Revolution Portal: Because it won’t be televised.

It looks like people who shell out the $89.99 for Wii Fit will be getting some bang for their buck.

If the newest teaser trailer for Rayman Raving Rabbids is accurate, and there’s no reason to believe that it’s not, then the balance board from Wii Fit will be used as a peripheral in the upcoming title.

The teaser video shows one of the title Rabbids discovering the board in the middle of a living room.  Perplexed as to what it is or what its function is, the creature proceeds to bite and then eat it whole.  The vid closes with the text “Eat one square meal a day!”  

It’s no surprise that games are in the works using the new fitness gadget.  In an interview with IGN, Reggie Fils-Aime earlier this year, the Nintendo president stated that at least ten games were already in development that will utilize the accessory.

It appears that Nintendo is back to offering a single title for Virtual Console Monday after several consecutive weeks of at least two.

The sole classic game available in the Wii Shop channel is Double Dragon, which debuted on NES back in 1988.  It’ll set retro-minded gamers back 500 Points.

The details from Nintendo:

Double Dragon (NES, 1-2 players, Rated Everyone 10+ — Mild Violence, 500 Wii Points): Double Dragon begins with Billy Lee’s girlfriend, Marian, being kidnapped by a group called the Black Warriors. They demand to know the secrets of Billy’s martial-arts style in exchange for his girlfriend. However, Billy won’t stand for these underhanded tactics and decides to rescue her himself. Help him fight through city streets, buildings, jungles, temples and various other locations in a quest to find his girl.

He’ll gain experience by using different fighting techniques to obtain more hearts, which will unlock more powerful techniques to use against his enemies. Keep an eye out for crates, boulders, whips, bats, knives and even dynamite along the way, as Billy can also use them to annihilate opponents. Armed with his mysterious and powerful martial arts, help Billy pummel his way through an array of goons, gang members and other Black Warrior scum to free Marian from their clutches.

When Wii gamers in Japan got to experience the first WiiWare games a month ago, the options were overwhelming. 

There were a full nine games that were made available for the new service all at once, which was fantastic for the first week. 

However, then it was followed by slim pickings — there were no new games added until Minna de Puzzloop, which was released on April 22.

Nintendo has a different strategy for WiiWare in North America.  Nintendo president Reggie Fils-Aime told Wired that it will be staggered release schedule here, much like how the Virtual Console is structured now.  So look for one or two games max per week.

WiiWare is scheduled to be unveiled in North America on May 12.

2K Sports went to The Bigs last year; now Activision will be going to the Littles on Wii and DS. 

The pub has announced that they’re bringing Little League World Series to both platforms, due for release on on August 5th.

Of course, the Wii version will take full advantage to Nintendo’s famous motion-sensing, while the DS version will take advantage of the touch screen.

“Little League baseball fans, players and families simply haven’t had a videogame made just for them, so our goal is to fill this niche,” said Dave Oxford, Activision Publishing. “Creating this game with the LL organization has been a pleasure and we look forward to paying homage to the three million LL players around the world today.”

You can never have too many baseball titles on a platform, we always say.

Nintendo has added two more Virtual Console titles to its mountain of games already available. 

One’s a classic from the original NES, and the other comes by way of Sega Genesis.

The details from the gang at Nintendo’s PR:

River City Ransom™ (NES®, 1-2 players, Rated E10+ for Everyone 10 and Older-Mild Suggestive Themes and Mild Violence, 500 Wii Points): River City Ransom takes place in River City, where our heroes, Alex and Ryan, find a letter on Ryan’s locker from a guy named Slick. The letter says that Ryan’s girlfriend, Cyndi, has been kidnapped, and Slick has taken River City hostage with the help of countless gangs and evil bosses. It’s up to our heroes to save poor Cyndi and free River City from the clutches of Slick and his underlings. You can play as Alex and take on the challenge alone or battle with two players simultaneously as Alex and Ryan. Kick and punch to fight your way through gang members, evil bosses and other goons, or use a variety of weapons including a chain whip, brass knuckles and a tire, to name a few. Raise your stats by eating right, and gain new techniques by reading books. With your fighting prowess and never-ending spirit, the bad guys won’t know what hit them.

Phantasy Star™ III Generations of Doom (Sega Genesis, 1 player, Rated E for Everyone-Mild Fantasy Violence, 800 Wii Points): As Rhys, the crown prince of the Orakian kingdom of Landen, you are engaged to be married to Maia, a woman from a rival kingdom. But Maia is kidnapped on your wedding day, setting you on a quest filled with twists and turns that will reintroduce you to people and places from previous Phantasy Star games. This epic spans several generations of characters, and your choices will dramatically impact the way the story unfolds, which makes it a great game to play all the way through more than once. In Phantasy Star III, things aren’t always what they seem-check it out and watch the mysteries unfold.