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Japanese Nintendo downloads: Excitebike, Reversal Shooting
by JC Fletcher 
{ Feb 2nd 2010 at 3:16PM } 
- Quarth (MSX, 1-2 players, 800 Wii Points)
- Contra (MSX, 1-2 players, 800 Wii Points)
- Excitebike World Race (WiiWare, 1-4 players, 1,000 Wii Points)
- Are? DS ga Sakasa Desu Kedo: Gyaku Shooting (DSiWare, 1 player, 200 DSi Points)
- Are? DS ga Sakasa Desu Kedo: Sakasa Drops (DSiWare, 1 player, 200 DSi Points)
- Artist ni Narou! Minna no Nurikai Museum Hen (DSiWare, 1-2 players, 500 DSi Points)
- Hobonichi Rosenzu 2010 (DSiWare, 1 player, 500 DSi Points)
- Renjuku Kanji: Shougaku Sannensei (DSiWare, 1 player, 500 DSi Points)
Mega Man 4, SNES Advance Wars on Virtual Console in February
by JC Fletcher { Jan 30th 2010 at 1:45PM }
February's Japanese Virtual Console lineup is exceptionally small -- four games in all -- but all four games are high-quality. In advance of Mega Man 10, Capcom offers Mega Man 4, which, while one of the weaker games in the series, is still a real Mega Man game and thus pretty good. A never-localized (and probably still not to be localized) SNES Advance Wars game will be available sometime in the month, and MSX versions of the familiar Contra and the delightful scrolling puzzle game Quarth.Of course, we've seen zero of these MSX games outside of Japan. Oh, we just made ourselves sad.
Famicom:
- Rockman 4
- Super Famicom Wars
- Quarth (Feb. 2)
- Contra (Feb. 2)
Japanese Nintendo downloads: Ogre Battle 64, BlazBlue Battle x Battle
by JC Fletcher { Jan 26th 2010 at 12:45PM }
The weird (but cute) Blazblue DSiWare fighter is out this week, ready to delight all the, uh, DSi owners looking for a four-player online fighting game. They're out there somewhere! Also on DSiWare: Burning Puzzle Flame Tail, a very odd, but interesting-looking vertically scrolling puzzle game from Mindware. Essentially, you control a structure with (of course) a flaming tail, snaking through rectangular structures and burning them.
- Ogre Battle 64 (Nintendo 64, 1 player, 1,000 Wii Points)
- Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: Justice for All (WiiWare, 1 player, 1,000 Wii Points)
- Janken Party Paradise (WiiWare, 1-2 players, 500 Wii Points)
- ACT Series: English translator (DSiWare, 1 player, 500 DSi Points)
- ACT Series: Korean translator (DSiWare, 1 player, 500 DSi Points)
- Nari-chara Hitman Begins (DSiWare, 1 player, 500 DSi Points)
- Blazblue Battle x Battle (DSiWare, 1-4 players, 500 DSi Points)
- Burning Puzzle Flame Tail (DSiWare, 1 player, 500 DSi Points)
Japanese Nintendo downloads: Princess Tomato, Reflect Missile
by JC Fletcher { Jan 19th 2010 at 12:15PM }
On DSiWare this week, there are two different kanji learning games (how does that happen?), a math training game, and -- more importantly, Q-Games's cool Breakout variant Reflect Missile. Even more importantly, because it's really funny, the Naruto photo app lets you put your face into some Naruto art.
- Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom (Famicom,1 player, 500 Wii Points)
- Atama wo Yoku Suru Ansan Zou no Hana Fuusen (DSiWare, 1 player, 200 DSi Points)
- Nandoku 500 Kanji Word Puzzle (DSiWare, 1 player, 200 DSi Points)
- Renjuku Kanji: Shougaku 2-nensei (DSiWare, 1 player, 500 DSi Points)
- Nari-chara: Naruto Shippuden (DSiWare, 1 player, 500 DSi Points)
- Reflect Missile (DSiWare, 1 player, 500 DSi Points)
Japanese Nintendo downloads: Parodius, Genius Personal dictionaries
by JC Fletcher { Jan 12th 2010 at 2:00PM }
The other programs we desperately want but won't have: the Genius Personal series for DSiWare, which allow you to write a word in English or Japanese (depending on which version you download) and get a translation and definition. Perfect for people who have to read and translate Japanese DSiWare titles all the time!
