This week brings eight new titles to Nintendo's downloadable services. WiiWare receives two titles, the first of these being WarioWare: D.I.Y Showcase. A companion game for the DS title of the same name, Showcase lets players upload their creations onto the Wii and play them on their TV. Players can also share comic panels and music as well as download other micro-games. Of course, Wario and friends make an appearance in their own selection of micro-games. D.I.Y Showcase can be downloaded for 800 Wii Points ($8).

From Hudsonsoft comes Diner Dash. First appearing as a PC puzzle title, Diner Dash stars Flo with her mission being serving her clients as best as possible. She must seat them, take their orders, deliver their food, and clean up in a manner most effective. For 1,000 Wii Points ($10) players can compete with each other in online matches, or play co-op and help each other control the flow of customers.

The Virtual Console sees a single - yet significant - release. Square Enix releases Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber for the Nintendo 64, a tactical RPG in which players declare war on a tyrannical empire. The game features multiple job classes and even multiple endings that change depending on how well the player handles the battles. The classic N64 title can be downloaded for 1,000 Wii Points ($10).

DSiWare sees the most releases this week with five titles. First is Disney Fireworks from Disney Interactive, a Disney themed fireworks puzzle/simulator where timing is everything in delivering a great performance. The title can be downloaded for 800 DSi Points ($8).

From Latin American development house Sabarasa come this week's second DSi title, Save the Turtles. Save the Turtles is a puzzle game in which players guide baby turtles from birth till their eventual arrival at sea, avoiding enemies and other obstacles. The charming title can be obtained for 500 DSi Points ($5).

Nintendo delivers two DSiWare apps this week that aim to enhance one's musical experience. Nintendo DSiWare Metronome lets players tune up the tempo in a variety of themes, including a Game and Watch one. Nintendo DSiWare Instrument Tuner helps players tune up their instruments by altering their pitch and sound. Both titles can be downloaded for 200 DSi Points ($2).

The final DSiWare and downloadable title this week is Super Yum Yum Puzzle Adventure from Mastertronic. Starring a chameleon named Leon, players must guide him through 48 puzzle levels in which they must eat and lick various fruits. The title is now available for 800 DSi Points ($8).

As a bonus download this week, Club Nintendo members can redeem their coins and download Grill Off with Ultra Hand. The Ultra Hand was one of Nintendo's original toys, consisting of a pair of pinchers that can extend and grab objects at a long distance. Grill Off with Ultra Hand features the same concept, only players must grab food off of grills at the right time. There is a two-player competitive mode where players must grab the most food before time runs out. Club Nintendo members must first register Nintendo software in order to gain coins and download this title.

NINTENDO DOWNLOAD: WIIWARE AND WARIOWARE JOIN FORCES FOR MAXIMUM DOWNLOADABLE EXCITEMENT

March 29, 2010

Wario™ may be known as a troublemaker, but this week he deserves a friendly high-five for helping to deliver a mother lode of downloadable fun for Wii™ owners. The new WarioWare™: D.I.Y. Showcase game for the WiiWare™ service lets users with broadband Internet access download all kinds of outrageous content, from music and microgames to four-panel digital comics – some created by users themselves. Meanwhile, a classic RPG has arrived on the Virtual Console™ service, while Nintendo DSiWare™ users will find new ways to tune musical instruments, rescue turtles, launch their own fireworks display and more.

This week also marks the kickoff of Nintendo's WarioWare: D.I.Y. "Big Name Games" series. Several of the industry's most talented game designers are using WarioWare: D.I.Y. software for the Nintendo DS™ family of systems to create their own one-of-a-kind microgames. New microgames will be added every Monday through July 26, all available for download to anyone with broadband Internet access and a copy of either WarioWare: D.I.Y. for Nintendo DS or WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase software for the WiiWare service. The series gets underway with inventive new microgames from Super Smash Bros.™ creator Masahiro Sakurai and Metroid™ designer Yoshio Sakamoto. To learn more about the games and view an exclusive behind-the-scenes video featuring Masahiro Sakurai, visithttp://www.wariowarediy.com.

And just for Club Nintendo™ members, we've got a little something extra to offer this week. Starting March 31, members can redeem 80 Coins to download Grill-Off with Ultra Hand!™, a wild game for the Wii console that challenges players to cook a variety of meats with an extendable arm. What better way to prepare for barbecue season than some fast-paced grilling drills on your Wii system? For a taste of the action, visithttp://grilloff.nintendo.com.

WiiWare

WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase

Publisher: Nintendo

Players: 1-4

ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) – Comic Mischief, Mild Cartoon Violence

Price: 800 Wii Points™

Description: The frantic fun of WarioWare is available for the first time on the WiiWare service! WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase shows off all the different elements found on the WarioWare: D.I.Y. game for the Nintendo DS family of systems. The WiiWare software includes microgames, music and four-panel comics – all with simple controls using only the Wii Remote™ controller. Use the Game Blender and its many modes to play microgames featuring Wario™, ninjas, animals and even classic Nintendo franchises. Check out the Music section to hear or play a selection of songs using a character from Balloon Fight™. In addition to the bevy of preloaded products, you can also receive content from friends, play with products made using WarioWare: D.I.Y. or download games from the NinSoft Store. Let your creativity run wild – even Wario would be impressed with the possibilities for new content!

