Your new February Club Nintendo games are here

As you may have heard, Club Nintendo has raised their excitement level to eleven this year, and started offering actual games in exchange for play-coins. Step right up to Club Nintendo and pick up your two new digital offerings: Mario Party 2 for the Wii’s Virtual Console and Art Academy: First Semester for DSiWare (though you oddly need a 3DS to redeem it).

I always thought Mario Party 2 was the best in the series — I can’t tell you how many wacky evenings I’ve spent with friends playing that game. Everything was kind of a blur, but I distinctly remember obscenities being flung casually into the wind every time someone would find a hidden star, use a magic lamp, use a Boo to steal coins, or win by the “Happening Star” — that game can end friendships, man.

So we all know Mario Party has its niche, but can anyone out there vouch for Art Academy? The biggest plus I can find for it is that it’s a “pleasant diversion.”