Wii Shop Channel Update: World of Goo, Secret of Mana, Street Fighter 2 SCE, Art Style: CUBELLO

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Nintendo has issued details on today's update to the Wii Shop Channel, which adds two original WiiWare games and two retro re-releases to the Wii's online store.
    WiiWare
    • Art Style: CUBELLO (Nintendo) / 600 Wii Points ($6)
    • World of Goo (2D Boy) / 1500 Wii Points ($15)
    Virtual Console
    • Secret of Mana (Square, Super NES) / 800 Wii Points ($8)
    • Street Fighter II: Special Champion Edition (Capcom, Genesis) / 800 Wii Points ($8)

Today's release of Street Fighter II: Special Champion Edition marks the fourth version of Street Fighter II to hit Virtual Console. In addition to WiiWare, World of Goo will officially hit PC today, though developer 2D Boy actually released the PC version of the award-winning physics-based puzzer late last week.

All four titles will be available for download beginning today at noon EDT, 9 AM PDT. Read on for the official Nintendo-supplied details on each game.

WiiWare

World of Goo (Also on PC)
2D Boy
1-4 players
Rated E for Everyone - Comic Mischief
1500 Wii Points ($15)

World of Goo is an award-winning, physics-based puzzle/construction game made entirely by two guys. Grab living, squirming, talking globs of goo to build structures, bridges, cannonballs, zeppelins and giant tongues. The millions of Goo Balls that live in the beautiful World of Goo are curious to explore--but they don't know that they are in a game, or that they are extremely delicious. World of Goo Corporation is contractually obligated to state that everyone is a winner, and is enthusiastic to celebrate everyone's Goo building opportunities equally.

Art Style: CUBELLO
Nintendo
1 player
Rated E for Everyone
600 Wii Points

Art Style: CUBELLO mixes the strategy and feel of a traditional puzzle game with the precision and reflexes required in a shooter. As each stage begins, various colored cubes form into one large object called a Cubello, which floats and rotates as you play. Launch additional cubes from your magazine and try to connect four or more of the same color, removing them from the Cubello and eventually leaving only its core. Take on the challenge of either Stage or Endless mode and watch what happens when Bonus Time is activated. The straightforward controls and goal ensure that anyone can play, while offering enough depth that even advanced players will find themselves quickly addicted to the unique world of Art Style: CUBELLO.

Virtual Console

Secret of Mana (Super Nintendo)
Square
1-3 players
Rated E10+ for Everyone 10 and Older - Mild Fantasy Violence, Mild Suggestive Themes
800 Wii Points ($8)

Good and evil battle for a young warrior's heart. There is one force in the universe that keeps good and evil in perfect balance. It is called the tree of Mana. But a magic sword has tricked a young warrior into upsetting this balance, spreading evil throughout the land. Thus, the warrior must undertake a dangerous journey to find the seeds of the Mana tree, which have been hidden for centuries. Only then can perfect harmony be restored. In this incredible adventure, things are not as they seem. Magic swords release evil as well as fight it. Treasure chests hold booby traps. Monsters are friends and friends are enemies. Potions give power, black magic takes it away. Dragons fly, weapons change. It' a world turned upside down that you must help the warrior make right. And the only way to succeed is to solve the Secret of Mana.

Street Fighter II: Special Champion Edition (Sega Genesis)
Capcom
1-2 players
Rated T for Teen - Violence
800 Wii Points

STREET FIGHTER II: SPECIAL CHAMPION EDITION was the first STREET FIGHTER game released for the Sega Genesis console. The STREET FIGHTER series can be considered one of the first fighting games to popularize competitive video game fighting. This version of the game contains both the CHAMPION and HYPER rule sets, from the two editions released in the arcades. It also introduced an exclusive Group Battle mode that is now a general feature in most fighting games. Play as one of 12 different characters, each with their own distinctive fighting style. Try single-player mode or challenge a friend in this legendary, classic fighting game.

Chris Faylor was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

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