Wii Rally

One new WiiWare game and two new virtual console games are now available this first week of September -

WiiWare -
My Aquarium (Hudson Entertainment, 1 player, Rated E for Everyone, 500 Wii Points) - Relax as you take care of your virtual aquarium. Swaying plants and over 40 fish that you can send you Wii friends might make this one worth checking out.

Virtual Console -

Clu Clu Land™ (NES®, 1-2 players, Rated E for Everyone, 500 Wii Points) - Another underwater adventure but this one has more action. This puzzle game will have you recovering the gold bars stolen from Clu Clu Land. 20 levels of fun and it’s two player as well.

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (Super NES, 1 player, Rated E for Everyone, 800 Wii Points) - Mario has to save the princess yet again but this time a new villain is added to the mix. This game balances RPG with good ole Mario-style game play.

Have some Wii points that are just burning a virtual hole in your console? Then check out this week’s new offerings at the Wii shop.

WiiWare

Midnight Pool is a pool game for 1-2 players. It costs 800 Wii points and is from Gameloft. You will travel across America to pursue your dream of winning a big pool tournament. There will be tutorials to help you learn trick shots and other impressive skills to help you become the best of the best.

Virtual Console

Mega Man was originally released for the NES and is for 1 player. Mega Man will take 500 Wii points. You take the realm as the blue bomber in his first mission to restore peace to a land ruled by the evil Dr. Wily.

Neo Turf Masters was originally released for the NEOGEO and is for 1-2 players. It costs 900 Wii points. Choose one of six golfers to play golf courses around the world.

Three new games are available this week at the Wii Shop.

For WiiWare, there is Strong Bad Episode 1: Homestar Ruiner (Telltale Games, 1 player, Rated T for Teen-Crude Humor, Mild Cartoon Violence, Mild Suggestive Themes, 1,000 Wii Points).

For the Virtual Console, there are two new games:

Break In (TurboGrafx16, 1-4 players, Rated E for Everyone-Tobacco Reference, 700 Wii Points)

Star Parodier (TurboGrafx16 CD-ROM, 1 player, Rated E for Everyone-Mild Cartoon Violence, 900 Wii Points)

The first episode of Strong Bad’s Cool Game for Attrractive People will be available August 11th for both the Wii and PC.

Wii users will be able to buy the episode for 1000 Wii Points through WiiWare. Each month a new episode will be available for download. Players will be able to send emails to their Wii friends in the style of Strong Bad. The in-game camera will allow players to take photos of easter egg objects found, so you can brag to your friends.

The first episode is entitled “Homestar Ruiner” and features Strong Bad taking on a his rival but his plans backfire. Now he must get rid of an unwanted houseguest.

If a pirate’s life is for you, then you should love what’s new at the Wii shop for WiiWare. Pirates - The Key of Dreams is now available featuring 35 levels and 7 themed areas of swashbuckling entertainment for you and your mateys to enjoy.

This naval shoot ‘em up will have you sailing around the Caribbean as a Navy Captain hot on the trail of a pirate out for the Key of Dreams - a valuable and cursed artifact. You can either play against your scurvy friends or play in single-player mode. Defeat enemies with weapons like Cannon, Chain-Shot, and Rockets. Sail and plunder various ports like Persian Gulf and Port Royal. You will have to fight merchants, sea monsters, and even Blackbeard.

Pirates The Key of Dreams is now available through the Wii Shop and will cost 1000 Wii points.

There is one new WiiWare game and two Virtual Console games available this week at the Wii Shop. I just bought a Wii SD card to make room as I’m down to around 200 blocks and there are still plenty of games I want.

WiiWare

Major League Eating: The Game (Mastiff, 1-2 players, Rated E10+ for Everyone 10 and Older-Crude Humor, 1,000 Wii Points). Grab your Wiimote and chomp down on some food as your race against some of the greatest major-league eaters. Unlock more than 10 characters and play online against friends.

Virtual Console

Donkey Kong 3 (NES®, 1-2 players, Rated E for Everyone, 500 Wii Points). Obviously the third game in the Donkey Kong series for NES.

NINJA COMMANDO (NEOGEO, 1-2 players, Rated E10+ for Everyone 10 and Older-Mild Language, Fantasy Violence, 900 Wii Points). It’s a side-scrolling challenge where players choose one of three ninjas. The game spans several historic periods like the Stone Age and Japanese Civil War era.

New to the Wii Shop this week is one WiiWare title and one virtual console one.

WiiWare -

SPOGS Racing™ (D2C Games™, 1-2 players, Rated E for Everyone-Mild Cartoon Violence, 1,000 Wii Points) - A new racing game with classic elements for when you grow tired of Mario Kart - if that is even possible.

Virtual Console -

KING OF THE MONSTERS (NEOGEO, 1-2 players, Rated E10+ for Everyone 10 and Older-Fantasy Violence, 900 Wii Points) - An action-fighting game where giant monsters destroy cities. If you like Rampage, then this sounds like one to try.

One WiiWare title and two classic games are now available at the Wii shop.

My Pokemon Ranch is for the WiiWare and costs 1000 Wii points. This game allows your Pokemon and Miis to interact with each other. Settle in for some fun down on the ranch as you keep an eye on everything. My Pokemon Ranch can be linked with the Nintendo DS Pokemon Diamond version and Pokemon Pearl, allowing you to deposit the Pokemon you’ve caught in the game to your ranch. My Pokemon Ranch is rated Everyone with Comic Mischief.

