Japanese gamers get to experience the joy of
Excitebike with a different camera angle and online play today, with the release of
Excitebike World Rally (as "Excitebike World Race"). It's a pretty faithful adaptation of the original, something that can't be said for Tecmo's
Are? DS ga Sakasa Desu Kedo: Gyaku Shooting, a shooter with elements of its own
Star Force, but played from the
other side -- and with the DS upside down. Using the DS's touch screen, players control the
enemies firing downward at what is usually the player ship.
DS ga Sakasa Desu Kedo: Sakasa Drops takes the same approach and applies it to a falling-block puzzle game. Check out a trailer for
Shooting after the break.
- Quarth (MSX, 1-2 players, 800 Wii Points)
- Contra (MSX, 1-2 players, 800 Wii Points)
- Excitebike World Race (WiiWare, 1-4 players, 1,000 Wii Points)
- Are? DS ga Sakasa Desu Kedo: Gyaku Shooting (DSiWare, 1 player, 200 DSi Points)
- Are? DS ga Sakasa Desu Kedo: Sakasa Drops (DSiWare, 1 player, 200 DSi Points)
- Artist ni Narou! Minna no Nurikai Museum Hen (DSiWare, 1-2 players, 500 DSi Points)
- Hobonichi Rosenzu 2010 (DSiWare, 1 player, 500 DSi Points)
- Renjuku Kanji: Shougaku Sannensei (DSiWare, 1 player, 500 DSi Points)
