Today’s releases on the North American WiiWare services help to plumb new depths with the term `shovelware`:
My Aquarium 2 - 500 Points.
My Aquarium 2, the sequel to the hit WiiWare title My Aquarium, is here. This time, the theme is the mysterious deep sea. With a single Wii Remote controller, you can raise fascinating creatures of all shapes and sizes, including deep-sea fish and glowing jellyfish. As with the original My Aquarium, you can customize your aquarium, by choosing which fish to include and where to place various decorations. You can also choose from a variety of colored lights to illuminate your aquarium. In time, your fish might breed to give you a whole new school. Create your very own aquarium for endless hours of relaxing fun and entertainment. This sequel features a larger selection of fish and objects than the original. You can also link up to the Forecast Channel to have your aquarium’s appearance reflect the actual weather, or send your aquariums to registered friends via WiiConnect24. Additional content will be available for purchase at a later date. Dive in and see all the wonderful creatures of the deep blue sea!
Enjoy your massage! – 500 Points.
Congratulations! You have just been hired as an apprentice masseur at Giselle’s beauty farm, one of the most famous in the city. Learn new relaxing massage combinations and use them on your stressed customers. As an apprentice, you’ll have to do your best. If your client gets angry, no one will save you from losing your job, but if you prove capable, you might even become the director of the whole beauty farm. So, what are you waiting for? Six clients are waiting for your help!
We look forward to the upcoming release of Interactive Colonic Irrigation Simulator, coming to WiiWare very soon!
It really does look like Nintendo aren’t adverse to turning their download service into a digital craphouse. Given some of the great titles that WiiWare has promised (and sometimes delivered) it’s hard not to see how this isn’t some awful turning point for the service.
Extremely sisillusioned rants aside, on DsiWare there’s TURN: The Lost Artifact for 800 Points, Rhythm Core Alpha for 500 Points, with Absolute Chess & the disturbingly title Did It Myself ABC123 for 200 Points each.
