Wii Shop Channel Monday – Protöthea, Toki Tori, and Ninja Combat
Monday, June 2nd, 2008 at 8:46am by David
Protöthea – WiiWare – 1,000 Wii Points
Protöthea is a top-down scrolling shooter game with free movement that puts players in complete control of a last-generation spaceship. The mission is to destroy the asteroid called Maqno 01 and finish with the plans of The Core. [Published by UbiSoft]
Toki Tori – WiiWare – 1,000 Wii Points
In this puzzle/platform game, players use a variety of items such as the Telewarp, InstantRock and Slug Sucker. Clever use and combination of these items are needed to solve all the game’s levels, of which there are more than 70. The game even uses the Wii Message Board in a unique way. [Published by Two Tribes]
Ninja Combat – NEOGEO – 1990 – 900 Wii Points
Take control of the ninjas Joe (one player) and Hayabusa (two players), and enter into battle against a group of evil ninjas called the Kage Ichizoku. Ninja Combat also supports simultaneous play with two players, so you can grab a friend and defeat the Kage Ichizoku together. [Published by D4 Enterprise]
June 2nd, 2008 at 9:34 am
I heartily recommend Toki Tori. It’s a great pick-up-and-play puzzler. It’s kind of a cross between Lemmings and Lode Runner. You can play for an hour or five minutes at a time, whatever you have available. Very cool.
June 2nd, 2008 at 10:35 am
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June 2nd, 2008 at 10:38 am
Toki Tori looks like the only game worth owning this week. Am I the only one sick of space ship shooting games? Same garbage over and over.
June 2nd, 2008 at 10:41 am
Protothea looks like a sting ray trapped inside an early 90’s PC shooter.
June 2nd, 2008 at 11:21 am
Real nice entry to this Monday for both Wiiware and VC. I wonder whats the hold up for “The Revenge of Shinobi” for the VC. I am so wanting that classic to showup for download.
Toki Tori I know my girl will love and I will check out the Protothea shooter.
June 2nd, 2008 at 11:39 am
Sick of space shooting games? Shame on you! Sick of Ubisoft not putting more effort into the Wii? That one gets a yes.
June 2nd, 2008 at 11:39 am
Protöthea and Toki both seems pretty interesting.
You can try out a demo for Protöthea here:
http://www.download.com/Protothea-demo/3000-7447_4-10371504.html?tag=lst-2&cdlPid=10371503
Does Ninja Combat have anything to do with Ninja Gaiden since they’ve used the name Hayabusa here too.
June 2nd, 2008 at 12:51 pm
Thx for the link Myst!
I tried the demo and I can now confirm this game is a TURD. Shooter fans beware! My advice, wait a few more weeks for Gyrostar:
http://www.wiiware-world.com/games/wiiware/gyrostarr
June 2nd, 2008 at 1:02 pm
D_average: I thought it was pretty fun but Gyrostar looks good and I have fait in the game since it’s being created by High Voltage.
June 2nd, 2008 at 1:29 pm
I won’t be buying Protothea.
June 2nd, 2008 at 1:53 pm
nah, I’m actually thinking of ‘trying’ protothea, can’t be that bad. I’d rather play Gate of Thunder for turbographix than any other shooter….we’ll see.
June 2nd, 2008 at 3:31 pm
Oh, there’s a mistake in your title. Being a piece of crap from Ubisoft, Protöthea should actually be titled Protötheaz.
June 2nd, 2008 at 4:25 pm
Considering there’s 100 Wiiware titles in the works, I only have so many 10 dollar bills to spare. That said, Protothea will not receive one of them.
June 2nd, 2008 at 5:09 pm
UbiSofzzzz used an off the the shelf indy-engine to make their rush job. It’s kind of a shame, considering their size and past titles. Companies like Frontier — new to the Wii, built their own Wii engine.
June 2nd, 2008 at 5:24 pm
Take control of the ninjas Joe (one player) and Hayabusa (two players)
Ninja Gaiden prequel?