Today Nintendo dropped a load of fresh WiiWare-games into the WiiWare Channel of the Wii. First up is Critter Round-Up, a game that costs 1000 Wii Points and is loaded with over 50 challenging levels including the icy Arctic and exotic locations. But game of the week is definitely Star Soldier R from Hudson. This fantasy violence game costs 800 Wii Points and is filled with powerful enemies that need to be eliminated. Develop your own strategy and go on a rampage to kill those bastards! Read the rest of this entry »

Kijo Igarashi is the man in charge at Konami for the Castlevania-franchise. In an interview, the man strongly hints to a Castlevania game for the Wii:

I think that development for 2D in regards to the Wii or any other system is very difficult to do right now, but there are other avenues we can use to explore the 2D progression of Castlevania such as WiiWare or downloadable content and whatnot. So no, I don’t think it’s really a dead thing.

Thanks to WiiWare 2D gets a second life, even in times of high definition 3D-games with super high quality graphics. Looks like we can expect some vampire hunting action on WiiWare soon!