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News: RPG Mashup to Combine Fire Emblem and Shin-Megami Tensei

RPG Mashup to Combine Fire Emblem and Shin-Megami Tensei

Atlus goes big time with Nintendo

Perhaps the least expected reveal during today's Wii U Direct was confirmation that Nintendo is currently developing an RPG in collaboration with Atlus. Although no title was given it'll combine the franchises of Shin Megami Tensei and Fire Emblem, and as this was part of a global broadcast we can also be sure...

News: Aonuma: Wii U Zelda Is All About "Rethinking Series Conventions"

Aonuma: Wii U Zelda Is All About "Rethinking Series Conventions"

Nintendo has something new planned for Link

Nintendo's Eiji Aonuma has given a few tantalising details regarding the all-new Wii U Legend of Zelda title during today's Wii U Direct. The game will be the second Zelda release for the new console, with an updated version of The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker coming later this year. No footage or...

News: Mario Kart Wii U Driving Into E3 This Year

Mario Kart Wii U Driving Into E3 This Year

Should be in gear and playable

In a reassuring segment of today's Wii U Direct, Satoru Iwata announced — in name if not footage — games that will be playing a bigger role later this year. One of these was a new Mario Kart entry, currently in development and, most importantly, planned to be playable at this year's E3. With an over-riding...

News: New Yoshi Title Being Developed By The Guys Behind Kirby's Epic Yarn

New Yoshi Title Being Developed By The Guys Behind Kirby's Epic Yarn

Warning: Beware of extreme cuteness ahead

During today's Wii U Direct broadcast, host Satoru Iwata revealed that the developer behind Kirby's Epic Yarn, Good Feel Inc, is hard at work developing a new title for the Wii U: Yarn Yoshi. This is the first console game to feature Yoshi as the main character since Yoshi’s Story for the Nintendo 64 way...

News: Nintendo Unveils The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker HD for Wii U

Nintendo Unveils The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker HD for Wii U

Sailing onto the system this Fall

During today's global Wii U Direct, a fantasy of many Zelda fans was revealed to be true, it was confirmed that The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker is being re-produced and released in HD on Wii U. It's targeted to hit the platform this Fall. As explained by Zelda head man Eiji Aonuma, the decision to re-master...

News: Wii U System Updates Due In Spring And Summer

Wii U System Updates Due In Spring And Summer

Will improve overall system speed

The Wii U menu isn't exactly fast - we know that, and thankfully Nintendo does, too. During today's Wii U Direct, the company confirmed that two Wii U system updates will take place this year - one in the spring and another in the summer - with the aim of speeding up the overall system experience. According to...

News: Resident Evil Revelations Set to Infest Wii U

Resident Evil Revelations Set to Infest Wii U

Terrifies North America on 21st May, Europe on 24th May

Not long ago rumours spread around the web, like a virus we guess, that 3DS title Resident Evil Revelations was getting revamped for home consoles. Capcom has now issued a press release to confirm that the rumours were true, and thankfully Wii U is one of the platforms getting the re-boot...

News: Wii U Direct Scheduled For Tomorrow

Wii U Direct Scheduled For Tomorrow

A look at new software and services for the Wii U console

Nintendo has today confirmed that a special "Wii U Direct - Nintendo Games" Nintendo Direct will be broadcast worldwide tomorrow (Wednesday 23rd January) and will be hosted by none other than Nintendo President Satoru Iwata. It's due to take place at 2PM GMT / 9AM EST. You can view the...

News: This Homage To Sega's Classic Racers Could Be Speeding To The Wii U eShop

This Homage To Sega's Classic Racers Could Be Speeding To The Wii U eShop

Rolling start?

During the '90s, Sega was the undisputed king of arcade racers. The Japanese coin-op veteran produced a string of solid-gold classics, such as Virtua Racing, Daytona USA, Sega Rally and Scud Race. Sadly, as interest in arcade hardware has dipped, the need for these attention-grabbing experiences has lessened - but there are few who...

News: Neko Entertainment Discusses The Possibility Of Further Wii U Support

Neko Entertainment Discusses The Possibility Of Further Wii U Support

Games for 3DS not ruled out, either

Neko Entertainment released Puddle on the Wii U eShop in time for the launch of the the next generation console across Europe, and since then has been making quite a splash with gamers. It's only been over a month since its release, but that hasn't stopped Neko's QA Manager Sébastien Chipot-Delys discussing...

Feature: What You Told Us About Wii U

What You Told Us About Wii U

Quite a lot, actually

Not long ago we published The Big Wii U Survey, as we asked you whether you owned a Wii U and, if you do, what you think about it. The response was terrific, with over 4,300 fully completed submissions being returned to us. As promised, below is a summary of what you told us, with some surprising statistics thrown in...

Developer Interview: Fuzzy Wuzzy Games Talks Armillo And Developing For The Wii U eShop

Fuzzy Wuzzy Games Talks Armillo And Developing For The Wii U eShop

Rolling ever onwards

Yesterday we exclusively broke the news that Fuzzy Wuzzy Games' Armillo is coming to the Wii U eShop. Keen to know more about the development and history of this interesting title, we sat down with James Saito and Yanni Fyssas for a little chat. Nintendo Life: Can you give us a bit of information on your respective...

News: Two New Assassin's Creed III DLC Packs Available Now

Two New Assassin's Creed III DLC Packs Available Now

The Tyranny of King Washington on the way

Assassin's Creed III has been out on Wii U since the day the console launched. It represented the first time a game from the Assassin's Creed franchise made it onto a Nintendo home console alongside the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions. Ubisoft was quick to make it known that the Wii U version would be...

News: Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate Taking A Bite Out Of 3DS And Wii U On March 19th

Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate Taking A Bite Out Of 3DS And Wii U On March 19th

Back for seconds three days later in Europe

Capcom and Nintendo have confirmed that Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate will be released in North America on March 19th. The game will be available on both the Wii U and 3DS. Europe will have to wait just three days longer to get its hands on the epic title. Downloadable versions are also expected to be made...

News: Need For Speed: Most Wanted Screeching On North American Wii U Consoles March 19th

Need For Speed: Most Wanted Screeching On North American Wii U Consoles March 19th

Update: New Wii U exclusive features detailed

EA's popular racing title Need For Speed: Most Wanted will be hitting the Wii U in North America on March 19th. This is just a short while after the Japanese launch, which is due to occur on the 14th of the same month. The game was originally launched on PS3 and 360 last year, and met with a positive...

News: Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage 2 Is Download-Only In North America, Too

Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage 2 Is Download-Only In North America, Too

Following Europe into digital realms

Last week, we revealed that Wii U slugfest Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage 2 would be only available as a digital download in Europe. Today, we've been told that the game will adopt the same distribution platform for North America. That means that Japan is only region to get a physical copy of the game -...