Time for the VC library update again. I sure do get a lot of mileage of these things. In any case, this week’s update includes the classic Alex Kidd in Miracle Word for Sega Master System, and BURNING FIGHT for NEOGEO.

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Right at the stroke of mid-night Nintendo released a new Wii firmware, version 3.3.

Listed in the message that informs you of the new software update it lists a single change which is “With this update, you can now move a Mii from the Mii Plaza to the Mii Parade in the Mii Channel” (and then instructions on how to do so). I believe this basically lets you store more than 200 personal Mii, but you will lose the birthday information and other such details. There’s probably other stuff hidden there someplace as always. If you find a change please post it in the comments and we’ll add it to a list.

Also, this update warns “Because unauthorized modifications to save files may impair game play or the Wii console, updating to the Wii Menu cersion 3.3 will also check for and automatically remove such save files”

Vague, but a warning. Console modders be warned

Also the Nintendo Channel has had its rating database put into full effect and it works extremely well. And yes, I have M rated games that appear on the list now, which some people were complaining were absent from the list before.

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Another week, another new game or two for the WiiWare download service.

First up is Cocoto Fishing Master which, as you can guess, is a fishing game that using the Wii remote and nunchuku motion sensing abilities.

Next up is a game called Block Breaker Deluxe which strange enough has an ESRB rating with “Mild Suggestive Themes”. I can only assume the blocks are penors or something. Or maybe there’s long lines of blocks sliding into openings like Tetris… … … … …

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I guess WiiWare is going to eat up the VC releases from now on. Sort of a shame in a way, although I guess I prefer new games to old ones I can get physical copies of else where. There’s exception of course, but in general I guess it’s true.

Anyway, this weeks single VC addition is a NEOGEO game called SAMURAI SHODOWN which the first title of the series of Fighting games.  SNK knows sure likes its fighting games, and so do a lot of people!

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You know, this actually looks like it could be really cool on Wii. Interaction is what the platform is all about and unfortunately not many games, especially 3rd party games, have truly used the Wii Remote to its full potential, or even correctly for that matter. I sort of get a Red Steel vibe from this, which is actually good! Let’s hope it doesn’t turn out like Red Steel though! Atari, if you pull this off I’ll salute you. Also Ubisoft? Take your time with Red Steel 2! I will continue to take every opportunity I get to remind you to do this!

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Ahhh now here’s something that confuses me. It’s a PokémonWiiWare title, but I have no idea what you’re supposed to do in it. It’s called My Pokémon Ranch and it costs you $10.

I get the impressions that you can transfer the Pokémon you’ve caught in the Pokemon DS games and have them show up on this sort of … Pokémon… farm… thing where you can use your Mii and watch them? I don’t know, I’m guessing that they’re used in some sort of mini game and that there’s probably an overall objective somewhere. I haven’t played Pokémon in years so the appeal is sort of lost on me.

Maybe you PokémonTrainers can figure it out from the press release or something (inside). Hop to it, you Poké- … guys!
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