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Nintendo Downloads: Excitebike, Frogger, Bomberman and Electroplankton

By Alice O'Connor, Nov 09, 2009 7:15am PST

Retro is the dish of the day at Nintendo, with new Frogger, Bomberman and Excitebike games headlining this week's batch of downloadable Wii and DSi...

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"the gem is that they're releasing Electroplankton in pieces :( don't kill our rare carts value!"

- dignan see all 5 comments

Rock Band DLC Brings The Damned, White Stripes and Kasabian

By Chris Faylor, Nov 06, 2009 2:20pm PST

Having already made his Rock Band debut in with another band, Jack White returns to Harmonix's music game franchise with a selection of tracks from...

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"Anything Jack White has played that isn't a blues cover is just him mindlessly acting random on ..."

- Skillmore see all 12 comments

Nintendo Downloads: Vikings, Street Fighters, Carnies

By Alice O'Connor, Nov 02, 2009 7:36am PST

This week sees a large and varied selection of titles being released for download on the DSi and Wii, from a Viking-themed DSi tower defense and...

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"Fighting Street. This game made me wanna get the TG-16 CD-Rom addon. Good thing I soon realized ..."

- leadgold see all 6 comments

Rock Band DLC Brings More Foo, Nirvana and Jett

By Chris Faylor, Oct 30, 2009 8:27am PDT

Developer Harmonix has issued details on next week's batch of downloadable add-ons for Rock Band and Rock Band 2, which will deliver eight new...

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"I am pretty certain that's the case. They sold a Nevermind track pack that didn't include ..."

- matrixneo42 see all 7 comments

Nintendo Downloads: Zombies Ate My Neighbors, Tales of Monkey Island Chapter 3, Golden Axe

By Alice O'Connor, Oct 26, 2009 7:26am PDT

With Halloween just around the corner, Nintendo is breaking out emergency supplies of ghosts and ghoulies as no less than two thirds of this week's...

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""When your life bar runs out, you lose a life" how so this is how it work... 20 years in the ..."

- Frush81 see all 7 comments

Rock Band DLC: 'The Spookiest DLC Packs Yet'

By Alice O'Connor, Oct 23, 2009 7:37am PDT

As Halloween draws ever closer, Harmonix has proclaimed that next week's Rock Band downloadable content will be "the spookiest DLC packs yet."...

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"I like it the way it is. It's a nice bit of news I can expect coming back from lunch on Fridays, ..."

- DOOManiac see all 9 comments

Nintendo Downloads: Domo-kun, LostWinds, Rygar

By Alice O'Connor, Oct 19, 2009 6:31am PDT

Television mascot and Internet icon Domo-kun is the star of this week's batch of Wii and DSi downloadable releases, with a grand five DSiWare games...

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"the rygar that's been up on the european vc for a while is the arcade version. I haven't bought ..."

- verminer see all 6 comments

LostWinds Sequel Hits North America Monday

By Chris Faylor, Oct 16, 2009 2:04pm PDT

Frontier has announced that its puzzle-platformer sequel LostWinds: Winter of the Melodias will arrive in North America as a WiiWare download next...

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"Bought the game a few days ago. It's even better than the first and in my opinion worth the well ..."

- Kolzig73 see all 3 comments

Next Week's Downloads Bring Queen to Rock Band, 'Abbey Road' Album to The Beatles

By Chris Faylor, Oct 16, 2009 8:40am PDT

It looks like next week will be a costly one for some Rock Band owners, as developer Harmonix is slated to unleash some rather anticipated...

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"No, they've said they're only selling the songs NOT already in the game. The Shacknews article ..."

- Bold see all 9 comments

Nintendo Downloads: Final Fight 2

By Alice O'Connor, Oct 12, 2009 6:51am PDT

Quality trumps quantity in this week's batch of Wii and DSi downloadable titles with the release of splendid side-scrolling SNES beat 'em up Final...

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"I loved Final Fight 2. The first was great...but the SNES version in the US was missing Guy or ..."

- Vorlonesque see all 6 comments

Rock Band DLC: Brutal Legend Pack, L7, Joe Satriani

By Alice O'Connor, Oct 09, 2009 7:45am PDT

A face-rocking triple-pack from the Brutal Legend soundtrack is headlining next week's batch of Rock Band downloadable content to celebrate the...

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"The problem with Wonderboy is that the bass and drums are REALLY repetitive in that song. ..."

- hussdelrio see all 18 comments

Weekly Nintendo Downloads Bring Final Fantasy 1, Thorium Wars and Word Searcher

By Chris Faylor, Oct 05, 2009 8:45am PDT

This week's regularly scheduled update to the North American Wii and Nintendo DSi Shop Channels may not be as loaded as weeks past, but ...Final...

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"I start playing FF7 this weekend , is there any good turn base RPG on the Ps3? (its fun but it ..."

- Frush81 see all 2 comments

Weekly Rock Band DLC Delivers 'Gay Bar' Antics, Wonders If It's 'Ironic'

By Chris Faylor, Oct 02, 2009 7:49am PDT

Alanis Morissette's oft-debated misrepresentation of the meaning behind "irony" comes to Rock Band in the form of downloadable content next week,...

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"Yes... some E6 getting some Rock Band love! I think they choose these 3 songs because of the ..."

- kaptanfunk see all 12 comments

Guitar Hero 5 October DLC Revealed: Gwar, Marilyn Manson, Misfits, Frampton, Wolfmother and More

By Chris Faylor, Sep 28, 2009 12:40pm PDT

With September drawing to a close, Activision has unveiled the five downloadable track packs that will be coming to Guitar Hero 5 across the month...

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"It's not too late. You can probably get Rock Band 2 now and use the same equipment. Read up on ..."

- matrixneo42 see all 23 comments

Nintendo Downloads: Altered Beast, Dragon Quest Wars, DRiiFT Mania and Arkanoid Plus!

By Alice O'Connor, Sep 28, 2009 12:00pm PDT

This week's North American batch of Wii and DSi downloadable releases sets its sights on mature gamers--people old enough to be excited by the...

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"Unless I'm missing something, Altered Beast is 800 points. I saw it listed as 1000 points here ..."

- satsun see all 3 comments