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DSiWare EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag Nintendo DLC Update: Bit.Trip and Super Mario Kart 12 It’s Monday morning. Aside from meaning that I need a lot more coffee, fat strippers, and protein to operate than on a normal day of the week, it means a whole new host of Nintendo digital ... Nintendo DLC Update: WiiWare demo, Pokemon, Indiana Jones 11 Another week, another batch of downloadable games on the little console that could (and did, and continues to do). If you jump onto the Wii Shop Channel, you'll see the usual addition of Virtual ... Nintendo DLC: Excitebike, Frogger, Electroplankton 15 Three words -- Excitebike: World Rally (1-4 players, 1,000 Wii Points). The WiiWare update of the original that was just recently announced is available today, with online multiplayer, updated v... Zombie BBQ now out for DSiWare in Europe 9 Little Red Riding Hood’s Zombie BBQ has been released for DSiWare in Europe this past week. The game is going for 800 Nintendo Points and it's unknown if this is actually the full retail ga... Rayman coming to DSiWare 8 Having already revealed Dragon's Lair for DSiWare, it seems that Germany's USK rating board is at it again. This time, the board has let the world know that Ubisoft's limbless mascot, Rayman, is ... Nintendo says that downloadable services help retail 29 For years now people have been discussing the downfall of retail thanks to the ever increasing use of digital distribution. Of course retail is still here as that inevitable downfall is a long wa... Dragon's Lair coming to DSiWare! 18 Yep, that's right. Dirk the Daring is hitting the DSi in all his glorified-choose-your-own-adventure-book finery! Dragon's Lair has been rated by Germany of all places as a digital download for N... DSiWare getting ANOTHER F*CKING CLOCK! 14 Let's Clock! No seriously, that is the name of a brand new application coming to DSiWare in Japan on October 14. Despite already having three downloadable clocks, a brand new one called Let's Clo... Tell me: Are you a bad enough dude to chicky chicky down? 7 Game Watch just gave me another reason to want a Japanese DSi. This newly announced bit of DSiWare, entitled Time Diagnosis, looks like it could easily fill the WarioWare shaped hole that (in my ... Oregon Trail coming to DSiWare 18 (Insert witty comment about dysentery here).The iPhone remake of The Oregon Trail is coming to DSiWare, the ESRB has revealed today with one of its bean-spilling ratings. The original game is fon... DSiWare games aren't transferrable to new systems 22 If you're bored of your old DSi and fancy snagging a new color, then you might want to think again. Surprisingly, it's not come up before, but Nintendo Australia has revealed that DSiWare games a... Bomberman Live: Blitz screens arrive, now with more bombs 7 You really can't call yourself a game platform until you've got a Bomberman title, and Hudson is all-too happy to provide Nintendo's DSiWare with the required goods. Bomberman: Blitz will be a bi... Konami brings Reflection to DSiWare 8 DsiWare has kind of bleh since its launch, with my only two notable favorites being Mighty Flip Champs and Pictobits (although I am quite looking forward to the new Shantae game!). Perhaps Konami... Updated version of Clayfighter coming to Wii/DSiWare 30 Interplay is bringing Clayfighter to WiiWare and DSiWare and it's not just a straight port! It's going to be a little updated with improved graphics and revamped gameplay that will take advantage... Wii, Nintendo DS/DSiWare holiday release list 25 Today, Nintendo released a list of first- and third-party games for Nintendo platforms, including Wii, Nintendo DS/DSi, DSiWare, and WiiWare. After painstakingly formatting it for human eyes, we'... New Shantae game for DSiWare? Yes, it's real! 28 [Update: Nintendo Power has a full feature on the game that confirms THREE episodic releases in the Shantae universe!] Shantae is one of those games that you either remember with incredibly fond ... Bomberman exploding onto DSiWare 6 As if we needed any more proof that Japan's DSiWare selection is a million times better than ours, a quiet announcement has been discovered in Famitsu that reveals a new Bomberman game coming to ... DSi's free DSiWare points offer expires October 5 14 If