Tales of Monkey Island – Launch of the Screaming Narwhal (WiiWare) Review
Avast! It's been nearly nine years since Guybrush Threepwood Mighty PirateTM and the Monkey Island series has been seen- the video game arena has changed since 2000’s Escape from Monkey Island was released and the world needs more adventur...
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July 7, 2009
WiiWare catalogue hits 100 (in America)
With the North American release of Bit.Trip Core, Bust a Move Plus, and Heracles Chariot Racing this week, WiiWare will have reached over 100 titles available for download The landmark figure was met today in America, almost 14 months since the servic...
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July 6, 2009
World of Goo on WiiWare accounts for 60% of total revenue
2D Boys obscure, mind-bending physics puzzle game has made more money on WiiWare than its PC counterpart Developed by a core team of only two guys- Kyle Gabler and Ron Carmel, the indie project was a big gamble for the two former EA developers, who ri...
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July 1, 2009
FFCC: My Life as a Dark Lord microtransactions set to empty your wallet
Square Enixs WiiWare sequel to My Life as a King will again offer a range of wallet-draining DLC for you to pimp out your characters At 1200 Nintendo points, the complete range of DLC out-prices the cost of the actual game of 1000 points. The content ...
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June 30, 2009
Secret of Monkey Island to WiiWare after all?
The WiiWare service is getting the new games, but could the remake of the first be coming too? Telltale is bringing the all new Monkey Island games to WiiWare, but the remake of the original so far is only slated for the Xbox 360 and PC – but th...
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June 25, 2009
Icarian: Kindred Spirits gets a last minute name change
Over The Top Games WiiWare platformer will drop the Icarian and now be known as NyxQuest: Kindred Spirits Already out in Australia and other PAL territories, the WiiWare-only platformer has had to drop the ‘Icarian’ for legal reasons. Assu...
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June 21, 2009
WiiWare: Cave Story port almost ready
The collaboration between developers Studio Pixel and Nicalis on bringing the 2004 PC freeware adventure Cave Story to WiiWare is almost complete Porting of the platform adventure was no simple endeavour, with the entire suite of 2D sprites and enviro...
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June 18, 2009
Nintendo Download Update for June 19th
Nintendo strangely lets us know whats coming for tomorrows updates across WiiWare and DSiWare Sorry Virtual console fans no update for you this week, but don’t let that disuade you as there is one DSi Ware title, and possibly four updates schedu...
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June 16, 2009
Interview: All about Furry Legends from Gamelion
We speak to the producer of the upcoming WiiWare title Furry Legends from Polish studio Gamelion What they say: Furry Legends is a platformer, set in a distant, fantasy world. A lush and vibrant world inhabited by two major life forms – Squaries...
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June 5, 2009
New Pokmon game heading to WiiWare
Pokmon Scramble is set to get Pokmon Battling each other in a whole new way Hitting the Japanese WiiWare service in just a mere two weeks is Pokémon Scramble, from what we can tell it’s the equivalent of a Pokémon Hack and Slash. H...
