One of the most popular games ever has just hit Nintendo's casual console.  Tetris Party on WiiWare brings a co-op mode to the Tetris franchise.  Is this a good reason to fire up your Wii, in this season of awesome rhythm games, zombie titles, and Sackboys?  Read our review to find out!

As I'm sure you are aware by now, we here at Co-Optimus are fans of all things cute.  Rainbows, Care Bears, Little Sack people, we love them all.  However, we were missing perhaps the ultimate in cute: itty bitty huge-eyed dinosaurs who blow shiny bubbles!  This oversight will be corrected soon, though, as it looks like Bubble Bobble is headed to the Wii.  A new Bubble Bobble game has been announced for the Japanese WiiWare service, according to GoNintendo.  It is unknown whether the game will make it overseas, but as fans of the cute n' cuddly co-op dinosaurs, we certainly hope it does.  Do you suppose any fan edits with darker, gloomier dinosaurs will be forthcoming?

Link's Crossbow Training meets Sunset Riders in the recent WiiWare release, Wild West Guns.  Load up your sixshooter and call in a "pahdnuh" to defend the innocent townsfolk from flying sombreros, dynamite filled balloons, and a whole slew of bandits.  Does Wild West Guns ride off into a grand sunset, or does it leave a burr under your saddle?  Read the review to find out!

Earlier this year, we brought you the news that Tetris will be coming to Nintendo's WiiWare service.  That's hardly surprising, given that the classic puzzler has been released in some form on most Nintendo systems.  However, thanks to 1Up, more details have arrived, some interesting and some that will make you scratch your head in befuddlement.  News from the former category: the official title is 'Tetris Party', and the game will indeed feature a co-op mode, as pictured above.  Co-op is one of 18 different modes, 10 of which are said to be new to the series.  The head scratcher?  One of the control schemes will be the Wii Balance Board.  Yes, THAT Balance Board.  The jury is still out as to whether this will be the best way to lose weight of all time, or the next Virtual Boy-magnitude failure.  I guarantee there's more depth to Tetris than to Wii Fit, but somehow, I fear the repurcussions.  It's bad enough to be beaten by Japanese virtuosos in Tetris DS Wi-Fi, but my self-esteem would plummet if some soccer mom whooped up on me while she was trying to make up for last night's Ben and Jerry's binge.  One final note: I estimate 4 hours from the game's release before Wii Fit Girl wannabes hit YouTube shaking their buns to block matching action. 

Puzzle fans who own a Wii will be glad to see this week's WiiWare release, Magnetica Twist.  The original Magnetica was a well regarded DS release back in 2006.  The addition of several co-op modes may pique Co-Optimus reader's interest.  Taken from Wiiware-World's review:

In co-op there's Todays Pick, which is a set of random challenges that change on a daily basis; Annihilation, which has you clearing a set number of marbles before time runs out; Colour Split, similar to Annihilation but each player is assigned just one colour and Co-Pilot, whereby two players share a cannon with player one firing the marbles and player two piloting angle.

Magnetica Twist is available now for 1000 Wii Points. 

Nintendo has a long history of releasing games on several different systems.  Whether this is a bad thing or not largely depends on whether you are a fan or critic of Nintendo franchises in general.  Put me firmly in the "fan" camp.  I have no problem with this recycling, as long as the games are good, which in Nintendo's case, they usually are.  Who could argue that buying Smash Brothers three times was a waste of money?  And Tetris for the DS was absolutely worth purchasing, though I'd played it on the original Game Boy for years.  Let's consider Dr. Mario Online for a moment, then.  It's been available for the NES, Nintendo 64, and for the GBA TWICE, and recently it hit the WiiWare service.  Is it worth checking out, given the addition of a co-op mode? 

Read on after the break for our review.

We've had our eye on 'World of Goo' for some time now, and the latest revelation about the upcoming WiiWare title has us even more excited.  Though the game will be released for PC, Mac, and Linux, as well, the Wii version will have an exclusive two player co-operative mode!  You and a buddy will be able to sling goo to overcome all sorts of obstacles together.  'World of Goo' still has no release date, and no details of the co-op have been released, whether it be split screen or online.  Either way, we're eagerly anticipating this one!

In case you missed it, Nintendo launched their WiiWare service this week.  Wii Ware is Nintendo's answer to Xbox Live Arcade and the Playstation Network in terms of original content.  You won't see arcade remakes here, only original innovative titles using the Wii-mote. 

Right now there doesn't look to be too many co-op titles for the service, but one of the launch titles - Pop - claims to have cooperative play.  We've got the review to see if Pop is $7 well spent.

You can read the full review Right Here.