Wii News

August2009

  • News Nintendo Patents Inflatable Horseback Riding Peripheral

    Yep.

    Well, this was unexpected. A European patent held by Nintendo (discovered by Siliconera) shows the company isn't content with just having peripherals like the Balance Board, Vitality Sensor, Zapper, Wheel, MotionPlus and the Nunchuck. No, Nintendo wants to peripheralize your badonkadonk as well. An inflatable horse saddle is the latest...

  • News Twin Galaxies Crowns First Wii Sports Resort Record Holders

    Still a bunch of records left wide open.

    Twin Galaxies, the premiere keeper of video game records since anyone bothered to keep track of such things, recently began a record hunt for Nintendo's latest über-hit Wii Sports Resort. A few days later, the hunt has yielded some impressive results, but more are still needed! Most of the records set are...

  • News Tony Hawk RIDE Set For Wii In November

    Got a spare £100?

    Tony Hawk RIDE will be released for Wii on the 20th November, Activision have announced. RIDE will come with a special skateboard peripheral and cost a whopping £99.99. According to Activision, the new wireless controller will let players feel what it's really like to skate, allowing them to pull of all the tricks professionals...

  • Review Horrible Histories: Ruthless Romans (Wii)

    History? Sort of. Horrible? YES!

    If you live in the UK you're probably familiar with the Horrible History series of books from author Terry Deary; featuring illustrations by Martin Brown. They're books aimed at children (mainly boys) between the ages of 8-12 which try to make history fun by discussing the nastier bits of it; using humourous...

  • News Samurai Warriors 3 to Feature a Nazo no Murasamejou Mode

    Koei's latest Warriors game is Wii-exclusive and includes a Nintendo-related bonus mode.

    If you're not familiar with Koei's popular franchise you shouldn't be too surprised - The only game released on a Nintendo platform, Samurai Warriors: Katana, was a spin-off which was not that well received. All is forgiven with Koei's latest announcement...

  • News Wii Sports Resort Already Sold Over 500K Units In North America

    Not bad for nine days on sale.

    I haven't picked up Wii Sports Resort yet, but based on figures released by Nintendo today, certainly a lot of you did. Between the game's release on July 26 and August 3, a whopping nine days, the sequel to the most significant pack-in game this side of Tetris managed to sell more than half a million units. To put it...

  • News Brand New Wacky World of Sports Screens

    Check out the newest screens from the wacky Sega sports title.

    Sega's just released a brand new batch of screenshots for their upcoming Wii sports release Wacky World of Sports that you can check out below along with a bit of information from the press release. The craziest, wackiest sports on Earth come to the Wii™ with collection of 10...

  • News First Screens of Super Monkey Ball Step & Roll

    Check out Sega's upcoming Balance Board party game in action!

    We just got in five brand new screenshots of Sega's upcoming Wii release Super Monkey Ball Step & Roll in action. Super Monkey Ball Step & Roll makes use of the Nintendo Wii Balance Board to offer up an all-new party game experience for the Wii console. You'll have to tilt and...

  • News Wii Gamers Called Up for Modern Warfare

    Activision bringing huge hit to our white wonder waggle box

    Those of you who've dabbled in a spot of other console gaming over the past few years may have tried a somewhat unheard-of game known as Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. It launched on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC - heck, even the DS got its own version, but Wii owners were left totally lacking. Until...

  • News New Metroid Prime Trilogy Artwork

    Check out the new eye candy for the upcoming trilogy release.

    Nintendo has just sent over a bunch of new Metroid Prime Trilogy artwork and we have to admit, the more we see these Metroid Prime Trilogy goodies, the more we want to get our hands on the game. You can check out all of these new pieces of artwork below and as usual, we'll have more...

  • News Wii Sales Starting to Crash?

    Not enough big Wii games on shelves, admits Iwata

    The more business-savvy amongst you will be aware that the Wii isn't selling as well as it has been previously. At a recent Nintendo investor's meeting, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata was asked during a Q&A whether a price drop would be coming for the Wii. He replied: It's not the case of the...

  • News Monster Hunter 3 Formally Announced For US, EU

    Slated for early 2010.

    Just released in Japan, Capcom's Monster Hunter 3 Tri is set to tear up the homeland in a big, big way. So when do the rest of us get a chance at hacking away at a swarm of giant ants? Looks like North America and Europe will be able to get in on the action sometime in early 2010, Capcom announced today. We all knew it was...

