Nintendo of Europe apparently believes Halloween is serious business and worth celebrating. Four of the five new downloadable games this week are in some way horror-themed! Zombies Ate My Neighbors arrives on Virtual Console in the same week as its North American release (under the European title Zombies ), as does (unfortunately) Ghost Mansion Party . WayForward’s LIT proves a more appropriate Halloween release than its Valentine’s Day-adjacent release in the US would suggest. Perhaps the biggest, scariest surprise of all: Little Red Riding Hood’s Zombie BBQ is out in Europe, finally! And, while it was released on a cartridge here, it’s an 800-point DSiWare download in Europe! No excising of zombie food talk for this one. Zombies (SNES, 1-2 players, 800 Wii Points) LIT (WiiWare, 1 player, 800 Wii Points) …

This week marks two major events (sort of) for the Japanese Wii and DSi download services. First, both Wii and DSi downloads now go up on the same date. In this case, it’s November 4, which is today in Japan. Second, the Neo Geo is back! The last Neo game came out in Japan in July 2008. On DSiWare, there’s more mahjong, more calendar apps, and more Art Style. Digidrive is a remake of one of the original Bit Generations games. It’s been released as Intersect in Europe. Fire Emblem Gaiden (Famicom, 1 player, 500 Wii Points) Fatal Fury Special (Neo Geo, 1-2 players, 900 Wii Points) “Aha! I Got It” Escape Game (WiiWare, 1-4 players, 500 Wii Points) Kyoto Students Taishi Higashida Thought Puzzle Inspiration Signed Painting (DSiWare, 1 player, 200 DSi Points) Handy Mahjong (DSiWare, 1 player, 200 DSi Points) Daily Growing Journal Calendar (DSiWare, 1 player, 200 DSi Points) Art Style: DIGIDRIVE (DSiWare, 1 player, 500 DSi Points) Japanese Nintendo downloads: Neo Geo, Art Style return originally…

It’s a very exciting day for Nintendo downloads, thanks to one very thrilling two-wheeler . But Excitebike World Rally is far from the only offering this week. In fact, there are multiple games available for WiiWare, Virtual Console, and DSiWare, which seems like a rare feat for Nintendo of America. Head past the break to see if any of the other new games excite you. Continue reading NintendoWare Weekly: Excitebike World Rally, Electroplankton, Cybernoid, and more NintendoWare Weekly: Excitebike World Rally, Electroplankton, Cybernoid, and more originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Read

Today, on the European Wii Shop, Hudson follows up its surprisingly successful My Aquarium with more animals to take care of. Also on WiiWare, Nintendo’s still-weird Balance Board-equipped Rock N’ Roll Climber , whose rock-climbing/air-guitar concept, and whose non-standard apostrophe use we’ll never get used to. The big draw for us is the arcade brawler version of Ninja Gaiden , which seems fresh to us after 20 years of dodging eagles in the NES game. My Zoo (WiiWare, 1 player, 500 Wii Points) Rock N’ Roll Climber (WiiWare, 1 player, 800 Wii Points) Ninja Gaiden (Arcade, 1 player, 800 Wii Points) A Little Bit Of …. Nintendo Touch Golf (DSiWare, 800 DSi Points) European Nintendo downloads: My Zoo, Ninja Gaiden, Rock N’ Roll Climber originally appeared on

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 …

Nintendo celebrates Thanksgiving by dropping a massive feast onto the table of every Wii and DSi owner in North America. The next Bit.Trip game is now available on WiiWare, DSiWare receives another heaping serving of Electroplankton , and Virtual Console welcomes … Super Mario Kart . We guess when Nintendo said ” by year’s end ” it meant “next week.” See the full, seasonally appropriate bounty after the break. Continue reading NintendoWare Weekly: Bit.Trip Void, Super Mario Kart, A Boy and His Blob NintendoWare Weekly: Bit.Trip Void, Super Mario Kart, A Boy and His Blob originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Read

There’s an incredibly diverse selection of games on the Japanese Wii and DSi Shops today — 12 different games on Wii, and 6 on DSi. Think of this as Nintendo’s online version of the holiday rush. Most interesting among the multifarious offerings: a few forgotten Konami MSX games on VC, and 530 Eco Shooter on WiiWare. That’s … an Intelligent Systems-developed shooting game about shooting cans. The cans are alive and move around. It’s weird. Also weird: Nintendo’s Neratte Spot! for DSiWare, which is about throwing bombs into the mouths of fish. The whole list is after the break, because it’s crazy long. Continue reading Japanese Nintendo downloads: MSX games, Eco Shooter, and 16 more Japanese Nintendo downloads: MSX games, Eco Shooter, and 16 more originally appeared on Joystiq Nintendo on Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

This week, the European Wii and DS Shops’ halls are decked , with one festive, holiday-themed game each! Happy Holidays: Christmas on WiiWare is, like the Halloween WiiWare release, a program that lets you put together and send e-cards. Yep. Just Sing! Christmas Songs on DSiWare is pretty much what it sounds like: a karaoke game in which you just sing Christmas songs . Two of them. Just watch the trailer (via GoNintendo ) after the break. Oh, also, Earthworm Jim 2 on Virtual Console. Neat! Earthworm Jim 2 (Mega Drive, 1 player, 800 Wii Points) Mahjong (WiiWare, 500 Wii Points) Happy Holidays: Christmas (WiiWare, 1 player, 500 Wii Points) Foto Face: The Face Stealer Strikes (DSiWare, 1 player, 800 DSi Points) A Little Bit of … Magic Made Fun: Matchmaker (DSiWare, 1 player, 200 DSi Points) Just Sing! Christmas Songs (DSiWare, 1 player, 200 DSi Points) myNotebook: Red (DSiWare, 1 player, 200 DSi Points) Continue reading European Nintendo downloads: Earthworm Jim 2, holiday games European Nintendo downloads: …

When we heard about Stop Stress: A Day of Fury , we were pretty interested. It’s not that we have above-normal levels of stress or anything, it’s all about the method Jack employs. After checking out the game’s info video on the Nintendo Channel this week, we can safely say that Jack just has a short fuse. Hey, Jack, we deal with large, autonomous copy machines all the time and you don’t see us going on a rampage. Seriously, stop being such a spaz! Head past the break for the full list of this week’s content. Continue reading This Week on the Nintendo Channel: Jack’s stress reliever This Week on the Nintendo Channel: Jack’s stress reliever originally appeared on Joystiq Nintendo on Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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 …