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VC/WiiWare Tuesday: Out of Galaxy, into the Wii Shop
This week's Japanese Virtual Console releases aren't going to thrill anybody: another Langrisser strategy game that we're unlikely to see, and Mappy, which you can and should play on your North American or European system. But the WiiWare releases this week should prove pretty exciting -- to Japan. Except for Onitore, which is Drill Sergeant Mindstrong.Out of Galaxy: Koshika is a new manga from Leiji Matsumoto, creator of Galaxy Express 999 and Space Battleship Yamato (as well as, yes, that Daft Punk thing). It's the first manga title to premiere on Wii, and it's a big deal! Also exciting: the return of Tecmo's classic Tsuppari Oozumo sumo wrestling series. The new 3D models are nowhere near as cute as the Famicom sprites, but we're still happy to see the game's return. Is WiiWare low-risk enough for a localized sumo game? Virtual Console: Der Langrisser (Super Famicom, 1 player, 800 Wii Points) Mappy (Arcade, 800 Wii Points) WiiWare: Out of Galaxy: Koshika (1 player, 500 Wii Points) Onitore (1-4 players, 800 Wii Points) Tsuppari Oozumo Wii Heya (1-4 players, 1,000 Wii Points)
Bubble Bobble, Rainbow Islands, and tons more Japanese WiiWare announced
We're still finding new information to come out of Nintendo's fall conferences, both in the US and Japan. Those things were rich with info. We basically completely missed the WiiWare announcements, which are every bit as epic and exciting -- and numerous -- as the retail games.At the top of the list (actually the middle of the list in terms of organization but right up at the top in terms of interest): Bubble Bobble Wii and Rainbow Island Tower! If these are actually developed by Taito instead of the third parties responsible for the DS games, it is time for celebration! Other interesting games on the list include: a revival of Tecmo's Tsuppari Oozumo sumo series! A game from NIS called Let's Hitchhike, which ... couldn't possibly be a strategy RPG. Right? Three new Okiraku games, following the great Okiraku Ping-Pong A drum-based followup to Aero Guitar The rest, we either don't know anything about, or don't know enough to talk about in detail. Or, is Major League Eating. We'll look into it all as information becomes available. There's ... kind of a long list of games after the break.
