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Today’s WiiWare Update: World of Goo, Cubello

• Scribbled on October 13th, 2008 by Jonathon Howard
• Filed in Casual Gaming, New Release(s), Nintendo Wii, WiiWare

Nintendo has an okay set of releases this week for WiiWare and Virtual Console, with some good stuff appearing on the Wii.

For WiiWare we have World of Goo, an independently developed puzzle game in the same vein as the old PC classic The Incredible Machine, except that now your only allowed to use goo to solve the puzzle stages. It’s getting rave reviews, so you might want to check it out.

The other Wiiware is another Art Style game, this one is named Cubello, and this is the first I’ve ever heard about the game. It’s being touted as a puzzle game that requires the dexterity of a shooter – what Why would anyone want this? Puzzle games and shooters appeal to different people, different styles of play, and stimulate different parts of the brain! Who thought that would be a good idea Good thing it’s relatively cheap.

• World of Goo (2D Boy, 1-4 players, 1,500 Wii Points)
• Art Style: CUBELLO (Nintendo, 1 player, 600 Wii Points):

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WiiWare 

World of Goo (2D Boy, 1-4 players, Rated E for Everyone—Comic Mischief, 1,500 Wii Points): World of Goo is an award-winning, physics-based puzzle/construction game made entirely by two guys. Grab living, squirming, talking globs of goo to build structures, bridges, cannonballs, zeppelins and giant tongues. The millions of Goo Balls that live in the beautiful World of Goo are curious to explore—but they don’t know that they are in a game, or that they are extremely delicious. World of Goo Corporation is contractually obligated to state that everyone is a winner, and is enthusiastic to celebrate everyone’s Goo building opportunities equally.

World of Goo

Art Style: CUBELLO (Nintendo, 1 player, Rated E for Everyone, 600 Wii Points): Art Style: CUBELLO mixes the strategy and feel of a traditional puzzle game with the precision and reflexes required in a shooter. As each stage begins, various colored cubes form into one large object called a Cubello, which floats and rotates as you play. Launch additional cubes from your magazine and try to connect four or more of the same color, removing them from the Cubello and eventually leaving only its core. Take on the challenge of either Stage or Endless mode and watch what happens when Bonus Time is activated. The straightforward controls and goal ensure that anyone can play, while offering enough depth that even advanced players will find themselves quickly addicted to the unique world of Art Style: CUBELLO.