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NintendoWare Weekly: Art Style: Rotozoa, Bearsworth Manor

JC Fletcher — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:20:00 EST

Filed under: Weird But True, Opinions, New In Pop Culture

Nintendo follows up a thrilling E3 with something that it didn't mention much at the show: WiiWare and DSiWare. A new Art Style game leads the offerings on WiiWare, joined by two of Square Enix's weirdest games in recent memory -- two games about tossing paper bears underhand.

Read more about these games, along with a wide selection of new DSiWare games, after the break. We don't have anything illuminating to say about this week's Virtual Console selection, because there is none.

Gallery: Art Style: Rotozoa (WiiWare)

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NintendoWare Weekly: Art Style Light Trax, Viral Survival, Metal Torrent

JC Fletcher — Mon, 24 May 2010 09:45:00 EST

There hasn't been a new Art Style game on WiiWare since October 2008 -- they've all gone to DSiWare since that platform launched. Today, the series returns to Wii, in much the same way as it started: with a fancy update to a GBA Bit Generations game. It's accompanied by a compelling, odd-looking game from NIS America.

Meanwhile, DSiWare has poker, a vertical shmup, a puzzle game about racing, and a hidden object game about historical crime. See all the new downloads after the break.

Gallery: Art Style: light trax (WiiWare)

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WiiWare First Look: Art Style series Light Trax, Rotozoa

Randy Nelson — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 09:30:00 EST

Nintendo's house brand of "minimalistic mechanics" downloadables, the Art Style series, is growing its ranks with two new titles: Art Style: light trax and Art Style: Rotozoa, both for WiiWare. The games were present (and looking close to finished) at the Big N's media gathering in San Francisco, and I took both for a spin -- quite literally in one case. Catch my thoughts after the break.

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WiiWare screens and trailers from Nintendo Media Summit

JC Fletcher — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:15:00 EST

Nintendo had a few awesome new WiiWare announcements at its Nintendo Media Summit, most notably, Cave Story! Most notably in the field of games we didn't know about, new Art Style games! The series hasn't been on Wii since the DSi came out, but now we've got Light Trax (a Wii version of the original bit Generations game Dotstream) and Rotozoa (a game about multi-tentacled organisms absorbing creatures of the same color) to look forward to this spring.

Check out the trailer for Light Trax above, and see a trailer for Rotozoa, as well as screens of Max and the Magic Marker, WiiWare's WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase, Rage of the Gladiator, And Yet It Moves, Super Meat Boy, and Cave Story after the break. Oh, man, Cave Story!

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NintendoWare Weekly: WiiWare demos, Pokemon Rumble, Indiana Jones' Greatest Adventures

David Hinkle — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:30:00 EST

This week, we get our first taste of Nintendo's new WiiWare demos. Surprisingly, it didn't take Nintendo that long to flip the switch for North America, considering the company revealed the long-overdue feature -- and day-one annoyance -- only earlier this month. And on top of the free trial versions of select WiiWare titles (five total this week!), there are also two new Virtual Console titles to enjoy, as well as three new DSiWare games. Hit the break for the full list.

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NintendoWare Weekly: Overturn, Sexy Poker, Tecmo Bowl

David Hinkle — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:30:00 EST

This week is a special one for Nintendo fans. Not only do we finally see an end to the Virtual Console drought, but we also get fighting robots and a new Art Style game. Oh, and then there's Sexy Poker, Gameloft's odd strip poker game for WiiWare. We guess the company never heard of Google image search?

Gallery: Overturn

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NintendoWare Weekly: NEVES Plus brings Art Style to SimEarth

David Hinkle — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:00:00 EST

This week's star of the show is undoubtedly WiiWare, which receives the very rare "three-title-update." Playing second and third fiddle are DSiWare and the Virtual Console, which both get the usual one new title. So, without further ado, let's check out what's available to download this week across Nintendo platforms in the latest NintendoWare Weekly.

