Nintendo Downloads for the week of 06/07/10 @ Gaming Target

Written by Nicole Kline on June 07, 2010

News: MEERKATS!

Nintendo has some new downloads available this week for both the DSi and the Wii. Worth mentioning first is that Photo Dojo is available this week for zero Nintendo DSi Points (until June 11th, when it goes to 200). Also, the WarioWare: D.I.Y. series has a УBig Name GamesФ section, showcasing downloadable games from prominent members of the industry. This week it's Chris Hoffman from Nintendo Power magazine with his game, Power Surge. The УBig Name GamesФ are available for zero points if you have WarioWare: D.I.Y. or WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase as well as an Internet connection.

This week, the DSiWare starts off with Flametail for 500 Nintendo DSi points. Published by Nintendo, this environmentally friendly game has you going through the solar system as an incinerator pod named Flametail, cleaning up our favorite planets. You utilize your Ц you guessed it Ц flaming tail to clean up the garbage, along with bombs and other power-ups you find along the way. Space Tour and Time Limit are the two modes available. Next up is Aksys Games' Don't Cross the Line, a puzzle game involving connecting lines to boxes without crossing the lines, and is only 200 DSi points. Playtainment released Fire Panic for 200 DSi points, putting the player in the boots of a futuristic firefighter who must put out blazes. Finally, at 500 DSi points, there's Flips: The Magic Faraway Tree from EA, in which a group of cousins visit the Faraway Tree for a fantasy-filled adventure.

Three new titles are out on WiiWare as well. At 500 Wii points, Reel Fishing Challenge II by Natsume Inc. gives you a realistic (or should I say reelistic?) fishing experience. Lapland Studio's Lead the Meerkats has you playing a meerkat who has to form his or her own meerkat pack. For just 1,000 Wii points, you can apply all the things you learned on Meerkat Manor! And last but not least, there's Zoo Disc Golf by Sonalysts, Inc. This game is 18 holes of disc golfЕat the zoo! It's 1,000 points as well, and also features a Meerkat as a playable character.

For full details and rating information, see below.

Nintendo DSiWare

Flametail
Publisher: Nintendo
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 500 Nintendo DSi Points
The year is 2099, and the solar system is littered with space junk. Our best hope for a tidier cosmos is to send the Flametail incinerator pod from planet to planet for a little fiery cleanup. Take control of the Flametail pod and start winding your way through obstacles, then watch as your flaming tail ignites blocks of troublesome debris and eventually eliminates them. Be careful not to work yourself into a dead end, and don't let the hazard line that follows you catch up to your tail or reach any leftover garbage. Luckily, you can find useful items (such as bombs or score multipliers) along your path and earn special power-ups (like radar or a missile) by collecting letter panels to spell particular words. Effectively burn up the floating garbage in the game's two modes - Space Tour and Time Limit - and earn new graphics and other surprises as you progress. The straightforward controls make it possible for anyone to take on the job of restoring space to pristine condition. Do you have what it takes to make your way to the outer reaches of the solar system?

Don't Cross The Line
Publisher: Aksys Games
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 200 Nintendo DSi Points
Don't Cross The Line is a puzzle game in which the player must connect lines to various boxes, from one identical box to another, without crossing the lines they draw in the process. There are roughly 50 stages in all. Depending on how quickly you complete each stage, you'll be awarded with a bronze, silver or gold award. To unlock additional stages, players must achieve a certain ranking in previous stages. Can you outwit the puzzles at hand and receive gold awards all around?

Fire Panic
Publisher: Playtainment
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) - Mild Cartoon Violence
Price: 200 Nintendo DSi Points
As a futuristic firefighter in Fire Panic, you face the continuous challenge of extinguishing more and more fires that keep flaring up. To do this, use your Nintendo DSi stylus to mark the fastest route for your fire engine to reach each blaze. The engine will follow the line you draw and automatically douse each fire it passes along the way. It's a thrilling experience every time you play.

Flips: The Magic Faraway Tree
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Players: 1
Price: 500 Nintendo DSi Points
Jo, Bessie and Fanny take their cousin Rick on an adventure he'll never forget to the magic Faraway Tree, where he meets Moon-Face, Silky the fairy and Saucepan Man. They visit all the different lands at the top of the Faraway Tree, including the Land of Spells, the crazy Land of Topsy-Turvy and the Land of Do-As-You-Please, where the children ride a runaway train. The new Flips range brings modern classics to the Nintendo DSiWare service. Readers can collect, solve, interact and learn as they progress through various stories and challenges.

WiiWare

Reel Fishing Challenge II
Publisher: Natsume Inc.
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 500 Wii Points
Reel Fishing is back! This sequel to the smash-hit fishing game takes you to a pristine new freshwater environment teeming with fish that look and move just like the real thing. You'll go after these wily lunkers with a huge variety of lures and refined controls that provide the most natural and realistic fishing action yet. You'll need every advantage you can get as Reel Fishing Challenge II's 30 varied missions put your angling abilities to the ultimate test. This stunning, true-to-life fishing experience will have you hooked.

Lead the Meerkats
Publisher: Lapland Studio
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E10+ (Everyone 10 and Older) - Animated Blood, Mild Violence
Price: 1,000 Wii Points
In Lead the Meerkats, you are a young meerkat with a lot to accomplish. You've been separated from your pack, and the time has come for you to form your own meerkat pack. Are you ready for the challenge? Name your pack and its meerkats. Dig burrow networks and enlarge your territory. Forage for food and grow your pack size. Stay on guard and be ready to make quick decisions. Run to the safety of the burrows or fight your enemies. Go head-to-head with a rival meerkat pack. Lead your pack to victory and rule the savanna. Lead the Meerkats is the first game to simulate the exciting life of meerkats, offering fun game play for animal lovers of all ages.

Zoo Disc Golf
Publisher: Sonalysts, Inc.
Players: 1-4
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 1,000 Wii Points
Each zoo enclosure is a "hole" in the Zoo Disc Golf course. The objective of the game is to get your disc into each "goal" using the fewest number of throws - the "goal" being the Emergency Animal Control station in each enclosure. A throw of the disc is equivalent to a stroke in golf and counts as one point. Available characters are the Rockhopper Penguin, Kangaroo, Panda and Meerkat. The Zoo Disc Golf course is made up of 18 holes. Each player is allowed a maximum of 10 strokes on each hole. When players reach 10 strokes, they move to the next hole with those 10 points added to their score.