  • News Miyamoto: Have Confidence in Us

    Nintendo legend Shigeru Miyamoto has urged fans to keep the faith

    In an interview with Mercury News, Miyamoto has reasserted that the company has plenty of ideas with the much-maligned Wii Vitality Sensor. For those of you that don't know, the Vitality Sensor is a fingertip pulse oximeter sensor that connects through the Wii Remote and was announced...

  • News Nintendo are 'very impressed' with Monster Hunter 3's Graphics

    Big N's designers admit that MH3 is visually stunning

    It was clear when the first few screenshots of Monster Hunter 3 emerged that the game was stunning, and even Nintendo's best have spelt that out for us. In an 'Iwata Asks' the team behind Zelda said that they really felt the pressure after seeing Monster Hunter 3 in motion; Capcom apparently put...

July2009

  • News Lego Indy 2: The Adventure Continues

    LucasArts speaks about the Lego Indy sequel.

    The sequel to Lego Indy will apparently be an all-new experience, however, similar to the first game, it will feature action from the original adventures. "Nothing is recycled for LEGO Indy 2," said project lead Kellam Eanes. According to Official Nintendo Magazine UK, Traveller's Tales has gone...

  • News Wii PlayOn Beta Begins

    Service allows you to watch Hulu, Netflix and Youtube content on your console.

    The Wii has a pretty poor track record when it comes to streaming media outside of Japan. No video rental services for us, no downloads, just the Nintendo Channel and its somewhat hokey delivery of promo videos. That is, unless you're the fiddly type, in which case you...

  • News Rampant Speculation: What's Up With Guitar Hero 5 Wii?

    Official Twitter feed teases rumored "amazing new features."

    Acticivision's Guitar Hero franchise has gotten some sweet love on Wii; Legends of Rock took the series online in a surprisingly solid way, and World Tour had it's own Mii-enabled mode and brought downloadable content as well, something still not widely done on the system. Now, with the...

  • News Scrapped House of the Dead: Overkill Artwork Surfaces

    Design studio shows off unused box and promotional art.

    SEGA's House of the Dead: Overkill took the franchise in a whole new art direction, pushing a cheesy grindhouse aesthetic to the limit. The box art and in-game posters reeked of 70's exploitation movies, strengthening the game's much-needed personality. Fluidesign, the studio behind all the...

  • News Capcom Ships 1 Million Copies of Monster Hunter 3

    High demand wagered for Saturday's Japan release.

    Monster Hunter 3 Tri isn't even out yet, but Capcom is already bracing itself for massive sales figures. So massive, they've already shipped 1 million copies of the game in Japan According to the publisher, that's the highest pre-release shipment for a third-party Wii game in Japan. Considering the...

  • News Telltale Games: 'Wii Audience Is Perfect For Us"

    Developer loves Nintendo's machine, actually

    Despite the fact that one of the company's staff is of the opinion that the iPhone is more powerful than the Wii, Telltale's design director has insisted that he thinks Nintendo's platform is a perfect fit for their games. We think the Wii audience is perfect for the kinds of games we make, orientated...

  • News iPhone more powerful than Wii?

    Telltale Games seem to think so!

    Monkey Island hasn't even been out a week yet, and already a storm's brewing over the game's choppy framerate. When a fan complained on the Telltale Games forums about the Wii versions' framerate, a Telltale programmer went on record to say: ..The Wii is just not a powerful console. An iPhone is much more powerful...

  • News Little King's Story Creators Want A Sequel

    Funding sought for numero dos.

    It's just out of the gate and from a company reeling over low sales, but the creators of the critically acclaimed Little King's Story want more. Do you want more? Speaking to Siliconera, LKS producer Yoshiro Kimura hopes that you do. We are planning to make a sequel to Little King’s Story, like Super Little King’s...

  • Review Tenchu: Shadow Assassins (Wii)

    "Are you finished? Save your speeches for Hell!"

    This is the fourth in a series of stealth-based action games which have often met with mixed reviews due to control and camera issues. After watching the atmospheric sepia-toned montage of game cut-scenes scored with Japanese opera and playing the game, fans and those new to the series will find that...

  • News Next Level Games: We Want to Make Punch Out!! 2

    ...but don't expect a straight sequel

    Punch Out!! Wii was pretty sweet, so news of a sequel is welcome indeed. Bryce Holliday of Next Level Games - the developer behind the pugilistic masterpiece - has gone on record saying that he'd love to create a follow up, but those of you expecting a traditional sequel which merely updates the fighter roster...

  • News Epic Games: Give Us HD Wii and We'll Talk

    VP of Epic has admits that a more powerful Wii would interest him

    Do you like Epic Games? Sure you do. Do you want them to make games for the Wii? Well tough. At the moment the Wii just isn't powerful enough to handle the Epic's Unreal Engine, according to Mark Rein, VP of the company. Rein recently spoke about the difficulties of porting the engine...

