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Sunday, June 15, 2008

Hudson - WiiWare virtual My Aquarium make it to Europe...


Siliconera reports..

Blue Oasis is coming out sooner than expected and the WiiWare aquarium simulator may arrive in regions other than Japan.

The Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle (aka USK, Germany's ESRB equivlent) rated a Wii game known as My Aquarium with Hudson as the publisher.

I always presumed Hudson would release Blue Oasis and their other WiiWare games internationally, but this looks like a good sign that Wii owners in Europe will get to care for virtual fish with a wave of the Wii remote.



When Hudson announced their lineup of WiiWare games, Tetris Online was scheduled to come out in Japan this July. Now, Tetris Party (note the name change) won’t be coming out until sometime in 2008 in Japan. Hudson didn’t give any reason for the delay, but I seriously wonder if they’re planning to implement Balance Board support in the game as we previously discussed.

Meanwhile, Blue Oasis, a relaxing game where players raise fish is suddenly coming out in June. Blue Oasis: Uo no Iyashi Kuukan (Blue Oasis: Reliving Room of Fish) previously had a floating 2008 release date. When Blue Oasis comes out on June 24, Wii owners can add fish to their virtual aquarium for 500 Wii Points ($5).