Two interesting Japanese DSiWare puzzlers coming to the West

Scarcely two days after I spurned JC for predicting that Nintendo would bring its DSiWare games based on Japan-only releases to the West, Nintendo revealed it is doing just that. So, yeah, what do I know.

Australia’s ratings/classifaction board put up a listing for Suujin Taisen Number Battles, the Chotto version of Mitchell Corp.’s 2007 puzzle-battle game Suujin Taisen (trailer above). From what I hear, the original was addictive and fun, and the DSiWare version supports two-to-four-player online matches.

The Australian organization also lists Wakugumi: Monochrome Puzzle (Kakonde Keshite Wakugumi no Jikan in Japan), another Mitchell puzzler. This one looks like the spiritual successor to Polarium.

With these two planned for Australia, it’s very likely they’ll travel further West to the States and Europe soon. Perhaps we’ll see other first-party DSiWare excerpts from Japan-only retail games then, like Card Hero Speed Battle Custom and Kuru Kuru Action Kuru Pachi 6.

Buy: U.S. Matte Black and Blue DSi

Import: Japanese Nintendo DSi (Red, White, Black, Pink, Lime Green, Metallic Blue)

tags / suujin taisen / mitchell / dsiware / import / wakugumi / polarium / ec