Highlights this week include portable shooter C.O.R.E. for DS, Guilty Gear for Wii, plus a whole mess of tracks for Rock Band 2 and Guitar Hero … and is that a real game being released for DSiWare? Click on in to check out all the new releases for the week! [Now updated with a bunch of additional RB2 songs!]
DS
Desktop Tower Defense
My Farm Around the World
Dreamer Series: Shop Owner
History Great Empires: Rome
C.O.R.E.
Wii
Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus
Pirates vs. Ninjas Dodgeball
Puzzle Kingdoms
Garfield Gets Real
Help Wanted: 50 Wacky Jobs
Fantasy Aquarium World
DSiWare
Real Soccer 2009 (Gameloft, 1-4 players, Rated E for Everyone, 800 Nintendo DSi Points): It’s time to live the soccer season to the max with Real Soccer 2009 on Nintendo DSi. It will offer you a never-before-seen soccer experience with revolutionary yet easily accessible touch-screen controls. Take a photo of anything with the Nintendo DSi Camera and turn the image into your own custom ball or team flag, or even make yourself into your favorite player. With 198 teams using real player names, realistic opponent behaviors thanks to advanced artificial intelligence, and superior 3-D graphics, you’ll feel just like a professional soccer player. Go ahead, take your best shot!
WiiWare
Family Pirate Party (Aksys Games, 1-4 players, Rated E 10+ for Everyone 10 and Older ”“ Mild Cartoon Violence and Suggestive Themes, 500 Wii Points): Daddy, Mommy, Sarah and Billy make their return as pirates sailing the seas and skies. Roll the dice and sail through the islands to gather the treasures each island holds. The person with the most gold at the end wins. Family Pirate Party shines with its appealing cel-shaded graphics and endearing music. Challenge up to three other players (friends, the CPU or both) for some four-player board-game fun. Do you have it in you to defeat your opponents and become the king of Family Pirate Party!?
Virtual Console
Galaxy Force II (Sega Genesis, 1 player, Rated E for Everyone ”“ Fantasy Violence, 800 Wii Points): Galaxy Force II is an arcade shooter with a 3-D view from behind your spaceship. Fly through five different planets, taking on enemies in environments that range from a peaceful garden to lands made of fire or ice. Navigate treacherous landscapes by flying low over the planet’s surface and blowing up enemy robots, ships and turrets, then flying through a tunnel to destroy the alien stronghold on each planet. It is your duty as part of the Galaxy Force to defend against the alien invasion and maintain peace in the solar system.
Rock Band 2
May 12th
Social Distortion
“Bad Luck”
“Ring of Fire”
“Story of My Life”
Steely Dan
“Black Friday”
“My Old School”
Disturbed
“Stricken”
“Stupify”
Elvis Costello
“Radio Radio”
The Replacements
“Kids Don’t Follow”
Siouxsie & The Banshees
“Hong Kong Garden”
“Kiss Them For Me”
“The Killing Jar”
Locksley
“All Over Again”
“Don’t Make Me Wait”
“She Does”
Silversun Pickups
“Melatonin”
“Well Thought Out Twinkles”
Duran Duran
“Girls On Film”
“Rio”
Buckcherry
“Rescue Me”
Mötley Crüe
“Face Down in the Dirt”
Psychedelic Furs
“Pretty in Pink”
Sixx:A.M.
“Life is Beautiful”
The Pretenders
“Brass in Pocket”
The Janitors
“Get Your Rock On”
Guitar Hero World Tour
May 14th – Pop Rock Track Pack
P!nk
“So What”
OneRepublic
“Stop and Stare”
Angels & Airwaves
“Everything’s Magic”