Comic Jumper! Twisted Pixel’s next game comes out today. If it follows the trajectory of their last two games this one will cure cancer and find Bin Laden. The game has so far gotten pretty decent reviews and will be one I check out. Sadly it is the now increasingly standard 1200 points. Remember when these games were 400 points? Way back in 2006? Yeah neither do I. Too long ago. We also get a new Virtual Console game and a bunch of PSP Mini’s for those of you with a PSP GO. All one of you.

Also the Baseball Playoff’s start today (tonight on depending who you ask). It’s the best postseason in all of sports so everyone give it a watch. I know I will be.

Nintendo
DSiWare

Shantae: Risky’s Revenge
Publisher: WayForward
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E10+ (Everyone 10 and Older) – Comic Mischief, Mild Cartoon Violence, Suggestive Themes
Price: 1,200 Nintendo DSi Points™
Description: The sequel to the critically acclaimed Shantae is here! Fans asked, and WayForward has answered with a powder keg of high-octane, hair-whipping, hip-shaking action available only on the Nintendo DSiWare service. Shantae: Risky’s Revenge sets the bar even higher with thousands of frames of animation, huge multi-sprite bosses and a quest so big it’s bursting at the seams. Guide “half-genie” Shantae through haunted wastelands, burning deserts, enchanted forests, dripping caverns and deadly labyrinths. Discover magical attacks, brew zombie coffee, save golden babies and master the art of belly dancing to transform Shantae into more powerful creatures. Use your powers to foil the lady pirate Risky Boots and save Sequin Land from certain doom. With its infectious characters, flirtatious humor and deliciously outlandish action, Shantae: Risky’s Revenge offers up all the hair-whipping, belly-dancing action you can handle.

Rummikub
Publisher: Games Factory Online
Players: 1-4
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 800 Nintendo DSi Points
Description: For more than 50 years, players have loved Rummikub for its combination of tactical thinking, luck and tense competition. In this new edition for the Nintendo DSiWare service, combine the tiles to create the smartest combinations and play with friends who have their own copy of Rummikub. You can also pit your wits against the computer in single-player mode at various difficulty settings. Collect all the medals Rummikub has to offer and become the world champion.

WiiWare

Racers’ Islands – Crazy Racers
Publisher: ZALLAG
Players: 1-4
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) – Mild Cartoon Violence
Price: 1,000 Wii Points™
Description: Six drivers are competing on a popular TV show: an English lord, a dangerous beauty from Russia, a Mexican desperado, an eccentric Frenchman, a Japanese prodigy and an American bulldozer. Whichever driver you choose, you’ll have to drive and shoot simultaneously to be the first to cross the finish line. The game includes 20 different races and six thematic islands styled to look like a big amusement park. Unique game play lets you drive with one hand while aiming with the other. Discover tons of content like new items, trophies and time trials.

Learning with the PooYoos: Episode 3
Publisher: Lexis Numérique
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: EC (Early Childhood)
Price: 500 Wii Points
Description: Welcome to the world of the PooYoos, the first fun poetic brain-trainer for children ages 3 to 6. With the PooYoos, a merry band of adorable baby animals, children will have fun while learning basic development concepts such as numbers, letters, lateralization, shapes and colors. Children get to dance with their new friends and earn lovely interactive rewards. With two levels of interactivity, children can play activities based on plants and music. This game has been designed for use by children who have not yet grasped reading. The instructions are spoken in French, English or Spanish, depending on the language setting of your Wii™ console.

Virtual Console

FATAL FURY 3: ROAD TO THE FINAL VICTORY
Original platform: NEOGEO
Publisher: D4 Enterprise
Players: 1-2
ESRB Rating: T (Teen) – Violence
Price: 900 Wii Points
Description: Originally released in 1995, this is the fourth title in the Fatal Fury series of beat-’em-up games. Previous releases in the series used a two-plane battle system allowing you to move and fight between the foreground and background. This game features a three-plane format – foreground, background and main plane – known as the Oversway System. Characters will automatically move back to the main line after a certain period of time in the foreground or background planes. Other new features include Combination Arts (the ability to execute combo attacks with simple rhythmic button taps), Hidden Abilities (superior versions of the popular Special Moves and Super Special Moves from previous installments) and minor tweaks to all of the characters’ Special Moves. As a result, this installment offers the deepest strategies and tactics in the Fatal Fury series to date.

Microsoft
XBLA

Comic Jumper
Developer: Twisted Pixel Games
Publisher: Xbox LIVE Arcade
Genre: Action
ESRB Rating: T
Description:Threatened with becoming just another failed superhero, Captain Smiley is rescued by the fine folks at Twisted Pixel who provide him with a base of operations and Comic Jumping technology allowing him—and his back-talking “chestkick” named Star—to leap into other comic books and save misguided plotlines, so that they may earn enough cash to catapult their superhero careers back into the limelight. From the creators of the award-winning titles Splosion Man and The Maw, Comic Jumper is the team’s most ambitious game yet.

Sony
PSN
Deadliest Warrior: The Game ($9.99)
Deadliest Warrior: The Game allows you to choose from history’s greatest warriors, equip them with signature weaponry, and go head to head against the greatest fighters that ever lived. Deadliest Warrior features five play modes, customizable warriors, and true to life action with interactive environments. Sever limbs, decapitate heads, and taunt your enemy’s lifeless corpse to build up ranking points and compete on a global scale to become ‘The Deadliest Warrior.’
ESRB Rated M
File size: 897 MB

Alien Breed: Impact ($14.99)
Alien Breed: Impact is an explosive science fiction arcade-shooter that resurrects a much revered franchise with an epic story, swarms of highly intelligent alien enemies, high-impact weapons, rich environments, all implemented with superb technology. In addition to the thrilling single-player campaign mode, the game also offers an action-packed, local or online two-player co-operative battle mode.
ESRB Rated T
File size: 1.15 GB

PS One Imports

Arcade Hits: Outlaws of the Lost Dynasty ($5.99)
Originally released in 1996 as Suiko Enbu in Japan, this is the original version in its Japanese splendor. This Data East classic provides fighting fans with a unique taste of that era’s best of genre. Non-Japanese speakers will be pleased to know that the game has English menus.
Please Note: This game is a direct import from Japan. Although text is limited, it is in the original Japanese language. Help with playing can be found at www.monkeypawgames.com
ESRB Rated T
File size: 100 MB

Magical Drop F ($5.99)
Released in Japan in 1999 with a subtitle translated as “The Big Adventure is not Easy”, this title was the last in the great Magical Drop series by Data East. Magical Drop brings the fast and furious action that you’d expect from this classic competitive puzzler.
Please Note: This game is a direct import from Japan. Although text is limited, it is in the original Japanese language. Help with playing can be found at www.monkeypawgames.com
ESRB Rated E10+
File size: 298 MB

PSP

Ben 10 Ultimate Alien: Cosmic Destruction ($29.99)
Take control of Ben and 16 alien heroes including powerful “Ultimate” versions of established aliens and all new alien heroes.
ESRB Rated E 10+
File size: 677 MB

PSP Minis

Fort Commander: King’s Gambit – minis ($4.49)
ESRB Rated E
File size: 10 MB

Urbanix – minis ($4.99)
ESRB Rated E
File size: 22 MB

Apache: Overkill – minis ($2.99)
ESRB Rated 4.9 MB
File size: E 10+

Actual Crimes: Jack the Ripper – minis ($3.99)
ESRB Rated T
File size: 85 MB

Shapo – minis ($4.99)
ESRB Rated E
File size: 9.36 MB