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VC Friday: A 'sleeper' Art Style game

JC Fletcher — Fri, 29 May 2009 13:05:00 EST

This week, another new DSiWare Art Style game appears on the PAL DSi Shop -- one that was overlooked upon its Japanese release, due mostly to the fact that it was released at the same time as the much more eye-catching PiCOPiCT. Somnium has been renamed NEMREM for Europe -- still sleep-themed, but ... weirder.

On the Wii side, the arcade version of Space Harrier is now available on Virtual Console and the "arcade" fishing game Fish 'em All has been added to WiiWare.

Virtual Console:

Space Harrier (Arcade, 1 player, 800 Wii Points)

WiiWare:

Fish 'em All (1-2 players, 800 Wii Points)

DSiWare:

Art Style: NEMREM (1 player, 500 DSi Points)

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NintendoWare Weekly: Majora's Mask (and stuff that isn't Majora's Mask)

David Hinkle — Mon, 18 May 2009 12:01:00 EST

This week, NintendoWare Weekly brings us the second-most requested title for the Virtual Console: Majora's Mask. With its arrival today, that can only mean one thing: Earthbound is next! When is "next?" Well, yeah, that might be a problem ...

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VC/WiiWare Tuesday: Contra and more

JC Fletcher — Tue, 12 May 2009 11:15:00 EST

Today's Virtual Console and WiiWare offerings in Japan are shockingly good. So good that if a release week like this happened outside of Japan even once every six months or so, nobody would complain about Nintendo's downloads. Even if we ignore the three WiiWare games that are already out in North America, it's wall-to-wall quality.

Well, we're kind of assuming that Contra Rebirth is quality. Even if it's terrible, we know we're in for a $10 download of an original Contra game when it shows up here. We know that the WiiWare Art Style games are fantastic, because we've been playing them since last year.

On Virtual Console, the PC Engine CD-ROM version of SimEarth and the arcade release of the brutal Tower of Druaga pale before Downtown Special, a Japan-only sequel to River City Ransom starring Kunio and friends as samurai.

Virtual Console:

Downtown Special: Kunio-kun no Jidaigeki Dayo Zenin Shuugo (Famicom, 1-2 players, 500 Wii Points)
SimEarth (PC Engine, 1 player, 800 Wii Points)
The Tower of Druaga (Arcade, 1-2 players, 800 Wii Points)

WiiWare:

Art Style: CUBELEO (1 player, 600 Wii Points)
Art Style: DIALHEX (1-2 players, 600 Wii Points)
Art Style: ORBITAL (1 player, 600 Wii Points)
Contra Rebirth (1-2 players, 1,000 Wii Points)

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VC Friday: Majora's Mask, DSiWare available in Europe right now

JC Fletcher — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 12:15:00 EST

This is probably the best day for downloads on Nintendo consoles in years. If you got a DSi today, you've probably already begun perusing the new DSi Shop and downloading some DSiWare, including the two Art Style games available! But even if you didn't get a DSi, you'll probably be happy with the downloadable selection this week. Well, that is, if you didn't get a DSi and you have a Wii. If you've got neither, this might just irritate you.

The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask has arrived! And we don't even have to make any disclaimers about making sure you have space to download it.

The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask -- N64-- 1,000 Points
Art Style: AQUITE -- DSiWare -- 500 Points
Art Style: CODE -- DSiWare -- 500 Points
Birds & Beans -- DSiWare -- 200 Points
DSi Browser -- DSiWare -- free!
Paper Plane -- DSiWare -- 200 Points
WarioWare Snapped! -- DSiWare -- 500 Points

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Nintendo reveals early DSi Shop titles

David Hinkle — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:05:00 EST

With the release of the Nintendo DSi mere days away, we imagine many folks have chewed their fingernails right to the bone. Here at the office, we're mostly concerned with the DSi Shop and how we're going to spend those free 1,000 Points. Thanks to Eurogamer, we know of at least three new games that will be available in Europe and (hopefully) North America, adding to the games we already know about.

