Pearl Harbor Trilogy – 1941: Red Sun Rising is the first title in a trilogy of air-combat action games for the Wii™. In the premiere game, which will be available soon on WiiWare™, players will be dropped into the cockpit of famous World War II aircraft and thrown into contested air battles of the Pacific Theater such as Pearl Harbor, Wake Island and Guadalcanal.

Pearl Harbor Trilogy – 1941: Red Sun Rising has been rated T for Teen (Violence) by the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB), PEGI 12 (Europe), USK 6 (Germany) and AGCB PG Mild Violence (Australia and New Zealand).

So grab your flying jacket and goggles and enjoy the thrills of being a World War II fighter pilot!

Stop Stress: A Day of Fury

Abylight an independent premier video game developer, is pleased to announce the upcoming release date for Stop Stress: A Day of Fury, the complete anti-stress therapy for those days when everything that can go wrong, does, or so they say!

Stop Stress: A Day of Fury will be released on January 8th on WiiWare™ in Europe for 800 Wii Points™.

“[It is] the perfect antidote for the modern, urban, stressed out gamer”, said Nacho Garcia, producer at Abylight, “With encounters that range from demonic toasters to an antagonising baby gorilla, players will need to destroy everything in their patch to commence to the next stage”.

Have you ever had one of those days where you wish you’d never got out of bed? In Stop Stress: A Day of Fury you play Jack, a man with dangerously high blood pressure and possibly the most stressed man on earth, whose manic urban life is driving him nuts. As our stressed out hero, you have only one objective – to fulfill the ultimate dream of escaping from the city into a stress free Zen like existence.

Unfortunately for our hero Jack, the path to a trauma free life is littered with madcap enemies including a killer toaster, baby gorilla and a crazy cop hell bent on making you lose your cool. To deal with these wacky menaces players use a selection of crazy weapons including a slipper, axe and giant baseball bat as they proceed to wreak total carnage on anything and everything in their path.

To progress to the next level, players need to destroy everything they can get their hands on commence to the next stage. Featuring three different levels of difficulty within four different unabated and chaotic scenarios, the stress won’t halt, until you stop it or the stress stops your heart.

Stop Stress: A Day of Fury is rated PEGI +12 and will be available on the Wii Shop Channel.

For more information please visit the official game website.

rubik's puzzle galaxy: rush

Independent game developer Two Tribes have teamed up with The Game Factory to announce a new series of Rubik inspired WiiWare puzzle games, with the first game of the series Rubik’s Puzzle Galaxy: RUSH being available throughout Europe this Autumn.

Rubik’s Puzzle Galaxy: RUSH has been developed by Two Tribes, the creators of the popular Toki Tori and Worms: Open Warfare 2. The result is a 3D puzzle game that provides puzzlers with hours of fun across more than 70 brain-busting levels.

Utilizing the intuitive Wii controls, players ‘herd’ coloured cubes to their exit points across stylish environments using a crazy mix of tools including conveyor belts, warps and stop signs.

In addition to the 70-plus levels included, Rubik’s Puzzle Galaxy: RUSH also features the original Rubik’s Cube gameplay as a bonus. Players can try to solve one of the four sizes available, play the unique pattern matching score mode, learn how to solve the original Rubik’s Cube and even compete in the two player mode. Rounding out the package are the online leader boards, with the potential to host tournaments, with prizes awarded to those players who achieve the best scores.

Martijn Reuvers, Managing Director of Two Tribes said;

“We are very excited to be releasing our second WiiWare title. Inspired by the cult classic from the eighties, Rubik’s Puzzle Galaxy: RUSH is a totally fresh and unique 3D puzzle game experience which we can’t wait to show to Wii gamers.”

Rubik’s Puzzle Galaxy: RUSH Highlights:

·      Original 3D puzzle solving gameplay

·      More than 70 brain-busting levels

·      Tailor-made Wii Remote™ control scheme

·      Conveyer Belts, Warps, Stop Signs, Directional Signs, Splits, and more.

·      Stylish environments

·      Classic Rubik’s Cube in four sizes

·      Tutorial on how to solve the original Rubik’s Cube

·      Unique score mode

·      Online leaderboards

For more information visit the Rubik’s Puzzle Galaxy website.

For a more relaxing time away from the stress of the fast lane, why not consider a cruise holiday?

Stop Stress: A Day of Fury

Independent video game developer Abylight have announced the upcoming launch of their latest game designed for WiiWare, Stop Stress: A Day Of Fury, the complete anti stress therapy for those days when everything that can go wrong, does!

Ever had one of those days when you wish that you had never got out of bed?

In Stop Stress: A Day Of Fury you will take on the persona of Jack, a man with dangerously high blood pressure and possibly the most stressed person on earth, who’s manic urban life is driving him crazy.

The objective of the game is to get stressed-out Jack away from the chaotic life of the city and to fulfill the ultimate dream of living a stress free zen-like existence.

Unfortunately for our hero Jack, the path to a trauma free life is littered with madcap enemies including a killer toaster, baby gorilla and a crazy cop hell bent on making you lose your cool.

