Nintendo unveils more WiiWare titles, new Dr. Mario details

by Ross Miller { Oct 10th 2007 at 1:26PM }

Following last night's unveiling of upcoming Wii Ware titles, Nintendo has announced its first-party lineup for the downloadable service when it hits Japan in March.

In addition to last night's Dr. Mario and Pokemon Farm announcements, Nintendo will also release Maruboushikaku and Minna de Puzzloop (known stateside as Magnetica). Maruboushikaku involves three screens displayed, each with its own pattern (circle-, line- and square-based). We don't yet know the objective of the game, but your actions in one window will affect the other two.

The game previously known as Pokemon Farm is officially titled Pokemon Bokujou Channel (Pokemon Ranch Channel) and will let you take your Miis to the ranch to take pictures of your pokemon and send your friends. Pokemon management was mentioned, but no information on whether you level up your characters in the channel.

Dr. Mario & Saikin Bokumetsu (or "bacteria extermination") will also feature your Mii characters in-game and has options for online multiplayer. Saikin Bokumesu is a minigame from the Japanese Brain Age 2 and will feature four-player online co-op. IGN has a handful of pictures from the game.

Star Soldier R, Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Young King and the Promised Land and Moji Pittan Wii were also announced last night. Wii Ware is coming to Japanese consoles in March.

Tags: dr-mario, magnetica, maruboushikaku, minna-de-puzzloop, nintendo, pokemon, pokemon-farm, pokemon-ranch, pokemon-ranch-channel, saikin-bokumetsu, wii-ware, wiiware

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

mr nimblewick (SegaDF - Jogurt Ring) @ Oct 10th 2007 1:32PM

Are all of these announcements the September surprise finally?

Cause I gotta say, it's great!

Fernando Rocker (NDF - Water Ring) @ Oct 10th 2007 1:34PM

Well... very nice. Now, all the crap (like Cocking Mama and stupid minigames) have a place, like Xbox Live games.

I dont want to see more "roll the ball" games on retailers stores.

samfish (MSDF- Nurse Outfit!) @ Oct 10th 2007 1:45PM

Oh, I've got a place for cocking Mama to go...

megaStryke @ Oct 10th 2007 2:53PM

Bow-chick-wow-wow!

megaStryke @ Oct 10th 2007 2:53PM

Bow-chicka-wow-wow!

JodyAnthony (FDF - Hedonism Bot) @ Oct 10th 2007 1:44PM

dr mario is once again set to own my soul

Majortom1981 @ Oct 10th 2007 1:53PM

There are more wiiware titles then that. Hudson soft announced a bomber man wiiware title,some singing title and a sidescrolling shooter. I thinkj others besides these were announced also.

WiNG @ Oct 10th 2007 2:01PM

Cooking Mana CONFIRMED for Brawl.

ThornedVenom @ Oct 10th 2007 7:21PM

Cooking MANA?! xD

Rubang B (NDF - Heart) @ Oct 10th 2007 2:06PM

ONLINE DR. MARIO OWNS MY SOUL.

P.S. Buy Puzzloop aka Magnetica over Zuma any day. Zuma is PopCap's evil clone, and should be sued to death.

samfish (MSDF- Nurse Outfit!) @ Oct 10th 2007 2:15PM

If Nintendo announces NSMB 2, I might just have to go out in public and start whacking off.

What? That's how I celebrate. Sheesh...

JodyAnthony (FDF - Hedonism Bot) @ Oct 10th 2007 2:32PM

well you are already naked..

megaStryke @ Oct 10th 2007 2:49PM

I gotta DO something!

Although... I AM already in my pajamas....

*snore*

JodyAnthony @ Oct 10th 2007 3:19PM

good news everyone, I'm a horses butt

BPM (FDF - Hypno-Toad) @ Oct 10th 2007 3:43PM

I don't remember saying that!

megaStryke @ Oct 10th 2007 2:48PM

I don't know about you guys, but my favorite announcement from among those titles is Star Soldier R. I got introduced to the Star Soldier franchise through the fifty billion or so titles already released on the VC. I love me my shmups, and I am happy that a full-scale sequel will be something to look forward to.

BPM (FDF - Hypno-Toad) @ Oct 10th 2007 3:44PM

Online Dr. Mario?

Ho. Ly. Crap. This is beyond awesome.

Rubang B (NDF - Heart) @ Oct 10th 2007 5:16PM

Seriously. I think this news is bigger than Sonic or the online co-op in Brawl. This is what I've been waiting for. I knew they'd be leaving some untouched for the VC and then totally updating some for online like this. But Miis too? The Dr. better still be there. I hope I can battle him with my Mii.