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VC/WiiWare Tuesday: Smorgasbord Gaming
Welcome to Bizarro World! Yesterday, North American Wii owners got two great Japanese games on the Virtual Console, and a WiiWare game. This week, Nintendo stiffs Japan on the VC entirely, and offers two less-than-thrilling WiiWare games. In fact, the most noteworthy release of the week is a shogi game based on a manga.Silver Star, the company behind some of the existing WiiWare board games, brought its board-game simulating expertise to the manga/drama property Hachi-One Diver. The art does not seem to be from the manga -- from the look of it, Silver Star brought its board game expertise to art as well. The other game this week is Major League Eating, which came out in North America back in July. Hachi-One Diver Wii (1 player, 1,000 Wii Points) Major League Eating (1-2 players, 500 Wii Points) %Gallery-20043%
Japan to boldly play Go where no man has played Go before (WiiWare)
Next week, Silver Star Japan's Saikyou Ginsei Shogi will be joined on Japan's WiiWare service by a sequel of sorts. Another of their board game simulations (Silver Star is planning a series of six), Saikyou Ginsei Igo will be released as a download by EA Japan. Like Ginsei Shogi, this new game will be a Wii version of a traditional board game: this time, Go. It features 1-2 player modes, customizable board sizes and difficulty levels, and a hint option to help new players.If you'd like to see a virtual board game being played, a trailer is available at the game's website. We're hoping for Saikyou Ginsei Crocodile Dentist next.%Gallery-25566%[Via Inside-Games]