To deal with these wacky menaces players use a selection of crazy weapons including a slipper, axe and giant baseball bat as they proceed to wreak total carnage on anything and everything in their path.

To progress to the next level, players need to destroy everything they can get their hands on. Featuring three different levels of difficulty within four different unabated and chaotic scenarios, the stress won’t halt, until you stop it or the stress stops your heart.

“With its frantic gameplay, manic enemies and vibrant environments, Stop Stress: A Day of Fury is the perfect game to be born out of our Jungleland, said Manu Ruperez from Jungleland, “We look forward to it becoming one of the cult hits of the year.”

Stop Stress: A Day of Fury is rated PEGI +12 and will be available on the Wii Shop Channel.

For more information please visit the official Stop Stress site .

Wii Sports

According to reports, there is to be no price cut for the Wii hardware in the UK, instead, rumour has it that the manufacturer will be offering a new retail package for the continued retail price of £199.

The package is to include the new Wii MotionPlus peripheral, a nunchuck, the original Wii Sports plus its sequel the Wii Sports Resort.

An announcement is due shortly that the US and Japan will be getting the Wii hardware at a reduced price, while the UK have recently upped their retail prices due to escalating exchange rate.

The package, which has still not been confirmed, is expected to go on release at the beginning of October, but for all those of you only interested in the Wii Sports software, Toys R Us have this offer.

hercales chariot racing screenshot

Neko Entertainment an independent premier video developer and publisher have announced the upcoming release of Hercales Chariot Racing on WiiWare, promising a race that will drive players new and old to distraction.

Featuring ten circuits in five mythological fantasy settings, players take control of one of eight gods or legendary creatures from Heracles to Poseidon as they race to become Champion Charioteer. Heracles Chariot Racing will be released on July 24th in Europe on WiiWare.

In Heracles Chariot Racing our hero Heracles has to undertake a challenge that none before him have survived – a chariot racing tournament.  To win a series of sacred trophies and be crowned Champion Charioteer our hero has to race across mythological kingdoms against some of the most feared monsters in existence. The objectives are simple, survive the battles and race against some of the most fearsome and inventive foes in Greek mythology. Select a character and let fate, skill and ability decide the outcome!

Heracles Chariot Racing is an exciting journey into a mystical and colourful word of danger spiced with excitement, awesome weapons laced with humour. Featuring Championship, Single Player, Time Trial, Battle and intense 2 to 4 split screen multiplayer modes, players are the master of their own destinies, but with the divine actions of Gods they will require both skill and an element of luck to be crowned champions. Featuring 3 racing cups across 10 courses based on mythological fantasy settings including Nemean Lion, Realm of Hades, The Augean Stables, Stymphalian Lake and Mount Olympus, players select a character and race it out using fantasy weaponry including Zeus lightning rods, tridents, fireballs and more against their opponents.

With its blisterning fast racing action, mytholigical tracks and enemies, split screen multiplayer modes, Heracles Chariot Racing is destined to become a WiiWare classic for players, both young and old.

The software allows you to search and review the newest gaming products on the Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DS/Lite.

Another great feature is that it allows you to download play demos of games available on the DS that you may not have played before, via DS Download and Play on your Nintendo DS console. On the DS download service, at the moment you can download demos of:

42 All-Time Classics

Big Brain Academy

Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training

Mario Kart DS

Maths Training

Picross DS

and Sight Training

A polling feature will collect gamers opinions making it easier for you to find recommended and new games. And you can also comment on games that you have played for longer than an hour.

You can watch loads of videos including Micheal Owen and Ian Wright playing Pro Evoloution Soccer 08, Shigeru Miyamoto discussing Wii Fit and TV commercials for some of the best games on Nintendo DS and Nintendo Wii.

To download this exciting new channel now got to the Wii Shop Channel on your Nintendo Wii.

This means that now small developers without the full amount of resources can now see there imaginations run free thanks to Wii Ware.

Although this is used like a the Virtual Consoles games it is quite different and offers many of the things available when you play big name games on the Wii console.

Another handy feature is that if you are worried about the amount of memory left on your Wii console don’t worry because each game has a maximum of 40 MB so get loads.

Tuesday the 20th May will be the release day for Wii Ware and most of the games.
The games released in may include:

Defend Your Castle
Dr Mario & Bacteria Extermination
Everyone’s Pokemon Ranch
Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicals: My Life as a King
Lost Winds
Plattchen: Twist ‘n’ Paint
Pop!
Saku Saku Animal Panic
Star Soldier R

If you do not have the Wii shop Channel you will unfortunately not be able to download these unless you connect your Nintendo Wii to the internet.

This allows classic games that were not released in Europe available from the Wii shop Channel. So now we can enjoy more American and Japanese classic games for the virtual console on wii.

They will begin with:

Columns III: Revenge of Columns on the Sega Mega Drive

Gradius II Gofer No Yabou on the Sega Mega Drive

Final Soldier on the Turbo grafx

And then we also look forward to such releases as:

Turbografx

Break in

Cho Aniki

Digital Champ: Battle Boxing

Star ParodierSega Mega Drive

Gley Lancer

Puyo Puyo 2

So go out and buy a Wii Points Card and start playing.