It wouldn't be Monday without new games to download across Nintendo platforms. This week's highlight is definitely Hudson's first-person soaker, Water Warfare. It's a neat concept, but we really think Hudson could've spent some time tightening up the graphics on level three.

Hudson Soft's Miami Law isn't a perfect adventure game by modern or classic standards. Gamers born after the era of floppy disks may find the menu-driven presentation archaic, and adventure devotees may take issue with the game's logic, and dismiss its minigames as pointless distractions from the story.

However, Miami Law succeeds in the one aspect that an adventure game really needs to: the story. While it may cover well-worn buddy cop territory, Miami Law's storyline was gripping and well-told enough to keep me playing through the trial-and-error annoyances.

Good news, cutesy pyrotechnics fans: Hudson has announced (via IGN) that Bomberman Ultra will finally be landing on PSN come June 11. Sure, it's not anywhere close to the originally promised Winter 2008 release, but hey, it's Bomberman. Also, since Ultra is essentially just a beefed up version of Bomberman Live, we can assure you that it's actually a very good rendition of the series. With the addition of seven-player local multiplayer (up from four in Bomberman Live), Bomberman Ultra should make a great go-to party game.

IGN doesn't mention a price, but $10 is probably a safe bet.

[Thanks, HeavyToka]

Hudson has announced that it will be bringing Sudoku to DSiWare in two different flavors. Sudoku Student and Sudoku Master will both be made available this summer at a"very affordable price point." The games will each feature puzzles hand crafted by Nikoli, the Japanese puzzle company.

It's unclear exactly what the differences are between the two titles, though the press release does mention that Sudoku Master features "a class certification mode, which tests advanced players' puzzle solving abilities and rates their skill levels." Sure, Sudoku's getting a little bit tired nowadays, but with the puzzles coming to DSi there's now literally no way to escape them. May as well just give in.

Another strange week for DSiWare arrives, as Photo Clock appears on the store, doing little more than charging two dollars for limited functionality additions to the DSi. If you were looking for a good alarm for the DSi, this could be your week! Thankfully, American Popstar: Road to Celebrity is picking up the slack and ... wait, American Popstar? What?! Forget it, DSi! We're sticking with the Wii and snagging the remake of an 8-bit classic in Adventure Island: The Beginning instead. As always, jump past the break for all the messy details.

We might be the only ones who care about Miami Law, an action/puzzle/sudoku game coming to the DS from Hudson. But the great thing about being pathologically stubborn is that we can continue to post about games you don't give a flip about in the hopes that, eventually, you'll care against your will.

To that end, Miami Law is coming out June 9, and we've got the final box art for you to look at. Can we get a hip-hip hooray? ... Well? Maybe just a hip-hip? Nothing?

Your wardrobe could use a bit more gamer chic. One of Japan's more popular clothing brands is introducing a new line of t-shirts in collaboration with a number of gaming companies. The store is offering tees based on Sonic the Hedgehog, Mega-Man, PaRappa the Rapper, LittleBigPlanet, Resident Evil and more. The shirts retail for 1500 yen (about $15) each.

The designs are simple, often featuring very subtle references to these gaming franchises . This way, you can make a nerdy statement without actually having to look like one.

[Via Offworld]

Hudson released this brief trailer of Miami Law that offers us an even briefer look at the game in action -- and a bit of confusion. We thought the male cop's name was Law Martin!

Despite the fact that they're totally different games, Miami Law looks a lot like Atlus's Tokyo Beat Down in motion, which isn't going to do much to stop us from mixing the games up. This one is part shooting, part puzzle-solving adventure. Tokyo Beat Down is part punching, part ... also punching.

The new screens display some of the puzzles that take place in Sara Starling's half of the game. And they also display the fact that Martin Law has his gun drawn at all times.

Thanks to the success of the original, Deca Sports 2 is ready to be the newest not-Wii Sports minigame collection for the console. The latest iteration will add 10 new sports, including motorcycle road racing, speed skating, hockey, moguls, dodge ball, tennis and darts. It'll release this autumn.

