NintendoWare Weekly: Sonic 4, Ivy the Kiwi Mini

It's sort of a Yuji Naka day on the Wii and DSi shops today, with Naka's old game series (Sonic the Hedgehog) receiving a new entry WiiWare, and his latest series (Ivy the Kiwi?) marching onto DSiWare.

Also on DSiWare this week: games about protecting the world as a superhero, and protecting information as a data-gathering robot. Sonic is also joined on WiiWare by a trio of jumping sports.

Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1 (WiiWare) (10/11/10)

WiiWare

Sonic The Hedgehog 4: Episode 1 (Sega, 1 player, 1,500 Wii Points): Sonic is back! Do you dare give his new game a spin?
Triple Jumping Sports (The Code Monkeys, 1-2 players, 500 Wii Points): That's three different jumping sports -- not the triple jump.

DSiWare

Ivy the Kiwi? Mini (XSEED, 1 player, 500 DSi Points): A scaled-down version of the retail game, with 50 levels of vine-drawing, bird-protecting action.
Datamine (Enjoy Gaming, 1 player, 500 DSi Points): Control a robot to shoot beams at "data bubbles," in order to prevent the loss of all of humanity's recorded data.
G.G. Series Super Hero Ogre (Genterprise, 1 player, 200 DSi Points): Defeat enemies with charged-up attacks in this superhero-themed brawler.

Reader Comments (13)

$15...ugh that's just too much methinks.

I'm glad they decided to make Ivy the Kiwi? Mini. Can't find the game ANYWHERE here. And that will surely boost those depressing sales.
Will download in an hour or so.

I think I'll hunt down a bunch of wires and reconnect my 360 for the Sonic 4 demo. To be honest, like Sonic Unleashed from way back, I have a feeling that everything I want to do will be achievable within the demo.

If I were to be sated, would that make it a "bad" demo? I don't know.

Not got high hopes for this, regardless.

I have the iPhone version and I have to say it is very similar to the version they showed at E3.I am not sure if the price cost 15 dollar due to the update and graphics it has.But 10 dollar would have been much better.

$15 for what essentially amounts to 1/3rd or 1/4th of a game?

Actually sounds about right ($50-$60 for the full thing in a collection), if it weren't for the fact that some WiiWare games have a full game's worth of content in 'em for the same price (and then if you compare $15 for this to $6 for Sonic 1, 2, or 3, or Sonic and Knuckles? Then Sega'll be screwed)

Can't wait to get my hands on Sonic 4!

Just bought sonic 4 a sec. ago. No one disturb me.

Don't tell me. Green Hill Zone in this screenshot?

Just play Sonic 2!

@danomak
But Green Hill Zone is in the first Sonic game...

@Neter eep, bad on me. Emerald Hill Zone. Still, it looks way too similar to that level. I know there's always a green happy pretty level for Sonic games, but it looks way too close in structure and enemy lineup.

@danomak
Sonic 1: Green Hill Zone
Sonic 2: Emerald Hill Zone
Sonic & Knuckles: Mushroom Hill Zone
Sonic Advance: Neo Green Hill Zone
Sonic Advance 3: Sunset Hill Zone
Sonic 4: Splash Hill Zone

Does a new "Hill Zone" based on Green Hill Zone really surprise you?

@Nolan North I'm hoping Sonic 5 has a Hank Hill Zone.

@Nolan North no, I expect a garden themed zone as level one of a Sonic game, not surprised at all. I just want it to look new and not exactly like Emerald Hill Zone.

Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1

NintendoWare Weekly: Sonic 4, Ivy the Kiwi Mini

Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1 (WiiWare) (10/11/10)

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