Nintendo have announced via the above children’s television show video that a brand new side-scrolling Excitebike game will be coming to WiiWare. As you can see, it’s pretty much an updated version of the original- it also includes a track editor and even WiFi play. I’m kind of surprised at my reaction to this, as I’m usually quite cynical about these things- I think it looks pretty cool.

I loved Excitebike when I was younger. I don’t know why; perhaps it was just that it had a good sense of speed and timing the jumps and angles could be quite entertaining. It doesn’t really capture my attention the way it did then any more, but this new one looks decent. Maybe it was just that the presenters reverted me to a younger state of mind with their patronising banter.

Via Gamezine.

This week in NintendoWares features the release of the Super Star Wars from the SNES hitting the Virtual Console, along with the Balance Board-inspired Rock N’ Roll Climber and the Greek Mythology journey of NyxQuest: Kindred Spirts for the WiiWare, backed-up by a new addition to the Brain Age series with Arts & Letters for the DSiWare. Hit the jump for a brief description of each new downloadable title and how much they’ll cost you.
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This week in NintendoWares features the first chapter in Tales of Monkey Island hitting the WiiWare, along with The Three Musketeers: One for All! and HB Arcade Cards, a mixture of card games including Rummy, Hearts and Solitaire. The DSiWare gets another puzzle game (not a surprise) with Sudoku Student releasing for the popular handheld. And what about the Virtual Console you ask? Well, it seems as if Nintendo has run out of classics to ressurect as this is the second week in a row with no Virtual Console release. Hit the jump for the full list of new Nintendo DLC this week and a brief description of each title.
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The big release this week in Nintendo downloads is obviously Square Enix’s follow-up to My Life as a King, Final Fantasy Chronicles: My Life as a Darklord for the WiiWare. I never got a chance to play My Life as a King, but I’m curious to play the sequel as I here it’s much of the same gameplay but with a few different elements.

The Virtual Console gets dissed this week as it lacks any downloads, but the WiiWare picks up the slack with two other downloads in Battle Poker and 5 Spots Party. The DSiWare gets on in the fun as well with another edition to the Art Style series with Zengage. Hit the jump for a description of each download and how much they’ll cost.
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While Americans have been clamoring for Club Nintendo’s prizes to come to our fair country for a while now, only now has Nintendo followed through and given us some prizes for our years of Nintendo fanship. And boy was it worth the wait. If you have enough “Nintendo Coins” to be considered a gold membership (6 games registered, 300 coins), you’ll be able to download a snazzy Club Nintendo 2010 calendar. However, if you’re determined enough to be a Platinum member (12 games registered, 600 coins), then you’ll be elligible to choose between two prizes- an authentic repica Mario hat, which you can see after the jump, or a WiiWare download for Doc Louis’s Punch-Out!!

While I’d be plenty happy with the cool hat, the WiiWare version of Doc Louis’s Punch-Out!! seems way more interesting. A one-on-one WiiWare version of Punch-Out!! that only features Doc Louis sounds great, especially since you don’t have to own Punch-Out!! for the Wii to play it. I’ve always wanted to fight that guy. He keeps offering me some of his chocolate bar, but I never get to taste hte sweet chocolately goodness. Well now it’s just you & me in the ring, Doc. Winner takes all- provided I get enough Nintendo coins.

That chocolate bar is mine.

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This week is packed full of Nintendo downloads with a total of six games available today. The WiiWare gets a four new titles today, including Bit Boy!!, an adventure with Bit Boy Kubi through video game history taking on terrains of the virtual world in 4-bit all the way to 128-bit (brief trailer after the break). The Virtual Console gets two Sega oldies with Secret Command and Pulseman, and the DSiWare gets another puzzler with Brain Challenge.

Hit the jump for the complete list of Nintendo DLC for this week and a brief description of each title along with how much they’ll cost you.
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In an interview with Kombo, PopCap Games’ PR director Garth Chouteau has noted that the highly acclaimed Plants vs. Zombies will follow its cousin Peggle onto other platforms: XBLA, PSN- even the DS and iPhone. Chouteau is quoted by Kombo on the matter:

…Peggle for XBLA is a good example of a game that we took that was popular on the PC and we spent probably twice as long as anyone else would have figuring how to make that game really good for Xbox and Xbox Live Arcade, and I think you will see that with Plants Vs. Zombies–I don’t know the exact order in which that game will make its way onto other platforms, but it’s certainly been successful enough, quickly enough, that we’re looking at other platforms and deciding where we’ll take that game next…

Since PvZ was such a success, both commercially and critically, it can only be good news that it can come to a bigger audience. I only hope that they make a DS version as good as Peggle DS.

