Alien Crush - Virtual Console

The Only Pinball Game for WiiWare That Lets Players Compete Head-To-Head Online Alien Crush Returns is a sci-fi pinball game based on the classic TurboGrafx-16 Alien Crush series from Hudson Entertainment. In extraordinary pinball fashion, the game offers gameplay spanning two screens, providing players a lot of real estate to rack up points, multipliers, and bonuses. The game is played across multiple boards, all of which feature an eerie alien landscape and enemies that try to prevent pinball perfection.

Siliconera writes: Hudson only announced Alien Crush Returns for Japan, but it's a shoe in for an international release. The first concrete clue that it's going to appear in another region is it just got rated by the OFLC. Hudson wouldn't invest resources to localize the WiiWare pinball game into English if they didn't have plans to release it everywhere. I think it's safe to say we're getting it, probably soon.

Spencer reports to Siliconera that the update to the classic pinball game will hit Japan WiiWare service this month. It seems that Hudson will also sells additional balls and stages as DLC. The basic module, which includes online multiplayer mode will cost 800 Wii Points in Japan.

The official Japanese site for Alien Crush Returns has opened, and it comes chock-full of stuff to look at. There are a bunch of screens to thumb through, as well as a trailer to check out.

Dec 21, 2007 December is the month of giving and, better yet, receiving. December is the month when sugarplum visions of $400 consoles and $60 games dance through your head. And, of course, December is the month when your loved ones usually just cheap out and buy you a gift card instead. So long as that gift card is an online points card from Microsoft, Sony or Nintendo, however, you'll be alright. With so much downloadable content available for so little money, you could stretch a few