The first title is from the Art Style series of games, called Art Style: Code. The game released in Japan under Art Style: DECODE and is a puzzle game that tasks players with correctly organizing a series of numbers. Next is Pyoro (Bird and Bean), a game where you catch fruit falling from a tree with Pyoro's long tongue. The other new game is Paper Plane, where players must successfully guide a paper airplane through a series of mazes.

Sadly, a price or US release date has not been mentioned for any of these titles, but the fact that they're leaving Japan is a very good sign for the future of DSiWare in the US.

Gallery: Art Style Decode

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Australia's DSiWare launch lineup

JC Fletcher — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:05:00 EST

The Nintendo DSi has officially launched in Australia, and with it, the DSiWare service! Six downloads are already available, including, of course, the free web browser. This may be a hint as to upcoming content in other regions' DSi Shops, but it's definitely a hint that awesome times have started for Australian DSi owners. We wish we could be playing WarioWare:Snapped! right now! We've linked to Nintendo of Japan's site for each game so you can see screens and video.

DSi Browser (free)
Pyoro (200 Nintendo Points)
Paper Plane (200 Nintendo Points)
WarioWare: Snapped! (500 Nintendo Points)
Art Style: Aquite (500 Nintendo Points)
Art Style: D-Code (500 Nintendo Points)

Not invited to GDC 2009? Don't worry -- we've got you covered on your DSi needs. Check out our unboxing of a Japanese system for a hands-on rundown of features, and have a look at the awesome DSiWare downloads that have come to Japan. Then torture yourself with the limited-edition FFCC: Echoes of Time DSi that probably won't make it here!

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GDC09: Nintendo confirms DSiWare titles for US

David Hinkle — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:45:00 EST

Tucked away in a press release that Nintendo dished out following Satoru Iwata's GDC09 keynote earlier today, was confirmation that certain Japanese DSiWare titles would be making their way out of the Land of the Rising Fun. But that's not all, as Nintendo also revealed that Japan's pricing structure will also make its way over here, with apps and games falling into the following price brackets: free, 200 points, 500 points, and 800+ points.

Art Style: Aquia and WarioWare: Snapped! are among the first titles mentioned for the US DSi Shop, along with Moving Memo (tentative titlel). A date for these titles has not been set, but we're hoping they'll be available around the launch of the DSi in North America on April 5.

Gallery: GDC09: DSi Screens

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DSiWare Master of Illusion, Brain Age, Art Style rated by OFLC

JC Fletcher — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:00:00 EST

While we can't be sure what the launch lineup for the DSiWare shop outside of Japan will look like, we can guess that the Australian shop will feature at least one of these games, thanks to OFLC ratings:

Master of Illusion Express: Shuffle Games
Master of Illusion Express: Funny Face
Master of Illusion Express: Deep Psyche
A Little Bit Of ... Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training: Maths Edition
D-Code (probably Art Style: Decode)

The standard ratings board disclaimer applies: we don't know when these will be out, or if this release implies other regions. But if you wanted to know if Nintendo planned to localize any of its Japanese DSiWare lineup, here is evidence that yes, it is.

Also found on the OFLC: The WiiWare version of Rainbow Islands (yay!) and Adventure Island: The Beginning. Also, Karate Phants.

Gallery: Art Style Decode

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Two new Art Style games lead Japan's February DSiWare lineup

JC Fletcher — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 14:00:00 EST

Nintendo has announced its monthly DSiWare update for February, including eight programs in all -- five of which are actually games! Fans of downloadable Nintendo games will be most excited to see the Art Style series continuing with Art Style: Nalaku and Art Style: Hacolife. But there's also unexpected innovation in one of the most mundane titles available! Not to mention the first third-party DSiWare game.