  • News Animal Crossing CD Album Coming Soon

    Available via the European Stars Catalogue in the autumn

    Nintendo are releasing a special Animal Crossing CD for the European Stars Catalogue in the Autumn which will feature 39 tracks. As of June fans have been voting for their favorite songs in the series. As a result 23 tracks have been selected by the fans for the CD. All these tracks feature...

  • News Why Silence is Golden for Nintendo

    Nintendo explains the tradition of why their characters rarely speak.

    Nintendo's heroes such as Mario, Link and Samus rarely ever speak, aside from the old 'Wahoo' and other grunts. It is rare to find a Nintendo game with recorded speech; however Punch-Out!! on the Wii had it. The game's producer, Nintendo's Kensuke Tanabe had this to say:...

  • News Why Capcom Chose To Do Another RE: Chronicles Game

    Unfinished business, says chief producer.

    Before Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles was announced, rumors and speculation bandied about the Internets about a new, RE4-styled Wii game, possibly a remake of Code Veronica. Then the announcement came, and that game style was obviously not picked, despite being massively popular. Why is that? In a...

  • News Red Steel 2 Delayed Until 2010

    Ubisoft's sword-swinging sequel bumped into next year.

    Well Red Steel fans will be getting a lump of coal in their stockings this Christmas with word from Ubisoft that their upcoming Wii sequel Red Steel 2 will now be delayed into 2010. Red Steel 2 was originally going to be released sometime this holiday season, but according to Ubisoft CEO Yves...

  • News Wii Sports Resort Tropical Escape

    Play Nintendo's newest Wii release in a tropical setting.

    Nintendo of America is kicking off a series of events across the US to celebrate the release of their brand new Wii release Wii Sports Resort. You can check out all of the details along with a complete schedule of the various events below. Sounds like a lot of fun for those who reside in...

  • Interviews Red Steel 2 Developer Videos

    Ubisoft throw us a bone with some excellent insight videos into the upcoming Red Steel 2 for Wii.

    If you're a regular to Nintendo Life you'll already know our newly married James Newton has already visited Ubisoft to play their upcoming Red Steel follow up. Well now we've got some lovely new videos to show you detailing more of the 'behind the...

  • News Sega Releases Super Monkey Ball Step & Roll Trailer

    Check out the announcement trailer in action!

    Sega has just released the official announcement trailer for their upcoming Wii title Super Monkey Ball Step & Roll. The game is currently on tap for an early 2010 release and will center around the Wii Balance Board peripheral. Are you ready to roll? Super Monkey Ball: Step & Roll makes use of...

  • News Mirror's Edge Wii Concept Art Surfaces

    Shows a cartoony look for scrapped port.

    Last fall, DICE's Mirror's Edge turned out to be a fairly divisive title for 360/PS3/PC gamers; some applauded it's new take on first-person gameplay by utilizing parkour elements, others found it to be an exercise in disorienting trial-and-error frustration. You know what else is divisive in gaming? Wii...

  • Review Mahjong Taikai Wii (Wii)

    A solid straight-up Mahjong game for fans of the real deal.

    This is the latest in a series of Mahjong Tournament games which have appeared on previous consoles and handhelds. These are single player games (as with card games Mahjong player have hidden hands, so multiplayer with one screen wouldn't work too well) with virtual opponents; online play...

  • Competition Limbo down to the Wii Sports Resort beach party (UK)

    Play on the day to win a family beach holiday of a lifetime

    To celebrate the launch of the biggest game this year, Wii Sports Resort, Nintendo is recreating a tropical party island for all the family at four easily accessible locations across the UK & Ireland. Everyone will be treated to a ‘Wii Sports Resort Beach Party’, complete with...

  • Review Shanghai Wii (Wii)

    Sunsoft brings the classic match-two game to Wii.

    Shanghai is the name Activision gave to series of simple matching games featuring patterns of stacked mahjong tiles on the Apple Macintosh and later Wintel PCs (other companies have sold the same game with various other names; the game is generically known as "mahjong solitaire" or...

  • Review Hysteria Hospital: Emergency Ward (Wii)

    It does indeed invoke hysteria, but not the good kind.

    Hysteria Hospital: Emergency Ward is the latest treat from Oxygen Games for Wii and in a sense it truly does replicate how a hospital nurse must at times feel; overworked, frustrated and at times more than a little tired. The game begins with the player deciding upon the gender and name of their...

