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Weekly 360 and Wii Downloads: Soulcalibur and More

Jun. 30 10:40 AM by Terry Terrones

Microsoft is taking a break from its double header Wednesday XBLA offerings, which is fine since this week's solo title is the old school classic "Soulcalibur". The T rated game will sell for the now standard 800MS points ($10). If you're a "Wits and Wagers" fan you can also download some new content for 320 MS points.

For the Wii, gamers can pick up "Magnetica Twist" (rated E, 1000 points) and "Fatal Fury 2" (rated T, 900 points) this week. Read on for more details.

Xbox LIVE Arcade

SOULCALIBUR, the critically acclaimed and highest rated console fighting game of all time, has reached the next generation! Sharpen your blades as you relive old grudges against classic adversaries. Prove your mettle against the world with a variety of Leaderboards spanning every character and mode, or challenge a friend in local-play Versus mode. All of your favorite fighters are back: Kilik, Ivy, Siegfried, Mitsurugi, Nightmare and many more! Play as one of the 19 characters on a mission to acquire the Soul Edge. SOULCALIBUR for Xbox LIVE Arcade is completely revamped with high definition graphics, HDTV support and challenging Achievements.

Developed by NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc., SOULCALIBUR will be available worldwide for 800 Microsoft Points and is rated T for Teen by the ESRB.

Also this week on Xbox LIVE Arcade, energize your Wits & Wagers trivia experience with 280 new questions and fun facts, providing up to 10 additional hours of unique gameplay. The new questions are for local and select online games, and are used automatically for everyone on the same local console, or when everyone in an online game owns the same question packs. The new downloadable content will be available Wednesday, July 2 in the US, Canada and the UK for 320 Microsoft points. For more details on SOULCALIBUR and Wits and Wagers, please visit http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/livearcadexbox360.

Wii Shop Channel

WiiWare

Magnetica" Twist (Nintendo, 1-4 players, Rated E for Everyone, Comic Mischief, 1,000 Wii Points): The classic puzzle game Magnetica is now available on WiiWare, putting its own unique twist on the puzzle-game experience. You're surrounded by marbles, marching slowly but surely down a track. Use a launcher (piloted by a Mii" of your choice) to shoot marbles with matching colors and wipe them out before they reach the end of the track. Control couldn't be simpler, as all you need to do is twist the Wii Remote" controller to aim and press the A button to shoot. And the game play remains as addictive and deep as you've come to expect in Nintendo's puzzle games, with five varied play modes, advanced mechanics such as the ability to lob marbles, and a never-ending supply of combos. This definitely isn't your typical game of marbles.

Virtual Console

FATAL FURY 2 (NEOGEO, 1-2 players, Rated T for Teen, Animated Blood, Violence, 900 Wii Points): Released in 1992 by SNK, FATAL FURY 2 is the second installment in the renowned fighting-game series. In addition to Terry, Andy and Joe, who appeared in the original game, another five distinctive fighters gather from around the world to compete for the championship title. Also newly added are stage-specific hazards and the ability to perform desperation attacks when a characters strength is low. These particularly deadly techniques create the chance for a come-from-behind victory achieved with a single strike. Moreover, the innovative two-line battle, which proved popular in the previous version, also has been radically enhanced. Pressing the weak-attack and strong-attack buttons simultaneously enables players to move their fighters to another line themselves, or to launch an attack that pushes opponents back to another line. This game mechanic, unique to this title in the series, allows the player to take advantage of the depth of the screen and create even more exciting bouts. Can you prove yourself the king of fighters again?

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