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European Nintendo downloads: Blaster Master, Zombie Panic in Wonderland, Game & Watch

JC Fletcher — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 11:45:00 EST

This week's releases largely belong to DSiWare, at least in terms of volume. Three Game & Watch simulators are joined by a downloadable version of The Price is Right, the surprise hit Faceez and Alphabounce, a Breakout clone with ... RPG elements?

But in terms of quality, the Wii has the advantage, with both the NES version of Blaster Master and Akaoni Studio's WiiWare shooting game Zombie Panic in Wonderland, which combines fairy tale characters and firing guns at zombies. The complete list of releases for the week follows:

Blaster Master (NES, 1 player, 500 Wii Points)
Zombie Panic in Wonderland (WiiWare, 1-2 players, 1000 Wii Points)
Learning with the PooYoos - Episode 2 (WiiWare, 1 player, 500 Wii Points)
Game & Watch: Helmet (DSiWare, 1 player, 200 DSi Points)
Game & Watch: Manhole (DSiWare, 1 player, 200 DSi Points)
Game & Watch: Vermin (DSiWare, 1 player, 200 DSi Points)
Faceez (DSiWare, 1 player, 200 DSi Points)
The Price is Right (DSiWare, 1-4 players, 800 DSi Points)
Alphabounce (DSiWare, 1 player, 500 DSi Points)

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Swag Sunday: Game show giveaway extravaganza! (Wii)

Ben Gilbert — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:30:00 EST

Update: Comments have been closed and winners will be contacted shortly. If you're not checking those inboxes yet, now would be a good time to start doing so!

We know we've been pushing nothing but family entertainment on you with our Swag Saturday posts for a few weeks now, and, well, this week isn't much different. We've got a prize pack full of two "2010 Edition" Nintendo Wii games that are sure to get the family together and, quite possibly, at each others throats (in a wholesome kinda way): Family Feud and The Price is Right! Hey, one of those even has the word "family" in the title!

To get your hands on the prize pack, all you have to do is leave a comment telling us what your favorite game show of all time is. We'll pick a winner at random from the entries sometime this week, so be sure to check those inboxes!

Leave a comment telling us what your favorite game show of all time is.
You must be 18 years or older and a resident of the US or Canada (excluding Quebec -- partially because of Céline Dion, mostly because of Alanis Morissette)
Limit 1 entry per person per day
This entry period ends at 10:31PM ET on Monday, November 30
At that time, we'll randomly select one winner to receive one copy of The Price is Right for Nintendo Wii ($40 ARV) and one copy of Family Feud for Nintendo Wii ($40 ARV).
For a list of complete rules, click here

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No Whiimies! Ubisoft bringing Press Your Luck, Family Feud

Justin McElroy — Sun, 31 May 2009 19:00:00 EST

We'll forever remember the moment we saw John O' Hurley crush Richard Karn's windpipe, the finishing move in the back alley street fight that decided the next rung of the Family Feud host lineage. A moment like that begs for a video game adaptation, but we doubt that's what we'll be getting when Ubisoft brings the beloved game show, along with Press Your Luck and The Price Is Right to Wii, DS and PC this fall.

But wait, Joystiq, there's already a Price Is Right on Wii! No friends, this is The Price Is Right 2010. In fact, all the games have a year attached at the end. Because if there's ever been IPs that beg for annualized versions, it's game shows that haven't changed in five decades.

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The Price Is Right for Wii, DS, PC and Mac

Justin McElroy — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:30:00 EST

Filed under: Nintendo DS, PC, Nintendo Wii

You know what? Not all the E3 news can be megatons. In fact, that seems to be the rule more than it is the exception anymore. But sometimes publishers try to slip a dud under the radar even after we just talked to them. Yes, we're looking at you Ubisoft. Well, we're looking at both you and the recently announced The Price is Right, coming to Wii, DS, PC and Mac in September 2008. You're lucky we're walleyed.

The release covertly slipped into our email box is also notable for containing absolutely no details that you couldn't guess on your own. We'll leave you to it.

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Ubisoft bringing us Hell's Kitchen, Price is Right games (... thanks?)

Chris Greenhough — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:00:00 EST

Filed under: News

And the Ubisoft mehware continues. Siliconera just spotted a listing on the site of EB Games for a game version of long-running quiz show The Price is Right. According to the retailer, the title will be released on the DS and the Wii on September 9th, almost 20 years after the game show made its videogame debut on the Commodore 64. Drew Carey's first appearance in a game is rather more recent.

And that's not all, shovelware fans: Ubi has also snapped up the rights to create a game based on Hell's Kitchen, presumably starring mobile belligerence unit and ego-on-legs Gordon Ramsay. Quite how the company plans to include Ramsay's famously foul language and secure an "E" rating for the game is, as yet, unknown.

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