The new Wii de Asobu (Play It On Wii) range, hitting Japan over the next few weeks and reaching Europe and the US early next year, is definitely something to look forward to, particularly as these GameCube games aren’t just being ported to Wii with nothing changed, reports IGN.

Pikmin’s divisive thirty-days-until-death mechanic has been made less stressful with the addition of day-to-day records, which the game will store, allowing you to start from any day of your choosing - handy if you’re shy of ship parts and you’re into Olimar’s final days on the Pikmin planet.

Meanwhile, Mario Power Tennis stands to have a quite significant revamp from its GameCube iteration, with its controls being completely altered, making it entirely compatible with the Wii remote, with the player swinging their controller like a normal racquet, executing forehands, backhands, lobs and smashes with the sort of motions you’d use in the real game. Indeed, there are two separate control schemes - one of which will use the remote on its own (presumably with automated character movement) and one which uses the nunchuk (apparently so you can guide your chosen character around the court yourself).

Pikmin will be out in Japan on Christmas day while Mario Power Tennis joins the Wii de Asobu range on 15th January. Sorely tempted to import the pair of ‘em, I am.

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This entry was posted on Thursday, December 11th, 2008 at 11:19 am by Chris Schilling
Forthcoming titles, Japan, Nostalgia, Wii.