As it wouldn't be a proper sequel without some enhancements, Deca Sports 2 will allow competition against "DECAthletes" from around the world country and allow customization of uniforms, teams, skill sets and team appearance. We can't wait to see the Admiral Ackbar synchronized swimming team.

Hudson has apparently shipped two million copies of Deca Sports since last spring, reports Kotaku. Although one could say that's not so much given the time that's passed, it also means that people continue to purchase the badly reviewed -- well, mostly badly reviewed -- title. Raise your hand if you're guilty, another commenter will be there shortly to "deal" with you.

Oh well, folks certainly love their sports minigame bundles on the Wii. Imagine how much Deca Sports could have sold if it had Mario and Sonic in it.

Our dirty, dirty love for oddball DS games isn't something we talk about nearly enough. In short: Give us tons of dialog and mini-games that have nothing to do with each other besides playing to the strengths of Nintendo's portable, and we're set. Yes, we're looking at you, Hotel Dusk: Room 215 and Touch Detective.

So, with that said, let us welcome our brand-new DS darling: Miami Law.

As hot-headed detective Law Martin and analytical partner Sara Starling, you'll keep the peace in Miami with gunplay and some detective work, both represented with really disparate mini-games.

Well, this is a surprise: A week with two Virtual Console releases. And all from Hudson? We guess Nintendo liked that fruitcake from last year's Virtual Console participant party. As usual, feel free to watch this week's releases in motion above or, if you're more for images of the motionless variety, head past the break. Or ... do both.

Go ahead, go mad with power.

It's Monday, which means it's time to check out what the Wii has available for download. As we already reported, 2 new Virtual Console imports will be arriving today, but there's also one WiiWare game joining them. Unless you like Hudson games, you probably won't be interested in 100% of this week's offerings:

WiiWare
Pop 'Em Drop 'Em SameGame (Hudson, 1 - 4 players, 500 Wii Points): As with most puzzle games, the object is to clear pieces from a game grid. Match two or more pieces of the same color to eliminate them from the board and score points. The game features multiple modes of play and support for up to four players via local multiplayer.

Virtual Console
Bomberman '94 (Hudson, TurboGrafx16, 1 - 5 players, 700 Wii Points): Featuring 9 different members of the Bomberman family to play as, Bomberman '94 is business as usual for the gang as they drop bombs, blow up blocks, and even ride on 5 different types of Rooi, each with their own special abilities. Don't ask us why their eggs are inside blocks, though. We don't have all the answers.

Detana Twin Bee (Hudson, TurboGrafx16, 1 - 2 players, 700 Wii Points): Hudson's vertical shooter stars Twinbee and Winbee, who must stop a force of alien invaders (obviously). The game has a single-player mode, as well as two-player co-op, and even though it's yet another shmup on the Virtual Console, we're still interested in this cute release that was once confined to Japan.

After five months of total inactivity, during which time it focused on WiiWare, Hudson is returning to the Virtual Console this Monday. Just like the last set of TurboGrafx-16 games so long ago, the two games announced for next week are imports! This means, at the very least, that Hudson has not abandoned the Virtual Console.

You may be familiar with Bomberman '94 as the Genesis/Mega Drive Mega Bomberman. The original PC Engine version was only released in Japan. This one features kangaroos that Bomberman can ride (who can also take an explosion for him). Detana!! Twinbee is an absolutely beautiful vertical-scrolling cute-em-up from Konami, in a series rarely seen in North America.

Being imports, both games will cost 700 Wii Points. And being Hudson Virtual Console games, we can't be sure they'll actually show up on time.

[Via VC Reviews]

Karaoke JoySound Wii allows Japanese Wii owners to bring the karaoke experience home, with a full music subscription service. The only problem with bringing that experience home is that Japanese apartments tend to be tiny and thin-walled.

Japan Trust Technology has solved that issue for late-night crooners with the Mute Mic USB. This specially-designed microphone includes a plastic cup that fits over players' mouths, muting the atonal, drunken screeches that would normally issue forth throughout the apartment building. As an added "bonus," it looks unidentifiably disgusting both in use and on its own, like some kind of medical device you wouldn't want to have to explain.

[Via GAME Watch]