Gamertell

This is a big week for Wii owners. Huge. The kind of week where you better upgrade to firmware 4.2, even if you’re worried about it bricking your Wii. The WiiWare and Virtual Console games are worth it.

If you’re only going to download from one category today, Virtual Console is your best bet. The SNES game Super Mario Kart and the NES game A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia both make their debut today.

If you’re a DSi owner, there’s a lot more Electroplankton for you. Once again, familiar electroplankton from the original DS game have all new names, so be sure to check the information on each to make sure you’re getting the one you want.

Gamertell’s Nintendo Download picks for the week are: Super Mario Kart (VC), A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia (VC), BIT.TRIP VOID (WiiWare), Harvest Moon: My Little Shop (WiiWare).

WiiWare

BIT.TRIP VOID
Price: 600 Nintendo Points / $6
Publisher: Aksys
Genre: Shooter / Arcade
ESRB Rating: “Everyone”
Players: 1-4
Description: Like the previous BIT.TRIP games, there’s a focus on sound and simplicity. Collect dots with the black hole void to successfully continue and win in this entry.

Harvest Moon: My Little Shop
Price: 1,200 Nintendo Points / $12
Publisher: Natsume
Genre: Simulation / Mini-game Collection
ESRB Rating: “Everyone”
Players: 1
Description: You get to take over your grandparents’ farm and shop in Clover Town, and hopefully help restore the village’s prosperity with hard work. The items you create at your farm can be made into valuable products and sold at your shop. Additional dlc may be added later on, since the Japanese version had additional content.

Little Tournament Over Yonder
Price: 800 Nintendo Points / $8
Publisher: Gevo Entertainment
Genre: Real-Time Strategy
ESRB Rating: “Everyone” for Mild Cartoon Violence
Players: 1-2
Description: Decide to be a Prince or Princess and take part in multiple tournaments to prove your worth. You create a team of great warriors and help them become the best, then set out to show your strength.

Learning with the PooYoos: Episode 1
Price: 500 Nintendo Points / $5
Publisher: Lexis Numerique
Genre: Edutainment
ESRB Rating: “Early Childhood”
Players: 1
Description: The first WiiWare Early Childhood game is designed to help kids between the ages of 3-6 learn their letters, numbers, colors, shapes and more with a group of adorable animals.

Virtual Console

A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia
Price: 500 Nintendo Points / $5
Originally Appeared On: NES
Publisher: Majesco
Genre: Action
ESRB Rating: “Everyone”
Players: 1
Description: A boy from Earth and his friend, an alien Blob from the planet Blobolonia, must work together to find their way to Blobolonia and save it from an evil emperor. The blob can transform when fed jellybeans by the boy, with specific jellybeans being able to turn it into important items. Personally, I didn’t do to well when I played it back on the NES and just used to feed the blob endless jellybeans for fun.

Super Mario Kart
Price: 800 Nintendo Points / $8
Originally Appeared On: SNES
Publisher: Nintendo
Genre: Racing
ESRB Rating: “Everyone”
Players: 1-2
Description: The very first Mario Kart game. There are standard races, multiplaer races, a battle mode, 8 racers and over 15 tracks.

DSiWare

Castle of Magic
Price: 500 Nintendo Points / $5
Publisher: Gameloft
Genre: Platformer
ESRB Rating: “Everyone” for Mild Cartoon Violence
Players: 1
Description: You must reach the magician Nefastax to save your friend, but first you have to journey through tons of treacherous levels. In order to succeed, you’ll need to use the DSi camera to transform your character into helpful forms that will allow him to save the day.

Electroplankton Lumiloop
Price: 200 Nintendo Points / $2
Publisher: Nintendo
Genre: Other
ESRB Rating: “Everyone”
Players: 1
Description: 5 donut shaped Electroplankton that make different noises when you spin them.

Electroplankton Luminarrow
Price: 200 Nintendo Points / $2
Publisher: Nintendo
Genre: Other
ESRB Rating: “Everyone”
Players: 1
Description: These were called Luminaria in the original DS game. There are four Luminarrows on a grid with arrows. You can change the arrows position and direction, then send off the Luminarrows. They’ll follow the path determined by the arrows and make noise.
Electroplankton Marine-Crystals
Price: 200 Nintendo Points / $2
Publisher: Nintendo
Genre: Other
ESRB Rating: “Everyone”
Players: 1
Description: These were called Marine-Snow in the original game. There are 35 of them, and tapping them or drawing lines across them on the touch screen will cause them to react and make noise.

Electroplankton Sun-Animalcule
Price: 200 Nintendo Points / $2
Publisher: Nintendo
Genre: Other
ESRB Rating: “Everyone”
Players: 1
Description: You place Sun-Animalcule eggs on the touch screen, then watch and listen as they grow. As they pass through different stages of life, they make different noises and sounds.

Electroplankton Varvoice
Price: 200 Nintendo Points / $2
Publisher: Nintendo
Genre: Other
ESRB Rating: “Everyone”
Players: 1
Description: This was known as Volvoice in the original game. You choose a shape for the Varvoice, then tap it to record a brief snippet of sound. It will then play the sound back in a loop, with different effects based on the shape you chose.
myNotebook: Blue
Price: 200 Nintendo Points / $2
Publisher: Nnooo
Genre: Application
ESRB Rating: N/A, I’d say everyone since it’s just a notepad application
Players: 1
Description: A notepad application for your DS.

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