  • Review Wii Sports Resort (Wii)

    Is Wii Sports Resort the worthy sequel fans of the original have been waiting for?

    When Nintendo needed a showpiece for the unique motion control system of their upcoming Wii console, their developers came up with the original Wii Sports title that was eventually packed in with the system. Needless to say, it's become one of the most beloved titles...

  • Review The Conduit (Wii)

    Does High Voltage's much touted FPS manage to live up to the hype?

    The Conduit has been hyped for quite a while. Announced over a year ago, the game saw delay after delay, did not get a publisher until late last year and suffered a few other minor problems. After all this time you'd expect the game to be fantastic, but is it really? The Wii doesn't...

  • News Nintendo Still Dominating NPD Charts

    MotionPlus off to a good start.

    Another month, another Nintendo sales win for the U.S. Despite declining overall hardware sales by 38 percent year-over-year, Nintendo still managed to carve out over half of console and portable sales for the month of June, with Wii moving around 374,000 units and the DS family raking in a bazonga 766,500 handhelds...

  • News University of Alabama Uses Wii Remote to Teach CPR

    Wii Remote key component in free CPR training tool.

    After the game system itself has proved to be useful in physical therapy the Wii Remote is also enjoying status as a standalone medical aid. In this case it is the active component in a CPR training tool dubbed Wii CPR by the students who created it as part of the completion of a course in...

  • First Impressions Japanese Nintendo Channel Update

    Along with the 4.1J Wii system update, Japanese Wii owners have also received an updated Nintendo Channel!

    The Nintendo Channel has long been a mixed bag: it provides Nintendo with a gateway into player's play habits (though you'd have thought this would be possible from the basic system given that the Wii has built-in networking capability) and...

  • News Beat the Aussies from August 7th!

    No-one takes Cricket more seriously than the English and Australians, decide the outcome of the Ashes with Codemasters Ashes Cricket 2009 set for release on August 7th.

    Set to deliver all the drama of the nPower Ashes Series at the five official grounds, Ashes Cricket 2009 will also feature Test matches, One Day Internationals and 20 over games to...

  • News Two New Mini Ninjas Trailers

    Eidos releases two new videos of Futo in action!

    Eidos was kind enough to send over two brand new videos of their upcoming Wii action title Mini Ninjas for everyone to enjoy. Below is the snippet of information that came with the videos that sets up the action taking place in each of them. Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and Eidos have...

  • News No US Plans For Black Wii

    For the time being, at least.

    So that totally cool black Wii that's set to release on August 1 in Japan? You know, the one bundled with Monster Hunter 3 Tri and a Classic Controller Pro? Yeah, it looks like it (officially) won't be coming Stateside any time soon. Speaking to GameDaily, a Nintendo America rep confirmed that they have "no plans...

  • News Wii System Update 4.1 Available

    Fixes some behind-the-scenes stuff

    A blue light special has hit North America and Europe, courtesy of our entertainment overlords at Nintendo. No new features have been added to the Wii console repertoire, instead providing "behind-the-scenes fixes" to improve overall system performance. No further details than that have been provided, but...

  • Review Monster Lab (Wii)

    Something from Eidos that isn't Tomb Raider or Championship Manager and SURPRISE, it's actually good.

    Gamers from the PlayStation era may recall Tecmo's answer to Pokémon, Monster Rancher. Creating a monster to send into gladiatorial combat and doing jobs with the chance of getting special items to use was good fun, so seeing a similar game which...

  • News Punch-Out!! Gets Date Down Under

    Exclusively available at JB Hi-Fi on August 27.

    Hey Australia, Nintendo here. How's it going? We've got some great news for you today! We understand if you feel like you keep getting the shaft on new releases, like with our nostalgia-party Punch-Out!! that people seem so enamored with. Hey, did you see North American Club Nintendo members that...

  • Review Godzilla Unleashed (Wii)

    Up from the depths thirty stories high, breathing fire his head in the sky -- Godzilla! Godzilla! Godzilla!

    Godzilla Unleashed is the latest in a string of Godzilla games from developer Pipeworks, the same folks that brought us Rampage Total Destruction, another giant-monsters-smash-everything game that is squarely targeted at the Kaiju-loving...

  • News Wii Sports: Resort launch event

    Head over to NYC and don't forget your bucket & spade!

    Nintendo will be transforming New York’s famed Military Island in Times Square into an urban island getaway to celebrate the launch of Wii Sports Resort for the popular Wii video game console. On July 23, anyone who visits this Manhattan landmark will be able to take a mini “vacation”...

  • News No More Heroes 2 Open World Better, Says Suda51

    Denser city to mix up the formula a bit.

