Nintendo downloads for February 1, 2010

Morning everyone! It’s another Monday morning, and that means it’s time for new, downloadable Wii and DSi games. This week DSi owners are the real winners, as there are five new DSi games waiting for you to peruse and download. There are three new WiiWare games, which is the average haul of games, and only one new Virtual Console title. The single Virtual Console game is a good one though! It’s Alex Kidd in Shinobi World.

Aside from the addition of Alex Kidd in Shinobi World, there two other star releases. The final entry in Telltale Games’ Tales of Monkey Island series, Rise of the Pirate God, is now available on the Wii Shop Channel and Nintendo has just released True Swing Golf Express for the DSi.

I just hope you all like single player games. This week only one game, Downtown Texas Hold’em (DSiWare), supports multiplayer.

Gamertell’s Nintendo Download picks for the week are Alex Kidd in Shinobi World (VC), Tales of Monkey Island Chapter 5 (WiiWare) and True Swing Golf Express (DSiWare).

WiiWare

5 in 1 Solitaire
Price: 500 Nintendo Points / $5
Publisher: Digital Leisure
Genre: Card
ESRB Rating: “Everyone”
Players: 1
Description: This game appears twice today, for the Wii and DSi. It’s a Solitaire game with five modes – FreeCell, Gaps, Golf, Klondike and Spider. Frankly, I don’t understand why Wii version $5 and the DSi version $2 when both are practically the same exact game.

Tales of Monkey Island Chapter 5: Rise of the Pirate God
Price: 1,000 Nintendo Points / $10
Publisher: Telltale Games
Genre: Adventure
ESRB Rating: “Everyone 10+” for Alcohol Reference, Cartoon Violence, Mild Language and Mild Suggestive Themes
Players: 1
Description: The final entry in the Tales of Monkey Island series, where we find out what will happen to Guybrush and Elaine, and if there’s a way to stop the pox and LeChuck.

Tumblebugs 2
Price: 800 Nintendo Points / $8
Publisher: Gameshastra
Genre: Action / Puzzle
ESRB Rating: “Everyone”
Players: 1
Description: Tumble must save the Tumblebugs from the Black Bugs which are trying to trap the Tumblebugs. You must help her get through 89 levels and save the day, though this time Tumble can call on friends to help her in her quest to defeat the Blac Bugs.

Virtual Console

Alex Kidd in Shinobi World
Price: 500 Nintendo Points / $5
Originally Appeared On: Sega Master System
Publisher: Sega
Genre: Action
ESRB Rating: “Everyone” for Mild Cartoon Violence
Players: 1
Description: Help Alex Kidd through 12 stages to help save his girlfriend from the evil ninja Hanzo. It’s the last entry in the Alex Kidd series, and wasn’t released in Japan.

DSiWare

5 in 1 Solitaire
Price: 200 Nintendo Points / $2
Publisher: Digital Leisure
Genre: Card
ESRB Rating: “Everyone”
Players: 1
Description: Yay for more Solitaire games. This one has five different versions to play: FreeCell, Gaps, Golf, Klondike and Spider. It’s just like the Wii version, only portable and cheaper.

Downtown Texas Hold’em
Price: 500 Nintendo Points / $5
Publisher: EA Games
Genre: Card
ESRB Rating: “Teen” for Simulated Gambling
Players: 1-5
Description: A Texas Hold’em game with 20 players, practice games, classic poker, turbo tournaments and multiplayer modes. You have to buy your way in to the better casinos though, and you can only play with friends who also have a DSi and bought the game.

Legends of Exidia
Price: 800 Nintendo Points / $8
Publisher: Gameloft
Genre: RPG
ESRB Rating: “Everyone 10+” for Animated Blood, Fantasy Violence and Mild Suggestive Themes
Players: 1
Description: This is unusual, a DSiWare RPG. In Legends of Exidia, you help a warrior assist Princess Sofia in defeating the Morgost and reclaiming the Orb of Spell before it is used to resurrect Daraka, an evil lord.

Move Your Brain Rollway Puzzle
Price: 500 Nintendo Points / $5
Publisher: Assoria
Genre: Puzzle
ESRB Rating: “Everyone”
Players: 1
Description: Use the DSi camera to tilt the system and move the ball through labyrinths to make it safely out of every level before time runs out.

True Swing Golf Express
Price: 800 Nintendo Points / $8
Publisher: Nintendo
Genre: Sports (Golf)
ESRB Rating: “Everyone”
Players: 1
Description: A golfing and putting simulation where you use the touch screen to play through Round Mode, going through courses, or Challenge Mode completing missions.

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