Nintendo Downloads: Broken Picture Telephone DSi, Pirate Stabbing Pitfalls on Wii

This Monday's Wii Shop Channel sees a Pop-Up Pirate and some adventurous Mayan Pitfalls, but more excitingly the Nintendo DSiWare Shop receives its first update, including more Illusions to Master and the first third-party DSiWare game.

Vicarious Visions' Mixed Messages is a pictorial version of schoolyard game Telephone (Chinese Whispers if you're English and only now noticing how awkward that name is)--it's Internet sensation Broken Picture Telephone for your DSi, basically.

DSiWare

• Mixed Messages

• Master of Illusion Express: Shuffle Games

Wii Shop Channel

• Party Fun Pirate

• Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure

The games will become available at 12am EST. Read on for the full 411.

Mixed Messages

Activision

2-21 players

Rated E for Everyone

500 Nintendo DSi Points ($5)

Mixed Messages is the hilarious party game of mixed-up miscommunication. Sketch a picture to capture your friends' sentence, or try to figure out what in the world they've drawn. You might start with, "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" and end up with "A crazy surfer outruns flying sticks of dynamite while his fans cheer!" Two to 21 players take turns writing sentences and drawing pictures to pass along a message. This isn't a game about winning and losing - it's all about the funny miscommunications that happen along the way. You'll laugh when you see just how wacky things can get. Get together with your friends and mix it up.

Master of Illusion Express: Shuffle Games

Nintendo

1 player

Rated E for Everyone

200 Nintendo DSi Points ($2)

Master of Illusion Express titles are mind-boggling magic tricks pulled from the popular Nintendo DS game. Learn the illusions, practice up and amaze your friends. Master of Illusion Express: Shuffle Games will boggle your audience members' minds as they try to figure out how you know exactly what they're thinking. Also included is the bonus Vanishing Card trick, which the Nintendo DSi system performs for your enjoyment.

Party Fun Pirate

TOMY Corporation

1-4 players

Rated E for Everyone - Comic Mischief

500 Wii Points ($5)

Based on the popular Pop-Up Pirate toy, players take turns thrusting swords into a barrel that holds your captain captive, trying to see who can insert the most swords into the barrel. Thrust a sword into the wrong hole and you'll send your captain flying, which means it's game over for you! Unique Wii features add to the excitement, making for a fun-filled party game. Try swapping out the captain and putting your custom Mii character in the barrel for some real laughs!

Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure (Sega Genesis)

1 player

Rated T for Teen - Animated Violence

800 Wii Points ($8)

Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure is a side-scrolling action game in which you play adventurer Pitfall Harry Jr. in search of his father, Pitfall Harry. Pitfall Harry has been taken captive by the dreaded warrior spirit Zakelua: Lord of Evil. Armed with only a trusty sling and his father's journal, young Harry Jr. must now venture into the unknown to rescue him... before it's too late! Bungee jump and boomerang your way to safety as you battle through treacherous Mayan jungles, waterfalls and deserted mines. With 13 levels of fast, gripping action, you will need to be attentive and quick - or prepare to die...