The initial lineup of downloadable DSiWare games didn’t exactly sweep DSi owners off their feet. Utsusu Made in Wario are the Art Style games looked neat, but that was about it for original Nintendo DSi software. Let’s take a look at the second wave of DSiWare titles and see if Nintendo one-upped their launch line up.
Solitaire DSi (200 DSiWare Points) – Spider and Klondike games of Solitaire with cat cards.
Nintendo DSi Clock (200 DSiWare Points) – It’s a clock for your DSi. This application has an alarm and vacation time features. Nintendo mentions a “clock series” so the Photo Stand Type, a DSi clock that cycles through photos, sounds like it’s going to be the first of many DSi Clocks.
Hobonichi Rosenzu (500 DSiWare Points) – Portable subway map software with an integrated notepad. You can write messages and leave photos to remind you of landmarks on the map.
Art Style Series: Somnium (500 DSiWare Points) – A brainteasing puzzle game where you match balls and cells of the same color.
Art Style Series: PicoPict (500 DSiWare Points) – Sort of like Tetris mixed with Picross. Blocks fall from the sky missing one or two pixels. You have to take the squares on the ground and place them in the path of falling blocks to make them whole. Completed pieces make up 8-bit sprites of Mario and other NES icons.
Chotto Panel de Pon (500 DSiWare Points) – A stripped down version of Planet Puzzle League with less skins and no online play. This version still has multiple modes like endless mode, score attack, stage clear, and Vs. CPU.
Chotto Suujin Taisen (500 DSiWare Points) – A stripped down version of Suujin Taisen. This game supports online play over Nintendo Wi-Fi.
Chotto Asobi Taizen Jikkuri Trump (500 DSiWare Points) – A package of popular card games from Clubhouse Games. Blackjack, Page One, American Page One, Daifugou, and Poker.
That’s it for the second batch of DSiWare titles. What do you think of it?
All of these go on sale on January 28. So far all of the DSiWare games have been developed by Nintendo. Can’t wait to see what kinds of software third party developers will make in the future.
Images courtesy of Nintendo.