Here's the rundown on each title:

Nintendo DSi Calculator (200 Points) A simple calculator app, which is sold separately in Famicom Mario style and Animal Crossing style.
Nagameru Dake de Kashikoku Nareru! Mojipittan Shiritori Tokei (200 Points): The title translates to "You can become wiser just by looking! Shiritori Clock." Shiritori is a Japanese game about spelling a new word from the final character of a previous word. This clock app puts a constant scrolling display of words and their definitions on the top screen, along with adorable Mojipittan characters.
Art Style: Nalaku (500 Points) A puzzle game about guiding a little character around structures made of cubes, and painting the surfaces by contacting them. Sort of like Q-Bert, but with moving stages in which blocks fall out of and drop into the stage.
Art Style: Hacolife (500 Points) Literally "Box Life," this game involves taking groups of six contiguous squares from flat levels and folding them into cubes. It also manages to be super cute.
Chotto Asobi Taizen: Onajimi Table (500 Points): A selection of games from Clubhouse Games including reversi, hasami shogi, go, shogi, and hanafuda.
Chotto Bungaku Zenshu: Sekai no Bungaku 20 (500 Points): A selection of 25 books in the style of the Japanese version of the 100 Classic Book Collection. This pack includes 20 translated versions of foreign works, and five Japanese books. Reading is fundamental!
Ide Yousuke's Kenkou Mahjong (800 Points): What is in one way one of the most boring releases this month (it's a mahjong game!) is also one of the most exciting: this mahjong game features cross-platform online play with the WiiWare version of the same game.
Sakutto Hamareru Horihori Action Mr. Driller (800 Points): This downloadable version of Namco's puzzle franchise features the Mission Mode, Time Attack Mode, and Dristone mode from the DS launch title Mr. Driller: Drill Spirits.

All of these games will be available Wednesday, February 25 on the Japanese DSi Shop.

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Eight new DSiWare games hit Japan this week

JC Fletcher — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 03:54:00 EST

Filed under: News, Imports

Silently, so as not to disturb anyone, Nintendo has added eight new DSiWare games to their Japanese website, all of which come out on the 28th! As in two days from now. The games include:

Solitaire DSi (200 Points)
Nintendo DSi Tokei, a clock app that can display photos (200 Points)
Hobonichi Rozenzu, a travel guide to Japan (500 Points)
Art Style: PiCOPiCT, a chiptunes puzzle game! (500 Points)
Art Style: SOMNIUM, a puzzle game about sliding rows of slots to match up with same-colored spheres (example screens here) (500 Points)
Chotto Panel de Pon, a mini version of Planet Puzzle League (500 Points)
Chotto Suujin Taisen, a Japanese board game (500 Points)
Chotto Asobi Taizen: Jikkuri Trump, a card game (500 Points)

If you have a Japanese DSi, we are officially totally jealous. Think of us while you're totally not appreciating Art Style: PiCOPiCT as much as we would be. It's clearly the standout of the group, featuring new arrangements of 8-bit Nintendo classics by chiptune superstars YMCK!

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VC Friday: Gooey goodness

Chris Greenhough — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 08:56:00 EST

Filed under: News, WiiWare

Save the best 'til last, as ... somebody ... probably once said, and that's exactly what Nintendo has done for the PAL WiiWare service. On the last "WiiWare Friday" of 2008, World of Goo leads a pack of four games. It is quite possibly the most wizard WiiWare release of 2008, and if you wish to know why, head here. Then go and buy it, and make 2D Boy the million bucks they so richly deserve.

That's not to say you have to ignore the rest. Art Style: Orbient is an excellent little puzzler, Niki - Rock'n' Ball is an unknown quantity until somebody braver than us downloads it, and Sudoku Challenge! -- okay, you probably should ignore Sudoku Challenge!.

World of Goo -- WiiWare -- 1500 Wii Points
Sudoku Challenge! -- WiiWare -- 500 Wii Points
Niki - Rock 'n' Ball -- WiiWare -- 500 Wii Points
Art Style: Orbient -- WiiWare -- 600 Wii Points

Build a gooey bridge past the jump for footage of all four.

