Nintendo Downloads: Cave Story, Game & Watch

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Only one Wii title is in this week's batch of Wii and DSi downloadable release but it's a corker--Studio Pixel's much-praised Castlevania-like action adventure Cave Story. Over on the DSi, Nintendo's classic Game & Watch handhelds return complete with 'ghosts' of inactive sprites plus there's more tower defense and racing fun.

    WiiWare
    • Cave Story - $12

    DSiWare
    • Drift Street International - $8
    • Libera Wing - $8
    • Game & Watch: Mario's Cement Factory - $2
    • Game & Watch: Chef - $2
    • Game & Watch: Judge - $2
The new releases will hit the WiiWare and DSiWare stores today at 9am PST. Descriptions and further details from Nintendo follow below

WiiWare

Cave Story
Publisher: Nicalis, Inc.
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E10+ (Everyone 10 and Older) - Mild Cartoon Violence, Mild Language
Price: 1,200 Wii Points

Description: Cave Story takes you into a rare world where a curious race of innocent, rabbit-like creatures called Mimiga run free. You wake up in a dark cave with no memory of who you are, where you came from or why you're in such a place. Uncovering Mimiga Village, you discover that the once-carefree Mimiga are in danger at the hands of a maniacal scientist. Their only hope rests squarely on the shoulders of a quiet, amnesiac boy who can't remember his own name. Take control, learn the origins of this world's power, stop the delusional villain and save the Mimiga.

Nintendo DSiWare

Drift Street International
Publisher: Tantalus
Players: 1-4
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 800 Nintendo DSi Points

Description: Drift Street International is the ultimate high-speed, white-knuckle street racing experience, made exclusively for Nintendo DSiWare. Slide and boost your performance car around challenging city streets in high-intensity midnight races across the United States, United Kingdom and Japan. Precise, responsive controls give you total control of your car - push yourself to the edge and own your opponents. Drift sideways through corners, building your nitrous meter to let you boost past opponents on the next straightaway. Test your skills against challenging, aggressive AI drivers, or take on your friends in four-player head-to-head wireless races. Additionally, each track plays host to arcade-style checkpoint races and challenging speed trials in which you must keep the speed close to the max to avoid elimination. Unmatched speed, smoothness and draw distance are only possible by taking full advantage of the Nintendo DSi hardware.

Libera Wing
Publisher: Pixel Federation
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) - Mild Fantasy Violence
Price: 800 Nintendo DSi Points

Description: Earth Union controls a large part of outer space. Suddenly, the connection with some of its stations is aborted and there are rumors of enemy ships approaching. Only the captain of the elite fleet Libera Wing can save the people from destruction. Become the captain of Libera Wing and save Earth Union from destruction in this tower- defense-style action-strategy game. Your objective is to combine the right strategy, item usage and abilities of your command ship. There are 36 story levels and 24 quick-play levels waiting for you.

Game & Watch: Mario's Cement Factory
Publisher: Nintendo
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 200 Nintendo DSi Points

Description: Conveyor belts carry tubs of cement to the mixers below. Use the elevators to move Mario to different levels of the factory, dumping cement from the top mixers to the mixers below and into the trucks. Earn points for every load of cement you drop from the mixers to the cement truck. Receive mistake icons by letting a mixer overflow with cement, trying to get on an elevator when you are not level with it, or hitting the floor or ceiling while riding an elevator. Receive three mistake icons and it's game over!

Game & Watch: Chef
Publisher: Nintendo
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 200 Nintendo DSi Points

Description: Move the chef to catch and flip the falling ingredients before they hit the floor. Contend with three ingredients in GAME A or four in GAME B. Earn one point for every ingredient the chef successfully flips into the air, or a mistake icon for each time you drop an ingredient. Receive three mistake icons and it's game over!

Game & Watch: Judge
Publisher: Nintendo
Players: 1-2
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) - Comic Mischief
Price: 200 Nintendo DSi Points

Description: You have a split second to decide: whack your opponent or duck out of the way? Numbers appear on two large signs. If you think your number will be as big or bigger than your opponent's, whack him with a mallet. Dodge if you think your number will be smaller. Earn points based on correctly whacking your opponent or dodging an attack. The first player to reach 99 points wins.

From The Chatty
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    March 22, 2010 7:25 AM

    fucking hell. nintendo. you dumb bastards. they're absolute maniacs releasing the game&watch things one by one. why are they doing this. it's making my brain hurt. fucking bundle every single one of those, however many there are probably 20-30 ones, into a single thing and it would actually be worth something, on both wii and dsi. no one in the world wants these one by one. NO ONE.

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      March 22, 2010 10:42 AM

      Come on, its only $2. I'd rather have this than be forced to buy the huge bundle.

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        March 22, 2010 11:10 AM

        what. these games aren't worth anything remotely like 2 dollars on their own is the point, some aren't worth owning at all. but say you throw them all in a thing and charge 10 dollars. I'd personally have to think about buying that, because there is some value to be had at that point. this is exactly what they did with the wario ware and electroplankton minigames aswell of course. but I'm saying instead of pulling the pieces apart and charging for each thing, which in their brilliance they think they're going get more money from people for and they're clearly not, they would actually sell more if they put it all together into something with substance. and also I would probably buy these like that. also, you suck.

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          March 22, 2010 11:51 AM

          Thanks for the compliment.

          If they are going to bundle all 30 of them, why not release a cart? The whole point of the DSi download service is to buy cheap small games.

          Who buys mini game compilations anyway? I'm more likely to buy one (or three, or whatever number) of minigames than spend $40 on 30 games, 25 of which I'll never play.

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