Temperatures aren’t the only thing heating up this season as Nintendo celebrates the unofficial onset of summer with another round of red-hot game downloads. May has been an especially big month for the Nintendo DSiWare™ service, with notable recent releases such as Photo Dojo™, Frogger Returns and Metal Torrent™. This week’s additions keep the momentum going strong with awesome hand-held games like X-Scape™ and Hero of Sparta. X-Scape is developed by Q Games, the same team that created Trajectile™ and STARSHIP DEFENSE™. (Also, remember that Photo Dojo™ is available for zero Nintendo DSi Points™ through June 10. The game will require 200 Nintendo DSi Points for download as of June 11.) Of course, Wii™ owners have plenty to be excited about too: New offerings include a Ben 10 Alien Force adventure for the WiiWare™ service and the Virtual Console™ debut of a classic cowboy shooter from the Super NES™ era.
It’s also time to announce a new addition to the “Big Name Games” section of the WarioWare™: D.I.Y. series, which features downloadable microgames from some of the industry’s most talented figures. Created by Nintendo Power™ magazine staffer Steve Thomason, this week’s featured game, Revenge, puts an unusual spin on familiar characters from the Mushroom Kingdom. New “Big Name Games” will be added every Monday through July 26, all available to download for zero Nintendo DSi Points to anyone with broadband Internet access and a copy of either WarioWare: D.I.Y. for the Nintendo DS™ family of systems or WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase software for the WiiWare service. Visit the Nintendo Channel on your Wii system today to learn more about these games.
WiiWare
Ben 10 Alien Force: The Rise of Hex
Price: 1,000 Nintendo Points / $10
Publisher: Konami
Genre: Action
ESRB Rating: “Everyone 10+” for Cartoon Violence
Players: 1
Description: Help Ben Tennyson, who can transform into 10 alien forms, go through 15 levels to defeat Hex and save Earth.
Robocalypse: Beaver Defense
Price: 600 Nintendo Points / $6
Publisher: Vogster Entertainment
Genre: Strategy (Tower Defense)
ESRB Rating: “Teen” for Cartoon Violence, Crude Humor and Suggestive Themes
Players: 1
Description: Set up your hero robots to take down enemy robots and protect yourself in Story and Survival modes.
Voodoo Dice
Price: Nintendo Points / $
Publisher: Ubisoft
Genre: Puzzle
ESRB Rating: “Everyone”
Players: 1-4
Description: A puzzle/dice/action game where you have to solve puzzles on different maps while also defeating enemies.
Virtual Console
WIld Guns
Price: 800 Nintendo Points / $8
Originally Appeared On: SNES
Publisher: Natsume
Genre: Shooter
ESRB Rating: “Teen” for Animated Violence
Players: 1-2
Description: Help gunmen Clint and Annie take down outlaws, robots and more in this shooting game to bring peace to town again. You can go alone, or join up with a friend to take down the bad guys and save the Wild West.
DSiWare
Hero of Sparta
Price: 800 Nintendo Points / $8
Publisher: Gameloft
Genre: Action
ESRB Rating: “Teen” for Blood and Violence
Players: 1
Description: Help a Spartan hero go on an epic journey to fight mythological creatures and even the gods.
Telegraph Sudoku & Kakuro
Price: 200 Nintendo Points / $2
Publisher: Sanuk Games
Genre: Puzzle
ESRB Rating: “Everyone”
Players: 1
Description: 500 Sudoku and Kakuro puzzles to solve.
A Topsy Turvy Life: The Turvys Stike Back
Price: 200 Nintendo Points / $2
Publisher: Tecmo Koei
Genre: Shooter
ESRB Rating: “Everyone” for Mild Fantasy Violence
Players: 1-2
Description: Play as the Imperial Armada and send your forces down from the top screen to Earth in an attempt to overthrow the Earth Defense Force and conquer the planet.
X-Scape
Price: 800 Nintendo Points / $8
Publisher: Nintendo
Genre: Action
ESRB Rating: “Everyone 10+” for Mild Fantasy Violence
Players: 1
Description: Go through planets in the Kiisa system in your VIXIV battle tank in missions to fight against an empire and save yourself, and the solar system.
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