Everybody's favourite oligochaetic hero blasts onto DSiWare!

Another piece of neat info comes from the pages of the latest Nintendo Power today, with the announcement that Earthworm Jim will be seeing a release on the DSiWare download-service.

The announcement coins the DSiWare iteration as a 'remake', but the original 1994 version has been re-released so many times on various platforms, that we expect this will feature little innovation. Not that that's a bad thing at all - the original run-and-gun platformer is still held high to this day for its refined gameplay and gorgeous animation.

No price or date has been set for the game yet, but it may be best to prepare for a long wait. Publisher Gameloft announced Earthworm Jim for WiiWare last year, yet that version has failed to see the light of day thus far.

The original Mega Drive version of Earthworm Jim is available to download now on Wii's Virtual Console.