Nintendo downloads for December 21, 2009

It’s the week of Christmas, and once again Nintendo has a very full lineup of downloadable games waiting to be downloaded. It’s also a big event for the Wii Shop Channel, as Super Smash Bros. becomes the 500th game to be added to the Wii Shop Channel in North America.

In a way, it’s good that Super Smash Bros. and Ninja Gaiden, two stellar classic games, are added to Virtual Console this week. The latest WiiWare offerings aren’t all that enthralling. Surprisingly, DSiWare has two interesting games in the form of a version of Uno that supports the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection and a port of Dragon’s Lair.

Gamertell’s Nintendo Download picks for the week are Super Smash Bros. (Virtual Console) and Dragon’s Lair (DSiWare).

WiiWare

Eco Shooter: Plant 530
Price: 1,000 Nintendo Points / $10
Publisher: Nintendo
Genre: FPS
ESRB Rating: “Everyone 10+” for Fantasy Violence
Players: 1
Description: Alien Cannoids have come to Earth to invade, and they’re using all of the cans of Earth to aid their conquest. The only man who can stop them is Mack, who just happens to work at the Plant 530 recycling facility. You must help him take out the cans in both the Story and Challenge modes.

Happy Holidays Christmas
Price: 500 Nintendo Points / $5
Publisher: 505 Games
Genre: Other (Application)
ESRB Rating: “Everyone”
Players: 1
Description: For $5, the price of a worthwhile DSiWare, WiiWare or Virtual Console game, you can purchase Happy Holidays Christmas and make Christmas cards that you can only send to your friends that own Wiis.

Pallurikio
Price: 1,000 Nintendo Points / $10
Publisher: Playstos Entertainment
Genre: Action
ESRB Rating: “Everyone”
Players: 1
Description: Rusty’s gotten sucked into a strange world by an unusual board game and been turned into a ball-like Pallurikio. He now has to go through 50 levels to find his way out.

TV Show King 2
Price: 800 Nintendo Points / $8
Publisher: Gameloft
Genre: Puzzle / Party
ESRB Rating: “Everyone 10+” for Drug Reference
Players: 1-4
Description: A quiz show party game where you can answer 8,000 questions playing alone, or with three other friends. It also supports the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection for play with people worldwide.

Virtual Console

Ninja Gaiden
Price: 600 Nintendo Points / $6
Originally Appeared On: Arcade
Publisher: Tecmo
Genre: Action
ESRB Rating: “Everyone 10+” for Alcohol Reference, Suggestive Themes and Violence
Players: 1-2
Description: You are a ninja who must leave Japan and enter a city in the US called Jungle, where you must decimate an assassination syndicate.

Super Smash Bros.
Price: 1,000 Nintendo Points / $10
Originally Appeared On: N64
Publisher: Nintendo
Genre: Fighting
ESRB Rating: “Everyone” for Cartoon Violence
Players: 1-4
Description: Rediscover where the Smash Bros. series got its start. There are 12 characters to choose from and three modes, Single Player, VS and Training, along with special Bonus Stages.

DSiWare

Dragon’s Lair
Price: 800 Nintendo Points / $8
Publisher: Digital Leisure
Genre: Adventure
ESRB Rating: “Everyone 10+” for Animated Blood, Fantasy Violence and Mild Suggestive Themes
Players: 1
Description: Don Bluth’s game has been ported to yet another system. You must aid Dirk the Daring as he faces Singe the dragon in an attempt to save Princess Daphne. It’s an adventure game where you determine what Dirk does by reacting to enemies and things in the area.

High Stakes: Texas Hold’em
Price: 500 Nintendo Points / $5
Publisher: Hudson
Genre: Gambling
ESRB Rating: “Teen” for Simulated Gambling
Players: 1-4
Description: It’s a Texas Hold’em poker game for your DSi. The No Limit rule used in real tournaments is included and you can play with friends over local wireless.

Hot and Cold: A 3D Hidden Object Adventure
Price: 800 Nintendo Points / $8
Publisher: Majesco
Genre: Puzzle
ESRB Rating: “Everyone”
Players: 1-2
Description: Find people’s missing objects all around town by playing the hide and seek game Hot or Cold.

myNotebook: Green
Price: 200 Nintendo Points / $2
Publisher: Nnooo
Genre: Application
ESRB Rating: N/A
Players: 1
Description: Another notebook program. It’s identical to the other myNotebook rograms available, only this one is green.

Uno
Price: Nintendo Points / $
Publisher: Gameloft
Genre: Party / Card Game
ESRB Rating: “Everyone”
Players: 1-4
Description: It’s a DSi version of the classic card game Uno. It supports local wireless and Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection multiplayer.

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