Nintendo downloads for March 8, 2010

Morning! How’re you all doing so far? Good I hope. If you’re expecting a landslide of fantastic games today, I’m sorry but you’ll have to settle for one big Nintendo download announcement, and a few more minor highlights.

See, today Nintendo and Square Enix decided to add the classic RPG Final Fantasy II to the Virtual Console. And by FFII, I mean what is actually Final Fantasy IV. Yeah, it’s hard to top that. Even though quite a few people have been waiting on the WiiWare game Max & the Magic Marker, and that DSiWare card game Elemental Masters sounds intriguing, it just can’t compare to one of the best loved Final Fantasy games in existance.

Also, DSi owners will be happy to know that new animations from artists like Mike Choi, Scott Kurtz and Christina Strain are now at the Flipnote Hatena site. Well, honestly anyone can enjoy them, since you can actually watch the Flipnote animations at the site, even if you don’t own a DSi.

Gamertell’s Nintendo Download picks for the week is Final Fantasy II (Virtual Console).

WiiWare

Dracula: Undead Awakening
Price: 1,000 Nintendo Points / $10
Publisher: Chillingo
Genre: Action
ESRB Rating: “Teen” for Fantasy Violence
Players: 1
Description: You’re a vampire hunter and general supernatural slayer, who’s after Dracula and his zombie, mutant and werewolf minions. You have to collect weapons and build them up, then go after the big boss to save the day. (Note: It’s also available on the DSi.)

Max & the Magic Marker
Price: 1,000 Nintendo Points / $10
Publisher: Press Play
Genre: Action
ESRB Rating: “Everyone” for Comic Mischief
Players: 1
Description: As you can probably guess, Max finds a marker that just happens to be magic. He unwittingly draws a monster, which comes to life and starts terrorizing his drawings. So, you have to go through 15 of Max’s drawings to get through the levels and stop the monster.

Virtual Console

Final Fantasy II
Price: 800 Nintendo Points / $8
Originally Appeared On: SNES
Publisher: Square Enix
Genre: RPG
ESRB Rating: “Everyone” for Mild Fantasy Violence and Mild Suggestive Themes
Players: 1
Description: The original version of Final Fantasy IV is now on your Wii. Cecil is a dark knight, and captain of Baron’s Red Wings airship forces. However, Baron’s king has been ordering the Red Wings to attack the innocent, and Cecil is conflicted as to whether the path he walks is right or wrong. He and his best friend, Kain, are dispatched on a mission to deliver a ring to the small town of Mist, and once they arrive learn that things have gone horribly wrong and their worst suspicions are true.

DSiWare

4 Travellers: Play Spanish
Price: 800 Nintendo Points / $8
Publisher: Agenius Interactive
Genre: 1-4
ESRB Rating: “Everyone”
Players: 1-4
Description: A game you can play alone or with four friends to learn 240 Spanish words.

Dracula: Undead Awakening
Price: 500 Nintendo Points / $5
Publisher: Chillingo
Genre: Action
ESRB Rating: “Teen” for Fantasy Violence
Players: 1
Description: Remember what you read above, for the Wiiware version of Dracula: Undead Awakening? Same thing. You’re a vampire hunter and you’re out to slay Dracula.

Elemental Masters
Price: 800 Nintendo Points / $8
Publisher: Ibxgames
Genre: Card
ESRB Rating: “Teen” for Animated Blood, Mild Fantasy Violence and Mild Suggestive Themes
Players: 1-2
Description: A fantasy card game where you create a deck of cards with fantastic creatures and then face off against a computer or friend to show who’s the best fighter.

Flips: The Bubonic Builders
Price: 500 Nintendo Points / $5
Publisher: EA
Genre: Visual Novel
ESRB Rating: N/A
Players: 1
Description: Yup, another interactive book from a series that’s sort of like Goosebumps. It picks up where the last entry left off. The girl’s toilet block is being rebuilt, but it’s taking a lot longer than it should and James, Alexander and Lenny have decided to uncover the conspiracy keeping it from getting fixed.

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