What's New on the Wii Shop Channel? - 2010 Streamlined Edition

Welcome to the the 2010 Edition of What's New on the Wii Shop Channel?, your central hub for the Virtual Console and WiiWare releases and updates!

With three regions for the Wii Shop Channel, we need to keep track of all them, especially since we know imports for the Virtual Console will be available; it will help us anticipate which titles we could possibly be getting. It was a pretty momentous day when Sin & Punishment and Super Mario Bros: The Lost Levels were announced in 2007. Knowing the other WiiWare releases also lets us know what's out there.

For update schedules:
North America (NA): Mondays
Japan (JP): Tuesdays
Europe/PAL (EU): Fridays

I'm not sure when Japan and Europe go live, but all North American Virtual Console and WiiWare games go live every Monday, Noon EST, 9 AM PST.

This Week's Updates (02/15/10 - 02/21/10)
North America: Week of 02/15/10:

WW: Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: JUSTICE FOR ALL, Capcom Entertainment, Inc., 1 Player, 1000 Points

WW: Art of Balance, Shin'en Multimedia, 1-2 Players, 800 Points

WW: WarMen Tactics, CALARIS, 1 Player, 800 Points

GEN: Sonic & Knuckles, SEGA, 1 Player, 800 Points

Japan: Week of 02/16/10:

WW: Diner Dash, Hudson, 1 Player, 1000 Points

SFC: Super Famicom Wars, Nintendo, 1 Player, 800 Points

Europe: Week of 02/19/10:


This Month's Updates (February 2010)
North America:
Week of 02/01/10:

WW: Tales of Monkey Island Chapter 5: Rise of the Pirate God, Telltale Games, 1 Player, 1000 Points

WW: Tumblebugs 2, Gameshastra Inc., 1 Player, 800 Points

WW: 5 in 1 Solitaire, Digital Leisure Inc., 1 Player, 500 Points

SMS: Alex Kidd in Shinobi World, SEGA, 1 Player, 500 Points

Week of 02/08/10:

WW: BLASTER MASTER OVERDRIVE, SUNSOFT, 1 Player, 1000 Points

WW: Tomena Sanner, Konami, 1-4 Players, 500 Points

WW: Bloons, Hands-On Mobile, 1 Player, 500 Points

WW: Hubert the Teddy Bear Winter Games, Teyon, 1-16 Players, 500 Points

NES: Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom, Hudson, 1 Player, 500 Points

Week of 02/15/10:

WW: Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: JUSTICE FOR ALL, Capcom Entertainment, Inc., 1 Player, 1000 Points

WW: Art of Balance, Shin'en Multimedia, 1-2 Players, 800 Points

WW: WarMen Tactics, CALARIS, 1 Player, 800 Points

GEN: Sonic & Knuckles, SEGA, 1 Player, 800 Points

Week of 02/22/10:

WW: GhostSlayer, Gevo Entertainment, 1 Player, 600 Points - Wii MotionPlus Compatible

WW: Mouse House, Big John Games, 1 Player, 600 Points

WW: Family Go-Kart Racing, Aksys Games, 1-4 Players, 500 Points

Japan:
Week of 02/02/10:

WW: Excitebike World Race, Nintendo, 1-4 Players, 1000 Points - Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection

MSX: Quarth, Konami, 1-2 Players, 800 Points

MSX: Contra, Konami, 1-2 Players, 800 Points

Week of 02/09/10:

WW: Nectaris, Hudson, 1-4 Players, 1000 Points - Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection

FC: Rockman 4: Arata Naru Yabō!, Capcom, 1 Player, 500 Points

Week of 02/16/10:

WW: Diner Dash, Hudson, 1-2 Players, 1000 Points - Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection

SFC: Super Famicom Wars, Nintendo, 1-4 Players, 800 Points

Week of 02/23/10:

WW: Fantastic Cube, Zoom, 1-2 Players 800 Points - Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection

WW: Gyakuten Saiban 3, Capcom, 1 Player, 1200 Points

VCA: Crazy Climber, Hamster Corporation, 1-2 Players, 800 Points

Europe:
Week of 02/05/10:

WW: Excitebike: World Challenge, Nintendo, 1-4 Players, 1000 Points - Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection

WW: "Aha! I Got It!" Hidden Object Game, Ateam, 1 Player, 500 Points

SNES: Final Fight 3, Capcom, 1-2 Players, 800 Points

Week of 02/12/10:

WW: Frogger Returns, Konami, 1-2 Players, 500 Points

WW: Overturn: Mecha Wars, Studio Zan, 1-4 Players, 800 Points - Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection

SMD: Sonic & Knuckles, SEGA, 1 Player, 800 Points

Week of 02/19/10:

Week of 02/26/10:

Glossary of Abbreviations:

NES: Nintendo Entertainment System [Info]

SNES: Super Nintendo Entertainment System [Info]

N64: Nintendo 64 [Info]

SMS: Sega Master System [Info]

GEN: Sega Genesis [Info]

TG16: TurboGrafx-16 [Info]

NEOGEO: Neo-Geo AES / Neo-Geo Advanced Entertainment System [Info]

C64: Commodore 64 [Info]

MSX: MSX Computer Standard [Info]

WW: WiiWare - Nintendo's original game downloadable service. [Info]

VCA: Virtual Console Arcade - Titles from the Arcade

Japan-specific abbreviations:

FC: Famicom / Nintendo Family Computer (NES)

SFC: Super Famicom / Super Family Computer (SNES)

SMD: Sega Mega Drive (Genesis) (also went by this moniker in Europe)

PCE: PC Engine (TurboGrafx-16)

Source links:
North America Updates: Nintendo of America's Press Site
Japan Updates: Nintendo Life
Europe Updates: Nintendo Life

[color=#666666]This message was edited by Akira_EX on Mar 03 2010.

January:
Week of 01/05/10:

WW: Boku wa Plaball Untenshi, Takara Tomy, 1-2 Players, 1000 Points

SFC: Kirby no Kirakira Kizzu, Nintendo, 1-2 Players, 800 Points

Week of 01/12/10:

MSX: Salamander, Konami, 1-2 Players, 800 Points

MSX: Parodius, Konami, 1-2 Players, 800 Points

Week of 01/19/10:

FC: Salad no Kuni no Tomato Hime, Hudson, 1 Player, 500 Points

Week of 01/26/10:

WW: Janken Party Paradise, Studio Zan, 1-4 Players, 500 Points

WW: Gyakuten Saiban 2, Capcom, 1 Player, 1200 Points

N64: Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Calibur, Square Enix, 1 Player, 1000 Points


[color=#666666]This message was edited by Akira_EX on Feb 10 2010.

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