    The open-world aspect of the original No More Heroes received its fair share of slamming from players, as it was a whole lot of show and a whole lot of empty. Suda51, the series' punk-rock luchador mastermind, has heard the cries and stated sequel Desperate Struggle will be better about that stuff. He didn't...

  • News PopCap Confirms Wii, DSi Support

    Casual developer expanding its console line-up.

    PopCap Games, best known for their beyond-successful Peggle and Bejeweled series', are one of the biggest names in so-called casual gaming. So far, though, their console support has been limited to only a handful of releases on DS and Xbox Live Arcade (and some iPhone stuff), curiously lacking any...

  • News New Take On Smash Bros. Cast Slightly Disturbing

    Another case of some things best left animated.

    Santa Monica-based artist Greg de Stefano is, like many others, a fan of Super Smash Bros. Brawl. He also seems to be a fan of scaring the willies out of you, if his latest work is any indication. Taking things a bit deeper than the uncanny valley, the off-kilter ensemble cast of the mascot basher is...

  • Review Rampage: Total Destruction (Wii)

    Still Rampaging after all these years...

    This game is the latest in a series of Rampage games from Midway stretching back to the mid-80s when Rampage was released in the arcades as the first (and practically only) example of the Giant Monsters Wreaking Havoc genre of video games. To many who grew up watching Godzilla, Ultraman and any number of...

  • Review Namco Museum Remix (Wii)

    Something classic, something new, Namco we love you!

    In recent years purveyors old arcade games have seen fit to repackage them into "Greatest Hits" collections. Namco first had their Museum series on the original PlayStation in a series of six volumes (cleverly one for each letter of the name "Namco" and then a Japanese-only...

  • News Hudson Officially Announces Calling

    Check out the upcoming Wii survival horror title in action!

    For those of you who don't already know, Hudson is currently working on a new survival horror game called Calling. The first screenshots of the game in action have just been released and as you can see, it's looking pretty creepy. The game is currently on schedule for a Spring 2010 release,...

  • News US Rock Band promotion yields free Nintendo Points

    Drink Pepsi and make a virtual bank for your Wii or DSi!

    I'm sure some of you have noticed MTV Games' Rock Band franchise has recently teamed up with Pepsi for a new summer promotion across the US. For those who haven't, the promotion is fairly straightforward: look under the cap of specially-marked bottles of Pepsi, Diet Pepsi, Pepsi Max and other...

  • Review BlastWorks (Wii)

    There's a whole lot of blasting going on, but how does it all work?

    User-generated content in games goes all the way back to titles like Bill Budge's Pinball Construction set on 8-bit home computers and first-person shooters like Doom and Quake, but it's not something that's ever really been prominent in console games due to both system storage...

  • Review Marvel: Ultimate Alliance (Wii)

    Marvel heroes trapped in a Wiirld they never made!

    As the title suggests, this is the ultimate game featuring Marvel super heroes. The storyline resembles many classic Marvel title-spanning events: Doctor Doom has assembled The Masters of Evil to undertake an audacious gambit to assume ultimate power in the universe. Nick Fury, Agent of...

  • Out Today The Conduit + Goodies Giveaway!

    Wii can't wait

    Europeans finally have the chance to get their hands on The Conduit as it releases across the continent today, July 10th. To celebrate the release of the fantastic The Conduit we've teamed up with SEGA to give away some wonderful The Conduit goodies. One lucky reader will receive the 1st prize of a Signed conduit poster, Concept art...

  • News High Voltage Working on Conduit Glitches

    Those plagued with online problems take heart...

    Staff at Nintendo Everything have contacted High Voltage Software to inquire about users reporting problems with the online play in the game and have been assured reported faults are being looked at in consultation with Nintendo: “We have received a few emails from fans regarding multiplayer snags...

  • News Suda 51: I'd Love Travis Touchdown to Star in Smash Bros.

    Designer has big plans for No More Heroes character

    No More Heroes was a proper hoot, with intense action, twisted humour and some serious Otaku love. The sequel is inbound, and its creator is hoping that lead Travis Touchdown will go on to become an even bigger star than he is now. No More Heroes designer and Grasshopper Manufacture head Goichi...

  • News Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 Takes to the Field in Autumn

    What new features and updates are planned? Read on!

    Although the Pro Evolution Soccer games have lost major ground to EA Sport's juggernaut FIFA franchise in recent years, Konami's flagship sporting series has shown remarkable form when turning out for Nintendo's Wii, with 2008 and last year's 2009 release showing off some pretty moves. The only...

