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Japanese Nintendo downloads: Phoenix Wright, Zaxxon, Photo Fighter X
The release list for the Japanese Wii and DSi Shops are a bit more restrained than the last couple of weeks, offering a much more manageable (read: smaller) selection of downloadable titles. On Virtual Console, for example, Sega's isometric arcade shmup Zaxxon is the only offering. Similarly, there's just one WiiWare game, but it's Phoenix Wright! DSiWare gets the cool Photo FIghter X, which lets you build fighting game characters from DSi camera snaps. More Paint By DS joins it, this time all about dogs; and in the requisite "puzzle game" positions are a new G.G. series entry and a Jupiter-developed game about rotating blocks to match colors. Zaxxon (Arcade, 1-2 players, 500 Wii Points) Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (WiiWare, 1 player, 900 Wii Points) Shashin de Kakutou! Photo Fighter X! (DSiWare, 1-2 players, 200 DSi Points) G.G. Series Vertex (DSiWare, 1 player, 200 DSi Points) Kanji Practice First Grade (DSiWare, 1 player, 200 DSi Points) Artist ni Narou! Minna no Nurikai Inu-hen (DSiWare, 1 player, 500 DSi Points) Atelier Deco La Doll (DSiWare, 1 player, 500 DSi Points) Castle of Magic (DSiWare, 1 player, 500 DSi Points) Panewa! (DSiWare, 1 player, 500 DSi Points) %Gallery-78467%
Two Japanese DSiWare games with clever camera uses
The upcoming Japanese DSiWare game Katamuction uses the system's cameras in a unique way: to simulate tilt control. Using Motion Cortex, technology originally designed for motion-based browsing on cell phones, the game uses camera information to sense the direction in which the DS is moved. And what is that technology used for? A game about running away from a dinosaur! Katamuction will be out December 24 for 500 DSi Points. Fight with Pictures: Photo Fighter X from Nintendo uses the camera to create fighting game characters: you take photos of yourself in various poses, and the game makes a fighter out of it! It's out in Japan next week for 200 points.