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Wii Warm Up: Your style

JC Fletcher — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 08:00:00 EST

Filed under: Wii Warm Up

Nintendo announced three Art Style games at once for Europe, treating them as a set. Statements made by developer Skip also indicate that there may not be more Art Style for a while. Nintendo may have already proved us wrong this morning -- as of the time of writing, they haven't announced the releases yet.

But we'll discuss these three now anyway, since some of us have had plenty of time to play some or all of them. Which has become more of a staple in your gaming life? The chilled-out Orbient? The brand new, slightly action-oriented Cubello? The intensely frustrating Rotohex?

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VC Friday: Strong Bad, Cubello, cooking, billiards

Chris Greenhough — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:57:00 EST

Filed under: News, WiiWare

Four new WiiWare titles came down the tubes in Europe and Australia today, and the selection couldn't be more diverse. Art Style: Cubello and Strong Bad Episode 3: Baddest of the Bands you'll already know about, but CueSports and Yummy Yummy Cooking Jam are more mysterious beasts. The former looks promising, the latter, er, not particularly great, according to the few reviews that are about.

Art Style: Cubello -- WiiWare -- 600 Wii Points
CueSports -- Snooker vs. Billiards -- WiiWare -- 800 Wii Points
Strong Bad Episode 3: Baddest of the Bands -- WiiWare -- 1000 Wii Points
Yummy Yummy Cooking Jam -- WiiWare -- 1000 Wii Points

Footage of all these is past! The! Break!

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Nintendo confirms Art Style games for Europe

Chris Greenhough — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:10:00 EST

Filed under: News, WiiWare

Though we always expected this, Nintendo has confirmed that it will bring the stylish Art Style games to Europe's (and, we assume, Australia's) WiiWare service from November 21st.

Art Style: Rotohex, Art Style: Cubello, and Art Style: Orbient are a trio of minimalist puzzle games, two of which are remakes of Bit Generations games from the GBA, and all of which we loved. Disaster: Day of Crisis, Space Invaders Get Even!, and now this? Whisper it, but it's beginning to feel like Europe actually exists in Nintendo's thoughts these days.

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Wii Warm Up: bit Regenerations

JC Fletcher — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 08:00:00 EST

Filed under: Wii Warm Up

Two of the three Art Style games out on WiiWare are remakes of Game Boy Advance bit Generations games (possibly more; at the time this post is being written, today's games have yet to be announced, so forgive us if we neglect a fourth Art Style). The GBA games were characterized by simple gameplay and even simpler graphical styles. The Wii versions have redone graphics, but the gameplay is pretty much the same as ever.

For those of you familiar with the bit Generations games, have the Wii remakes been satisfying? Do you consider them good representations of the original? If you're not familiar with bit Gen, do you like the Art Style games? Can you tell them apart from other WiiWare puzzle games?

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New Art Style, WarioWare on DSiWare shop starting December, plus first look at Made in Ore

JC Fletcher — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:00:00 EST

Filed under: News, Screens

Nintendo buried some awesome news in the slides for their financial briefing today. With just one day until the Japanese launch of the DSi, we finally get a brief look at some upcoming downloadable DSiWare software.

Nintendo plans to release six Art Style puzzle games on the service, for 500 points each. Of the four games shown in screens, all are brand new. One features a flat surface being folded into cubes, one looks like sort of a flat Rubik's Cube, one features a little guy walking around and specifying where to drop cubes, and one features three columns of colored blocks that the player shifts around.

A brand new WarioWare will be available from the shop at launch for 500 Points. Utsusu! Made in Wario (Take a Picture! Made in Wario, basically) uses the camera to involve your pictures (and your live motions!) in microgames.

In addition to Utsutsu!, minigames from previous WarioWare titles, like Paper Plane, will be available as separate downloads from the DSi Shop for 200 Points each. Also on the way: a Japanese train line map and guide software.