  • Review Rogue Trooper: Quartz Zone Massacre (Wii)

    Can a last generation port based upon a licensed property possibly be any good?

    Rebellion and 2000 A.D. are both British veterans of their respective fields: video games and comics, and like Marmite and potato crisps, both go well together. Unlike Marmite crisps, however, Rogue Trooper: Quartz Zone Massacre is a winning combination in anyone's book...

  • Review Deadly Creatures (Wii)

    Every arachnophobe's worst nightmare brought to life...

    Deadly Creatures got a lot of attention in 2008 due to the novel scenario of putting the player in control of a creepy-crawly arachnid, rather than the usual space marine or swashbuckling hero. Why this hasn't been done more often in the post 8-bit gaming world isn't clear - maybe all the...

  • News New Monster Hunter 3 Trailer Captured

    Plus an unconfirmed US release date!

    Those lucky Japanese will soon be able to get their hands on Monster Hunter 3 (Tri~), as the game's Japanese release date of August 1st is now less than four weeks away, and Capcom are really stepping up the game's media assault with a new trailer launched within the past few days. Combining the game's...

  • Review Geometry Wars Galaxies (Wii)

    A blast from the past!

    For those among you who are fond of arcade classics such as Robotron 2084, you might have heard of a little title called Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved. It was one of the first premier downloadable titles for the Xbox 360, and was later expanded with the Wii/DS-exclusive Geometry Wars: Galaxies created by British game developer...

  • News Rygar and Moon Slip Quietly Onto Euro Shelves

    Rising Star Games release Nintendo duo in The Old World

    Rising Star have been working wonders lately, releasing some real gems of gaming goodness in Europe. Two more titles were launched over the weekend in the shape of Renegade Kid's DS FPS Moon and Tecmo's Rygar: The Battle of Argus. We covered Rygar a while back and were a little disappointed...

  • Review Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Wii)

    The world's most famous wizard returns for his second Wii adventure

    After being so pleasantly surprised by Harry Potter’s previous Wii outing we approached this latest title with a fair degree of expectation. Promises of realistic potion-making, intense Quidditch matches and generally improved presentation echoed through the office as the disc was...

  • News Super Mario Galaxy Shines in 720p

    Shame it's not on the Wii itself, though

    Whatever you think of Nintendo's decision not to include HD-support in the Wii, you can't deny that the console's seen some beautiful looking standard-definition titles, prime amongst them Super Mario Galaxy. Now the game's seen a bit of a high definition facelift with the latest iteration of the Dolphin Wii...

  • News More Red Steel 2 Information Emerges From the Mirage

    Our own Objection_Blaster! gets a question answered!

    Recently we invited you guys to submit your questions to Ubisoft's Red Steel 2 development team, and we've just received word that the first round of developer answers has gone live on the official Red Steel 2 forums! One of the questions that caught the community team's eye was from our very own...

  • News Wii Sports Resort Goes Big In Japan

    360,000 copies sold in first week

    The sequel to Nintendo's astonishingly successful Wii Sports has smashed its way to the top of the Japanese sales charts, according to figures released by Media Create. Wii Sports Resort sold a whopping 360,000 copies in its first week on sale. According to Japanese magazine Famitsu, 353,000 of that figure were...

  • News Roogoo Twisted Towers and Roogoo Attack Released

    Two new Roogoo titles are in stores now.

    Southpeak Games has recently announced that their two new Roogoo titles are now in stores. Roogoo Twisted Towers is now available for the Nintendo Wii console and Roogoo Attack is available for the Nintendo DS. Both games continue the addictive puzzle gameplay of the original Xbox Live Arcade release and both...

  • News No More Heroes Outgrowing Wii

    Creator says next game will need a new platform.

    Grasshopper's stylish No More Heroes: Desperate Struggle promises to be a bigger and badder game than its predecessor, but where does it go from there? Speaking to Edge, series creator Suda51 explained some of his plans for the currently Wii-exclusive franchise's future: I really want to make NMH a...

  • News Professor Layton And The "Grand Smash Tournament"?

    Twitter shenanigans drop sequel hints and rumors

    Let's slap a big ol' "Rumor" disclaimer on this one before we go any further, shall we? Just like the rest of the world, Professor Layton has gone and gotten himself an official Twitter account, where probably some intern over at Nintendo posts riddles and other assorted intellectual...

  • News Check Out A New Resident Evil: Darkside Chronicles Trailer

    Shaky cam galore in new gameplay video.