- Parodius (MSX, 1-2 players, 800 Wii Points)
- Salamander (MSX, 1-2 players, 800 Wii Points)
- atChess Battle Spirits (DSiWare, 1 player, 200 DSi Points)
- G.G. Series D-Tank (DSiWare, 1 player, 200 DSi Points)
- Artist Ni Narou! MInna ni Nurikai Jukyuu-hen (DSiWare, 1 player, 500 DSi Points)
- Pinball Attack! (DSiWare, 1 player, 500 DSi Points)
- Genius Personal English-Japanese Easy Dictionary (DSiWare, 1 player, 800 DSi Points)
- Genius Personal Japanese-English Easy Dictionary (DSiWare, 1 player, 800 DSi Points)
Japanese Nintendo downloads: Kirby's Star Stacker, I am a Pla-Rail Driver
by JC Fletcher { Jan 5th 2010 at 5:15PM }
DSiWare has another G.G. series shmup, and another miniature Paint By DS featuring cats. Pretty mellow week!
- Boku wa Pla-Rail Untenshi: Shinkansen & Joukikansha Hen (1-2 players, 1,000 Wii Points)
- Kirby's Star Stacker (Super Famicom, 1-2 players, 800 Wii Points)
- G.G. Series Dark Spirits (DSiWare, 1 player, 200 DSi Points)
- Artist ni Narou! Minna no Nurikai Neko Hen (DSiWare, 1 player, 500 DSi Points)
Japanese Nintendo downloads: LostWinds, Phalanx
by JC Fletcher { Dec 22nd 2009 at 3:45PM }
DSiWare is a bit less thrilling, with the standout release being the cleverly tilt-controlled Katamuction.
- Famicom Detective Club Part 2: The Girl Standing in the Back (Famicom, 1 player, 500 Wii Points)
- Gradius 2 (MSX, 1 player, 800 Wii Points)
- Majou Densetsu (MSX, 1 player, 800 Wii Points)
- Othello (WiiWare, 1-2 players, 500 Wii Points)
- School of Darkness ( WiiWare, 1 player, 1,000 Wii Points)
- LostWinds: Winter of the Melodias (WiiWare, 1-2 players, 1,000 Wii Points)
- Phalanx (WiiWare, 1 player, 500 Wii Points)
- Simple DS Series Volume 2: THE Misshitsu Kara no Dasshutsu Gakkou Hen (DSiWare, 1 player, 500 DSi Points)
- Katamuku + Action = Katamuction (DSiWare, 1 player, 500 DSi Points)
- Pocket Rurubu: Nagoya/Kobe (DSiWare, 1 player, 800 DSi Points each)
Japanese Nintendo downloads: Phoenix Wright, Zaxxon, Photo Fighter X
by JC Fletcher { Dec 15th 2009 at 4:15PM }
DSiWare gets the cool Photo FIghter X, which lets you build fighting game characters from DSi camera snaps. More Paint By DS joins it, this time all about dogs; and in the requisite "puzzle game" positions are a new G.G. series entry and a Jupiter-developed game about rotating blocks to match colors.
