Here’s a trailer for Strong Bad’s new game, 8-Bit is Enough.  Looks like fun.

This is a WiiWare release, so you’ll need some Wii points!

Nintendo put out a press release yesterday (December 15) about some new WiiWare titles.  Check it out!

WiiWare
Strong Bad Episode 5: 8-Bit Is Enough (Telltale Games, 1 player, Rated E10+ for Everyone 10 and Older-Mild Cartoon Violence, Comic Mischief, Mild Suggestive Themes, 1,000 Wii Points): Trogdor, the beefy-armed dragon of legend, has shaken free from his video game and is running through the countryside, “burninating” everything in sight. With a dragon on the loose and 8-bit classics leaking into the real world, it’s all fun and games until the proud land of Strong Badia falls to Trogdor’s fiery wrath. Now Strong Bad must take back the night by sending this scorching menace back into his arcade cabinet once and for all. Just one problem: Does anybody know how to kill a dragon?

Big Kahuna Party (Reflexive Entertainment Inc., 1-4 players, Rated E for Everyone, 700 Wii Points): Embark on a tropical adventure with the explosively charged Big Kahuna Party. Looking to make the ultimate party game, we started with a concept that’s accessible to the whole family-the popular match-three game. On top of that, we crafted a unique multiplayer experience in which you can choose to work together to complete the challenging levels before the timer runs out, or go head-to-head and compete in a frenzy of fun. To top it off, we added 99 uniquely free-flowing levels, the challenging Tiki Pole, 20 hidden tropical sea creatures to unlock, the strategic Fish Net and more. The result is a family party game like no other, easy to pick up but impossible to put down. Play alone or with friends, and unleash the Tiki spirit within.

Virtual Console
Enduro Racer (SEGA Master System, 1 player, Rated E for Everyone, 500 Wii Points): Based on the popular SEGA arcade game and redesigned for the SEGA Master System, Enduro Racer takes you on an intense set of adrenaline-designed courses containing diverse and rough terrain that will test your skills and reaction time. Ride as fast as you can to pass as many cars and bikes as possible while also avoiding obstacles and pitfalls such as debris on the road. Take jumps off ramps and try to keep your speed up, but make sure to keep an eye on your bike so it doesn’t blow up in your face. Are you ready for the challenge?

Wanna buy some WiiWare games?  Get some Wii Points!

I would hope that any original NES players had the Super Dodge Ball game, and played it frequently - you’ll also be happy to know that WiiWare has released said Super Dodge Ball game for the Virtual Console!  For 500 Wii Points it’s yours - and IGN is giving it a rating of “great” with an 8.5 of 10 score.  Totally worth it.  Get a 2000 Wii Points Card and buy this game.  Seriously.  This was hours of fun when NES was the rockin’est console out there.

Peripheral company Ninty is reportedly working on a storage solution for Wii consoles.  American consumers and Wii fanatics (like yours truly) are buying lots and lots of WiiWare titles, and we need somewhere to stick them once console memory is eaten up.

“We are working on a storage solution and it is especially important in America because our consumers are using Wii Points for the Virtual Console and WiiWare,” Fils-Aime offers.

“I want the people to have the right expectations; we have never said that it will be a hard drive nor have we mentioned how we will fix this issue, but we are going to deliver a better way to store the games.”

Hmm.  Not an external storage drive, and not a zebra.  What could it be?

According to the article, game designer Shigeru Miyamotosays that Ninty isn’t planning many more peripherals with Nintendo.  I wonder what’s up with that?

Do you remember Albino Blacksheep?  I mean, it’s not like they’re dead - quite the opposite - but I remember it being very popular back in undergraduate school for some reason.  So, we’re talking 2002-2003.  Remember Defend Your Castle?  It’s also not just a flash game anymore, it’s on WiiWare!

From the Official Defend Your Castle site:

Defend Your Castle takes place on a grassy plain surrounded by invaders. You are the commander of your castle, and at your disposal is only a hand for picking up the enemy and flinging them to their doom. Over time, add power-ups and other weapons to your arsenal to repel the attacks. How long can you hold them off?

