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WiiWare Update: My Aquarium

• Scribbled on September 1st, 2008 by Jonah Falcon
• Filed in Casual Gaming, New Release(s), Nintendo Wii, Press Release, WTF, WiiWare

Ever get the feeling that Nintendo not only hates third-party developers and publishers, but their fans, too? This is today’s WiiWare title? A $5 screensaver?

• My Aquarium (Hudson Entertainment, 1 player, 500 Wii Points)

No really. A screensaver? What? Who’s running quality control, a 78 year old spinster? What does it say when your “premium” downloadable game service is being trounced by Virtual Console? I mean, if you combine last week’s Helix with this week’s My Aquarium, you can actually lower the room temperature from pure, unadulterated suckitude. You can actually make babies cry in the next house and certainly make Popcap giggle their asses off when you use the Wiimote to “tap” the aquarium glass.

Those of you who bought Bomberman: Act Zero for the Xbox 360 can finally breathe a sigh of relief - you no longer have purchased the worst thing Hudson Entertainment’s ever put out.

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WiiWare

My Aquarium (Hudson Entertainment, 1 player, Rated E for Everyone, 500 Wii Points): With swaying aquatic plants and fish idly swimming about, My Aquarium is a relaxing Wii experience that allows you to enjoy a virtual aquarium in your spare time. Whether freshwater or saltwater, you can select from over 40 popular types of fish, including favorites like the Ocellaris clownfish, the freshwater angelfish and the Asian arowana. You can also create up to six different aquariums and personalize them by adding decorations like seaweed and driftwood. In My Aquarium, you can send aquariums to your registered Wii Friends. The aquariums can even be set with special dates, such as a friend’s birthday, that the fish will commemorate with a dance. Feed your fish and watch them steadily grow from fry to adult. Then, after meeting certain conditions, you can breed them. Another feature will allow you to interact with your fish using your Wii Remote™ controller in fun ways, like “tapping” the glass of your aquarium.