Japan to boldly play Go where no man has played Go before (WiiWare)

Posted Jun 19th 2008 4:15PM by JC Fletcher
Filed under: Imports, WiiWare

Next week, Silver Star Japan's Saikyou Ginsei Shogi will be joined on Japan's WiiWare service by a sequel of sorts. Another of their board game simulations (Silver Star is planning a series of six), Saikyou Ginsei Igo will be released as a download by EA Japan. Like Ginsei Shogi, this new game will be a Wii version of a traditional board game: this time, Go. It features 1-2 player modes, customizable board sizes and difficulty levels, and a hint option to help new players.

If you'd like to see a virtual board game being played, a trailer is available at the game's website. We're hoping for Saikyou Ginsei Crocodile Dentist next.

Gallery: Saikyou Ginsei Go

[Via Inside-Games]

Tags: board-game, ea, go, saikyou-ginsei-go, silver-star

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

6-19-2008 @ 4:45PM

Rocketboy said...

Please bring Go to the states... that would be a insta-buy for me, doubly so if it included a basic trainer/instruction.

6-19-2008 @ 11:38PM

bhengh said...

If it has online play with a rating system similar to Dr. Mario, then very cool. I hope it comes to North America.

Without online play, however, the game is kinda pointless.

6-20-2008 @ 2:17PM

Nate Dawg said...

Is it possible to set the Wii to the Japan region to download Japanese Wiiware releases?

6-24-2008 @ 11:52AM

Jamar said...

Nope, gotta get a Japanese Wii to start with. Of course, to play American games, then you'd need the Homebrew Channel or a modchip (oh noes!).

6-20-2008 @ 4:10PM

Alex Brown said...

I would love both this and Shogi.
Anyone know if there's any good versions of Go/Shogi/anything else? There's a zillion DS games but it's extremely hard to tell if any of them are any good.

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