[General] Nintendo Shop Updates: November 6th

[Lucario]

Welcome to this weeks installment of Nintendo Shop Updates, eight new titles are available today on the Virtual Console, WiiWare and DSiWare.

Title: Lost Winds: Winter of the Melodias
System: WiiWare
Price: 1000 Nintendo Points
LostWinds: Winter of the Melodias follows on from the best selling. award-winning WiiWare launch title LostWinds. Enril the wind spirit again protects and guides the young boy Toku, powering his jumps, aiding his glides and smashing his enemies.
An evil adversary binds the fate of Toku's mother Magdi and the ancient Melodia civilization. To save Magdi, Toku and Enril must face new foes, enlist friends old and new, and wield incredible new powers - including the ability to switch the very Seasons themselves - as they explore the diverse, richly interactive Chilling Peaks and Melodia City areas of the magical, stunningly presented land of Mistralis.
This enchanting, exhilarating, explorative gameplay experience is bursting with new ideas that make exceptional use of the Wii's controller, and offers quality matching the very best Wii disc games.
The awesome power of the wind is back in the palm of your hands.

Better late then never.


Title: Tales of Monkey Island: Chapter 3 - Lair of the Leviathan
System: WiiWare
Price: 1000 Nintendo Points
In the third Tales of Monkey Island chapter, Guybrush gets in deep (literally!) as his quest for the voodoo exfoliating La Esponja Grande takes a scenic twist through the guts of a giant manatee!
This time our hero encounters a surprising band of castaways, including the long-lost explorer Coronado De Cava. Can the Mighty Pirate win the suspicious De Cava's trust? Will sexy pirate hunter Morgan LeFlay prove to be a ruthless enemy or an unlikely ally? Will the group find La Esponja Grande in time to save Elaine from the rampant Pox of LeChuck? And will the world be crushed by the gnashing teeth of a certain demonic skull?
Tales of Monkey Island's moist and absorbing third episode, Lair of the Leviathan, will answer some of these urgent questions and raise even more as the five month adventure builds to its epic climax!

Be sure to start with the first chapter if you already haven't or you'll miss vital plot, oh and the audio and visual issues from the last two chapters still remains.


Title: Manic Monkey Mayhem
System: WiiWare
Price: 1000 Nintendo Points
As with most fights nobody really knows where, how and when this rivalry started, but this group of monkeys have not stopped battling for as long as they can remember.
Their chosen fighting style is the ancient art of Banana Flinging and although their manic screams of rage may insinuate uncontrolled anger, they are in fact highly accurate and adept banana flingers. Now sworn enemies, this band of angry apes is each determined to outlast the other in a furious contest of fruity war.
Controlling one of eight monkeys you will to do battle with up to seven others across eight different themed landscapes.In single player, battle through three increasingly difficult campaigns of missions ranging from survival or coconut fights or have a one off battle against the clock, as a team or a standard death match.
Connect additional Wii Remotes to battle against up to three aditional players or compete against players from all across the world or your friends over the Nintendo Wi-Fo Connection. Connect a Wii Balance Board to add more mayhem to the fun.
May the best monkey win!

Fairly pricey but if you enjoy monkeys throwing bananas at each other and online play then you'll love this, the graphic style is also quite pleasant.


Title: Uno
System: WiiWare
Price: 500 Nintendo Points
Get ready to call "UNO" on your Wii! The world famous card game is faithfully reproduced for Wii and also features exciting new rules.With a multiplayer mode played on one Wii console or through Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, UNO has never been so fan and easy, so be the first to get rid of all your cards!
A thrilling multiplayer mode on Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection allows up to six people to experience all the enjoyment of playing UNO with friends. For a truely emmersive experience, talk to your opponents and call out "UNO" for real using Wii Speak!
Victory has never been so enjoyable.

Customizable rules, Mii and Wii Speak support, a classic game and up to six players online for only 500 Points? Bargain.


Title: Fighting Street
System: Virtual Console
Price: 800 Nintendo Points
Get to grips with the authentic Turbografx conversion of the original arcade Street Fighter - the one game that started it all! Play as Ryu or Ken and journey the globe, using your arsenal of punches and kicks, plus unique special moves, to become the ultimate World Warrior!