you've bought a brand new DSi and connected to the DSiWare Store, you should have noticed that you were given 1,000 DSi points, completely free of charge. If you have any sense of taste, you p... Nintendo DLC: Monkey Island, Phantasy Star, Puzzle League 9 While you might already have Planet Puzzle League on your DS, that might not stop you from buying the DSiWare Puzzle League Express (1 player, 500 DSi Points). Hell, it won't stop me. For five bu... Check out some DSiWare shmup action with Aa Mujou Setsuna 13 While we in America and most of the rest of the world use DSiWare to increase our portable clock collection those wacky Japanese are doing something else with it. They're using it to play games! ... Nintendo bringing shmup to DSiWare ... and it looks good 16 DSiWare kind of sucks. There are a few cute games on it, but it's generally a big waste of potential that PSP Minis is going to totally upstage. Nevertheless, there's the occassional glimmer of h... Nintendo DLC Update: Star Wars and puzzle stuff 9 Prepare for a thrilling week on the Nintendo downloadable front, folks. Look forward to going backward with Super Empire Strikes Back. Releasing soon on the Virtual Console, the Super NES port pu... Nintendo wants DSiWare to stop sucking 22 With Sony announcing PSP Minis this week and promising fifty 100MB titles before the end of 2009, Nintendo's largely terrible DSiWare service has its work cut out for it if it wants to provide a ... Nintendo downloads: Family fun! Ninjas! Sudoku! Rocking! 6 Hardcore gamers everywhere rejoice! PictureBook Games: Pop-Up Pursuit (1-4 players, 800 Wii Points) is available on WiiWare today! It's a board game, set in a pop-up picture book! Will be great f... Nintendo DLC: NyxQuest, Rock N' Roll Climber, Star Wars 5 Over The Top Games' platformer NyxQuest: Kindred Spirits (1,000 Wii Points, 1-2 players) is finally available for download on North American WiiWare today. Formerly known as Icarian: Kindred Spir... Virtual Console releases: OMG SEX GAME 19 There are a total of four games coming out from Nintendo this week, but let's be honest -- the other ones are kind of shoved out of the spotlight by the fact that one of them is called Sexy Poker... Nintendo DLC: Monkey Island, Three Musketeers, more Sudoku 11 Wii owners waiting patiently for the new adventures of Guybrush Threepwood better have $10 handy. Telltale Games' Tales of Monkey Island: Chapter 1 (1 player, 1,000 Points) comes to WiiWare after... Nintendo DLC: Darklord, Battle Poker, more ArtStyle for DSi 14 Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a Darklord (1 player, 1,000 Wii Points) makes its way to WiiWare today. The sequel to My Life as a King, the tower defense style game features a bit o... Nintendo downloads: Ant Nation, Bit Boy!!, Pulseman, more 13 I have never had an ant colony growing, because my thought process was always "Really, a box of ants in some sand WTF?" Besides, I was always afraid they'd bust out and lay eggs in my m... Game & Watch coming to DSiWare ... haha ... hahaha 22 Brilliant. Absolutely bloody brilliant. As if the Nintendo DSi needed yet another downloadable clock, it's been made apparent that the Game & Watch series is here to save the day! Only confir... Nintendo DLC: BIT.TRIP.CORE, more Art Style, chariot racing 11 So it looks like BIT.TRIP.CORE (1-2 players, 600 Wii Points) from the fine folks at Gaijin Games marks the 100th game to hit WiiWare. Really, you couldn't pick a better game to commemorate the ev... Electroplankton making a splash on DSiWare (Update) 16 Finally, a DSiWare "game" that isn't a clock or a complete load of wanking sh*t. Electroplankton is a quirky music maker that uses little neon sea creatures to create tunes. It was a re... Renegade Kid shows off its muddy 3D DS platformer 11 Renegade Kid (the developer behind the technically impressive Dementium and Moon for Nintendo DS) has revealed its new project, a third-person platformer, to IGN. Called Maximillian and the Rise ... Nintendo DLC: Water Warfare, fishing, Opa-Opa's tears, more 4 Today, the perfect game for the summer, Water Warfare (1-8 players, 800 Wii Points), hits WiiWare. Hudson’s first-person water-gun shooter (yes, let’s call it an "FPWS") fea... Not one, but two Tingle games are on the way 22 For the past few weeks, a brand new Tingle game has been