Japanese Nintendo downloads: Trial edition

The WiiWare demo program arrives in Japan today, offering many of the same demos found in North America. Bit.Trip Beat and NyxQuest are out, and Pokemon Mystery Dungeon is in. Oddly, the Japanese site for the demo program mentions a January 31 end date, which the North American page doesn't. We don't know if that's the end of the whole demo thing or just the expiration date for this set of demos.

Also on the Wii today in Japan: two Namco arcade games which are personal favorites: free-scrolling shooter Bosconian (with fantastic "ALART" voice samples), and Pac-Man creator Toru Iwatani's weird Libble Rabble. Genterprise continues its budget series on DSiWare, with a top-down racer and a VR-looking action game:

• Bosconian (Arcade, 1-2 players, 800 Wii Points)

• Libble Rabble (Arcade, 1-2 players, 800 Wii Points)

• G.G. Series Tetsubou (DSiWare, 1 player, 200 DSi Points)

• G.G. Series Drift Circuit (DSiWare, 1 player, 200 DSi Points)

• Art Academy (First and Second Semester) (DSiWare, 1 player, 800 DSi Points each)

• Demos: Pokemon Rumble, Pokemon Mystery Dungeon, Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a Darklord & World of Goo