Why just take photos with your Nintendo DSi system when you can have
access to a virtual photo booth? Sparkle Snapshots, a new Nintendo
DSiWare application, lets you customize pictures with fun extras like
fancy frames and stamps. On the other hand, if you're more of a fan of
Nordic pillaging and/or dragons, you're going to want to check out this
week's Nintendo DSiWare offerings of both Viking Invasion and Battle of
Giants: Dragons - Bronze Edition.
Three fun WiiWare games are
added to the ever-growing library, including Carnival King, which turns
your TV into a carnival midway. And the Virtual Console delivers its
usual quality classics, including Fighting Street, a port of the
original arcade version of STREET FIGHTER.
Nintendo DSiWare
Sparkle Snapshots
Publisher: Nintendo
Players: 1
Price: 500 Nintendo DSi Points
Description:
Take photos and embellish them to your heart's desire with Sparkle
Snapshots. Choose from a large variety of fancy frames, backgrounds,
stamps and funny outfits to decorate your photos, or use the powerful
paint program functions to manipulate them in detail. Want to take a
new photo and add it to your collection? Adjust the lighting conditions
and lens type to match your subject and even use a shutter timer to
allow yourself some extra time to get everything perfectly in place.
Save your favorite snapshots in your Nintendo DSi Camera album and use
Nintendo DS wireless communications to send your masterpieces to your
friends. It's all the fun of a photo booth - and more - in the palms of
your hands.
Viking Invasion
Publisher: BiP Media
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) - Mild Fantasy Violence
Price: 800 Nintendo DSi Points
Description: They
come from the North, and they're about to invade your Nintendo DSi
system. Beware of Olaf the Viking and his motley crew. Even now, their
drakkars are sailing up the rivers to attack your castles. It's up to
you to construct fortifications to prevent them from pillaging
everything you own. The more you defend yourself, the more ferocious
they'll become. Before you know it, they'll be invoking legions of
fantastic creatures straight out of the mythical land of Asgard.
Fortunately, the experience you gain will help you to build even more
powerful defenses. Thwart all your assailants' ruses and unlock new
kinds of buildings: tornado-blowing windmills to repel the ships,
monoliths that strengthen your fortifications or canons that shoot
studded shells. Discover more than 10 levels, tons of units, a Campaign
mode, a Survival mode and three difficulty levels. There's even a
little surprise at the end. Can you rise to the challenge and stop Olaf
from taking your treasure home to his sweetheart Olga?
Battle of Giants: Dragons - Bronze Edition
Publisher: Ubisoft
Players: 1-4
ESRB Rating: E10+ (Everyone 10 and Older) - Mild Fantasy Violence
Price: 800 Nintendo DSi Points
Description:
As last of the noble and rare Bronze Dragons, you must defeat the evil
SALMU dragons and reclaim the 25 exclusive bronze gems they stole.
Explore 10 maps and travel through the great jungles of Earth, the
scorched grounds of Fire, the frozen wastelands of Ice and the floating
islands of Wind. Customize your dragon's appearance by changing its
body, wings, tail shape and colors - even add stripes. Test your
dragon's fighting skills against your friends in head-to-head combat or
four-player tournaments.
WiiWare
Carnival King
Publisher: Incredible Technologies
Players: 1-2
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) - Mild Cartoon Violence
Price: 700 Wii PointsTM
Description: Carnival
King is a fun-for-all-ages video game that brings the spirit and energy
of competitive carnival games to the screen. Players compete for top
scores and prizes while visiting three different amusement parks:
Arcadia, Dreamland and Lagoon Park. Each park has four sets of games
and a Bonus Round to test players' speed and accuracy. For novices or
sharpshooters, the games are continually challenging, and the
difficulty level can be adjusted to match each player's growing
confidence.
"Aha! I Got It!" Escape Game
Publisher: Ateam Inc.
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 500 Wii Points
Description:
Play alone or with family and friends to solve this puzzling adventure
game. Today is Milo's birthday, and he just got an amazing present from
his dad: a room full of puzzles. Milo needs to solve all the puzzles to
escape from the room. Shake, push and twist the Wii RemoteTM controller
to collect and use in-game items. There's plenty to solve - see if you
have what it takes to figure it all out.
Family Card Games
Publisher: Aksys Games
Players: 1-2
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) - Mild Suggestive Themes
Price: 500 Wii Points
Description: Daddy,
Mommy, Sarah and Billy are back for some good ol' card game action. Try
your hand at one of three card games: Daifugo, Speed or Memory. Family
Card Games offers appealing cel-shaded graphics, endearing music and
friendly, competitive match-ups. You can play one-player Daifugo or
play against up to three other random players in an online match. You
can also view your ranking and see how you match up with players around
the world. Test your reflexes against another player in Speed and see
who truly has the fastest hands. Memory will test your mental capacity
as you try to remember where cards and their respective matches are.
Virtual Console
Fighting Street
Original platform: TurboGrafx16 CD-ROM
Publisher: Capcom
Players: 1-2
ESRB Rating: E10+ (Everyone 10 and Older) - Mild Blood, Violence
Price: 800 Wii Points
Description:
A port of the arcade version of STREET FIGHTER, the legendary fighting
game that started it all. Players control RYU or KEN and battle against
unique fighters from all over the world. The first fighter to knock out
an opponent and win two rounds is the winner. Power up your attack to
three different levels - the longer you hold a button, the stronger
your attack. Input commands to perform special attacks and deal serious
damage to your opponent. Combine your normal and special attacks
effectively to fight your way to victory.
R-TYPE
Original platform: SEGA Master System
Publisher: SEGA
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) - Mild Fantasy Violence
Price: 500 Wii Points
Description:
R-TYPE is a classic, side-scrolling arcade shoot-'em-up that was
developed by Irem in 1987. It's the 22nd century, and you are
humanity's last hope against the evil Bydo Empire. Your ship is called
the R-9a "Arrowhead" and comes with a standard gun, but power-ups and
upgrades are available in each mission. Navigate through eight
challenging levels that will test even the best gamer's reflexes. The
SEGA Master System version features an exclusive secret level not found
in any other release.
Nintendo adds new titles to the Nintendo
DSi Shop and the Wii Shop Channel at 9 a.m. Pacific time on Mondays.
Users with broadband Internet access can redeem Wii Points or Nintendo
DSi Points to download the games. Wii Points can be purchased in the
Wii Shop Channel. Nintendo DSi Points can be purchased in the Nintendo
DSi Shop. A Nintendo Points Card can be purchased at retail locations.
All points from one Nintendo Points Card must be redeemed in either the
Nintendo DSi Shop or the Wii Shop Channel. They are not transferable
and cannot be divided between the two systems.
Remember that
both Wii and Nintendo DSi feature parental controls that let adults
manage the content their children can access. For more information
about this and other features, visit Wii.com or NintendoDSi.com.