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January 25th, 2010, 10:37 GMT · By Florian Totu

Max & the Magic Marker Hits Nintendo's Download List

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Nintendo has brought forth an official press release for its weekly download list, and its dedicated fans are in for a disappointing shock. After getting us used to around three WiiWare titles, three or four DSiWare titles and even two new Virtual Console games every week, this time around, Nintendo has barely managed to get a few games together across all platforms. The Wii got two new titles, just as the DSi, while the Virtual Console got nothing but a blank slate this week.

The first game to hit the WiiWare is Max & the Magic Marker, published by Press Play and priced at 1,000 Wii Points. Max's mailbox has received an anonymity package and inside it was what looked liked an ordinary magic marker. But as Max found out eventually, the magic in this marker wasn't its permanence, but that it brought to life whatever was drawn with it. Now having to chase its creation through the other drawings to which it escaped, players will have to help Max navigate 15 levels of environment puzzles, and use the magic marker to draw stairs, seesaws, balloons or anything they can think of.

The second, and last, WiiWare addition is Fast Draw Showdown, and the game will have you test your limits in a do-or-die, quick-draw, Wild West showdown. Using the Wii Remote, you will mimic the western-draw challenge, being able to choose between a human or a computer opponent. The title is published by Digital Leisure Inc. and is priced at 500 Wii Points.

As for the DSiWare, this week, Nintendo provided us with two new Electroplankton games. Designed by Toshio Iwai, a multimedia musician, the Electroplanktons are underwater creatures that respond to sound and color, generating a fascinating display, both visually and acoustically. The first new Electroplankton species to be added this week is Nanocarp, which reacts to short, sharp sounds like hand claps and whistles.

The second one is the Trapy, an Electroplankton that reacts to lines being dragged across the water's surface. It produces low-pitch sounds when it swims towards the right and high-pitch sounds when it swims towards the left. Both the Nanocarp and Tarpy Electroplankton are published by Nintendo and they're priced at 200 Nintendo DSi Points.

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Comment #1 by: Tetr on 25 Jan 2010, 11:20 UTC reply to this comment

I've been waiting for Max and the magic marker for some time now. Glad to see it finally made it out. The demo was fantastic. I hope they are thinking of making a Mac release... that would be so sweet.


Comment #2 by: Alperson on 26 Jan 2010, 10:28 UTC reply to this comment

Wii Ware has really been picking up lately. I've been following Max and the Magic Marker game since I tried out the demo. Now that it has come out in Europe it has a spot in my Wii's memory.

I've been playing the Magic Marker game for the past 2 days and so far the puzzles have been a good mix of thinking and doing and the fact that there are multiple solutions to almost every challenge is a great boon. Paired with lovely graphics (and no, I don't mean high-tech pixel pushing but actually good aesthetics) and a fun soundtrack. It's been a fun ride so far.

It's a great game and I agree with most of the reviews out there: while the game does not bring anything shiny and new to the table, it's mixture of previously seen mechanics is fantastic.

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