Jett Rocket is a game that while on one hand could have been a great retail game, would also likely have died in the retail sphere. Available on WiiWare for 1000 Wii points, Jett Rocket can be fun but players may find this difficult to believe due to the game's flaws.

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June 28, 2010

Three .. two .. one! Happy Half Year! Well, 2010 is just abouthalf way behind us now (or, if you're an optimist, half way aheadof us). Either way, why not make a half-resolution to try out somenew downloadable games? This week Jett Rocket zooms onto theWiiWare^TM service to thwart the plans of the awesomely named PowerPlant Posse. The Nintendo 64^TM classic Mario Tennis^TM on the Virtual Console^TM service reminds tennis fans that most matches last less than11 hours. And Maestro! Green Groove on the Nintendo DSiWare^TM service lets you become a virtuoso, as everything you do inthe game becomes music.

We've also got new arrivals in the 'Big Name Games' section ofthe WarioWare^TM: D.I.Y. series, which features downloadable microgames fromsome of the industry's most talented figures. This week we havesome new additions from the Treehouse, Nintendo's game localizationteam. New 'Big Name Games' will be added every Monday through July26, all available to download for zero Nintendo DSi Points^TM to anyone with broadband Internet access and a copy ofeither WarioWare: D.I.Y. for the Nintendo DS^TM family of systems or WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase software forthe WiiWare service. Visit the Nintendo Channel on your Wii^TM system today to learn more about these games.

WiiWare

Jett Rocket

Publisher: Shin'en Multimedia

Players: 1

ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) Mild CartoonViolence

Price: 1,000 Wii Points^TM

Description: Jump and run and fly. Let Jett Rocketexplore the beautiful planet of Yoroppa and find out why it hasbeen attacked by the evil Power Plant Posse. Visit tropicalislands, poisonous swamps and freezingly cold glaciers. Ride theocean on your Jet Boat, parachute from giant cliffs, speed througharctic regions on your Jet Snowboard or skyrocket with your JetTurbine. You will need everything you've got to fight back and saveYoroppa. Just be Jett Rocket in this epic futuristic full 3D actionadventure.

Pong Toss Pro Frat Party Games

Publisher: JV Games Inc.

Players: 1-4

ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) AlcoholReference, Comic Mischief, Mild Language

Price: 600 Wii Points

Description: Born on college campuses, Pong Tossis the ultimate party-game favorite. Now Pong Toss Pro takes it tothe next level by featuring a completely redesigned throwing systemfor complete accuracy and improved graphics. Also new to Pong TossPro is Tournament Mode. You can have a four-, eight-, or 16-teambracket play in Pong Toss & Speed Pong. Pong Toss Pro featuressix regulation tables and the ability to modify simple house rules.Rock it with a high-energy rock soundtrack; listen to the announcercommenting on your play. Rule the table with Fireball bonuses forconsecutive shots. In Speed Pong, up to three challengers cancompete at the same time. Speed and strategy are the keys to thisfast-paced game. Jack up your opponents by using a slew ofpower-ups that will slow them down. The first one who sinks thelast cup wins it all.

Robin Hood: The Return of Richard

Publisher: Nordcurrent

Players: 1

ESRB Rating: E 10+ (Everyone 10 and Older) Violence

Price: 500 Wii Points

Description: While Richard, the true King ofEngland, is absent from his throne, his country rages in chaos.England has been invaded, and enemies burn and destroy local townsand villages. After the house of expert archer and hunter RobinHood was burned down, he, together with a group of free archerslike himself, hides in Sherwood Forest and begins his fight forjustice. The fate of the people now lies in your hands. Help Robinto defeat the villains and restore peace in this shooting game.

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Mario Tennis

Original platform: Nintendo 64

Publisher: Nintendo

Players: 1-4

ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)

Price: 1,000 Wii Points

Description: The Mushroom Kingdom welcomes anothersport to its lineup in the Nintendo 64 smash Mario Tennis. Inaddition to the bright graphics and intuitive, but incrediblytight, controls that all Mario^TM games are known for, a cast of 16 Nintendo characters(including the first introduction of Waluigi^TM) is ready to take to the court. Along with the ability tounnerve an opponent by varying shots and precisely target theirdestination, each character has specific attributes in categoriessuch as speed, power and control, all of which combine to offermultiple play styles to choose from. A variety of game modesranging from a standard tournament to the crazy, item-filled BowserStage will keep you and up to three of your friends running around the court for quite some time. Whether trying tounlock all the secrets in single-player mode or challenging friendswith some intense fun in multiplayer mode, this is a game thatdefinitely holds its serve.

Nintendo DSiWare

Maestro! Green Groove

Publisher: Neko Entertainment

Players: 1

ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) Animated Blood,Comic Mischief

Price: 500 Nintendo DSi Points

Description: Hello. Do you like music? Do you likeplatforms? Do you like pink bird-like things? Do you like thejungle? You'll love Maestro! Green Groove edition! So jump in andenjoy this wonderful feeling of being a virtuoso using your heart,stylus and voice. Everything you do is music EVERYTHING!Hit the spiders to play some drums, shoot the fruit to bring outthe melody, pinch the strings to play the tune and so on. Challengethe mischievous Staccato the Spider in a melodious battle in whichthe most talented one will win. For those of you who have no fear,once you have finished the adventure, you can activate theSING/WHISTLE mode to bug everyone around you with your precioustalents. And for the talented ones, there is an improvisation modein which you'll play the levels with the instruments and at thespeed of your choice. Enjoy, Maestros from all around theworld!

