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

Limited edition DS Lite bundles

To celebrate Black Friday (the day after thanksgiving), Nintendo are bringing out two limited edition DS Lite bundles. The first one is red, with a Mario logo imprinted on the front. It comes with a copy of New Super Mario Bros. The other is ice blue, it's boxed in with Brain Age and seemingly some kind of wallet thing.... read more

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Professor Heinz Wolff's Gravity

This is the cover art for Professor Heinz Wolff's Gravity, a fun looking puzzle title. Please note however, that gravity wasn't discovered by this guy. ... read more

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Tomb Raider lever fix

Publishers Eidos have come up with two potential workarounds for the missing lever glitch found in the Wii version of Tomb Raider Underworld. Solution 1: Revert back to a previous save and play through again. Solution 2: If you use an SD card you can download a save file from Eidos' website. Download the save file. Unzip "20081124 TRU Wii NTSC save.rar". Place the contents of the zip onto your SD... read more

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Mario Galaxy soundtrack for Europe

If you're an European Nintendo fan and you haven't already turned your stars into Wii Points, the rewards catalog has something to offer you: The official Super Mario Galaxy soundtrack on CD. It comes in two different flavors: Standard edition 3850 stars 1 disc 28 tracks Platinum edition 4850 stars 2 discs 81 tracks ... read more

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Boingz and Boogerman

Three more downloadable titles for Wii have been released, two of them are WiiWare games and one disgusting Virtual Console classic. Boingz (WiiWare) Sudoku Challenge (WiiWare) Boogerman: A Pick and Flick Adventure (Genesis) Probably the most exciting game there is Boingz from RealArcade. It's a puzzle-platformer with 30 levels, based in an alien world. Check out the game's page for some screens.... read more

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Boingz new screenshots

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Valve wants your brain waves

In a recent interview, Gabe Newell the co-founder of Valve Software expressed a keen interest in researching brain data of players while they're gaming. "One of the areas we're really interested in is testing biometrics on player state. There are new technologies where we can wire players up with EEGs and actually have direct exposure to their physical reactions to the games". Good thinking, or science gone... read more

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Night of the Werehog animation

Last month, Sega teamed up with VE Studio to create this animation short called The Night of the Werehog, which has now been released onto the web. It might have made more sense for this to come out on Halloween, but that's life.... read more

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Tomb Raider Underworld Wii glitch

According to reports going around, the Wii version of Tomb Raider Underworld has a game breaking glitch which crops up in some cases, making it impossible to continue further. The problem arises near the end of the Coastal Thailand area, where an important lever sometimes fails to appear. A number of users on the game's official forum have run into the same issue, but so far Eidos has neglected to... read more

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WiiWare in Euroland

A whopping four WiiWare games have hit Europe and Australia this morning: Strong Bad Episode 3: Baddest of the Bands (WiiWare) Pool Revolution: Cue Sports (WiiWare) Art Style: CUBELLO (WiiWare) Yummy Yummy Cooking Jam (WiiWare) In other news, I finished Mega Man 9 last night. High 5. See you Monday and have a good weekend.... read more

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Evasive Space on WiiWare

In a press release earlier today, Yuke's revealed Evasive Space for WiiWare. It's an action adventure title set in space. You take control of a ship and pilot it through a variety of mazes and environments. The game comprises of four distinct acts, the first two being "Crystal World" and "Fire World". Evasive Space will be selling for 1,000 Points. No release date has been set, but some screenshots are... read more

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Evasive Space new screenshots

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Boom Blox 2 coming

An article on Variety has revealed that EA is working on a Boom Blox sequel. The original game conceived by Steven Spielberg was a critical success and has been enjoying steady sales, so it's not too surprising that "Boom Blox 2" (working title) is in development. Good news.. right? EA are refusing to comment, so this should be considered a rumor for the time being.... read more

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Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop

This is the European box art for Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop from Capcom. ... read more

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Burger King has Nintentoys

Burger King restaurants across the US are stocking a range of kids meals which include Nintendo themed toys. The characters featured are: Mario Yoshi Princess Peach Donkey Kong Diddy Kong Boo Chain Chomp Luma Samus ... read more

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Mama takes flack from PETA

Animal rights organization PETA has taken objection to the Cooking Mama series of games available on Nintendo platforms. They feel that more vegetarian recipes should be included, or even an entire game could be dedicated to the cause. This has resulted in PETA creating a spoof mini-game based in Flash. It can be 'played' on their website. Poor mama, does she deserve to be portrayed in such a negative... read more

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SPRay trailer

Tecmo has released a trailer for their latest Wii game SPRay. You play as Ray, a young prince determined to overthrow the evil queen and take back the kingdom. To do this Ray has the assistance of spirits. These spirits have spraying ability, and they know how to use it. Think Super Mario Sunshine but with more varieties of liquid. Unfortunately Nintendo Power magazine rated SPRay a 3/10, so it's probably not a... read more

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Golden Wii Wheel for Club Nintendo

Club Nintendo over in Japan has some more interesting gifts available to platinum members. Golden Wii Wheel - used in racing games such as Mario Kart Wii. It's a me, in my-a Maaario hat. Never miss a date with the Nintendo Calendar. ... read more

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Sonic Unleashed footage

Some footage from Sonic Unleashed by Sega. This video is specific to the Wii version. Apparently this level is called "Holoska". ... read more

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Strong Bad 4 out now

The penultimate episode of the Strong Bad series hits WiiWare today in the US, along with some other gubbins. Strong Bad Episode 4: Dangeresque 3 (WiiWare) Target Toss Pro: Bags (WiiWare) Space Invaders: The Original Game (SNES) Forgotten Worlds (Genesis) Euro/Australian Virtual Console and WiiWare updates are on Friday.... read more