- Zaxxon (Arcade, 1-2 players, 500 Wii Points)
- Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (WiiWare, 1 player, 900 Wii Points)
- Shashin de Kakutou! Photo Fighter X! (DSiWare, 1-2 players, 200 DSi Points)
- G.G. Series Vertex (DSiWare, 1 player, 200 DSi Points)
- Kanji Practice First Grade (DSiWare, 1 player, 200 DSi Points)
- Artist ni Narou! Minna no Nurikai Inu-hen (DSiWare, 1 player, 500 DSi Points)
- Atelier Deco La Doll (DSiWare, 1 player, 500 DSi Points)
- Castle of Magic (DSiWare, 1 player, 500 DSi Points)
- Panewa! (DSiWare, 1 player, 500 DSi Points)
Japanese Nintendo downloads: Kappa Michi, Final Fight 3, more
by JC Fletcher { Dec 8th 2009 at 3:45PM }
Another ridiculous overload of content today on the Japanese Wii and DSi Shops. Not so much in WiiWare, whose only release this week is The Incredible (and incredibly avoidable) Maze, but Virtual Console and DSiWare are absolutely stuffed with games!Weirdly, there are two map-based puzzle games on DSiWare. One, Map Map! is a series of puzzle, and the other, Sekai Tanken Kokki World Map, is a quiz game. Also available: a cute puzzle game from the G.G. Series, in which you drop blocks to build a path for a character, a mini version of Paint by DS, more Jake Hunter, and a really cute game from Mother 3 developer Brownie Brown about leading a kappa along paths of coins.
- Chokkan! Balance Labyrinth (WiiWare, 1 player, 500 Wii Points)
- Final Fight Tough (Super Famicom, 1-2 players, 800 Wii Points)
- Yie Ar Kung Fu 2 (MSX, 800 Wii Points)
- Namco Quester (Arcade, 1-2 players, 800 Wii Points)
- Valkyrie no Densetsu (Arcade, 1-2 players, 800 Wii Points)
- Metal Gear (MSX, 1 player, 800 Wii Points)
- G.G. Series: Black x Block (DSiWare, 1 player, 200 DSi Points)
- Sekai Tanken Kokki World Map (DSiWare, 1 player, 200 DSi Points)
- Map Map! By Gotouchi Kentei DS (DSiWare, 1 player, 200 DSi Points)
- Artist ni Narou! Minna no Nurikai (DSiWare, 1 player, 500 DSi Points)
- UNO (DSiWare, 1-4 players, 500 DSi Points)
- Kappa Michi (DSiWare, 1 player, 500 DSi Points)
- Tantei Saburo Jinguuji: Chained Curse & Mystery Case (DSiWare, 1 player, 500 DSi Points)
Japanese Nintendo downloads: King of Fighters '95, Kamenin Merchant
by JC Fletcher { Dec 1st 2009 at 1:15PM }
Today, for those Japanese gamers who like King of Fighters games but didn't purchase the Orochi Collection disc -- or the Neo Geo Online Collection Complete Box sets, King of Fighters '95 is available on the Virtual Console. SNK Playmore's business model is so strange -- these Virtual Console releases seem to actively compete with the company's retail collections.Also available: two cute Namco arcade games, including Rompers, an obscure game about pushing walls over on enemies. DSiWare features a Tales of Graces spinoff, a calendar that lets you mark upcoming events, and a Picross variant with surprisingly nice sprite work.
- The King of Fighters '95 (Neo Geo, 1-2 players, 900 Wii Points)
- Ordyne (Arcade, 1-2 players, 800 Wii Points)
- Rompers (Arcade, 1-2 players, 800 Wii Points)
- Ponjan Wii (WiiWare, 1-4 players, 1,000 Wii Points)
- Ato Nannichi? Kazoeru Nintendo DSi Calendar (DSiWare, 1 player, 200 DSi Points)
- Kamenin Merchant (DSiWare, 1 player, 200 DSi Points)
- Kaiten Illust Puzzle Guruguru Logic (DSiWare, 1 player, 500 DSi Points)
Japanese Nintendo downloads: MSX games, Eco Shooter, and 16 more
by JC Fletcher { Nov 24th 2009 at 1:01PM }
Most interesting among the multifarious offerings: a few forgotten Konami MSX games on VC, and 530 Eco Shooter on WiiWare. That's ... an Intelligent Systems-developed shooting game about shooting cans. The cans are alive and move around. It's weird. Also weird: Nintendo's Neratte Spot! for DSiWare, which is about throwing bombs into the mouths of fish.
The whole list is after the break, because it's crazy long.
