14 DAY TRIAL // Those who couldn't get enough of the “Incredible Machine” and have an addiction towards puzzles and any sort of mind games are in for a new treat. As long as they have a Wii. The latest member of the WiiWare, Nintendo's You, Me, and the Cubes, is a series of puzzle games in the casual market that the Wii has accommodated to so well, if not given birth to a whole new one. A Commodore 64 throwback will also come to the Wii this week and EA expands the MySims and Clubhouse Games franchises for the DSi.
You, Me, and the Cubes can be purchased via WiiWare for just 1,000 points, or $10 and in an action-puzzler that has the player stacking and managing as many Fallos, some sort of human-like creature, on a series of surreal platforms set in an endless void. The game offers dozens of single-player missions and a co-op mode for two players.
Aksys Games brings Family Tennis this week for 500 points or the adult equivalent of $5. Last Ninja 2, an action game that relies heavily on exploration and was originally released in 1988 for the Commodore 64, will be available for the same 500 points. Nintendo's Clubhouse Games Express: Strategy Pack brings, as it would suggest, a set of strategy games, five in number. Backgammon, Field Tactics, Turncoat, Connect Five, and Grid Attack will allow up to eight players to participate in a battle of wits, as long as at least one of them will purchase the game for 500 points, or $5.
Last but not least, the update also adds MySims Camera with the DSi phot-maker feature that allows players to place their MySims characters in any photograph. This small gadget will cost 200 DSi points ($2). WiiWare updates are a nice way to supply gamers with new products and the weekly editions always please the forever hungry players.