Boom Blox is a strategy game, which gives players a series of puzzles involving building blocks of all different shapes and sizes. Built for the Nintendo Wii, Boom Blox is probably the ideal game for kids of all ages. Steven Spielberg noted while creating the game that he made it to play with his kids, and it shows.

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Its Nintendo’s answer to Microsoft’s Xbox Live Arcade and its XNA Studio and to Sony’s PlayStation Store. It also allows smaller developers to sell their games while larger publishers can experiment with new ideas. It has been launched with six Wii games: Square Enix’s Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King; Frontier Development’s LostWinds; XGen Studios’ Defend your Castle; Nnooo’s Pop; High Voltage Software’s V.I.P. Casino: Blackjack; and Gameloft’s TV Show King. Nintendo said it would add new games to WiiWare every Monday.

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Gamers will be able to buy a disc from retailers containing songs previously released as downloadable content for the Xbox 360 and PS3. The Rock Band Track Pack Volume 1 will include 20 master tracks from 20 different artists, and will retail for $29.99.

The full list of included tracks follows:

30 Seconds to Mars–”The Kill”
All American Rejects–”Move Along”
Blink – 182–”All the Small Things”
Boston–”More Than a Feeling”
David Bowie–”Moonage Daydream”
Faith No More–”We Care A Lot”
Grateful Dead–”Truckin’”
The Hives–”Die, All Right!”
KISS–”Calling Dr. Love”
Lynyrd Skynyrd–”Gimme’ Three Steps”
Nine Inch Nails–”March of the Pigs”
Oasis–”Live Forever”
Paramore–”Crushcrushcrush”
The Police–”Synchronicity II”
Queens of the Stone Age–”Little Sister”
Ramones–”Teenage Lobotomy”
Smashing Pumpkins–”Siva”
Stone Temple Pilots–”Interstate Love Song”
Weezer–”Buddy Holly”
Wolfmother–”Joker & the Thief”

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Golden Wii Wheel

Use the Wii Wheel a whole bunch in all modes, and when you go online a golden Wii Wheel will be next to your name.

Golden Stars

If you get a 1 star rank on all races in all cups, you’ll get a star next to your name when playing online. If u have 2 star rank in every race on every cup, you’ll have 2 stars next to your name and you’ll get a third star with 3.

Unlockable Characters

Baby Daisy – 1 Star in all 50cc Wii-Cups
Baby Luigi – Unlock 8 Expert Staff Ghost Data in Time Trials
Birdo – Play Time Trials on 16 different courses
Bowser Jr. – 1 Star in all 100cc Retro-Cups
Daisy – Win 150cc Special Cup
Diddy Kong – Complete all 50cc Cups
Dry Bones – Win 100cc Leaf Cup
Dry Bowser – 1 Star in all 150cc Wii-Cups
Funky Kong – Unlock 4 Expert Staff Ghost Data in Time Trials
King Boo – Win 50cc Star Cup
Mii (Outfit A) – Win 100cc Special Cup
Rosalina – Have a Super Mario Galaxy savefile and she will be unlocked after some GPs
Toadette – Play Time Trials on all 32 different courses

Unlockable Races

Leaf Cup – Win at least 3rd place in Banana Cup
Lightning Cup – Win at least 3rd place in Leaf Cup
Special Cup – Win at least 3rd place in Star Cup
Star Cup – Win at least 3rd place in Flower Cup

Mirror Mode – Win all Cups at 150cc

Unlockable Vehicles

Bubble Bike (small bike) – Win Mirror Leaf Cup
Dolphin Dasher (medium bike) – Win Mirror Star Cup
Magikruiser (small bike) – Play Time Trials on 8 different courses
Nitrocycle (medium bike) – Attain at least 1 Star Rank for all 100cc Wii Grand Prix Cups
Phantom (large bike) – Win Mirror Special Cup
Quacker (small bike) – Win 150cc Star Cup
Rapide (medium bike) – Win 100cc Lightning Cup
Torpedo (large bike) – Unlock 12 Expert Staff Ghost Data in Time Trials
Twinkle Star (large bike) – Win 100cc Star Cup
Blue Falcon (small kart) – Win Mirror Lightning Cup
Cheep Charger (small kart) – Attain at least 1 Star Rank for all 50cc Retro Grand Prix Cups
Dragonetti (large kart) – Win 150cc Lightning Cup
Piranha Prowler (large kart) – Win 50cc Special Cup
Rally Romper (small kart) – Unlock 1 Expert Staff Ghost Data in Time Trials
Royal Racer (medium kart) – Win 150cc Leaf Cup
Turbo Blooper (medium kart) – Win 50cc Leaf Cup

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Wii Fit, using the new, included balance-board peripheral, tracks each player’s weight, and provides a multitude of activities designed to be a part of a daily exercise regime. Despite a higher than normal retail price, the Wii Fit was bought by around 1 in 10 Wii console owners over its first two days on sale in the UK.

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It will offer downloadable DS titles and information about the company’s games alongside WiiWare. Wii users will be able to log into the online Wii Shopping Channel from the console’s main menu and download the Nintendo Channel application for free. If a user has played a WiiWare game for at least an hour, they will be able to review the game on the Nintendo Channel and will be other customer’s reference in their purchasing decisions since the company doesn’t provide free demo versions of WiiWare games.

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