WiiWare, Virtual Console & DSiWare Releases (PAL)

Monday saw the highly anticipated release of the new ‘Tales Of Monkey Island’ game from Telltale Games and now our PAL gaming friends can also pick it up from the Nintendo Shop. The release is the first part of a five part series set in the world of Guybrush Threepwood, Pirate extraordinaire.

Also making an appearance is a WiiWare title from Konami ‘Drift Mania’ and a couple  more after the break.

WiiWare

Title: Driift Mania
System: WiiWare
Price: 800 Nintendo Points
Developed by Konami, this title allows up to eight players to race around a crazy course with a bird’s eye perspective. 32 different vehicles are available to choose from as you prepare to crash, smash and burn out your opponents in four different modes.

Title: The Three Musketeers: One For All!
System: WiiWare
Price: 900 Nintendo Points
A PC ported platformer featuring the three musketeers which has you swing your Wii remote around in order to use your fencing sword. This game features everything you’d expect such as puzzles, villains and various collectables which in the end makes a fun game with well presented graphics and gameplay.

Title: Tales of Monkey Island: Chapter 1
System: WiiWare
Price: 1000 Nintendo Points
Another PC port which unfortunately brings with it a slightly inferior frame rate sound quality, a defect which may have occurred during the transfer process. Gameplay wise this title is a great adventure which has received some very positive feedback in the US. Taking control of Guybrush Threepwood, all goes wrong when you accidentally turn the evil zombie pirate LaChuck into a human, he becomes more powerful and the voodoo curse which gave him immortality spreads across the world turning people green-skinned and mad. Will Guybrush be able to make things right especially without the use of his left hand which has become unresponsive due to the effects of the curse?

DsiWare

Title: Guitar Rock Tour
System: DSiWare
Price: 500 Nintendo Points
Featuring various well known rock songs, this Guitar Hero inspired title has you pressing particular buttons in accordance with the beat. You can play both the guitar and drums in single player and multiplayer modes which pits you against four friends to see who is the ultimate rock god. As you become more famous you travel to various cities around the world and perform on the biggest stages. You can even take photos using the DSi Camera and have them displayed on stage as you perform!