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Wii Shop Channel Gets My Pokemon Ranch, Dig Dug, Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa

Jun 09, 2008 10:47am CST tags: WiiWare, Virtual Console, Wii Shop Channel
Nintendo has revealed today's three additions to the Wii's online Shop Channel, detailing one new original title and two downloadable classics.

The first Pokemon effort on WiiWare, Nintendo's My Pokemon Ranch sports "relaxing ranch life" that allows users to observe the interactions of Pokemon and Miis. Priced at 1000 Wii Points ($10), the game can be linked up with Pokemon Diamond and Pearl (DS) to populate the farm with up to 1,000 pocket monsters.

As for today's enemy-inflating Virtual Console titles, Namco's classic NES title Dig Dug and Konami's formerly Japan-only NES effort Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa hit today. Unlike Dig Dug, in which players pop enemies like balloons, Bokutte Upa has players inflating enemies to ride and bounce from.

Both Dig Dug and Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa will sell for 600 Wii Points ($6). All three games will be available for download from the Wii Shop Channel beginning at 12 AM EDT, 9 AM PDT.

Spaceships, Ninjas and Chickens Invade Wii Shop

Jun 02, 2008 9:59am CST tags: Toki Tori, Protothea, Virtual Console, Wii Shop Channel, WiiWare
Nintendo has detailed today's additions to the Wii's online Shop Channel, revealing two original WiiWare titles as well as the re-release of an old-school ninja game.

On the WiiWare side of things, Two Tribes' chicken centric-puzzler Toki Tori and Ubisoft's top-down space shooter Protothea mark today's original WiiWare releases. Both are priced at 1000 Wii Points ($10).

As for Wii Virtual Console, this week's addition is Ninja Combat. Originally developed by ADK and released on the Neo-Geo in 1990, the title lets up to two players partake in some side scrolling ninja warfare for the price of 900 Wii Points ($9).

Per usual, the titles will be downlodable beginning today at 12 PM EDT, 9 AM PDT.

Wii Shop Channel Receives Three New Downloads: Critter Round-Up, Star Soldier R, Skykid

May 19, 2008 10:02am CST tags: Critter Round-Up, Star Soldier R, WiiWare, Virtual Console, Wii Shop Channel, Screenshots
Following up on last week's WiiWare launch, Nintendo will today add two new original games and one retro release to the Wii's online Shop Channel.

A puzzle-action offering, Konami's Critter Round-Up has one-to-four players trying to herd barnyard animals and keep fences sturdy, all at the cost of 1000 Wii Points ($10).

The latest entry in the top-down Star shooting series, Hudson Soft's Star Soldier R lets players test their skills in 2 or 5 minute increments, or through the Quick Shot mode. It will sell for 800 Wii Points ($8).

Namco's old-time NES bomb-dropping shooter Skykid rounds out this week's Shop Channel offerings. It'll set you back 500 Wii Points ($5) to see the fallout of the 8-bit rivalry between Red Baron and Blue Max.

All titles will be available for purchase and download through the Wii Shop Channel beginning today at 12 PM EDT, 9 AM PDT.