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European Nintendo downloads: Excitebike World Challenge, Final Fight 3

JC Fletcher — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:05:00 EST

Excitebike World Rally, having just been released in Japan this week, is now available in Europe, ready to delight players with online, tilt-controlled classic motorcycle racing. Final Fight 3 is also out in Europe this week, with classic dude-punching. We're starting to wonder -- is the worldwide Virtual Console release of Final Fight 3 some kind of abstract promotion for Super Street Fighter IV, which features characters and locales that originated in the Final Fight series? Or is it the Wii's equivalent of Final Fight Double Impact?

Final Fight 3 (Virtual Console: SNES, 1-2 players, 800 Wii Points)
"Aha! I Found It!" Hidden Object Game (WiiWare, 1-4 players, 500 Wii Points)
Excitebike World Challenge (WiiWare, 1-4 players, 1,000 Wii Points)
Snakenoid (DSiWare, 1 player, 500 DSi Points)

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Japanese Nintendo downloads: Excitebike, Reversal Shooting

JC Fletcher — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:16:00 EST

Japanese gamers get to experience the joy of Excitebike with a different camera angle and online play today, with the release of Excitebike World Rally (as "Excitebike World Race"). It's a pretty faithful adaptation of the original, something that can't be said for Tecmo's Are? DS ga Sakasa Desu Kedo: Gyaku Shooting, a shooter with elements of its own Star Force, but played from the other side -- and with the DS upside down. Using the DS's touch screen, players control the enemies firing downward at what is usually the player ship. DS ga Sakasa Desu Kedo: Sakasa Drops takes the same approach and applies it to a falling-block puzzle game. Check out a trailer for Shooting after the break.

Quarth (MSX, 1-2 players, 800 Wii Points)
Contra (MSX, 1-2 players, 800 Wii Points)
Excitebike World Race (WiiWare, 1-4 players, 1,000 Wii Points)
Are? DS ga Sakasa Desu Kedo: Gyaku Shooting (DSiWare, 1 player, 200 DSi Points)
Are? DS ga Sakasa Desu Kedo: Sakasa Drops (DSiWare, 1 player, 200 DSi Points)
Artist ni Narou! Minna no Nurikai Museum Hen (DSiWare, 1-2 players, 500 DSi Points)
Hobonichi Rosenzu 2010 (DSiWare, 1 player, 500 DSi Points)
Renjuku Kanji: Shougaku Sannensei (DSiWare, 1 player, 500 DSi Points)

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Best of the Rest: Randy's Picks of 2009

Randy Nelson — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 17:30:00 EST

Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes
If I had my way ... well, a lot of things would be different. When it came to video games, I'd make sure that everyone -- whether they own a Nintendo DS or not -- had a chance to play Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes. Now, I know, Might and Magic? Isn't that some long-dead RPG franchise that's probably best left in the ground? Well, yes -- but Clash of Heroes is about as far from any of the other games in the series as you can get. At its core, it's a puzzle game -- a combat puzzle game -- developed by Capybara, the same team behind PSN's wonderful Critter Crunch. Take that game's core mechanic, add a load of clever new ones and build a story-driven experience around it and you have one of the finest (not to mention most addicting) DS games ever.

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NintendoWare Weekly: Excitebike World Rally, Electroplankton, Cybernoid, and more

JC Fletcher — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:00:00 EST

It's a very exciting day for Nintendo downloads, thanks to one very thrilling two-wheeler. But Excitebike World Rally is far from the only offering this week. In fact, there are multiple games available for WiiWare, Virtual Console, and DSiWare, which seems like a rare feat for Nintendo of America. Head past the break to see if any of the other new games excite you.

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Yes, Excitebike World Rally has some motion control

JC Fletcher — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:16:00 EST

Wait! Come back! The motion controls sound okay! We know that you're already groaning about the potential ruin of an NES classic with unwarranted waggle, but according to 1UP's preview of Excitebike: World Rally, the limited Wiimote motion sensing added to the traditional Excitebike control scheme actually improves the game.

You still move with the D-pad and accelerate with a button, but you can now tilt the Wiimote to lean your rider and "affect the pitch of your bike." "Jumping was always the trickiest part of Excitebike," 1UP's Jeremy Parish notes, "and the analog smoothness of the motion controls makes it intuitive -- it became second nature before the end of the first track."

We're curious enough about this sensible-sounding innovation that we'll delay throwing our controllers down in disgust. For now.

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This Week on the Nintendo Channel: Excitebiking to the World Rally

David Hinkle — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:15:00 EST

This week's most noteworthy item on the Nintendo Channel is undoubtedly the unveiling of Excitebike World Rally -- if you haven't had a chance to check out the brief trailer for November's WiiWare racer then, by all means, get with the clicking. If that doesn't tickle your fancy, then we suggest you check and make sure it's still breathing, because a new Excitebike is definitely a fancy tickler.

Head past the break for this week's Nintendo Channel content.

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Excitebike World Rally heats up WiiWare Nov. 9, includes online multiplayer

JC Fletcher — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:50:00 EST

Turn on your Wii and check out the Nintendo Channel right now: on the weekly "Nintendo Week" program, the hosts revealed a new WiiWare version of Excitebike, called Excitebike World Rally, due out November 9. It looks like a 2.5D version of the original Excitebike redone in polygons, with the classic track editor. But this version has online multiplayer! Take that, Vs. Excitebike.

There's also footage of Castlevania: The Adventure Rebirth! It looks fantastic. That comes pretty early in the show. The Excitebike reveal comes only after a Frag Doll appearance and a Scooby-Doo style fast-motion chase sequence. And a zombie grunting his way through a description of Zombies Ate My Neighbors.

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