NintendoWare Weekly: You, Last Ninja 2, Family Tennis and the Cubes -- Joystiq

NintendoWare Weekly: You, Last Ninja 2, Family Tennis and the Cubes

by David Hinkle { Sep 21st 2009 at 10:56AM }

Studies show that American consumers are most receptive to downloadable content at the beginning of the week. It's true! Why do you think Nintendo dumps its releases out on Mondays? It's not rocket science, people. But, we digress. Hop past the break to check out what's new this week for download on Wii and DSi.

DSiWare

Clubhouse Games Express: Strategy Pack (Nintendo, 1 - 8 players, 500 DSi Points): This stripped down version of Nintendo's handheld title features Backgammon, Field Tactics, Turncoat, Connect Five and Grid Attack. You can play by yourself or host matches for up to seven friends, Mr. Popular.
MySims Camera (Electronic Arts, 1 player, 200 DSi Points): A camera app that tosses the MySims characters into the mix, MySims Camera lets you take pictures and overlay 3D characters. You can animate the little 3D tykes, use the stylus to draw and employ the style stamp to add some flair to your snapshots.

WiiWare

You, Me and the Cubes (Nintendo, 1 - 2 players, 1,000 Wii Points): Self-proclaimed "physics-based action puzzler" You, Me and the Cubes is all about ensuring the safety of a human-like race of beings called the Fallos through a series of single player challenges and a co-operative play mode. Just, uh, don't Google "Fallos." Seriously, don't.
Family Tennis (Aksys Games, 1 - 4 players, 500 Wii Points): Daddy, Mommy, Sarah and Billy are back to battle it out for tennis superiority across three gameplay modes: Elimination Match; Free Match and Thrilling Rally. Nothing brings a family together like fierce competition, right?

Virtual Console

Last Ninja 2 (Commodore 64, 1 player, 500 Wii Points): No, it's not the sequel to that Tom Cruise movie, but instead a sequel to that one Commodore 64 game. It revolves around the Mystic Shadow Warriors, a group of skilled warriors from ninth-century feudal Japan battling the evil Shogun Kunitoki. This game actually takes place in 1988 Manhattan though.

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Storm Eagle [Resident Capcom Megafan] @ Sep 21st 2009 10:59AM

However, in a comparative study, it is discovered that American consumers are not interested in crap in their Wii DLC catalogs.

Gipionocheiyort @ Sep 21st 2009 11:14AM

That's a lie and you know it.

TwEE @ Sep 21st 2009 11:28AM

Yeah because there is no good games for download on the VC or Wiiware, riiight. Pffff.

Russ Carroll @ Sep 21st 2009 11:48AM

Did you play You, Me and the Cubes before commenting...oh wait...you commented before the games were available.

You, Me and the Cubes is Kenji Eno's return to creating games. It's different, so it may not appeal to anyone looking for yet another shooter, but for anyone who would actually like to try something original instead of paying lip service to it...here is your chance.

If you are to have an opinion on games before you actually play them the least you could do is read a little more about the games you so quickly dismissing. (http://blogs.mercurynews.com/aei/2009/09/21/kenji-enos-return-to-consoles-with-you-me-and-the-cubes-preview/)

Markez @ Sep 21st 2009 12:19PM

Without a doubt, I would agree that good WiiWare/VC titles don't appear consistently week to week on the system but I do feel there's a really strong (large) offering of quality WiiWare/VC titles on the system.

THE TIME IS NEAR @ Sep 21st 2009 11:21AM

Nintendo has a gold mine with the DSi and DSiware and they don't even come close to taking advantage of it. More card games and crap like that.

Taylor @ Sep 21st 2009 11:28AM

Nintendo has a gold mine in the regular VC and they don't take advantage of that either.

Jose42 @ Sep 21st 2009 11:36AM

How can there possibly be a sequel to Last Ninja?

MowDownJoe @ Sep 21st 2009 12:14PM

People have been asking the same thing about Final Fantasy FOR YEARS.

+SAM+ @ Sep 21st 2009 11:40AM

The president has been kidnapped by Ninjas. Are you a bad enough dude to save him?

eugaet @ Sep 21st 2009 11:47AM

Hey, Last Ninja 2! I used to play the crap out of that on the C64.

So, um...where's Karateka?

wii60dsgamer @ Sep 21st 2009 12:08PM

Cool, You, Me, and the Cubes. I read about it in the last Nintendo Power. It looked pretty good. I'm not sure enough, though, to spend $10 on it.

Nigeria: Charmy Bee DF @ Sep 21st 2009 12:09PM

How can you say "don't Google "Fallos"" and not expect us not to Google?

Is this is?

http://www.kror.dk/images/avisartikler/fallos_knejser.jpg

Over here, architecture is a wee bit more rigid.

Stevetrop @ Sep 21st 2009 12:58PM

Damn I remember playing The Last Ninja on my nes for hours on end during the weekends.

I suddenly feel a bit older thinking about that now

Eh @ Sep 21st 2009 1:41PM

Wow I remember playing LN 2 on DOS, I got it in the bargain bin at some toy store. I could never remember what it was called though. There was also another game exactly like it but about some street fighter or something, it had a strip club you could go into, I wish I knew the name to that one.