It's not a DSiWare game, but Iwata also showed off a bit of Made in Ore, (at about 44 minutes), which is a full-on WarioWare microgame creation utility! You can draw sprites, create music, and even design the logic of the in-game elements, saving your microgames to virtual Famicom cartridges. There will even be a WiiWare game, Asobu! Made in Ore (Play! Made in Me), that allows you to upload your games to the Wii and play them with friends! Allow us to be absolutely clear: this is the greatest event in human history.

To see the DSiWare stuff, scroll to the "DSiWare" slide (using the second button) and start the video (third button) to look at the footage for yourself, or head to Vooks for a series of screen captures!

[Via NeoGAF]

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Wii Fanboy Review: Art Style: Rotohex

JC Fletcher — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:45:00 EST

Filed under: Reviews, WiiWare

When I first played Rotohex, I understood on a basic level how I was supposed to play the game, but I couldn't imagine a distant future in which I could play the game. I could not make my mind process the act of rotating triangles to create same-colored hexagons. I think it's the hexagons -- whatever it is, it felt a lot more mentally taxing than most puzzle games, and I failed within a few minutes on my first try.

Then, during subsequent attempts, I began to experience a bit more success. I started instinctively knowing how to position blocks, without consciously knowing what was happening. The world outside of my TV dropped away and I entered a prolonged Rotohex fugue state until the rush of falling triangles overwhelmed me and, half an hour later or so, I was dumped back into reality.

To me, that combination of total focus and trancelike hypnotism is the ideal result of a good falling-block puzzle game. You sort of forget about the world, and you even forget to think about what you're doing, and things just happen on the screen as your dinner gets cold.

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What is Art Style: ROTOHEX?

David Hinkle — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:40:00 EST

Filed under: Video, WiiWare

Nintendo has been making a habit of releasing these Art Style games onto WiiWare, but not really giving us enough info in the announcement. First it was Orbient, then Cubello, and now, it's ROTOHEX. And, just as with those games, this one is another remake of a bit Generations title for the GBA, Dialhex. We snagged the gameplay video you see above from the Nintendo Channel to give you all a glimpse at what to expect in the game.

Now that you've seen it, think you will be downloading it?

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Strong Bad joins Art Style: ROTOHEX on WiiWare

Ross Miller — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 10:30:00 EST

Filed under: Nintendo Wii, Adventure

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Whoa, ch-check out this week's WiiWare selections. No, really, check them out.

Strong Bad Episode 3: Baddest of the Bands (Telltale Games, 1 player, 1,000 Wii Points): If you've played the previous Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People episodes, this is a no-brainer. If not, you're probably better off starting at episode one.
Art Style: ROTOHEX (Nintendo, 1-2 players, 600 Wii Points): Another entrant from the Japanese bit generations collection. Formerly known as DIALHEX, the game is essentially a stripped-down version of Hexic.

Gallery: Strong Bad Episode 3

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Wii Fanboy Review: Art Style: Cubello

JC Fletcher — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:25:00 EST

Filed under: Reviews

Okay, so WiiWare is overrun with puzzle games. The download service is really the perfect venue for simplistic, single-screen games such as falling block puzzlers, and developers know that. The hardest part is coming up with the concept for the game, and then the work can be done on a small budget. For that matter, Nintendo hasn't even had to worry about coming up with new concepts -- they've got plenty of puzzle games in their past to remake.

It's a surprise, then, that Nintendo and developer Skip have introduced a brand new game in the Art Style series after only one remake. Cubello is a bit more of a traditional game than Orbient, but it's still worthy of the Art Style moniker -- and the interest of WiiWare puzzle fans.

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What is Art Style: Cubello?

David Hinkle — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:30:00 EST

Filed under: Video, WiiWare

We're glad Nintendo is supporting WiiWare with these awesome Art Style games, but it's not like they give us much to go on when they announce these titles on Monday morning. How are we to know what the game is like so we can decide if we want to purchase or not? Well, thankfully we've got a nice little video above showing us exactly what to expect. At the small price of 600 Points, we're thinking the Cubello is worth checking out.

