Nintendo Wii U and 3DS news at Wii's World

Wii Sports Resort - new sports revealed

A series of 15 second videos promoting Wii Sports Resort have been made in Japan. Note that these videos show off some sports that we didn't know would be included, namely: Golf Table Tennis Though we've seen these before in Wii Sports and Wii Play, the new versions will hopefully be greatly enhanced using the MotionPlus accessory.... read more

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Donkey Kong in Punch-Out

Punch-Out!! is released today in North America. News of a previously unlisted character has come out, and it's none other than Donkey Kong himself. Who could have seen this one coming? Not me.... read more

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Rocket Knight Adventures new game

A magazine in Germany called M! Games is reporting that a new title in the Rocket Knight Adventures series is being made. Published by Konami, Rocket Knight Adventures was a popular side-scrolling platform game around during the Sega Genesis era. The main character is an opossum knight called Sparkster. They say the new game is to feature 3D sprites on 2D environments and is under development by Climax. No... read more

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Monster Hunter 3 new screenshots

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Ubisoft thinks WM+ exclusive is risky

In what you might consider a bold move, Red Steel 2 will be a game that forces the player to use the Wii MotionPlus addon. This will ensure much more realistic sword fighting, but could also cut a slice (!) into the game's potential market. Jason Vandenberghe, a creative director at Ubisoft has voiced concerns: "It is a huge risk. We've no idea what the penetration rate for Wii MotionPlus will be. We assume high.... read more

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Mama responds to Science Papa

Yesterday we heard the first news about Science Papa. It doesn't exactly take a keen eye to realize this game "borrows" heavily from the Cooking Mama format made popular by Majesco. In a press release, Mama herself has spoken out on the matter: We dated briefly (when he had much better hair). Now he clearly wants a piece of the best-selling pie by associating himself with an incredibly successful, and I'll... read more

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First 5 mins of Contra Rebirth

Contra Rebirth is now available in Japan. If you can't wait, footage of the intro sequence and first stage of the game can be seen in this video. ... read more

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Tony Hawk Ride announced

Earlier today, publishers Activision revealed the next skating game in the Tony Hawk series. It's called Tony Hawk: Ride and comes with a skateboard peripheral to (hopefully?) enhance gameplay. The deck-shaped controller can be seen below: Is this the kind of innovation that the franchise needs to breathe new life into it? There's also a trailer, although it doesn't show much in the way of gameplay at... read more

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Magnetis new screenshots

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Monster Hunter 3 trailer

A new trailer for Monster Hunter 3 has been spotted in the wild. The Monster Hunter franchise is apparently crazy popular over in Japan. Capcom are hoping some of this will rub off on western audiences.... read more

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Overlord: Dark Legend new screenshots

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Real Heroes: Firefighter new screenshots

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Swords & Soldiers out in Europe

Just a lone WiiWare title to download in Europe today, but early signs are that it's a good one. Swords & Soldiers (WiiWare) Gaming site IGN has given Swords & Soldiers a glowing review score of 8.7, naming it as one of the best console RTS games ever. If RTS games are your bag, this should be a good download for you. Swords & Soldiers is going for 1,000 of your Wii Points. As the trailer... read more

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April 2009 NPD sales

Sales figures for the month of April 2009 are in, as tracked by the supercool NPD Group. Note these numbers include the US only. Nintendo DS - 1,040,000 Nintendo Wii - 340,000 Xbox 360 - 175,000 Sony PS Triple - 127,000 PSP - 116,000 So the DSi has really given Nintendo a shot in the arm when it comes to handheld units. For other machines, sales are markedly down across the board, most likely due... read more

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Punch-Out final roster

Take this as a rumor for the time being, but reports are going around touting this as the final roster for Punch-Out on Wii. Circuit 1 Glass Joe Von Kaiser Disco Kid King Hippo Circuit 2 Piston Hondo Bear Hugger Great Tiger Don Flamenco Circuit 3 Aran Ryan Soda Popinski Bald Bull Super Macho Man Final Fight Mr Sandman Happy, pappy?... read more

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Science Papa new screenshots

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Come to Science Papa

A new simulation game is scheduled to launch on Wii this Summer, and it's all in the name of science (papa). Activision today announced Science Papa is heading to Nintendo Wii and DS in July. Using fundamentals from a wide variety of sciences as a base for fun, skill-based experiments, Science Papa sets out to turn living rooms into virtual laboratories that will fuel kids' curiosity. David Oxford,... read more

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Spore Hero new screenshots

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GoldenEye creator wants it on VC

Martin Hollis, the man behind popular Nintendo 64 game "GoldenEye 007" has admitted he would like to see it downloadable on Virtual Console at some stage, but the odds are unfortunately long. Speaking to the official Nintendo magazine, he commented: "There is always someone with an exclusivity agreement, so there's lots of lawyers. I'm not going to hold my breath. I'd love it to happen, but I can't see... read more

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Neves Plus hitting WiiWare

A new puzzle title called Neves Plus is coming to WiiWare from Akinai Games. Gameplay revolves around putting together basic pictures using simple flat geometric shapes, like triangles, squares and parallelograms. There are seven of these shapes, which I guess is why the game's called "neves". Yea it's similar to doing tangrams. A trailer can be seen here: Neves Plus will feature over 500 brain melting... read more