As the end of the Virtual Console Hanabi Festival draws near, two further Virtual Console corkers are being added to the mix: Detana Twin Bee and Kirby's Dream Land 3 – released here in the UK for the first time.

As if that wasn’t enough, WiiWare and DSiWare titles continue to be added. Whether you want to set off on a spaceship mission to clean up a virus-infested planet in ColorZ or race faster than you ever have before in Heracles Chariot Racing, there will be a WiiWare game that tickles your fancy. Coupled with this, the latest addition to the A Little Bit of...  series for the Nintendo DSi arrives - A Little Bit of... Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training: Sudoku.

Virtual Console:

Kirby’s Dream Land 3 (Super Nintendo), Nintendo, 900 Wii Points:

The mischievous King Dedede is back! Now possessed by an evil force, the King is causing trouble and strife all over Dream Land. Only Kirby, the powerful pink puffball, can save the day. Previously released only in Japan and the U.S., Kirby’s Dream Land 3 features crisp, colourful 2D graphics and a simultaneous two-player mode.

As before, Kirby can swallow his enemies and absorb their abilities - fire, ice, stone, spark and more. Kirby can request help from his animal friends like Rick the Hamster, Coo the Owl, Nago the Cat and can also summon his stretchy-tongued pal Gooey, controlled either by the computer or a friend.

Packed full of cuteness and charm, this classic example of 16-bit platform gaming makes its European debut here and now, on Virtual Console.

Detana Twin Bee (Turbografx), Konami, 700 Wii Points:

This popular vertical scrolling shooter is renowned for its cute, comical world and goofy enemy aliens.

You take on the roles of TwinBee and WinBee, flying through the sky on a mission to save the planet from evil alien invaders. Standing in their way are six stages, full of crazy aliens. Play as TwinBee in one player mode, or team up with WinBee in two player cooperative mode.

With powerful attacks like “Big Shot”, along with “Twin Attack” and “Burst Attack” in two player mode, there’s plenty of sting in their arsenal. Use your Shot to transform Bells that appear in stages into items with various effects. Stock up on these items to expand your attack range and make those aliens buzz off.

WiiWare:

ColorZ

EXKEE, 700 Wii Points:

Play ColorZ and set forth in your spaceships on a mission to clean up the planets teeming with viruses. Immerse yourself in a new gameplay experience that will reveal mind-hand-eye coordination skills you never knew you had.

Absorb viruses of your own colour, but steer clear of the others. You can even cleverly merge your ships together to create new colours. Buzz past your enemies to keep your combo and clock up a new high-score record.

Explore an extra dimension to the game with the multi-player mode and share the unique experience of cooperative play between friends. Pool your forces, synchronise your movements, and become a unified team (of up to three players) to meet the challenge together.

Heracles Chariot Racing

Neko Entertainment, 800 Wii Points:

The famous Heracles has taken on a challenge like no other. Our hero will have to beat his opponents in a race across mythological kingdoms and be the first to reach the top of Mount Olympus.

You can play as Heracles and help him return the sacred trophy, or play as one of the other varied mythological characters from Satyr to Poseidon and claim the prize for yourself.

Race through three racing cups across ten courses set in five mythic landscapes and use awesome fantasy weaponry to defeat your opponents: Zeus’ lightning rods, tridents, fireballs and more.

Get your friends together for intense two to four players split-screen multi-player action in Championship, Single Race or Battle Mode.

DSiWare:

A Little Bit of...  Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training: Sudoku

Nintendo, 500 DSi Points:

Get the best of both worlds – the mental stimulation of Sudoku and the challenge of Brain Age Tests – in this software based on the popular Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training.

Featuring more than 100 sudoku puzzles for beginners and experts alike, A Little Bit of... Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training: Sudoku will help you engage your grey matter and have fun. With built-in handwriting recognition you can play Sudoku just like on paper, simply by writing numbers with the stylus. You even hold the Nintendo DSi like a book.

The Brain Age Check features various simple exercises to determine your Brain Age score. When used in combination with solving Sudoku puzzles on a regular basis, you can keep your brain sharp in just a few minutes a day.

As the Wii Shop Channel is continually updated with exciting and refreshing games, make sure you keep checking the Channel and www.Wii.com for all the latest WiiWare and Virtual Console news and releases. Downloaded games can be saved to Wii’s internal memory or SD card and added to the console’s Wii Menu or SD Card Menu for anytime easy access.

Following the recent launch of the Nintendo DSi, the Nintendo DSiWare pipeline is also regularly being updated. Make sure you keep checking http://www.nintendo.co.uk/ and the Nintendo Channel for all the latest Nintendo DSiWare news and releases. Electronic Theatre will keep you updated with future announcements from Nintendo. 

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