Diner Dash®

Publisher: Hudson Entertainment

Players: 1-4

ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) – Use of Alcohol

Price: 1,000 Wii Points

Description: Diner Dash, a popular PC action-puzzle game, has landed on the WiiWare service. Guide Flo, an office worker-turned-restaurateur, as she builds up her empire over four unique diners. Go online to face players in head-to-head. If you feel up to the challenge, join up with a friend or another player online for a Team Dash game where your team will take on six other players to see whose diner is the best in town. (Broadband Internet access is required for online play.) Players take direct control of Flo as she runs around to seat patrons, take orders, deliver food, take payment and bus tables as efficiently as possible within the time allowed. Players who are fond of traditional control schemes may also use a point-and-click style with hotkeys to aid Flo in her quest for customer satisfaction, which is reflected in a heart meter that empties as customers lose patience. If the meter empties completely, then the customer will leave the restaurant.

Virtual Console

Ogre Battle® 64: Person of Lordly Caliber™

Original platform: Nintendo 64™

Publisher: Square Enix

Players: 1

ESRB Rating: T (Teen) – Mild Language, Mild Violence

Price: 1,000 Wii Points

Description: Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber is a tactical RPG originally released for the Nintendo 64™ system. Featuring a gripping storyline with many possible endings, plus a genre-defining character class system, this strategic epic has rightly retained its place in the hearts of tactical RPG fans for more than a decade. The game tells the story of Magnus Gallant, a recently graduated officer of the Palatinean Army who is assigned to the troubled southern region of his native land. There he witnesses the plight of the lower classes – the victims of a tyrannical ruling elite whose only thought is for the preservation of its own lofty status. With civil war brewing, Magnus is faced with a terrible choice: to betray his own noble origins in the name of liberty, or to turn a blind eye to the evils of his rotten society.

Nintendo DSiWare

Disney Fireworks

Publisher: Disney Interactive Studios

Players: 1

ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)

Price: 800 Nintendo DSi Points

Description: Light up the night with Disney Fireworks! Touch and flick to trigger a dazzling nighttime extravaganza of color and fun. Aim rockets to their matching colors in the sky to set off an explosion and score points. Time them perfectly to improve your Wow Meter and unlock special surprises and rockets. Disney Fireworks comes with five themed environments, original music, 15 challenging levels for each world, high-score tracking and much more.

Save the Turtles

Publisher: Sabarasa

Players: 1

ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) – Comic Mischief

Price: 500 Nintendo DSi Points

Description: Save the Turtles takes players to more than 32 of the world's most exotic beaches in a quest to help tiny turtles find their new home. Players must use the stylus to rub and tap the touch screen of the Nintendo DSi system, digging eggs from the sand and lining up cute reptiles while avoiding crabs, seagulls and litter on their way to the safety of the sea. The game features four modes, including a never-ending survival mode called Turtles Forever, plus several unlockable trophies. Give Mother Nature a hand and help save the turtles.

Nintendo DSi™ Metronome

Publisher: Nintendo

Players: 1

ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)

Price: 200 Nintendo DSi Points™

Description: The Nintendo DSi Metronome software can be used to help keep tempo –when playing an instrument, for example. It creates a rhythm by playing sounds based on beat and tempo settings, both of which allow a wide range of adjustments. Choose from three metronome designs (including one based on Nintendo's Game & Watch™: Ball title) and record your own sounds for the metronome to use. Or, if you want to take a break, enjoy a unique minigame: Donkey Kong™ Metronome, in which you make sounds into the microphone to match the beat and have Mario™ jump over Donkey Kong's barrels.

Nintendo DSi Instrument Tuner

Publisher: Nintendo

Players: 1

ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)

Price: 200 Nintendo DSi Points

Description: The Nintendo DSi Instrument Tuner software can be used to tune an instrument by aligning tonal pitches. The software offers two methods of handling this: feeding sounds into the microphone to measure the difference with a target pitch, or listening to a sample tone. In addition, the standard musical pitch and notation can be changed, as well as the design of the tuner (choose one of three designs). If you're feeling especially in tune, test your ear by taking on the Tuner Fight minigame's challenge: Pop balloons as they rise from pipes by making tones that match the displayed pitches.

Super Yum Yum Puzzle Adventures

Publisher: Mastertronic

Players: 1

ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) – Comic Mischief

Price: 800 Nintendo DSi Points

Description: Super Yum Yum Puzzle Adventures is a multi-award-winning puzzle game starring a chameleon called Leon. Featuring 48 levels across four worlds and exclusive Nintendo DSi features, the game asks players to navigate many hours of mind-bending game play while trying to rescue Leon's babies from the belly of Ms. Tum Tum. Leon must eat his way through fruity, fiendish puzzles, licking fruit to change color and choosing the right combinations of fruit to finish each level.

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 orNintendoDSi.com.