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NintendoWare Weekly: Nintendo Countdown Calendar, Aero 2
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
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)