Japanese Nintendo downloads: Trial edition
by JC Fletcher { Nov 17th 2009 at 3:30PM }
Also on the Wii today in Japan: two Namco arcade games which are personal favorites: free-scrolling shooter Bosconian (with fantastic "ALART" voice samples), and Pac-Man creator Toru Iwatani's weird Libble Rabble. Genterprise continues its budget series on DSiWare, with a top-down racer and a VR-looking action game:
- Bosconian (Arcade, 1-2 players, 800 Wii Points)
- Libble Rabble (Arcade, 1-2 players, 800 Wii Points)
- G.G. Series Tetsubou (DSiWare, 1 player, 200 DSi Points)
- G.G. Series Drift Circuit (DSiWare, 1 player, 200 DSi Points)
- Art Academy (First and Second Semester) (DSiWare, 1 player, 800 DSi Points each)
- Demos: Pokemon Rumble, Pokemon Mystery Dungeon, Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a Darklord & World of Goo
Japanese Nintendo downloads: Street Fighter II', Panel Connection
by JC Fletcher { Nov 10th 2009 at 11:45AM }
DSiWare offers a Chinese vocabulary learning tool and a new puzzle game by Intelligent Systems. Panel Connection involves setting panels into a grid to create an uninterrupe\ted exhaust path for a rocket.
- Street Fighter II': Champion Edition (PC Engine, 1-2 players, 600 Wii Points)
- Grobda (Arcade, 1-2 players, 800 Wii Points
- Tank Force (Arcade, 1-4 players, 800 Wii Points)
- ACT Series: Chinese-Japanese Vocabulary (DSiWare, 1 player, 500 DSi Points)
- Panel Connection: 3 Minute Rocket (DSiWare, 1 player, 500 DSi Points)
Japanese Nintendo downloads: Neo Geo, Art Style return
by JC Fletcher { Nov 3rd 2009 at 11:15AM }
This week marks two major events (sort of) for the Japanese Wii and DSi download services. First, both Wii and DSi downloads now go up on the same date. In this case, it's November 4, which is today in Japan. Second, the Neo Geo is back! The last Neo game came out in Japan in July 2008. On DSiWare, there's more mahjong, more calendar apps, and more Art Style. Digidrive is a remake of one of the original Bit Generations games. It's been released as Intersect in Europe.
- Fire Emblem Gaiden (Famicom, 1 player, 500 Wii Points)
- Fatal Fury Special (Neo Geo, 1-2 players, 900 Wii Points)
- "Aha! I Got It" Escape Game (WiiWare, 1-4 players, 500 Wii Points)
- Kyoto Students Taishi Higashida Thought Puzzle Inspiration Signed Painting (DSiWare, 1 player, 200 DSi Points)
- Handy Mahjong (DSiWare, 1 player, 200 DSi Points)
- Daily Growing Journal Calendar (DSiWare, 1 player, 200 DSi Points)
- Art Style: DIGIDRIVE (DSiWare, 1 player, 500 DSi Points)
Japanese Nintendo downloads: WiiWare ReBirth
by JC Fletcher { Oct 27th 2009 at 12:44PM }
Not enough? How about four Virtual Console games, including a Sonic & Knuckles with the lock-on feature intact? Or a budget DSiWare game about blowing up asteroids to save the Earth?
- @SIMPLE Series Vol. 5: THE Judo (WiiWare, 1-2 players, 700 Wii Points)
- Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth (WiiWare, 1 player, 1,000 Wii Points)
- Bit.Trip: VOID (WiiWare, 1-4 players, 500 Wii Points)
- Shadow Walker (WiiWare, 1 player, 1,000 Wii Points)
- Championship Lode Runner (Famicom, 1 player, 500 Wii Points)
- Sonic & Knuckles (Mega Drive, 1 player, 600 Wii Points)
- Face Off (Arcade, 1-2 players, 800 Wii Points)
- Rolling Thunder 2 (Arcade, 1-2 players, 800 Wii Points)
- Earth Saver (DSiWare, 1 player, 200 DSi Points)
- Puzzle Selection Monthly Crossword House vol. 6 (DSiWare, 1 player, 500 DSi Points)
- Hills and Rivers Remain (DSiWare, 1-4 players, 800 DSi Points)