    For all the hubbub about lightgun games on Wii, Capcom's Resident Evil spinoff sequel Darkside Chronicles looks like it's shaping up to be a pretty impressive piece of software. While the original games didn't typically have their two main characters together for most of the adventure, the reimagining of 2 and...

  • News Brand New Muramasa Gameplay Trailer

    Check out the Heroes Gamplay Trailer!

    The folks at Ignition Entertainment were kind enough to send over their newest gameplay trailer of Muramasa: The Demon Blade in action. This trailer is called the "Heroes Gameplay Trailer" and focuses on the game's two main characters and their varying attacks. Below is a little snippet that...

  • News New Wii Zelda Won't Be Radically Different, Says Miyamoto

    Service as normal for Hyrule's favourite son, it would seem

    So there's an all-new Wii Zelda in the works - this much we know. We also know that Shigeru Miyamoto wants the game to showcase a more 'mature' Link (although the concept art we've seen doesn't suggest as much). Bearing on mind that Twilight Princess had its critics, you'd expect this...

  • News Capcom Wants To Know Your Favorite TvC Characters

    Promises the results are for something "fun."

    Oh, Capcom, you're always up to something, aren't you? Over on his Unity blog, community manager Seth Killian wants to know what your favorite characters are from the upcoming Wii fighter Tatsunoko vs. Capcom, but the reason for this isn't so clear. Why vote? It matters to... something fun. I can't...

  • News MadWorld Soundtrack Gets A North America Digital Release

    It'll burrow into your skull like a lamp post.

    One of my favorite parts about MadWorld was the soundtrack: stylized hip hop tunes that fit really well with the generally stylish carnage Jack would find himself in. It's probably my most enjoyed game soundtrack since No More Heroes unleashed Pleather For Breakfast on my boss-battling ears. Pictobits...

  • News Nintendo World Store Brawling All July

    Virtually beat up strangers every Thursday in New York.

    The user-generated bits of Super Smash Bros. Brawl may be getting a big nothankyou.jpeg from Nintendo's servers now, but the fighting never stops. If you're looking for some fresh competition and happen to be in the New York area at some point this month, well, you're in luck! From 2 to 5 p.m...

  • News Brutal Legend Wii Cancelled

    No rockin' sauce for you

    It is with a heavy heart that we have to report that the Wii version of Brutal Legend - the Jack Black-starring rock epic from the guy who did Full Throttle - has been cancelled. Terminated. Buried. DESTROYED. According to Destructoid, the plug was pulled "due to quality and technical concerns". While little solid...

  • News Sega Not Giving Up On Mature Wii Titles Just Yet

    Recent retail disappointments haven't dented Sega's confidence

    As much as we loved Madworld and House of the Dead: Overkill, neither title sold particularly well, which has led many 'industry experts' to suggest that mature, hardcore games just can't find an audience on Nintendo's console. In the light of two high-profile commercial bombs you'd...

June2009

  • News Preorder The Conduit at Play.com and get a freebie

    Impress all your friends with The Conduit branded portable speakers

    As if to make up for the two week slip with the European release date for The Conduit our pals at SEGA have teamed up with popular UK based etailor Play.com to offer FREE Portable Speakers to those who preorder the game. It may not have escaped your notice that the speakers fold...

  • News GameStop's Muramasa Pre-Order Bonus Is Simply Marvelous

    It's a wall scroll. No, wait, it's cool.

    The beautiful Muramasa: The Demon Blade is set for a North American release this fall. Huzzah! If you've been on the fence about making it a Day 1, maybe this little nugget'll help tip the scales. Over in Japan, pre-order patrons could net themselves a pretty stellar five-foot scroll of character and stage...

  • News Rising Star Games Bringing Fragile To Europe

    The Old World gets JRPG action in 2010

    Tri Crescendo's promising adventure title Fragile: Farewell Ruins of the Moon was recently confirmed for US release thanks to publisher XSeed and now European gamers can rest easy as Rising Star Games has announced it will be doing the same in that part of the world, too. The game is expected in 2010, with the...

  • Review Ghostbusters: The Video Game (Wii)

    Don your proton packs and answer the call.

    For years, many of us had childhood dreams of being a Ghostbuster. We longed to don a brown jumpsuit, strap on a proton pack and take down some ghosts - and get paid for it. The days of dreaming are now at an end - besides the getting paid part, Ghostbusters: The Video Game allows us to finally live a day...

  • Review The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii)

    Has the Hero of Time’s style withstood the test of time?

    Twilight Princess is Nintendo’s last Zelda game for the Gamecube and also the first for the Wii. Although the Wii boasts technical improvements over the Gamecube in terms of its processor and graphics hardware, in this case the Wii version is essentially a port of the Gamecube game and...

