Hot Rods, Air Hockey and Robots Invade Wii Shop

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With Monday signaling the start of yet another work week, Nintendo has updated the Wii's online Wii Shop Channel with two entirely new games and an old retro title.
    WiiWare
    • High Voltage Hot Rod Show (High Voltage) / 1000 Wii Points ($10)
    • Family Glide Hockey (Arc System Works) / 500 Wii Points ($5)
    Virtual Console
    • MUSHA (Compile, Sega Genesis) / 800 Wii Points ($8)

While air hockey and hot rod racing are rather self-explanatory, MUSHA is a robot-destroying shooter in which gamers control Metallic Uniframe Super Hybrid Armor.

All three games are now available for purchase and download. For more details, check below for the official descriptions along with a few more screenshots.

High Voltage Hot Rod Show
High Voltage Software, Inc.
1-4 players
Rated E for Everyone
1000 Wii Points ($10)

High Voltage Hot Rod Show is a slick and fast-paced racer that challenges up to four players to tear up the track on a variety of off-road courses, mastering death-defying stunts and building enough Boost to stomp the competition. Players must learn to tame their monster Hot Rods by nailing ramps, power slides, bunny hops and tricks while avoiding mud pits and smashing through Boost Rings to fill their Boost Meters. Players can compete against seven CPU opponents in Championship mode or set their best lap times in the time trials. Top times can be uploaded to an online scoreboard via Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection* and shared with players around the world. Multiplayer supports up to four players in split-screen mode, giving each player a wide range of controller choices. (Router and broadband access required for online play. For more information, go to www.Nintendo.com.)

Family Glide Hockey
Arc System Works
1-4 players
Rated E for Everyone
500 Wii Points($5)

Daddy, Mommy, Sarah and Billy are back for more family fun, and this time it's glide hockey. Hone your skills in a gymnasium, a forest park, a beach, an amusement park, even the freezing Arctic. Family Glide Hockey sports appealing cel-shaded graphics and endearing music to go with its friendly, competitive match-ups. Choose between single-player mode, versus mode (up to four players can play), or challenge your skill in engaging minigames such as Glide Hockey Brawl, Glide Hockey Drill and Glide Hockey Tracer.

MUSHA (Sega Genesis)
Compile
1 player
Rated E for Everyone-Mild Fantasy Violence
800 Wii Points ($8)

MUSHA is a SEGA GENESIS game that shooter fans favor for its intense and exciting gameplay. Players must control Terri, a girl who pilots a MUSHA (Metallic Uniframe Super Hybrid Armor). Terri's goal is to eliminate Dire 51, an Intellicomputer that has gone out of control and is planning an offensive attack upon humanity. Use special weapons like the Vanishing Buster, Blazing Beam and Defensive Detonator, along with offensive options that allow six types of formation fire. Battle through seven exhilarating levels to finally reach and destroy Dire 51 once and for all.

Chris Faylor was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

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