Fatal Fury 2 and Magnetica added to Wii Shop Channel @ Gaming Target

Written by John Scalzo on June 30, 2008

News: Magnetica Twist that is.

Nintendo continues their Monday morning dose of new Wii Shop offerings with two new titles this week. The WiiWare service gets Magnetica Twist, a "Wiimake" of the DS puzzler Magentica while the Virtual Console receives Fatal Fury 2, a fighting game first made famous on the NeoGeo.

Magnetica Twist brings another unique twist to the WiiWare service this week as it opens up the possibility of more DS remakes. While it may never happen again, I think it would be very interesting to see a few more DS classics remade for the Wii.

For more on both of these titles, Nintendo has you covered.

WiiWare
Magnetica Twist (Nintendo, 1-4 players, Rated E for Everyone-Comic Mischief, 1,000 Wii Points): The classic puzzle game Magnetica is now available on WiiWare , putting its own unique "twist" on the puzzle-game experience. You're surrounded by marbles, marching slowly but surely down a track. Use a launcher (piloted by a Mii of your choice) to shoot marbles with matching colors and wipe them out before they reach the end of the track. Control couldn't be simpler, as all you need to do is twist the Wii Remote controller to aim and press the A button to shoot. And the game play remains as addictive and deep as you've come to expect in Nintendo's puzzle games, with five varied play modes, advanced mechanics such as the ability to lob marbles, and a never-ending supply of combos. This definitely isn't your typical game of marbles.

Virtual Console
Fatal Fury 2 (NeoGeo, 1-2 players, Rated T for Teen-Animated Blood, Violence, 900 Wii Points): Released in 1992 by SNK, Fatal Fury 2 is the second installment in the renowned fighting-game series. In addition to Terry, Andy and Joe, who appeared in the original game, another five distinctive fighters gather from around the world to compete for the championship title. Also newly added are stage-specific hazards and the ability to perform desperation attacks when a character's strength is low. These particularly deadly techniques create the chance for a come-from-behind victory achieved with a single strike. Moreover, the innovative two-line battle, which proved popular in the previous version, also has been radically enhanced. Pressing the weak-attack and strong-attack buttons simultaneously enables players to move their fighters to another line themselves, or to launch an attack that pushes opponents back to another line. This game mechanic, unique to this title in the series, allows the player to take advantage of the depth of the screen and create even more exciting bouts. Can you prove yourself the king of fighters again?