Nintendo downloads for February 15, 2010

Time to head back to the courtroom! Well, virtual courtroom. Capcom’s WiiWare port of the DS/GBA game Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: Justice for All hits the Wii Shop Channel today. It also happens to be the most anticipated of the nine games added to the Wii and DSi today. That’s not to say the other games added aren’t good, for example Sonic & Knuckles makes its Virtual Console debut today, but it’s just the best known.

A cool thing to note about the Virtual Console version of Sonic & Knuckles. Like it’s original cartridge counterpart, the downloadable version can connect with Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and Sonic the Hedgehog 3, as long as you’ve bought both games from the Wii Shop Channel and have them on your Wii as well. This means you can play as Knuckles in the older games.

The DSi gets the most games this week yet again, with five new titles added. Personally, I’d like to see the count cut back one and there be two Virtual Console releases every week again, but whatever works.

Gamertell’s Nintendo Download picks for the week are Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: Justice for All (Wii) and Sonic & Knuckles (Virtual Console).

WiiWare

Art of Balance
Price: 800 Nintendo Points / $8
Publisher:Shin’en Multimedia
Genre: Puzzle
ESRB Rating: “Everyone”
Players: 1-2
Description: You have to go through 100 levels, building balanced stacks that won’t crash to the ground. There are also multiplayer co-op and versus modes.

Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: Justice for All
Price: 1,000 Nintendo Points / $10
Publisher: Capcom
Genre: Adventure
ESRB Rating: “Teen” for Blood, Mild Violence and Suggestive Themes
Players: 1
Description: Phoenix returns to solve four more cases and protect the innocent from unjust accusations. Justice for All introduces the Psyche-Lock questioning system, Franziska von Karma as a prosecutor and Pearl Fey as an assistant.

WarMen Tactics
Price: 800 Nintendo Points / $8
Publisher: Calaris
Genre: Action/Shooter
ESRB Rating: “Teen” for Blood and Violence
Players: 1
Description: Marco is a member of a 2013 resistance group fighting against the Department of Control. You must help him through missions to try and take down the Department.

Virtual Console

Sonic & Knuckles
Price: 800 Nintendo Points / $8
Originally Appeared On: Sega Genesis
Publisher: Sega
Genre: Action
ESRB Rating: “Everyone”
Players: 1
Description: Sonic the hedgehog and Knuckles the echidna must team up and defeat Dr. Eggman so that Angel Island, its residents and it’s Master Emerald will remain safe from harm.

DSiWare

Prehistorik Man
Price: 800 Nintendo Points / $8
Publisher: Interplay
Genre: Action
ESRB Rating: “Everyone” for Mild Violence
Players: 1
Description: Sam the caveman, excuse me, Prehistorik Man, has to go through 22 levels to recover his village’s food source from dinosaurs.

Real Soccer 2010
Price: 800 Nintendo Points / $8
Publisher: Gameloft
Genre: Sports
ESRB Rating: “Everyone”
Players: 1-4
Description: It’s a soccer game, and a slightly more enhanced version of the previous Real Soccer game. That means more stadiums and teams. That’s pretty much it.

Scrabble Classic
Price: 800 Nintendo Points / $8
Publisher: EA
Genre: Board Game
ESRB Rating: “Everyone”
Players: 14
Description: It’s Scrabble, with single and multiplayer modes.

Spaceball Revolution
Price: 500 Nintendo Points / $5
Publisher: Virtual Toys
Genre: Puzzle
ESRB Rating: “Everyone” for Mild Fantasy Violence
Players: 1
Description: You must go through 15 levels, copying what’s on the top screen with energy balls while avoiding obstacles.

Spotto!
Price: 200 Nintendo Points / $2
Publisher: Nintendo
Genre: Action
ESRB Rating: “Everyone” for Mild Cartoon Violence
Players: 1
Description: You must help Spotto, a duck and bombirdier, rescue President Wowwow’s daughter Chikkie Wowwow from ghosts by tossing bombs into their mouths.

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