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Japanese Nintendo downloads: Sutte Hakkun, Aqualiving, Hidden 3D Shapes
This week's sole Virtual Console release in Japan marks the debut of a beloved DS developer. The Super Famicom puzzle game Sutte Hakkun, originally created for Nintendo's Satellaview satellite service, is the first game by Indies Zero, who would go on to develop Retro Game Challenge for Namco Bandai. The game itself is a cutesy Lode Runner-type puzzler, in which a character creates and destroys blocks to reach rainbow fragments distributed throughout a level. On DSiWare, another interesting puzzle game is available: Rittai Kakushi E Atta Kore Da, the game that uses the camera for that eye-catching 3D effect. Sutte Hakkun (Super Famicom, 1 player, 800 Wii Points) Aqualiving (WiiWare, 1 player, 800 Wii Points) Shunkan Shibu-shibu Tsubushi (DSiWare, 1 player, 200 DSi Points) Karakuchi! Ookago Shiro (DSiWare, 1-2 players, 500 DSi Points) Kittens' House (DSiWare, 1 player, 500 DSi Points) Rittai Kakushi E Atta Kore Da (DSiWare, 1 player, 500 DSi Points)
Japanese DSiWare game uses camera to create illusion of depth
We've seen the DSi's camera used as a tilt sensor a couple of times, but Rittai Kakushi E Atta Kore Da (something like Hidden 3D Shapes: There it Is) does something new with it: using the camera's motion sensing to create the illusion of a 3D space, which you explore by moving the DS and changing perspective. The game itself involves searching these 3D environments for hidden objects. In the level shown in the trailer after the break (which you really should watch to figure out what the hell we're talking about), you're looking for items that, when viewed from a certain perspective, arrange themselves into letters. Rittai Kakushi E Atta Kore Da will be out in Japan on DSiWare March 3.
