. Pit Crew Panic! is rated E for Everyone by the ESRB and is available now through the Wii Shop Channel for 800 Wii Points ($8).

The lone Virtual Console release of the week is a redundant release of sorts, as the game has already been featured on a collection disc that released around the launch of the Wii. Metal Slug 2 for the NEOGEO allows players to embark on the side-scrolling action shooter quest to defeat Morden's remobilized Rebellion Army. Choosing from Marco, Tarma, Eri, and Fio, up to two players can fight their way to the end of the game using the various upgrades from the original title. Metal Slug 2 is rated T for Teen by the ESRB and is available now through the Wii Shop Channel for 900 Wii Points ($9).

WII-KLY UPDATE: TWO WIIWARE GAMES AND ONE VIRTUAL CONSOLE GAME ADDED TO WII SHOP CHANNEL

Dec. 1, 2008

After a long, lazy holiday weekend, it's time to shake off your post-Thanksgiving daze. Need some suggestions for boosting your activity level back into the red? Let the latest additions to the Wii™ Shop Channel be your guide: Take command of a UFO in an epic space battle, get your engine revving as the leader of a frenzied pit crew, or storm the battlefield in a high-tech military mêlée. With all this excitement, you may be ready for another vacation day sooner than you think.

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™

SPACE INVADERS GET EVEN (Taito, 1 player, Rated E10+ for Everyone 10 and Older-Cartoon Violence, 500 Wii Points): The Space Invaders are back, and this time they're out to get even. Take control of a UFO and make those Earthlings pay by unleashing your fleet of heroic invaders against their puny tanks, fighter jets and artillery-but watch out for the massive boss awaiting you at the end of each stage. Use your invaders' five attack types and the might of the mother ship to rack up high scores, then upload them via Nintendo® Wi-Fi Connection and see where you stand in the global rankings. (Note: Router and broadband access required for online play. For more info, visit www.nintendo.com.)

Pit Crew Panic! (Hudson Entertainment, 1-4 players, Rated E for Everyone, 800 Wii Points): Pit Crew Panic! is a frantic, action-packed game that unfolds on the racing circuit. During the game, the pit crew is not only faced with repairing vehicles, but also various WHATSITs. Handling the WHATSIT repairs is a pit crew made up of legendary beauties. The controls are simple: Just grab a member of the crew with the Wii Remote™ controller's A Button, then release the button when the Pointer is over the damaged PART, and that crew member will begin repairs. Assign repairs to the members of your team and provide support using the Wii Remote to send a fully repaired WHATSIT out of the pit as quickly as you can. The game features Normal mode, which can be played using one of two rules: Abnormal mode (players split into two teams and compete against each other) and Ranking mode (compete with players around the world for the top record). Each mode can be played with a maximum of four Wii Remote controllers, allowing you to team up with friends and family. Your teamwork could lead to outstanding records.

Virtual Console™

METAL SLUG 2 (NEOGEO, 1-2 players, Rated T for Teen-Blood and Gore, Violence, 900 Wii Points): Released in 1998 by SNK, METAL SLUG 2 is a side-scrolling military-action game. Players choose from Marco, Tarma, Eri and Fio, setting their sights on wiping out Morden's newly remobilized Rebellion Army. Just like the original METAL SLUG, players blaze a trail by shooting and jumping, but METAL SLUG 2 adds a new arsenal for you to command, including a heavy machine gun, a shotgun and even a laser gun, providing players with rich variety. Battle effects are packed in, as well-players turn into mummies after getting caught in poison gas coughed up by mummies. After picking up too many food items, characters turn fat, but they get an attack-strength upgrade. Two-player action is supported, too, so players can have a blast with their friends.

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Talkback

Flames_of_chaosLukasz Balicki, Staff AlumnusDecember 01, 2008

Apparently if you want Space Invaders with an expansion pack(s) it will weigh in at 681 blocks!!

KDR_11kDecember 01, 2008

Yeah, the base game hit the block limit which is probably why they went for the DLC model.

AVDecember 01, 2008

Quote from: Flames_of_chaos

Apparently if you want Space Invaders with an expansion pack(s) it will weigh in at 681 blocks!!

that is to expensive for my blood. i really rather just buy a regular DVD copy of the game with everything and a tiny save file.

It's a dirty shame. To expensive to buy all the parts and to much data for most hardcore wii owners to own. Good game capped by terrible idea to put it up for download.

KDR_11kDecember 02, 2008

It's getting 8/10 reviews though, as a retail release I wouldn't expect it to go past 6/10 because reviewers expect a lot more from a retail game (epic story, epic cutscenes, epic graphics, ...). Plus it costs only 20€ in total which is apparently impossible for retail releases (they start at 30€).

It's the size of two large Wiiware releases if you really buy everything (which you aren't required to), just throw a few old games you don't play anymore into storage.

Adolph, twenty bucks is too expensive?  It would cost a lot more as a disc.  I don't know if the full package is worth twenty or not, but it's certainly possible.

Flames_of_chaosLukasz Balicki, Staff AlumnusDecember 02, 2008

Quote from: Jonnyboy117

Adolph, twenty bucks is too expensive?  It would cost a lot more as a disc.  I don't know if the full package is worth twenty or not, but it's certainly possible.

To make it even better you can usually find deals on websites that make the 2000 point  cards cheaper.

GoldenPhoenixDecember 16, 2008

I bought Space Invaders and was pleasantly surprised, it was a great twist on the old formula.

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