Punch -- punch -- punch!
A couple of classics on the Wii and a whole lot of Electro-Plankton for the DSi next week in Japan.
Well it looks like Japan is having a WiiWare holiday next week with no new titles having been announced via the website or the shop news bulletin.
The two Virtual Console releases offer a catch-up title in the form of Super Punch Out for the Super Famicom (800pts) and yet another Virtual Console Arcade release from Namco in the form of Sky Kid (yay! -- also 800pts).
The DSi is getting no less than four Electro-Plankton titles, with a further two announced for release on the 22nd of July. These have already been seen in cartridge form for the DS a few years ago, so Nintendo seems to be trying to sell some plankton to new DSi owners who don't already know of it. The names in parentheses are the names of the titles as released outside of Japan; it probably won't be a surprise to see these appear on the DSi shop outside of Japan in the future.
The 08 July releases (200pts each) are:
Trapy
Hanenbon (Hanebow)
Nanocarp
Tsuriga ne Mushi ( Beatnes)
The titles being released on the 22nd of July are:
Rekku Rekku (Rec-Rec)
Hikari no Wa (Lumiloop)
1. Charlie The Unicorn
03 Jul 2009, 18:02 BST
It's official. Electroplankton is the new Master Of Illusion. At least it looks more fun!
2. Sean Aaron
03 Jul 2009, 18:05 BST
We can only hope that every WarioWare and Mario Party game will eventually get individual release on WiiWare!
3. Toddr
03 Jul 2009, 18:09 BST
Isn't Trapy supposed to be Tracy?
4. KnucklesSonic8
03 Jul 2009, 18:10 BST
Sky Kid VCA! Yes!
I'd so get Electro-Plankton. Never played before.
@Sean Aaron: Mario Party WiiWare FTW!
5. SuperSonic1990
03 Jul 2009, 18:27 BST
Japan finally gets a medicore update,YES!
6. sfog
03 Jul 2009, 18:33 BST
At least the Electroplankton DSiWare is cheaper than the cart version, even if you take all 10 parts into account. That totals $20, whereas the cart was never less than $30.
It also had a very limited release, only being sold online through GameStop and direct through Nintendo's online store.
7. Sean Aaron
03 Jul 2009, 18:54 BST
@Toddr: I think you're right, that's what it was called on the cart, but for whatever reason the DSiWare version is called Trapy -- who can say why? Technically the katakana for the game reads as Toreepii, or Treppy before anyone gets pedantic on me!
8. Supermarioman
03 Jul 2009, 19:08 BST
Anybody who says Electroplankton is a rip-off, consider the fact that I bought my actual game cart two years ago and had to pay $50 for it then and that was at Gamestop!!!
9. Panda
03 Jul 2009, 19:15 BST
Speaking of $50 DS carts, I saw Tetris DS used going for that much at GameStop yesterday. I know it's rare and all, but jeez, what a mark-up.
Anyway, I only recently got into DS stuff and would so be all over Electroplankton wares, even if it does support an arguably questionable game release practice.
Why, hello there, my two NPC games.
10. Chicken Brutus
03 Jul 2009, 19:47 BST
Oh man, I hope the Electroplankton stuff comes to the US. So sad I missed out on the chance to get a fairly-priced non-bootleg copy.
11. Tony
03 Jul 2009, 20:02 BST
I missed Electro-Plankton and I would love to try it.
12. Charlie The Unicorn
03 Jul 2009, 20:09 BST
@Supermarioman: WHOA! I'm so getting the DSiWare titles now! Also, It'l let me pick the ones I want.
13. Popyman
03 Jul 2009, 20:20 BST
Cool! Electro-Plankton! That's a smart game to release, seeing as you could only buy it online when it came out.
14. warioswoods
03 Jul 2009, 21:56 BST
Electroplankton!!!!!
Nintendo just granted me my biggest fan-wish for the DSi. I cited Elektroplankton on this site a while back as the perfect fit for DSiWare, but never thought there was any chance of that coming to pass. I couldn't be more exuberant about it; let's hope they aren't slow in bringing it to the west. After all, there shouldn't really be much of any localization to take care of aside from the title screen.
And yes, 200 points each is very reasonable for what you're getting.
15. Ricardo91
03 Jul 2009, 22:07 BST
So Electroplankton, a game that was barely even a game to start with, is being broken into fragments for DSi too? Swell...
Also, Sky Kid sucks. Especially at 800 points.
At least Japan gets Super Punch-Out!! Though, so it's not all bad.
16. Larkin
03 Jul 2009, 22:36 BST
YES!! I have always wanted to play Electroplankton so heres hoping they come out here
17. Egg miester
03 Jul 2009, 23:14 BST
i love electroplankton is great ds game i play it a lot, i hope dsi gets more and they come to states i may need to get a dsi
18. warioswoods
03 Jul 2009, 23:14 BST
Having Hanebow on my DSi menu at all times will be wonderful. I've actually hooked the DS output to a car stereo before to sit there with Electroplankton and create atmospheric music to fit the driving scenery. Until I drove everyone crazy, that is.
Now they just need to create a miniature touchscreen-based Tenori-on app.
19. Sean Aaron
03 Jul 2009, 23:52 BST
Sky Kid does not suck. End of line.
20. WarioFan63
03 Jul 2009, 23:58 BST
Electroplankton Express! Awesome news!
21. thewiirocks
04 Jul 2009, 00:06 BST
Skykid is awesome. My only caveat is that if you have the NES version, there's not much reason to get the arcade version. It was a pretty simple game, so the two versions are extremely close. (At least, from what I recall.)
22. MickEiA
04 Jul 2009, 02:00 BST
Japan just got served
23. Digiki
04 Jul 2009, 02:54 BST
@SuperSonic1990
I'm guessing you didn't read the article because you failed to notice the awesome Super Punch Out.
24. The Fox
04 Jul 2009, 05:11 BST
@sean aaron:
"Sky Kid does not suck. End of line."
No, but at 800 points it is a crappy deal.
25. Prochnow
04 Jul 2009, 07:57 BST
@Panda: That's a bit off topic, but $50 / €40 is the normal price for Tetris DS, I just paid €40 two weeks ago...
But according to Tetris Online's Tweets, a small Tetris DSiWare game is going to come!
26. SuperSonic1990
04 Jul 2009, 08:54 BST
@Digiki-Yes,but we got that game before Japan.
27. Sean Aaron
04 Jul 2009, 09:32 BST
@TheFox: Yeah, but it's only money!
28. LEGEND MARIOID
04 Jul 2009, 16:21 BST
Electroplankton on DSiware in portions? What next?
29. Mayhem
04 Jul 2009, 17:10 BST
Considering Japan never got a retail release of Super Punchout (it was download station only) then hopefully more people over there will finally be able to play it
30. Supermarioman
04 Jul 2009, 18:49 BST
I just saw a used copy of Electroplankton at a Bristol, VA Gamestop for $50, who gets that copy is a lucky duck because it comes with a box and not the gamestop one, the actual box!
31. fudgenuts
05 Jul 2009, 04:13 BST
All the games from Electroplankton are:
Tracy
Hanenbow
Luminaria
Sun-Animalcule
Rec-Rec
Nanocarp
Lumiloop
Marine-Snow
Beatnes
Volvoice
Taken from the US Version of the game.
32. winter123
08 Jul 2009, 00:01 BST
It's kind of convenient to not have to put in a cartridge... for warioware i understand because it has no GBA cartridge slot.... but re releasing DS games peice by piece is a bit ridiculous.
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