  • Review Let's Tap (Wii)

    Definitely a tap you'll want to leave running

    Miyamoto might not see the appeal in playing a game without holding a controller, but ex-Sega genius Yuji Naka can certainly think outside the box – or, more accurately, think on top of the box. For his first game since leaving Sega five years ago, Naka has crafted a game played entirely by tapping a...

  • Review New Play Control! Pikmin 2 (Wii)

    Olimar comes back for second helpings

    New Play Control! – a series of games that seems to have sparked many mixed views. Pikmin is probably at the forefront of these debates: Nintendo saw it fit to re-release both the Gamecube Pikmin games with a new series of controls designed for the Wii, and then announce Pikmin 3. The first NPC Pikmin was good...

  • Review Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 (Wii)

    Will Wii MotionPlus help EA land this golf franchise on the green, or is it just a sand trap for your wallet?

    The Tiger Woods games are the current ‘serious’ golf games for PCs and consoles, but let's be honest: how seriously can you take a game of golf that you play with a keyboard or analogue sticks? Tiger Woods 10, (the 12th game in the Tiger...

  • News New Nintendo Channel Videos

    Nintendo adds two new videos to their Nintendo Channel.

    The nice folks at Nintendo were kind enough to send over two brand new videos of upcoming releases. These videos were just added to the Nintendo Channel as well, and more are on the way. The first video is of Ubisoft's Red Steel 2 with charismatic Creative Director Jason Vandenberghe on hand to...

  • News Box Art: Metroid Prime Trilogy

    Take a look at the delicious Collector’s edition

    Our good pals over at Nintendo just sent over some sweet images of the box art for the upcoming Metroid Prime Trilogy: Collector’s Edition which you can see in our gallery below. Exclusive bonus content includes: Collector’s edition metal packaging Special Metroid Prime Trilogy art booklet 16x9...

  • News Muramasa: The Demon Blade Gameplay Trailer

    Check out the jaw-dropping Muramasa in action!

    No matter how many times we see Muramasa: The Demon Blade in action, it never ceases to amaze us. This has got to be one of the best looking 2D games in existence and features some of the most breathtaking backdrops ever seen in a video game and it has the E3 awards to prove it. Ignition Entertainment,...

  • News Another Code R: A Journey Into Lost Memories Hits Europe this Friday

    Remember to pick up a copy of the game when it launches in Europe this Friday.

    For those currently unaware, the sequel to Another Code: Two Memories (Trace Memory in North America), Another Code R: A Journey Into Lost Memories, lands in European stores later this week. Set two years after the events of the original, a now sixteen-year-old Ashley is...

  • News Shia LaBeouf Disses the Wii

    Tranformers actor not a big fan of the Wii or its fans.

    It seems that actor Shia LaBeouf isn't much of a Nintendo Wii fan. In fact, it appears he's not even that fond of Wii gamers in general. Below is a snippet taken from the Big Download interview with Shia LaBeouf, in which he's asked about the Wii Transformers game and then decides to unload on...

  • News Monster Hunter 3 Gets Seriously... Cute?!

    Claymation shows softer side of lethal Wyverns

    It may be one of the most anticipated hardcore releases for Wii this year, but Monster Hunter 3 (Tri~) isn't afraid to show its sillier side, with the latest video from Capcom introducing would-be Hunters to their new best friend - Chacha (yes, really.) The short claymation video shows the little...

  • Review Grand Slam Tennis (Wii)

    It's got the courts, it's got the players and it's got MotionPlus support. Does Grand Slam Tennis provide the definitive Wii tennis experience?

    It's here, people. After months of feverish anticipation, Wii MotionPlus is upon us. Finally, Wii owners the world over will have access to the kind of precise, fluid and nuanced motion controls that...

  • News Drawn to Life Brushes Onto Wii

    Can we expect a Wii Palette accessory?

    The original Drawn to Life games were developed by DS mainstays 5th Cell, and although they're currently busy devouring the whole world's written texts, that doesn't mean the series is going to be erased. Publishers THQ have recently unveiled a sequel, handled by Planet Moon, is heading to the Wii and DS before...

  • News Reggie Wants Your Dream Nintendo Franchise/Developer Pairings

    Quick, spam Nintendo with F-Zero requests!

    So that Team Ninja/Metroid unveil at E3 was a huge surprise, right? Nintendo hasn't been too shy about letting other developers take on their classic franchises in recent years, with Capcom getting a couple cracks at portable Zelda, Namco doing Star Fox and SEGA cooking up F-Zero, not to mention the rumored...