If you think the original arcade Street Fighter is bad then this is even worst, I'd hold off and get one of the better sequels.


Title: Bomberman Blitz
System: DSiWare
Price: 500 Nintendo Points
With 10 million copies sold, the Bomberman series is the definitive party game, great for a quick battle anywhere, any time.
In single player you hone your skills against CPU Players, in multiplayer you play wirelessly with up to eight other players who have the game.Using the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection you can connect to battle four other players with Bomberman around the globe.
The game includes 10 Battle Game stages from Bomberman 2.

A portable version of its WiiWare counterpart but with new items and stages, this title is sure to provide hours of fun for a very good price.


Title: Sudoku
System: DSiWare
Price: 200 Nintendo Points
Sudoku offers hundreds of number - crunching puzzles that will stretch your brain power to the limit! Play in the exclusive Newspaper Mode. Add puzzles from your favourite newspapers and start your own collection!
Sudoku features a host of grid designs, stat tracking and in-game timer to test your reaction time. Play on 5 different levels from Easy to Insane. This addictive game has been polished to perfection and renders a sleek design that's easy on the eyes. Sudoku. It's the logical choice!

The ten millionth Sudoku game of the DSi Shop but at only 200 Points and the ability to add various Sudoku puzzles you find in newspapers, it might just be one of the better options available.


Title: Clubhouse Games Express: Family Favorites
System: DSiWare
Price: 500 Nintendo Points
Choose from five family-friendly games in this Nintendo DSiWare version of the popular Clubhouse Games. Play classic card games like Hearts and Contract Bridge, connect bones to other bones in Dominoes, think strategically in the simple, but addictive Dots and Boxes, and move your pieces towards a common goal in Ludo. Play by yourself or use DS Download Play to host as many as seven friends.

Family fun on the Nintendo DS, you all know enough about Clubhouse Games by now.

[Gookanheimer]

Originally Posted by Lucario

And will the world be crushed by the gnashing teeth of a certain demonic skull?

YES!

[Lucario]

Nintendo sure are trying to make my new posting job harder, eight titles in one week? This must be like a record or something.

Well we should have really gotten LostWinds a few weeks ago when it was released in Europe.

[Freek]

Wow, that's heaps for 1 week.
Slooow dooown Nintendo, you'll have a hernia.

Lost Winds sequel, yay.

[Darkmessiah24]

I may check into LostWinds, I haven't played the first one though.

I'm getting Bomberman on the DSiware though :D

[WiiFuelee]

I got the lost winds sequel as soon as i saw it up there this morning, then i noticed we got Chapter 3 of Monkey Island too, im till working my way through chapter 2 but nice to see a decent update this week after the last few weeks paltry offerings.

[Tayaun_Nintendo_ftw]

It seems as if Nintendo are saving some of the best VC games for last. I want to play DK64 again :<

I wonder if we'll ever get EarthBound and Mega Man 6...

[Toadsiliwraith]

Despite the bizarre delay from the European release, it's great to see that LostWinds 2 is finally available for Aussies to download. Hopefully the game will still be able to perform well given the positive reviews floating about; it would be a shame to see a solid WiiWare title go neglected. :( Furthermore, UNO looks to be a very attractive purchase for only 500 Points, especially given the multiplayer features. Imagine the wonders of an Aussie-Nintendo Wi-Fi Night with everyone communicating via Wii Speak, shouting "DRAW FOUR! SUFFFFFER!" for hours on end.

A solid week from Nintendo on the digital content front; consider myself quite pleased. :)

[Infernal Monkey]

I would be so up for that.

[Clash]

Everything has too much Sudoku on it.

[kangle4]

i want UNO on DS.

[kksl1der]

When the F#$% are they releasing ma Super Mario Karts !?!?

[Bland_Boy]

PEople pay for Sudoku, when they can easily create their own sudoku puzzles on paper,
in 10 seconds!

[Gookanheimer]

I don't think it's quite that simple...