Another Monday, another fun day with new Nintendo downloads for the Wii and DSi. This week is packed full of Wii titles with a total of four, including the 100th game for the WiiWare, BIT. TRIP CORE, an action and rhythm arcade-style game. The WiiWare gets two other titles including BUST-A-MOVE PLUS! and Heracles Chariot Racing, a chariot racing game that takes place on top of Mount Olympus.

The Virtual Console gets one oldie title from the Commodore 64, California Games, and the DSiWare gets another Art Style game with Art Style: BASE 10, a numbers puzzle game, along with Asphalt 4: Elite Racing. Hit the jump to get the full description of each title and how much they’ll cost you. Read more…

This week’s bundle of Nintendo downloads feature one sudoku game for the DSiWare, one Sega classic for the Virtual Console and three WiiWare titles which is highlighted by Water Warfare, a colorful first-person water gun shooter, just in time for the summer. Hit the jump for the full list of Nintendo downloads and more details on each title. Read more…

Another Monday, means another day full of downloads for Nintendo’s Wii and DSi. The Wii gets three different titles for the WiiWare, including new Japanese puzzle game NEVES PLUS!, and one old-school god game for the Virtual console. The DSiWare gets another Art Style game to add to the DSi Shop. Hit the jump for a brief description of the new games available today and how much they’ll cost you. Read more…

A big week for the WiiWare with three new games coming out today, along with two Mario-themed gizmos for the DSiWare and let’s not forget the Virtual Console with one new, well actually old, game coming out too. Hit the jump for the full list of downloadable content for your favorite NintendoWare and a full description of each title. Read more…

Nintendo is back on their game this week with four new downloadable game releases for the DSiWare, WiiWare and Virtual Console. The most notable game has to be Mario vs Donkey Kong: Minis March Again! for the DSiWare, which was announced last week at E3. Check out the video above which features some footage of Minis March Again! and a few other titles that will eventually hit the DSi. Hit the jump to see the full list of downloadable titles from Nintendo this week. Read more…

Why have I never played Cave Story? Why, internet community? I promise I will now. Cave Story will be released on WiiWare “soon.”

With all the buzz around E3 09 starting today, let’s not forget that it’s still Monday and that means new downloadable games for your Wii and DSi. The biggest title this week is easily Final Fantasy IV: The After Years for the WiiWare. Hit the jump for a brief description of the game and the full list of downloads for this week. Read more…

Happy Memorial Day! That being said, it’s still Monday and Nintendo didn’t take the day off in releasing new DLC for our favorite Nintendo console. We’ve got three new games and one oldie to choose from today, along with a Photo Clock for the DSiWare. Hit the jump for the full list of new Nintendo DLC. Read more…

Today The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask becomes the 300th game available to download for the Wii’s Virtual Console. You do remember Majora’s Mask, don’t you? It was the other Zelda game on the Nintendo 64, the one that required that expansion pack thing. Majora’s Mask wasn’t nearly as popular as Ocarina of Time was, but it surely was a great game, so if you didn’t get a chance to play it the first time around, Wii owners now have a second chance.

Also available today to download is Art Style: PiCTOBiTS for the DSiWare, Silver Star Chess and Square Enix’s Crystal Defenders R2 for the WiiWare. Hit the jump for a description of each title and how much they’ll cost you. Read more…

That’s right, Contra is hitting the WiiWare old-school style! Konami has quietly announced that Contra Rebirth will be hitting the WiiWare next week, May 12, in Japan for 1000 Wii Points and with two-player co-op play.

It’s kind of odd how they managed to keep this title under wraps for this long and that it gets discovered on a Konami product page just a week before its release. It’s still unsure if the game is a remake or not, but Konami says it’s a new work. We’ll just have to wait and see.

Source: Joystiq via Siliconera

All you Animal Crossing fans will be happy to know that the DSiWare is offering both an Animal Crossing Calculator and Clock for you to download to your DSi today. And they are only 200 DSi Points! Why anyone would pay for either of the two items (unless you were absolute die hard Animal Crossing fans) is totally beyond me. Moving on, the WiiWare and Virtual Console each offer one game to download for your Wii. Hit the jump to see the list of Nintendo downloads this week and how much they’ll run you. Read more…

Another Monday full of downloadable games for your favorite Nintendo console. This week the DSiWare has two games including Paper Airplane Chase, the WiiWare gets another Cocoto game in Cocoto Platform Jumper, and the Virtual Console gets a SNES oldie, respectively. Hit the jump to see the full list and description of this week’s downloadable titles. Read more…

Another Monday, another fun day for Nintendo console lovers. This week in Nintendo Wares, Dr. Mario Express takes the top spot for the DSiWare and WiiWare fans will be pleased to hear that Square Enix’s Crystal Defenders is now available. Hit the jump for the full list of downloadable titles for your favorite Nintendo Ware. Read more…