Stay tuned for our review of the game, which we'll be sure to post as soon as we can.

What is Art Style: Cubello? originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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World of Goo gets Art Style: CUBELLO all sticky on WiiWare

Ross Miller — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 11:00:00 EST

Filed under: Nintendo Wii, Action

We don't have much to say about this week's WiiWare release of World of Goo (2D Boy, 1-4 players, 1,500 Wii Points) because, quite frankly, it might actually be good. While great for Wii owners, it makes the weekly announcement post quite boring.

We have even less to say about this week's other WiiWare offering Art Style: CUBELLO (Nintendo, 1 player, 600 Wii Points) since, much like last month's Art Style: ORBIENT, there's virtually nothing on the internet about it that we can find. From the official description, it sounds like Cubello might be a remake of the bit Generations title Coloris. Is this and Goo enough of an incentive to finally give Mega Man 9 a break?

Gallery: World of Goo

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Mega Man 3, potential new Art Style games rated in Australia

JC Fletcher — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:42:00 EST

Filed under: News, Virtual Console, Imports, WiiWare

Two more games presumed to be Art Style remakes of bit Generations games showed up on the OFLC database: Rotohex and Cubello. Rotohex was the original name for Dialhex, a puzzle game involving rotating triangles to form same-colored hexagons, back when the series was known as Digitylish. The GBA game even received an ESRB rating under that name. Cubello is probably Coloris, a game about matching colored blocks by shifting their colors along the visible spectrum. Unless it isn't an Art Style game.

Mega Man 3 needs no introduction. It's the NES game that most closely vies with Mega Man 2 for the title of "Most Beloved Mega Man game," the one that introduced Rush, sliding, and the least menacingly Robot Master ever, Top Man. He attacks with the power of tops!

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Mega Man 3, potential new Art Style games rated in Australia originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:42:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Wii Fanboy Review: Orbient

JC Fletcher — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:25:00 EST

Filed under: Reviews

In 2006, Nintendo and developers Skip and Q-Games released a series of Game Boy Advance games in Japan called "bit Generations." These lower-costs GBA games emphasized simplistic gameplay and minimalist, abstract graphics. They were very cool. But Nintendo of America, for some reason, decided not to release graphically simplistic Game Boy Advance games two years after the release of the DS.

Now, however, Nintendo has a system for which tiny, simple games make financial sense, and out of nowhere they've resurrected bit Generations as "Art Style." The first game to be remade is Orbital, which, if they had to give one game a visual upgrade, is the best choice. As it turns out, Orbital (or Orbient, as it's now called) is still cool in 3D, and it's still shockingly original even if it is a remake.

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Wii Fanboy Review: Orbient originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Wii Warm Up: WiiWare revival

David Hinkle — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:00:00 EST

Filed under: Wii Warm Up

The release of Art Style: Orbient yesterday got us thinking about WiiWare and how it's a great means to deliver gaming content that may otherwise not be able to reach us. The Virtual Console gets the occasional import game and Nintendo can even deliver remakes of titles that were previously Japan-only. So, what would you like to see release on the service next?

Is there a Flash game or a title that is only available in a certain region you'd like to see hit WiiWare? What would be a dream title you'd like remade for WiiWare?

Wii Warm Up: WiiWare revival originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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What is Art Style: Orbient? Watch and find out

David Hinkle — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:33:00 EST

Filed under: Video, WiiWare

The Nintendo Channel updated with fresh videos today, most important of which is a gameplay video showing off Nintendo's new WiiWare title, Art Style: Orbient. Our own JC noted that the title looked a lot like Orbital, a Bit Generations game for the GBA. Sure enough, it is!

Head past the break for some gameplay footage of Nintendo's new game.

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What is Art Style: Orbient? Watch and find out originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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