November 1, 2010
Halloween has passed, but there's no reason you can't spend
time pretending to be someone – or something – else. For the WiiWare™
downloadable game service, players can hop inside a robot in Robox®. For Nintendo DSiWare™, players can take on the role of the Ultimate Pacifier in Paul's Shooting Adventure or go solo with Peg Solitaire.
For a sporty look, try out a classic three-on-three basketball game for
the Virtual Console™ service. Get the best of both worlds with a
virus-controlling game, Gene Labs available for both WiiWare and Nintendo DSiWare.
WiiWare
Robox
Publisher: DreamBox Games
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) – Fantasy Violence
Price: 1,000 Wii Points™
Description: An
exploratory probe has been sent to a strange planet to investigate the
loss of several previous probes and to collect information. Following a
crash landing on the planet's surface, our main character loses the
skills that were to enable the accomplishment of the mission. Help him
recover them with the help of the strange creatures that have taken over
his mechanical interior… and discover the truth behind his new mission.
You can enjoy a complete adventure mode that takes place in different
locations around the planet, exploring different paths and discovering
the many secrets hidden in the planet. Inside the exploratory probe, you
can control tiny creatures that will help you to repair the areas
damaged by the crash landing, thus recovering skills and accessing
memory files. If you cannot move through the interior of the robot you
must find amber rocks on the outside in order to obtain to new creatures
and progress through the internal circuits.
Gene Labs
Publisher: FRONTLINE Studios
Players: 1-2
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) – Mild Fantasy Violence
Price: 500 Wii Points
Description: Gene Labs
is an arcade puzzle game set in the world of genetic science and
experiments. New viruses that are capable of genetically changing any
living organism are spreading all around the world. The only hope is to
cure the infected cells by looking at them under a microscope and
injecting the anti-virus solution at your disposal. The goal of the game
is to distribute the anti-virus solution to the cells visible under the
microscope before they become infected by deadly virus. Drag the
solution from healthy cells to infected cells to kill them and/or
prevent the healthy cells from becoming infected by the bad virus.
Nintendo DSiWare
Gene Labs
Publisher: FRONTLINE Studios
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) – Mild Fantasy Violence
Price: 200 Nintendo DSi Points™
Description: The Nintendo DSiWare version of the WiiWare game.
Paul's Shooting Adventure
Publisher: Agetec, Inc.
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) – Mild Cartoon Violence
Price: 200 Nintendo DSi Points
Description: Super
Baby Paul, the Ultimate Pacifier, stars in this classic side-scrolling
shooter. The player controls Paul, the son of a super hero family who
was born with innate super powers. Paul has the ability to take flight
and attack with powerful projectile energy. But, most importantly, and
unique to Paul is that he's gifted with the ability to take the form and
harness the weaponry from fallen enemies. Paul is summoned to take on
an alien invasion force bent on conquering Earth's oceans. It's up to
Paul to use both his own powers and the weapons obtained from the aliens
to fight back and protect Earth's most vital resource. His
action-packed adventure goes from the seas to the stars themselves.
Let's hope Paul can save our oceans before nap time.
Peg Solitaire
Publisher: CIRCLE Entertainment
Players: 1-2
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 500 Nintendo DSi Points
Description: A classic thinking game, Peg Solitaire
is a board game for solo players where you have to move pegs
strategically on a cross-shaped board with 33 holes. Some boards use
marbles that sit in shallow indentations. In the United Kingdom, this
game is known as Solitaire, and the card games are called Patience. The game has five levels with 41 stages to allow players to learn the game-play techniques step by step.
Virtual Console
STREET SLAM
Original platform: NEOGEO
Publisher: D4 Enterprise
Players: 1-2
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 900 Wii Points
Description: This
3-on-3 street basketball game was released in 1994. Players choose from
10 teams vying for the position of the strongest street basketball team
in America. The excitement of this game comes from the players' ability
to enjoy an exhilarating game of street basketball. In addition to
pulling off fancy slam dunks, players can enjoy the thrill of basketball
with simple controls that allow them to make passes to players in
midair to throw down a slam dunk or dunk when rebounding the ball.
Additionally, if players charge up their gauges, they'll be able to make
an earth-shattering super shot that can break any defense. This game
successfully combines adherence to the basics of basketball with some
outrageous special moves.