It’s No Reel Fantasy: Water, Sudoku and Silver Stars Can Boost Your Skills

June 29, 2009

It’s No Reel Fantasy: Water,
Sudoku and Silver Stars Can Boost Your Skills

This week’s new downloadable games
include a trio of WiiWare titles – two built around water-themed challenges and
one designed to keep your mental chops in top shape. For Virtual Console, you’ll
find a memorable SEGA character making his return in a classic single-player
sci-fi adventure. Rounding out the lineup is a new Nintendo DSiWare title that’s
sure to have sudoku fans reaching feverishly for the nearest stylus.

WiiWare

Water Warfare
Publisher: Hudson Entertainment
Players: 1-8
ESRB Rating: E10+ (Everyone 10 and Older) – Cartoon Violence
Price: 800 Wii Points
Description: Water Warfare is a comical first-person shooter that uses water
guns to battle and soak opponents. A map with a particular theme – Playground,
Beach, Plaza or Nature Park – is generated automatically when the game begins,
so you can think up new strategies each time you engage. Game modes include
Single Player Missions, CPU Match and 2-Player Split Screen. On top of that,
players with broadband Internet access can use Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection to
battle with up to eight players from around the world, or participate in Ranking
Mode.

Reel Fishing Challenge
Publisher: Natsume, Inc.
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 500 Wii Points
Description: Reel Fishing Challenge offers a fun and challenging experience for
novice fishers and master anglers alike. Put your skills to the test and
discover new types of fish in the challenging mission mode, or relax and enjoy
the game at your own pace in free play mode. No matter which mode you play, the
game’s beautiful graphics and natural setting bring the fishing experience to
life. Choose from a variety of lures to attract and hook the game’s numerous
fish. Each fish looks and moves like the real thing – it’s the closest you can
get to real-life fishing without putting on your waders.

Silver Star Reversi
Publisher: Agetec, Inc.
Players: 1-2
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 500 Wii Points
Description: Silver Star Reversi has two modes: 1-Player mode allows you to play
a match against the computer opponent, and 2-Player mode allows you to play
against another person. In 1-Player mode, you can choose from five different
computer opponents, turn the background music on or off, adjust sound effects
and access in-game help features. During each match, you can also redo your last
move, save the game at any point, or resign from the game. After a match has
ended, you can review each move and resume the match from any point you choose.

Virtual Console

Fantasy Zone II: The Tears of
Opa-Opa
Original platform: SEGA MASTER SYSTEM
Publisher: SEGA
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) – Mild Cartoon Violence
Price: 500 Wii Points
Description: Ten years have elapsed since Opa-Opa restored peace to the Fantasy
Zone. Now history is repeating itself, and the planets that make up the Fantasy
Zone once again find themselves attacked by the mastermind of the Nenon planet
forces. This mastermind is secretly constructing a huge fortress in the Fantasy
Zone and aims to put an end to their ambitious plans. Just as he did 10 years
ago, Opa-Opa must do battle to save the Fantasy Zone.

Nintendo DSiWare

SUDOKU MASTER
Publisher: Hudson Entertainment
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 500 Nintendo DSi Points
Description: SUDOKU MASTER offers 150 unique puzzles that beginners and experts
alike will enjoy. A handful of tutorials will help you learn the rules and
controls as you go, and handy features like Write Mode and Temp Numbers make
Sudoku pleasantly user-friendly. Feeling confident? Then try your hand at Title
Mode to work your way up from Rookie to Sudoku Master. All puzzles were created
by Sudoku veteran NIKOLI Co., Ltd., and tips from Sudoku godfather Maki Kaji are
offered between games.

Nintendo adds new titles to the
Nintendo DSi Shop and the Wii Shop Channel at 9 a.m. Pacific time on Mondays.
Users with broadband Internet access can redeem Wii Points or Nintendo DSi
Points to download the games. Wii Points can be purchased in the Wii Shop
Channel. Nintendo DSi Points can be purchased in the Nintendo DSi Shop. A
Nintendo Points Card can be purchased at retail locations. All points from one
Nintendo Points Card must be redeemed in either the Nintendo DSi Shop or the Wii
Shop Channel. They are not transferable and cannot be divided between the two
systems.