Wiikly Update: Boingz, Sudoku Challenge!, Boogerman

Every Monday, Nintendo delivers the newest available games for download in the Wii Shop Channel. This week, Nintendo says its all about turning your "Wii Time" into "Me Time", and has released three single-player games to help you accomplish that.  Let's take a look at what Nintendo delivers this week.

WiiWare

RealNetworks, the company known for RealPlayer, Rhapsody, and other PC-based applications is entering the console game market for the first time with its release of Boingz for WiiWare. Boingz is a physics-based puzzle-platformer developed by NinjaBee that RealNetworks' Frank Rogan calls a "first of a new line of products."

Boingz (RealArcade, 1 player, Rated E for Everyone, 1,000 Wii Points): Stretch, flex and flick your way to freedom. A truly mind-bending experience, Boingz introduces you to cute, colorful, stretchable friends lost in an alien world, searching for the magical gates that will take them home. Boingz springs to life with 30 levels of puzzle-platforming fun. The Boingz are bendy little critters that can be pulled, stretched and flicked from place to place like rubber bands. It's a team effort, as all the Boingz will have to work together to unwind the game's puzzles. What's more, many of the Boingz have fallen into a deep slumber, and you'll have to lead the stronger Boingz to find and wake up their sleepy friends. Explore surreal landscapes, sail through the air like a trapeze artist, walk along the seafloor, and collect the Twinklies to power up your elastic-powered flights.

This next title is Digital Leisure's take on the popular puzzle game Sudoku.  The game claims to have over 100 million Sudoku puzzles meaning "you'll never see the same puzzle twice".

Sudoku Challenge! (Digital Leisure Inc., 1 player, Rated E for Everyone, 500 Wii Points): Now's your chance to play the brain-busting puzzle game taking the world by storm. With over 100 million Sudoku puzzles, you'll never see the same puzzle twice in Sudoku Challenge! You can select the classic nine-by-nine Sudoku game boards as well as Grand Sudoku, which challenges you to complete five intersecting Sudoku boards simultaneously. Just a beginner? Don't worry-with three difficulty options, even a novice player can complete a Sudoku with ease. But if you're a seasoned pro, challenge yourself in Expert mode and test your true skills. It's time to get your thinking cap on and see how many Sudoku puzzles you can conquer.

Virtual Console

Lastly, we have one Sega Genesis classic release for Virtual Console.  Originally released for Mega Drive/Genesis in 1994 and SNES in 1995, Boogerman is known to have a secret ending.  Download today, and see if you can find it yourself.

Boogerman: A Pick and Flick Adventure (Sega Genesis, 1 player, Rated E for Everyone-Comic Mischief, 800 Wii Points): In this top pick from the Sega Genesis, play as Boogerman, the heroic alter ego of Snotty Ragsdale. While investigating Professor Stinkbaum's lab, Boogerman stumbles upon a strange machine that opens a portal to another dimension. Boogerman has a nose for adventure, but has he met his match in this sticky situation? Journey through dangerous worlds while battling wicked enemies like Fly Boy and Deodor Ant. Deal them a blow with Boogerman's super abilities: pick and flick with deadly precision, belch, and use his deadly signature stomp.