This week we have nine new games available across Nintendo's digital platforms, with three for WiiWare, five for DSiWare, and one for Virtual Console.

First up for WiiWare, is Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: Justice For All, available for 1,000 Wii Points ($10). This is the second title in the beloved handheld series, originally released for Nintendo DS. The game has four complete cases to play through, as well as new game modes including Investigations Mode and Court Mode.

Also on WiiWare this week are Art of Balance from Shin'en Multimedia and WarMen Tactics from Calaris, both costing 800 Wii Points ($8). WarMen Tactics is a third-person over-the-shoulder style shooter set in the year 2013. The game has you sneaking around the streets, taking down enemies with multiple weapons. Art of Balance is a puzzle game that has you stacking various objects on a scale, trying not to tip it to either side. The game features split-screen multiplayer, or drop-in co-operative gameplay.

On DSiWare there are five titles to choose from, including Spaceball: Revolution from Virtual Toys, Scrabble Classic from EA, Real Soccer 2010 from Gameloft and Prehistorik Man from Interplay, all available for 800 Nintendo DSi Points ($8). Spotto!, a Nintendo-published title, is also available for 200 Nintendo DSi Points ($2).

Spaceball: Revolution is a port from the WiiWare version of the game, released last September. The game has you shooting balls through a grid to match a shape on the other screen, seemingly an action-oriented take on Picross.

Real Soccer 2010 is a sequel to Real Soccer 2009, one of the first games released on the platform. That game was a follow up to a retail version, Real Soccer 2008, released the previous year. The game is a straightforward soccer simulator with full 3D graphics and multiplayer.

Prehistorik Man is a game that dates way back to the title Prehistorik 2, which was originally released on DOS computer systems in 1993 and then rereleased on Super Nintendo in 1996. It is a platformer that features a cave man who sets out on a quest for food.

Scrabble Classic from EA is a version of the classic board game developed for DSiWare and features both single-player and multiplayer modes. The last DSiWare title this week, Spotto, features the titular duck who must rescue the president's daughter, Chikkie Wowwow. The game has 50 stages, and features stylus-based gameplay as you adjust Spotto's aim and attempt to destroy ghosts who would block your way.

The lone game for Virtual Console is Sonic and Knuckles, featuring the lock-on technology that made the game's 1994 release particularly notable. By itself, the game is an ambitious Sonic platformer featuring huge levels and classic Sonic 2D gameplay. However, if you have Sonic the Hedgehog 2 or Sonic the Hedgehog 3 in your Virtual Console library, the game allows you to play as Knuckles the Echidna in either of those games, opening up new areas and paths in the older titles. Sonic and Knuckles is available from the Wii Shop Channel for 800 Wii Points ($8). The release is notable because it is the first Virtual Console game to interact with your other Virtual Console releases, and it does so at no extra charge.

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Feb. 15, 2010

In honor of Presidents Day, let's take a moment to reflect on the qualities that make a great leader, plus some exceptional games you can use to nurture them. Problem-solving skills are a must, both in the Oval Office and in the new Phoenix Wright™ Ace Attorney: JUSTICE FOR ALL game for the WiiWare service. A way with words is essential, too, as you'll discover in Scrabble™ Classic for the Nintendo DSiWare service. Real Soccer 2010 proves the value of teamwork, while Spotto! ™ highlights the importance of facing fearsome threats head-on. And while we're not sure how effective a hedgehog would be as commander-in-chief, the SEGA classic Sonic & Knuckles™ - now available to Wii™ owners via the Virtual Console™ - demonstrates real bipartisan appeal.

WiiWare

Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney®: JUSTICE FOR ALL

Publisher: Capcom Entertainment, Inc.

Players: 1

ESRB Rating: T (Teen) - Blood, Mild Violence, Suggestive Themes

Price: 1,000 Wii Points™

Description: Phoenix Wright is back as the second game in the popular Ace Attorney hand-held franchise comes to the WiiWare service. As Phoenix Wright, you'll play through four shocking new cases in first-person perspective. The game features two unique game play modes. In Investigations Mode, you'll survey crime scenes, interview witnesses and gather evidence. You'll then present findings, listen to testimonials and examine witnesses in Court Mode. JUSTICE FOR ALL also includes a new "Psyche-Lock" feature that allows Phoenix to use a line of questioning to reveal inconsistencies in witness testimony.

Art of Balance

Publisher: Shin'en Multimedia

Players: 1-2

ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)

Price: 800 Wii Points

Description: Grab your Wii Remote™ controller and build a balanced stack in this physics-based puzzler, featuring 100 levels that challenge not only your skills but also your imagination. The game is easy to pick up and hard to put away. Play alone or invite a friend to grab a second Wii Remote controller and drop in at any point for co-op play. There's even a dedicated two-player split-screen "versus" mode for extra fun.

