Nintendo, it seems, is just getting started this summer with four DSiWare titles touching down this week. X-Scape, Hero of Sparta, A Topsy Turvy Life: The Turvys Strike Back, and Telegraph Sudoku & Kakuro are all available as DSiWare this week.
In X-Scape you awake from a 10 year cryosleep to find that you’ve been unexpectedly thrown into a battle against an evil empire. Numerous planets in the Kiisa system await your arrival. The game features a variety of challenges and optional side quests and you have at your disposal VIXIV, a battle tank capable of maneuvering on land as well as in the air. There’s even an extremely capable support bot, VIX-529 to help you along the way. The console’s touch screen can be used to pilot the tank in a game with stylish retro graphic representation. X-Scape is from Nintendo for 800 DSi Points.
Hero of Sparta is from Gameloft for one player. The epic odyssey begins as you wake up on an unknown beach to find your boat and entire fleet missing. Playing as King Argos a fierce Spartan warrior, you must battle for your life as you make your way across mythical lands, the depths of the Underworld, and more. During the course of the game you come up against mythological creatures including Minotaurs, Cyclops and you’ll even challenge the Gods. Four upgreadable mythic weapons will be at your disposal to help you take down the monsters you encounter. Hero of Sparta is available for 800 Nintendo DSi Points.
A Topsy Turvy Life: The Turvys Strike Back is an arcade shooter from Tecmo Koei Games. Three kinds of ships are available to you in the game which extensively makes use of the console’s unique features. You also have a boss ship which can fire off multiple weapons plus a huge blast that destroys everything in its wake. Two players can go up against each other on a single DSi system. A Topsy Turvy Life: The Turvys Strike Back is available for 200 Nintendo DSi Points.
Telegraph Sudoku & Kakuro is for one player, and as the name suggests includes a few Sudoku games and a Kakuro title. There are over 500 puzzles of multiple types adding up to several hours of gameplay. The title from Sanuk Games includes Sudoku, a classic 9×9 game with four levels of difficulty, Mini-Sudoku, a 6×6 grid version, Sudoku-X, a 9×9 grid game in which the diagonals must also each be filled with numbers from 1 to 9, and Jigsaw Sudoku, featuring 9×9 grids with uncommon box shapes, in addition to Kakuro. There are even interactive hints, registration of best times in the Hall of Fame, as well as an Autosave option with which you can stop and resume a puzzle anytime you want. Telegraph Sudoku & Kakuro is available for 200 Nintendo DSi Points.