Gamertell

It’s another fine week on Wii’s downloadable services - with classic 16-bit platformer Earthworm Jim and the latest from Strong Bad. There’s also an Art Style game (which look kind of cool, actually), but let’s be honest - 90% of you are going to go for the funny stuff. As… Continue Reading »

It’s a bit of a slower week on the Wii’s downloadable services, though I wouldn’t call it a bad update. Tetris Party has finally arrived, so if you’ve ever wanted to drop blocks online with a balance board (the game can be controlled via the Wii balance board. really.), here’s… Continue Reading »

It’s official - Nintendo has gotten it’s downloadable games act together. This week, we have two very tantalizing VC titles - including a Street Fighter II iteration and Secret of Mana, a SNES action-RPG classic. We’ve also got some very cool looking Wiiware games - especially World of Goo, an… Continue Reading »

Nintendo has officially made up for the mostly crappy summer on its Wii downloadable services - this is about the fifth week in a row with awesome games on the VC and WiiWare. The VC games are looking especially hot this week - Mario Golf (N64) and Shining Force II… Continue Reading »

Bomberman Blast is finally here! Ok, sure, there’s other stuff this week, including the intriguing-sounding Art Style: ORBIENT and solid SNES shooter Super Turrican 2, but if you have to clean out the fridge for anything, chances are you’ll opt for Bomberman. As usual, the titles are available on the… Continue Reading »

Do my eyes deceive me? Do we actually have a third week of strong content on the Wii’s downloadable services? Yes, in fact we do, with the second episode of the hilarious Strong Bad adventure game and Bubble-Bobble-esque puzzler Potpourrii on WiiWare, with phenomenal classic Mega Man 2 on the… Continue Reading »

OK, so this week, the Wii’s downloadables are either going to rub you the wrong way or you’ll think they are totally awesome. I’m in the latter camp. We have the rather homo-erotic (but totally PG) shooter Cho Aniki the straight-shooter (don’t you love puns) Final Solider on the Virtual… Continue Reading »

Oh my goodness: it looks like Nintendo pulled a fast one on all of us by putting out Super Mario RPG (that is, one of the very best SNES games ever) on the Virtual Console smack on top of a holiday weekend. Sneaky. The surprisingly awesome update also includes the… Continue Reading »

What’s this? A week of Wii-downloadables that sounds decent all around? And in the dog days of August, even. This week, we have a funky looking rhythm game on WiiWare, along with some retro RPG action (Ys Book 1&2) and the ass-kicking Samurai Shodown 2. As usual, the titles are… Continue Reading »

Finally, after months of (mostly) crap titles, this week’s WiiWare offering - Strong Bad Episode 1: Homestar Ruiner - actually looks original, fun and worth the spacebucks. The Virtual Console side is looking good as well, with the tongue-in cheek (and previously Japan-only) TurboGrafx 16 CD-ROM shooter Star Parodier. There’s… Continue Reading »