WarMen Tactics

Publisher: CALARIS

Players: 1

ESRB Rating: T (Teen) - Blood, Violence

Price: 800 Wii Points

Description: In the year 2013, civil unrest across the globe has prompted world leaders to merge the police and military into a single force called the Department of Control. This force is opposed by a resistance made up of former military members who refused to join the Department. Marco is one of them, and the game tells his story. Join Marco as he is deployed on a mission to destroy scrambler devices placed around the city. Created to reflect the realities of urban warfare, the game requires players to take cover behind walls and other obstacles as they strive to defeat enemies and advance to the next post.

Nintendo DSiWare

Spotto!

Publisher: Nintendo

Players: 1

ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) - Mild Cartoon Violence

Price: 200 Nintendo DSi Points™

Description: Meet Spotto, a plucky duck on a mission. Ill-behaved ghosts have kidnapped Chikkie Wowwow, President Wowwow's daughter. Spotto, being the world's foremost Bombirdier, must follow these ghosts to a haunted house and use his trusty bombs to blast the baddies. Take control of Spotto, adjusting his aim with the stylus and trying to toss bombs into the ghosts' mouths in 50 "explosive" stages. Along the way, you'll avoid obstacles (or use them to your advantage), find powerful Super Bombs to inflict even more damage and even encounter a frighteningly large ghost or two. With multiple modes of play and numerous solutions for successfully blasting ghosts to pieces, this is one haunted house you'll want to visit often.

Spaceball: Revolution

Publisher: Virtual Toys

Players: 1

ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) - Mild Fantasy Violence

Price: 500 Nintendo DSi Points

Description: Spaceball: Revolution will put your intelligence and skill to the test as you solve puzzles in a futuristic environment. Copy the figures that appear on the top screen, using energy balls that make the boxes correctly change color. It won't be an easy task. Different obstacles will be thrown into your path, challenging you to polish your aim and think rapidly. Fifteen different levels are waiting for you in Spaceball: Revolution. Are you up to the challenge?

Scrabble Classic

Publisher: Electronic Arts

Players: 1-4

ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)

Price: 800 Nintendo DSi Points

Description: Scrabble, one of the world's most popular board games, is enjoying a tremendous surge in popularity, both online and in the real world. Scrabble for the Nintendo DSiWare service allows you to play this exciting game in both Single Player and Multi-Player modes.

Real Soccer 2010

Publisher: Gameloft

Players: 1-4

ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)

Price: 800 Nintendo DSi Points

Description: Real Soccer is back for the most exciting season yet. Choose from more teams than ever before and compete in new stadiums around the world. Lead your team to victory on the field and make tactical decisions as the coach.

Prehistorik Man

Publisher: Interplay

Players: 1

ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) - Mild Violence

Price: 800 Nintendo DSi Points

Description: Life is hard for Sam the Prehistorik Man. With three-and-a-half hours of work each week, there's barely time to fit in all the sleeping, eating and cave-painting that needs to be done. When greedy dinosaurs guzzle his village's winter food source, Sam gets mad. Armed with his best club and his powerful hunter's voice, Sam needs your help to proceed through 22 levels of food-gathering and dinosaur-bashing. With fast-paced action, hundreds of secret areas, weapons and unlikely vehicles to find, you'll need to be smart. Well…smarter than Sam, anyway.

Virtual Console

Sonic & Knuckles

Original platform: SEGA Genesis

Publisher: SEGA

Players: 1

ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)

Price: 800 Wii Points

Description: Sonic, the world's fastest hedgehog, continues his adventures in this fourth installment of the Sonic The Hedgehog™ series. This time, he buddies up with his former enemy, Knuckles the Echidna, in order to defeat the evil Dr. Eggman (a.k.a. Dr. Robotnik). At the end of Sonic The Hedgehog 3, Dr. Eggman's ultimate orbital weapon for global domination, the Death Egg, was badly damaged in an epic battle with Sonic. The Death Egg, losing power rapidly, hurtled back down to the planet below and crash-landed on the mysterious Angel Island again. Now Sonic and Knuckles must put a stop to Dr. Eggman once and for all before Eggman and his no-goodniks find the secret to Angel Island's floating power, the Master Emerald. This game features Lock-On Technology, which allows you to play as Knuckles in other Sonic titles available for the Virtual Console, including Sonic The Hedgehog 2 and Sonic The Hedgehog 3, as long as these titles are part of your Virtual Console library.

Nintendo adds new titles to the Nintendo DSi™ Shop and the Wii Shop Channel at 9 a.m. Pacific time on Mondays. Users with broadband Internet access can redeem Wii Points or Nintendo DSi Points to download the games. Wii Points can be purchased in the Wii Shop Channel. Nintendo DSi Points can be purchased in the Nintendo DSi Shop. A Nintendo Points Card™ can be purchased at retail locations. All points from one Nintendo Points Card must be redeemed in either the Nintendo DSi Shop or the Wii Shop Channel. They are not transferable and cannot be divided between the two systems.

Remember that both Wii and Nintendo DSi feature parental controls that let adults manage the content their children can access. For more information about this and other features, visit Wii.com or NintendoDSi.com.