New Releases for the Week of Dysentery and Sticking to the Shadows

CB Droege 30 Dec, 2009 at 12:24am ET Article published in Gaming

Eat! Fat! Fight!

On WiiWare this week, look for the simply titled Eat! Fat! Fight! In this 2D fighting game, players will play mini-games to bulk up, then use the Wii motion controls to bounce their way through a series of increasingly challenging Sumo matches.

The Magic Obelisk

Also for WiiWare, The Magic Obelisk is a cute adventure game in which the player controls Popo the light spirit, as she guides Lukus the tree spirit through the world in search of the perfect place to be a tree. Lukus must stay in the shade until he reaches his destination, and so Popo helps him by using her magical light to shift the shadows of the obelisks, and other obstacles around each level. Lukus will also meet and interact with a zany cast of characters, including a troop of robots with a mysterious origin and various animals of the forest.

The Oregon Trail

If you were in school in the ’90s, you probably played the popular educational game, The Oregon Trail. This game has gone through many versions since the original, including a terribly misguided real-video version earlier this decade. This week, we’re finally getting a portable version in our Spotlight release The Oregon Trail for DSiWare. Cross the early American West using a series of eight challenging stylus-based mini-games: Berry Picking, Gold Panning, Hunting, Fishing, River Crossing, Rafting, Telegraph Sending, and Wagon Repairing. Deal with harrowing random events like dust storms, bandits, lost supplies, animals blocking the road, and the always dreaded Dysentery. Finally, use the DSi camera to take pictures of yourself, along-side your in-game party, at each of the famous landmarks along the way.

Following is a list of announced releases for North America:

Wii

Castlevania the Adventure ReBirth
Eat! Fat! Fight!
Rabbids Lab
The Magic Obelisk
Pilotwings (VC – SNES)

DS

Arcade Hoops Basketball
Glow Artisan
Learn Chess
Master of Illusion Express: Psychic Camera
Sudoku Sensei
The Oregon Trail

Xbox 360

Borderlands: Mad Moxxi’s Underdome Riot
Four Player Tangerine Fight

Comments

30 Dec 2009 ~ 2:08am mas0n You used 126 bullets and shot 9260 pounds of meat, but you could only carry 200 pounds back to the wagon.
30 Dec 2009 ~ 1:11pm chrisWhite I don't like the new Gameloft Oregon Trail much at all, granted, I played the iPhone version but it's the same developer and the same graphics so I'm guessing they didn't change it that much. What I hate about it is it's basically The Oregon Trail light, I really miss being able to go in and buy exactly the right stuff and balance the weight correctly or deal with more realistic challenges. While it was funny the first time a party member randomly got picked up and flown away by an eagle it takes a game that was rooted in a rather realistic and educational context and makes it more of a fantasy.

Some of the new mini games are a lot of fun though and I really love the new art style. Just wish they hadn't change the mechanic so much. I enjoyed one or two runs through the game but after that it just got boring without all the options and depth.
30 Dec 2009 ~ 9:00pm ardichoke

That is all
31 Dec 2009 ~ 3:45pm pigflipper ^^WIN!
4 Jan 2010 ~ 3:39am QuadWhore They still play the oregon trail game to this date.
Ardichoke's got it right, except I think he might have been able to bring another grandfather clock.
10 Jan 2010 ~ 3:02am Kether Oh boy! buffalo testicles!
- they're apples
Ewww apples

That's Oregon Trail in a nutshell... and dysentery...which goes nicely with buffalo testicles.