Nintendo Download Update: Islands, Pirates and Monsters Ahoy!
Virtual Console gets a snubbing this week as WiiWare snags two oceanic-inspired titles and DSiWare gets just one game
Tired of needlessly sawing off your own limbs in order to live out your most surreal fantasies of being a pirate? You can stop the self-mutilation today, as Family Pirate Party (Arc System Works, 500 points) has hit the WiiWare store. Yup, this pirate themed cel-shaded boardgame is just what self-induced scurvy sufferers nationwide have been waiting for. Roll the dice and play against three other people and see who can collect the most gold. If your pirate antics have scared all your friends and loved ones away, you’ll be able to play against the CPU, so there’s no need to put away the cutlass just yet! There’ll be a bunch of additional maps available for purchase as well.
Also sailing onto the WiiWare store is Dive: The Medes Islands Secret (Cosmonaut Games, 1000 points). It’s a diving game that will have you avoiding nasty creatures of the deep as you seek out lost treasures in sunken ships strewn across the ocean floor.
We have more incoming monster action for DSi this week as Crystal Monsters (Gameloft, 500 points) hits the DSiWare store. This new title has players seeking out and collecting monsters and training them in order to hone their skills as a Monster Breeder. Yup, zero points for originality, but there’s 160 monsters to collect, grouped together across nine different elemental types.
Virtual Console fans unfortunately get nothing. My recommendation: replay Super Metroid, ‘cause me reckons that Other M will have a release date very soon, and it’s super-fun to get hyped up for whats bound to be a great game.
