Altered Beast, Arkanoid Plus! Driift onto Wii

If it's Monday, then it must be time for Nintendo to release its latest Wii and DSi wares. The former platform will get a trio of new titles, including DRiiFT Mania, Konami's top-down multiplayer WiiWare racer. Joining it is Arkanoid Plus!, a new version of Taito's classic block-destruction game...

If it's Monday, then it must be time for Nintendo to release its latest Wii and DSi wares. The former platform will get a trio of new titles, including DRiiFT Mania, Konami's top-down multiplayer WiiWare racer. Joining it is Arkanoid Plus!, a new version of Taito's classic block-destruction game with 61 levels and numerous tweaks made via WiiWare. The former game is 800 Wii points ($8 ), with the latter costing 600 Wii points ($6).

Over on the Virtual Console front, the Sega arcade classic Altered Beast will rise from its grave for 1,000 Wii points ($10). (The Sega Genesis version was released on the VC in 2006.) The side-scroller casts players as an ancient warrior resurrected by the god Zeus to rescue his daughter, Athena. On the way to his goal, the player must collect Spirit Ball power-ups, which turn him into the powerful monster of the title.

DSi offerings this week include Art Academy: Second Semester, a first-party, 800-DSi point ($8 ) "portable art course." Besides offering information about the great Impressionists, the title will let players create their own artwork--complete with moving objects--with a variety of tools.

For the less artistically minded, Square Enix is releasing Dragon Quest Wars for the DSi for 500 DSi points ($5). The title takes creatures from the Dragon Quest role-playing game series and transposes them into a grid-based strategy title. It will have both single-player and wireless multiplayer, the latter supporting both local and online play via the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection.

8 Comments

  • KillerWabbit23

    Posted Oct 1, 2009 1:23 pm PT

    Wise from your gwave... Okay, you can stop now... what's that? you're not gonna stop? and now your selling for almost twice your original price? Never give up...

  • atopp399

    Posted Sep 29, 2009 12:32 pm PT

    Come on where is Earthbound already?

  • 90xGrad

    Posted Sep 29, 2009 10:46 am PT

    altered beast? just let it die.....please.

  • VirtualTofu

    Posted Sep 29, 2009 9:22 am PT

    Altered Beast? AGAIN?!!! It was already on the Master System, Genesis, Plug and Play, and multiple collections. GEEZ!!!!!!!!

  • probabilityzer0

    Posted Sep 28, 2009 9:37 pm PT

    dude!!! i cant believe they brought back Altered Beast back from the grave lol i still have my old old old sega version lol

  • lowerclassbrat7

    Posted Sep 28, 2009 7:03 pm PT

    Wise fwom your gwave!

  • Kirbichu

    Posted Sep 28, 2009 5:32 pm PT

    Finally, something GOOD on DSiWare. Not one of those stupid "Express" games.

  • Neosonic23

    Posted Sep 28, 2009 5:11 pm PT

    What Wii Releasing Arcade Titles? Bring in The Simpsons Arcade and u have my purchase!

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