Date or Ditch

Publisher: Gameloft

Players: 1

ESRB Rating: T (Teen) Mild SuggestiveThemes

Price: 500 Nintendo DSi Points

TerminologyUnique terminology is used when referring to games within the series. 'Mothership' essentially means 'Main series', where as 'Escort' essentially means 'Spinoff'. Welcome toWe are creating the gamer's guide to the,and because it is a wiki you can help!This wiki will contain information from various games of the Talesseries (known as the Tales of テイルズ オブ series in Japan). We will use both listings of the original Japanese script and the localised English translation for all pages. In 2007, Yoshizumi announced two classes of Tales games, 'Mothership Titles' and 'Escort Titles'.

Description: Think you're a real Casanova? Let'ssee how you act in real-life situations when you face a whole gamutof dates, from romantic to wild. Date or Ditch is an absorbingdating adventure for both guys and girls, testing you through anevolving scenario. Discover unique game play mixing socialsimulation, hilarious face-to-face conversations and fun quizzes.Randomly meet someone at a party, go to the movies together, inviteyour date to dinner and more. And a surprise visit from your ex mayspice up your love story a bit. Enter even deeper into the gamethanks to the exclusive camera feature: Add your photo within thegame and change your face according to your feelings. In real life,make sure you are compatible with your date by taking the LoveTest: Based on your names and appearance, are you made for eachother? Love has always been a game. We just made it more fun.

Animal Color Cross

Publisher: Little Worlds Studio

Players: 1

ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)

Price: 500 Nintendo DSi Points

Description: Get hooked on colorful puzzles. Thegoal of the game is to reconstruct a mysterious animal image thatlies beneath the grid. You just need to fill in each square of thegrid with one of the appropriate colors available. To solve thepuzzle, you can simply deduce the right color by using the numberswritten around the grid. Don't worry, a short tutorial shows youthe basic rules within a minute. Puzzle-solving champs, sudoku fansor even kids can enjoy the game. You can play 72 individual gridsin up to 50 hours of game play. Players can select among eightlevels presented as geographical zones including Europe, Oceania,North Pole, Pacific, North America and South America to discoverlocal fauna. Enter a new world filled with fancy colored pixelart.

Ancient Tribe

Publisher: CIRCLE Entertainment

Players: 1

ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) CartoonViolence

Price: 500 Nintendo DSi Points

Description: In the ancient world of Savage, youplay the god of an ancient tribe in this real-time strategy game.Expand your village by guiding its inhabitants on the huntinggrounds to find food and resources. Use them to upgrade yourvillage and increase its population. When the primitive tribedevelops to a certain level, they will build a temple to paytribute to your mightiness. You can recruit new troops and researchnew classes of tribal people by upgrading the existing tribe'sequipment and technology. Besides improving your tribe you canimprove your godly powers by sacrificing some of your tribesmen andresources. On the hunting ground your tribe will explore forests,deserts, volcanoes and frozen lands. They will meet various kindsof beasts such as boars, elephants and even dinosaurs. You can helptrap and tame them so your tribe can ride on them as part of yourarmy and hunting troop.

Brain Drain^TM

Publisher: Enjoy Gaming

Players: 1

ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)

Price: 500 Nintendo DSi Points

Description: Brain Drain is a funny andchallenging puzzle game. You have to place the elements of ascrambled puzzle according to a given model. Select four elementsat a time with the stylus and spin them to move the elements to theright positions. Some puzzles may feature malicious game effectsthat will slow you down during your puzzle solving. There are threegame modes to choose from:

Publisher: Ubisoft

Players: 1-4

ESRB Rating: E 10+ (Everyone 10 and Older) Animated Blood, Mild Fantasy Violence

Price: 800 Nintendo DSi Points

Description: After the defeat of the Mutant King,the Mutant Queen rose up from the core of the Earth and forced theremaining giant insects into submission. Now it is your job tolocate and free the Scorpion Champion, the only giant insect withthe ability to defeat the Mutant Queen. Complete 10 new missions,defeat your enemies and liberate the Scorpion Champion! Customizeyour giant insect with tribal stripes, equip it with special powersand enhance your abilities. Challenge your friends to duels ofsupremacy on the Nintendo DS^TM system. Are you strong enough to win this Battle of Giants^TM?

Nintendo adds new titles to the Nintendo DSi Shop and the WiiShop Channel at 9 a.m. Pacific time on Mondays. Users withbroadband Internet access can redeem Wii Points or Nintendo DSiPoints to download the games. Wii Points can be purchased in theWii Shop Channel. Nintendo DSi Points can be purchased in theNintendo DSi Shop. A Nintendo Points Card^TM can be purchased at retail locations. All points from oneNintendo Points Card must be redeemed in either the Nintendo DSiShop or the Wii Shop Channel. They are not transferable and cannotbe divided between the two systems.

Remember that both Wii and Nintendo DSi feature parentalcontrols that let adults manage the content their children canaccess. For more information about this and other features, visitWii.com or NintendoDSi.com.