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  • NintendoWare Weekly: Nintendo Countdown Calendar, Aero 2

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    JC Fletcher
    JC Fletcher
    09.20.2010

    This week, we must thank Sunsoft once again for keeping the Virtual Console alive (if not entirely lively) with its release of Aero the Acrobat 2. Meanwhile, Nintendo offers a DSiWare app that allows you to make something with which gamers are entirely too familiar: countdown calendars. We must admit, though, that it's more fun when they count down to a personal milestone of instead of an artificial deadline for the release of information. Head past the break in 3 ... 2 ... 1 to see this week's Virtual Console, WiiWare, and DSiWare stuff.%Gallery-102760%

  • Japanese Nintendo Downloads: Escape from Various Locations

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    JC Fletcher
    JC Fletcher
    08.25.2009

    Marvelous's distinctively drab, enticingly bizarre adventure game Discipline launched today in Japan. We're eager to hear if the You Fluid weirdness overpowers the interesting puzzle-adventure concept. Also available on WiiWare: a couple of educational games, one of which is based on The Very Hungry Caterpillar; a haunted-house-themed minigame collection from Gameloft, and D3's room-escape adventure game.On Virtual Console, Activision's Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure is now available, along with Finest Hour, a jetpack-enhanced run-and-gun from Namco. Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure (Mega Drive, 1 player, 600 Wii Points) Finest Hour (Arcade, 1-2 players, 800 Wii Points) @Simple Series Vol. 4 THE Locked Room Escape (WiiWare, 1 player, 500 Wii Points) Ghost Mansion Party (WiiWare, 1-4 players, 1,000 Wii Points) Kodomo Kyooiku Terebi Wii Aiue Oomuzu (WiiWare, 1 player, 800 Wii Points) Discipline (WiiWare, 1 player, 800 Wii Points) Harapeko Aomushi no ABC (WiiWare, 1 player, 800 Wii Points)