14 DAY TRIAL // This week's download update from Nintendo adds more games to your collection, and the first one on the list is My Dolphin for the Wii. Published by T&S Ltd., the 500-Wii Point title will let you enter the world of animal shows, as you step in the shoes of a dolphin trainer. With the use of the Wii Remote and the Nunchuk, you'll be able to train your ocean mammal to learn new tricks and watch it dance and play in the water. Using Nintendo's Wi-Fi Connection Pay & Play, you can become acquainted with other dolphins and purchase all sorts of toys for your own.
The next game up for the WiiWare is Magnetis and it is published by Yullaby. This brain-wreaking puzzler will have players rely on foresight to complete special tasks by linking magnets together. The game is filled with special linking-combos and various possible tactical approaches that make it sound rather appealing. It supports a multiplayer for up to four players and is priced at 500 Wii Points.
The next addition, Stop Stress: A Day of Fury, is a rage-quitter's dream coming true, as the game will throw you in the shoes of the most stressed-out man in the world, while arming yourself with a baseball bat and setting you loose to smash the world to bits. The game is published by Abylight and, at 800 Wii Points, it sounds like a really great deal for your money.
The last of this week's Wii additions is Nocturnal Entertainment Flowerworks, an adventure title filled with flowers and colorful landscapes. The game lets you become Follie, who, on her way to her grandma's house, has her cargo of Flowerworks seeds scattered by an uncooperative current that sends her ship to crash-land. With two available game modes and a tutorial one, it will provide a 20-hour experience on your way to becoming a Flowerworks master.
Over at the DSiWare stand, this week, Nintendo has five games ready for us, and the first one is a classic brought over to the handheld. Ubisoft's 800-DSi Point Rayman is a depiction of the original Rayman adventures, and will have players face off the infamous Mr. Evil. As added features from the original, it will support the DSi's camera, the touchscreen and a new time challenge for additional bonuses.
Published by Teyo, Ball Fighter is a puzzler that has players engage in either single-player or multiplayer action, as they struggle to destroy as many of their spheres and add them to their opponent's misery. The single player offers a variety of game mods, in the shape of Arcade, Survival, Brain Breaker and Player vs CPU. Ball Fighter is priced at 500 DSi Points.
Next up is Pop Island, a run-and-flag rage that will allow players to take many shapes in order to navigate the environment. Whether it's a surfing penguin, a flying fish or a water-skiing crocodile, players will have to make the best of each form's ability in order to unlock 12 other available morphs. The title supports a multiplayer mode for up to eight people and the game's publisher, odenis studio, has released it for 500 DSi Points.
The last two games added to the DSiWare are myNotebook: Red, Nnooo's 200-DSi Point application that allows you to turn your DSi into your personal notebook and MINDSCAPE's Army Defender. Here, gamers will have to make use of a defense tower in order to protect their base from the various enemies that will attack. Special power-ups are available to help players deal with the ever-growing threat of more powerful foes. The game is priced at 200 DSi Points as well.
As for the Virtual Console, this week, we get Capcom USA's Street Fighter Alpha 2 and Sega's Shinobi. SF A2 will let you engage in some frantic combat with the special Quick Move Reversals, Alpha Counters and Custom Combo System, as you render your opponent's attacks useless with the help of the high and low Alpha Counters. The character lineup is made up of all the old fighters, including the previously hidden Dan, Akuma and Bison, the new Rolento, Gen and Sakura and the classic Dhalsim and Zangief.
Shinobi will lead players down a path of rescue, as well as vengeance, as the evil Zeed organizations has abducted the young ones of the Oboro shinobi clan. With the help of classic ninja arsenal, Joe Musashi will hunt down the vile Zeed leaders, the Ring of Five and retrieve the children of Oboro. Both Street Fighter Alpha 2 and Shinobi are priced at 800 Wii Points.