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It was big news when everyone discovered that the Ace Attorney DS games were being adapted for the Wii in Japan. It gets even better though, it’s coming to North America as well. Capcom has just announced that it will start releasing the Phoenix Wright WiiWare games in North America… Continue Reading »

Nintendo has just announced that this week it will begin offering free demos of WiiWare games via the Wii Shop Channel. You look under WiiWare once you’re in the Wii Shop Channel, and look for demos. Right now you can get Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a Darklord,… Continue Reading »

Nintendo has a history of offering exclusive games as Club Nintendo rewards, but until now they’ve only been DS games. The latest Club Nintendo Japan reward is the 50 point WiiWare game Wii de Ultra Hand. It’s based on the 1967 Nintendo Ultra Hand toy. The original Ultra Hand plastic… Continue Reading »

This week’s Nintendo Download marks the debut of two expected releases. Excitebike: World Rally, an updated and improved entry in the Excitebike series is out on WiiWare and a slew of Electroplankton downloads have been released on DSiWare. Two other major releases include Frogger Returns (WiiWare) and Bomberman Blitz (DSiWare).… Continue Reading »

There’s a large assortment of downloadable games available today for Wii and DSi owners. There are three new WiiWare games, two Virtual Console classics and three DSiWare games. Not too bad. Most of the games released seem geared towards younger gamers though. All three WiiWare games, “Aha! I Got It!”… Continue Reading »

LostWinds: Winter of the Melodias is a charming little game. I hesitate to say that because it calls to mind singing mice or scruffy puppies with hearts of gold but that’s what Winter of the Melodias is: charming. It’s also a gorgeous game with some good puzzles, a nice dose… Continue Reading »

Hey Gamertell readers. The weekly Nintendo Downloads update has been absent for a while. Did you miss it? Well, its back! This week, if you own a Wii, you can get into the Halloween spirit! Two of the four games released are guaranteed to get you in the holiday mood.… Continue Reading »

It’s a particularly retro-fantastic week on Nintendo’s downloadable game services, with more toy-based titles and neon colors than you can shake an arcade joystick at. Since Nintendo opted not to put out its usual press release (usually with some inane attempt to eke out a “theme” from a disparate collection… Continue Reading »

In Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King, players got to play a more relaxed game. You’d run around as King Leo, talking to citizens and building up a lavish town. There was no sense of urgency or desperation. The focus of the game was restoration and preservation… Continue Reading »

After a few rather anemic updates, this week’s Nintendo downloadable games are robust, meaty and… extremely eclectic. We’re looking at plenty of action titles (not the least of which is the Genesis’ Secret Command) and Konami’s own awesome-looking Ant Nation. If you’re into “Brain games”, DSiWare’s got Brain Challenge for… Continue Reading »