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Monday, October 13, 2008

WiiWare: First Footage Of Putter Golf, Air Hockey, Slot Car, and Sugoroku From Arc System Works

Last week it was announced that Ace System Works were working on three new titles in their Family line of WiIWare titles. This Trailer shows off their previous Family Table Tennis title, and then goes into the future.

Family Air Hockey (sic) seems to be an expansion of Family Table Tennis. That's pretty much it.

Family Putter Golf seems to have a bit more of a arcade aesthetic to it than you'd expect. Putting courses have boost pads, fans and easy-to-get holes to complete the green.

Family Sugoroku appears to be some kind of card / board game. I can't say much more than that.

Family Slot Car Racing seems like it's real slot car racing, not like PixelJunk Racers on PSN. Seems you'll have to base everything around your speed and not actually driving around.

It will be interesting to see how these games are priced. Family Table Tennis has yet to make it into Europe either despite being one of the first titles, and doesn't look like it will ever make it. Right now Putter Golf looks pretty interesting, and certainly different enough from Fun! Fun! Minigolf that both could be good additions to your Wii.

Source: Gametrailers: TGS 08: Family Series Trailer

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