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DSiWare is front and center in this latest week of downloads with five titles, including the original Rayman. The goal is to create large chains of similarly colored magnets, with the ability to play with four people in a variety of cooperative and competitive multiplayer modes. Flowerworks is 1,000 Nintendo Points ($10) and is rated E for Everyone.

Street Fighter returns to Virtual Console again, but this time the Alpha series gets some time to shine. There are a variety of game modes, ranging from Survival to a multiplayer mode that can be played on one DSi. Street Fighter Alpha 2, for SNES, features advanced counters and reversals and adds five new characters, including Gen, Rolento, and Sakura. Players start with a simple turret and upgrade their troops as the enemy gets tougher. My Dolphin is 500 Nintendo Points ($5) and is rated E for Everyone.

The next WiiWare game is Magnetis, a magnet-based puzzle game from Horse Life 2 developer Yullaby. Pop Island is 500 Nintendo Points ($5) and is rated E for Everyone.

The fourth game is Army Defender, which is a tower defense game in a war setting. In addition to the classic platforming, you can also use the DSi Camera, select levels with the touch screen, and compete in time trials. They can also hop online and buy new dolphin types and toys to play with. Using the "magic stick" (also known as the Wii Remote and Nunchuk), players will be able to play with a dolphin and teach it tricks. It is available for 800 Nintendo Points ($8).

Finally, Virtual Console Arcade gets another entry with Sega's Shinobi. Play as Joe Musashi as he beats up thugs and saves children in his own quest to rescue his kid. Promising a 20-hour adventure, Flowerworks is about a young girl who must recover seeds that will rejuvenate the world around her. With five different ink colors and unlockable grid styles, myNotebook: Red is a note-taking application with a little personality. Army Defender is 200 Nintendo Points ($2) and is rated E10+.

The final entry for DSiWare this week is myNotebook: Red, the follow-up to myNotebook: Blue. Magnetis is 500 Nintendo Points ($5) and is rated E for Everyone.

The last entry for WiiWare is Flowerworks from Nocturnal Entertainment. WiiWare has four new titles, while Virtual Console has two retro hits, one from the arcades and one from the Super Nintendo.

Rayman is the headline title on DSiWare, and is a port of the original game from 1995 with a few DS additions. You can play as different characters, such as a surfing penguin or a waterskiing crocodile, as you collect power-ups and search for flags. Stop Stress: A Day of Fury is 800 Nintendo Points ($8) and is rated T for Teen.

Dolphin training hits WiiWare with My Dolphin. Rayman is available for 800 Nintendo Points ($8) and is rated E for Everyone.

Next up is Ball Fighter, from Polish developer Teyon, who also released Robot Rescue on DSiWare in November. Ball Fighter is available for 500 Nintendo Points ($5) and is rated E for Everyone.

The third DSiWare title, Pop Island, is a capture-the-flag game that is playable with up to seven other players thanks to DS Download Play. It is available for 200 Nintendo Points ($2).

WiiWare allows players to try to conquer stress this week with Abylight's Stop Stress: A Day of Fury. Players take control of Jack as he goes around his stressed-out life with a baseball bat, stopping traffic and suffering hallucinations. This puzzle game involves dropping spheres to create matches, destroying other spheres in the process. The single-player game offers three difficulty settings for the main adventure, a tutorial, and a free play mode. Shinobi is available for 800 Nintendo Points ($8).

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