Those crafty barbarian hordes have amassed their forces once again to challenge your domain. Will you and your court rise to the challenge, or stand aside as they raze your Castle to the ground?

You are the commander of your castle, and it is your duty to pick up the enemy and mercilessly fling them to their demise. Perform this task well, for the invaders you face are numerous and employ many different types of soldiers in their quest for your castle.

Excellent!  500 Wii Points, and you’re defending your castle.  Just like in the Flash game.  Except you’re not in your PJ’s in front of the computer, at 3:45 in the morning.

Or maybe you are.  Weird.

WeKnowWii.com is now relocated to the great state of Colorado!

In order to celebrate our relocation, we’re giving away a Wii Points Card of 2,000 points to someone in the comments of this post.  Drop us a message, say hello, whatever you’d like to say, and we’ll pick someone from the comments section and mail them a 2,000 Wii Points Card.

We’re keeping this contest open for two weeks - on Tuesday, August 5, 2008 we’re going to choose someone from the comments section, and we’ll post who won.  Post now, and tell your friends!

Anyone ever have a Sega Master Console back in the day, say, 1986?  If you DID, do you remember Alex Kidd?

Well, he’s making his new home the Wii Virtual Console.  You’ll be able to play Rocks, Paper, Scissors with Rock Head, Paper Head, and Scissor Head yet again.  Alex Kidd in Miracle World is 500 Wii Points, and it’s available on the Wii Virtual Console right now.

Are you in need of some Wii points?  Go get some Wii points!  The link will get you 2000 points for about 20 bucks.

On Monday, January 21, The Nintendo Company announced a new round of Virtual Console titles for the Wii console. Among those mentioned was Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers. Super Street Fighter II boasts some new characters as well - T. Hawk, Deejay, Fei Long, and Cammy will soon be fighting in your living room!

The Super Street Fighter II game retails for 800 Wii Points. You need Wii Points to purchase these Virtual Console games through the store on your Wii.

The Adventures of Lolo 2 for the NES is a sequel of the original, The Adventures of Lolo. The second entry, retailing for 500 Wii Points, Lala is captured by The Great Devil and challenges Lolo to rescue her.

More announcements as soon as we get them!

This week, two new Virtual Console games are available in the Wii Shop. You can purchase these games with your Wii Points from the Wii Shop Channel.

From Nintendo’s Press Release:

Pac-Attack (Super NES®, 1-2 players, Rated E for Everyone, 800 Wii Points): Pac-Man makes a rare appearance outside of a maze environment in Pac-Attack, a fun and quirky puzzle game. This unique entry in the genre puts its own twist on established conventions and adds one of gaming’s most iconic characters to the mix. The goal is simple: Keep your screen clear of falling blocks and ghosts by lining up blocks horizontally, causing them to disappear. Clearing the ghosts, though, requires the help of a hungry Pac-Man (who just happens to swing by every so often for a snack). It’s up to you to get all of the ghosts lined up for him, because Pac-Man will keep eating them until he is stopped by a block or he runs out of ghosts. In addition, his range of movement on the playing field is limited to horizontal or downward—thus adding further strategy. There are three game modes to choose from: 1 Player Normal, 2 Player VS., and the challenging 1 Player Puzzle. Feel like gobbling up some ghosts?

Riot Zone (TurboGrafx16 CD-ROM, 1 player, Rated E 10+ for Everyone 10 and Older - Tobacco Reference, Violence, 800 Wii Points): Riot Zone is a side-scrolling fighting game that follows two heroes as they fight to take down an evil organization. The crime syndicate Dragon Zone has kidnapped Hawk’s girlfriend and it’s up to him and his partner detective, Tony, to get her back. Join them as they jump “fists first” into the grim Kowloon district. Play as Hawk or Tony and fight through all five stages in the deadly Kowloon district. Smash down the Dragon Zone goons in areas like the Harbor, Abandoned Warehouse and the Ghetto. Both characters have unique skills and attacks. Hawk is a master of karate, while Tony is a hard-hitter. That being said, both guys are massive and possess killer techniques. The hard-boiled action is enhanced by the game’s realistic sound effects.