Two WiiWare Games and One Virtual Console Game Added to Wii Shop Channel
It's a rockin' week at the Wii Shop Channel, featuring fresh additions to two hot WiiWare game series, plus a character-driven classic for the Virtual Console. Fans of Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People will find an awesome new installment, while those who've discovered Nintendo's extraordinary Art Style series will discover an elegant new puzzle title to enjoy. And if you've got room in your game library for a heroic earthworm, don't miss the Wii debut of the legendary Earthworm Jim.
Nintendo adds new and classic games to the Wii Shop Channel at 9 a.m. Pacific time every Monday. Wii owners with a high-speed Internet connection can redeem Wii Points to download the games. Wii Points can be purchased in the Wii Shop Channel or at retail outlets. This week's new games are:
WiiWare
Strong
Bad Episode 3: Baddest of the Bands (Telltale Games, 1 player, Rated
E10+ for Everyone 10 and Older - Alcohol Reference, Crude Humor, Mild
Cartoon Violence, Mild Suggestive Themes, 1,000 Wii Points): Rock and
roll! Hurting for cash, Strong Bad sets out to dominate the “Battle
Royale of the Bands.” Can he rule the stage and win the big prize? Or
will he be drowned out by the competition? Find out in this high-voltage
episode.
Art Style: ROTOHEX (Nintendo, 1-2 players, Rated E for Everyone, 600 Wii Points): Use colored triangular panels to create a vibrant mosaic of stained glass in Art Style: ROTOHEX. As triangles fall from the top of the screen, rotate them to group six panels of the same color and create a matching hexagon, or HEX. Once the HEX has been formed, it will disappear, allowing the existing panels to shift and more panels to fill the playing field. A clear-cut goal and two different styles of intuitive controls allow you to focus solely on the game play-which is vital, as the playing field will be full of panels before you know it. With multiple modes (unlock more as you progress further in SOLO mode), special item panels at your disposal, and the ability to play cooperatively or competitively with a friend, there will always be another HEX to create.
Virtual Console
Earthworm
Jim (Sega Genesis, 1 player, Rated E for Everyone - Animated
Violence, 800 Wii Points): Jim was an ordinary earthworm who did very
earthworm-like things, such as flee from crows and eat dirt. One day,
during an outer space fight, a suit drops to Earth and falls around Jim.
It mutates him into a large and intelligent (at least by earthworm
standards) superhero. Play as Jim in this Sega Genesis classic. When Jim
learns of the evil plans of Psy-Crow and Queen Slug-for-a-Butt, he
decides to rescue Princess What's-Her-Name. Run, gun, swing on hooks by
your head and launch cows at the interesting characters you meet along
the way, such as Major Mucus, Chuck and Fifi, Evil the Cat, and Bob the
Killer Goldfish.
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