teased via Famitsu and a creepy teaser site. Well, that's what we thought. Turns out that Link's creepy, red-nosed counterpart is full of ... Nintendo DLC: Boot-camp, mini-golf, puzzlers, more 6 Nintendo makes your WiiWare download decision difficult this week by dropping not one or two, but three WiiWare titles. Xseed’s Drill Sergeant Mindstrong (1-4 players, 800 Wii Points), YUKE... Nintendo DLC: Clocks, calculators, toasters, and more 11 If you don’t know what time it is, have trouble balancing your check book, and love Mario, this week’s DSiWare releases are for you. Mario Calculator (1 “player,” 200 DSiP... Nintendo DLC: Mario vs. Donkey Kong, Swords & Soldiers, more 12 Looks like Nintendo DS and Wii owners have a pretty good week for downoadable games, starting with Mario Vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again! (Nintendo, 1 player, 800 DSi Points). Announced last w... E3 09: Asphalt 4 Elite Racing brings racing to DSiWare 1 I don’t have a DSi, so I’m not exactly the person to go to when it comes to really describing the quality of DSi games. However, I’m not going to let that be something that&rsqu... Rumortoid: DSi to get Gameboy, GBA downloads 40 Remember when Microsoft stopped providing updates to the Xbox 360 that allowed it to play old Xbox games, then "coincidentally" launched its downloadable Xbox Classics? It's an obvious ... Review: Art Style: PiCTOBiTS 10 Art Style: PiCTOBiTS is the first in what will hopefully be a long line of illogically capitalized DSiWare puzzle games about recreating sprites from classic NES games. As is becoming commonplace... Nintendo DLC: DsiWare gets its SECOND clock 23 Yes, you read that right. DSiWare, Nintendo's latest and most disappointing online service, has released its second clock in just a matter of weeks, following up on the ridiculous Animal Crossing... Nintendo DLC: Majora's Mask is 300th Virtual Console title 23 As the title of this story suggests, the Nintendo 64 classic The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask (1 player, 1,000 Wii Points) hits the Virtual Console today. It marks the 300 title to hit Ni... Nintendo DLC update: Real Soccer, Pirate Party, Galaxy Force 7 The North American DSi Shop sees its first third-party DSiWare this week and it’s… Real Soccer 2009 (Gameloft, 1-4 players, 800 DSi Points). I had a chance to play the game at this y... Nintendo DLC: Animal Crossing apps, penguins, toppled towers 18 Nintendo continues its first-party DSiWare streak this week with two non-games -- Animal Crossing Calculator (1 player, 200 DSi Points) and Animal Crossing Clock (1 player, 200 DSiPoints). As you... Nintendo DLC: Cards, paper planes, Cocoto, and Nobunaga 12 Once again, this week's DSi Shop updates feature zero third-party titles, with two games crawling out of the Nintendo library. Clubhouse Games Express: Card Classics (1-8 players, 500 Nintendo DS... Nintendo DLC update: Dr. Mario, Crystal Defenders, more 17 Week two of the DSi WiiWare update brings us Dr. Mario Express (1 player, 500 Nintendo DSi Points), which is -- as you would expect -- just like Dr. Mario. The game features the classic mode, wit... Destructoid review: Art Style: AQUIA 10 There was a point in my life when I was sure I'd never see a truly new "color matching" puzzle game ever again. This was around the time that Snood got immensely popular, despite the fa... Nintendo DLC update: Mixed Messages, Pitfall, more 8 Man, these weekly Nintendo downloadable updates are a beast now that it's thrown DSiWare into the mix! This weeks finds two DSiWare titles, one WiiWare title, and one Virtual Console game hitting... Nintendo DLC update: Six DSiWare games, Equilibrio, and more 15 Yesterday, the Nintendo DSi hit shelves, and the console's DSiWare store launched. Along with it came six games: Nintendo DSi Browser (Nintendo, 1 player, 0 Nintendo DSi Points); Bird & Bean... Nintendo announces DSiWare launch lineup(girls not included) 22 I wavered pretty hard when it came to buying a DSi, even though my DS works just fine. I guess it's the power of Nintendo to make you want things you don't even need. That blue DSi is so sexy, th...		Save cash!   See "Black Friday" video game deals New on Destructoid.TV play all videos Loading Destructoid Videos Win this! 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