Dig Dug was originally released for the NES is now available and will cost 600 Wii points. You take on the role of Dig Dug and must drill your way to victory and defeat any enemies that get in your way. Defeat enemies with your harpoon, pumping air in them, or dropping rocks on them from above. Dig Dug is rated Everyone.

BIO MIRACLE BOKUTTE UPA will cost 600 Wii points. Originally for the NES, this action game first released in 1988 was never available outside of Japan. Players take on the role of baby Upa, a prince who must save the kingdom from the dangerous demon Zai. Explore seven different worlds as you take on enemies and look for helpful items like milk that restore health. This platform adventure is rated Everyone with Comic Mischief.

Two new WiiWare games and one Virtual Console games have been added to the Wii Shop Channel.

Protöthea™ (UbiSoft, 1 player, Rated E for Everyone-Fantasy Violence, 1,000 Wii Points) - is a top-down scrolling shooter that puts you in control of a last-generation spaceship.

Toki Tori (Two Tribes, 1-2 players, Rated E for Everyone, 1,000 Wii Points) - This puzzle/platform game, you collect eggs. You will use variety of items like Telewarp and Slug Sucker to solve over 70 game levels.

Ninja Combat (NEOGEO, 1-2 players, Rated E 10+ for Everyone 10 and Older-Mild Suggestive Themes, Fantasy Violence, 900 Wii Points) - This side-scrolling combat-action game will cast you of either ningjas Joe or Hayabusa. Prepare to do battle with evil ninjas and fight your way into their fortress.

Holidays that fall on Monday just throw off my whole week. Do they yours, too? It’s hard to believe it’s Tuesday. The Wii Shop has new arrivals this week despite the holiday.

WiiWare

Dr. Mario® Online Rx (Nintendo, 1-4 players, Rated E for Everyone, 1,000 Wii Points)

Family Table Tennis (Aksys Games, 1-2 players, Rated E for Everyone, 500 Wii Points)

Virtual Console

City Connection™ (NES®, 1-2 players, Rated E for Everyone - Comic Mischief, Tobacco Reference, 500 Wii Points)

Metal Slug (NEOGEO, 1-2 players, Rated T for Teen - Blood, Violence, 900 Wii Points)

The much anticipated Wii Shop Channel, Wiiware, launched today with six exclusive titles for the Wii.

FINAL FANTASY® CRYSTAL CHRONICLES®: My Life as a King 1500 Wii Points, E for Everyone. This is the next chapter in the Final Fantasy Chrystal Chronicles saga.

Defend your Castle 500 Wii points, E for Everyone. Prepare to defend your castle from the approaching army.

LostWinds 1000 Wii points, E for Everyone. This cute platform game features an adorable hero and his quest to help a spirit tame an escaped evil spirit.

Pop 700 Wii Points, E for Everyone. This game is all about popping bubbles. Have fun popping bubbles and earning points.

TV Show King 1000 Wii Points, E for Everyone. This trivia game will have you challenging your friends to become king of the TV quiz show.

V.I.P. Casino:Blackjack 700 Wii Points, T for Teen. The card game that tauts it authentically recreates blackjack casino.

New games for the Wiiware will be released each Monday.

Anyone else excited about the launch of WiiWare? Here is another title to look forward to. Protothea is from UbiSoft and is a 3D top-down vertical side scrolling shooter game. Players will be in full control of a last-generation spaceship through the Wiimote and Nunchuk.

“Ubisoft is excited to bring Protöthea exclusively to the platform and we feel it’s a must-have WiiWare title,” shared James Regan, vice president of third party operations, Ubisoft. “Protöthea really reminds me of some of the best arcade games, with the Wii Remote as an added dimension. It’s just a flurry of fast-paced action that anyone can simply pick up and enjoy.”

Protothea is due out this May.

I have to admit that deep down that I wish I was an interior designer. How much fun would it be to buy home furnishings and then place them into a house. It would be fun but not sure if I’m really cut out for it. Sometimes it’s best just to dream of doing something and not actually ruin it by doing it for a living.

I do enjoy games that allow me to decorate homes, amusement parks, cities, etc. That’s why Home Sweet Home really caught my attention. After playing it for an hour, I was undeniably hooked. This fun game will also be available for the Nintendo Wii through WiiWare, Nintendo’s new service to bring casual games to Wii owners by allowing them to purchase and download the games from their Wii.

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The game that will pay homage to competitive eating, Major League Eating: The Game, will be an exclusive title for Nintendo Wii’s WiiWare. The game is set to launch May 12 in North America.

Players will use the Wiimote to simulate the fast and furious world of competitive eating. Gamers will have to master several weapons including bites, burps, belches, mustard gas and jalapeño flames. Players will also have to master such eating techniques as cram, toss, and ‘typewriter.’

Major League Eating will be for one or two players. Online play will be enabled as well as a leader board. For those who have ever dreamed of entering a hot dog or pie eating contest, this game is for you. Live your competitive eating dreams and challenge your friends.

Major League Eating oversees all of the big eating contests like Nathan’s Fourth of July Hot Dog Contest. Many of the sport’s most renowned stars are members of the league like Joey Chestnut, current champion of the world.