Ah, it’s finally time forStrong Badto invade your game time! WiiWare debutsStrong Bad Episode 1: Homestar Ruinerthis week (Telltale Games, 1 player, Rated T for Teen—Crude Humor, Mild Cartoon Violence, Mild Suggestive Themes, 1,000 Wii Points). If you’re awesome and have a great sense of humor, you’ve probably already downloaded this, so I’m not going to tell you that you need to grab it.
When you burn out on beating the snot out of Homestar, you may want to check outBreak In(TurboGrafx16, 1-4 players, Rated E for Everyone—Tobacco Reference, 700 Wii Points), a pool sim from the good old days with six different billiard games. You can play with up to four people, too.
Last up isStar Parodier(TurboGrafx16 CD-ROM, 1 player, Rated E for Everyone—Mild Cartoon Violence, 900 Wii Points), Hudson’s spoof ofStar Soldier. This is a good week for comedy! It’s a single player experience, but you’ll spend plenty of time giggling to yourself (which is probably what you do alone anyway, thanks to the internet’s vast selection of funnies). Buying anything this week, little robots?
Jul 24, 2025
Wii-kly Update
One WiiWare Game and Two Virtual Console Games Added to Wii Shop Channel
If your idea of a superhero is someone with an invincible ego who cantype e-mails while wearing boxing gloves, then the Wii™ Shop Channelhas great news for you. The legendary Strong Bad (from the popularHomestar Runner Web series) makes his eagerly anticipated WiiWare™debut this week. For even more laughs and clever gaming kicks, you’llalso find a satirical space-age shooter on the Virtual Console™, alongwith a classic billiards game for those who prefer to keep their feetplanted firmly on the ground.
Nintendo adds new and classic games to the Wii Shop Channel at 9 a.m.Pacific time every Monday. Wii™ owners with a high-speed Internetconnection can redeem Wii Points™ to download the games. Wii Pointscan be purchased in the Wii Shop Channel or at retail outlets. Thisweek’s new games are:
WiiWare
Strong Bad Episode 1: Homestar Ruiner (Telltale Games, 1 player, RatedT for Teen—Crude Humor, Mild Cartoon Violence, Mild Suggestive Themes,1,000 Wii Points): Charming. Suave. Awesome. These are the wordsStrong Bad would use to describe himself. In a world gone mad, onlyone man can be trusted to save the day. A man with an attitude. A mancalled Strong Bad. As the star of the Homestar Runner Web cartoons,Strong Bad has been answering e-mails (in boxing gloves), pranking hisfriends, pummeling his enemies, and making people with questionabletaste snort milk out of their noses for years now. And he’s branchedout to star in Strong Bad’s Cool Game for Attractive People, a monthlyfive-episode series. In Episode 1: Homestar Ruiner, Strong Bad’s plansto beat the snot out of Homestar backfire, and he ends up with anunwanted houseguest cramping his style. Now he needs to get life backto normal by any means possible. But wait, there’s more: Teen GirlSquad comics, achievements, funny costumes and arcade games. You caneven send pictures and messages to Wii Friends using Strong Bad’scomputer. So how about it? Can you handle Strong Bad’s style?
Virtual Console
Break In (TurboGrafx16, 1-4 players, Rated E for Everyone—TobaccoReference, 700 Wii Points): Gather up to four players for an authenticgame of pool right in your own home. Choose from six billiards gamesincluding 9-Ball, Rotation and Carom (a game played without pockets).Use Simulation mode to calculate the perfect shot, or select Actionmode and check out what went wrong with your missed shots. With allthat to choose from, Break In gives players—from beginners toexperts—all the elements necessary to enjoy a great game of pool. Butit doesn’t stop there. Select Technique to practice your angles oreven go for a trick shot. Get some help from the CPU and hone yourskills. With Break In, you’ll be a pro in no time.
Star Parodier (TurboGrafx16 CD-ROM, 1 player, Rated E forEveryone—Mild Cartoon Violence, 900 Wii Points): Star Parodier is thehilarious spoof of the classic Hudson shooter Star Soldier. In thisparody, there are three playable ships for players to choose from: theingratiating PAROCEASER, the hot-headed BOMBERMAN, and theever-so-introverted PC-ENGINE. Players control one of these unique andoriginal ships and set off to blast their way through eight stages onthe planet PAROSON. The comical characters take the color and flavorof the Soldier series to the next level and are guaranteed to leaveplayers mesmerized. In addition to the normal game mode, there arealso the familiar two-minute and five-minute attack modes, making StarParodier the complete package that is sure to have players coming backfor more.
