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

Fans revolt over Mega Man on iOS

Social game gets goats

This year marks the 25th anniversary of Mega Man. Capcom's iconic blue bomber is known for bringing the pain in a long series of action platformer games on the NES and beyond. This time though, it seems like Capcom are taking a new, gentler direction, in Mega Man Xover for Apple's iOS devices. Xover... read more

October 14th, 2012
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Animal Crossing: Jump Out new screenshots

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October 11th, 2012
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Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate trailer from NYCC

Coming March 2013

The annual New York Comic Con has kicked off, so we're sure to see some interesting new developments over the next few days. For Monster Hunter fans, Capcom has released this trailer for Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate. It shows off bits of gameplay from both the Wii U and 3DS versions, so take a look: ... read more

October 11th, 2012
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Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth new screenshots

Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth screenshot

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October 11th, 2012
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Rabbids Rumble 3DS debut trailer

Let's get ready to rumble

We haven't seen the back of those pesky rabbids yet - they're hitting the 3DS screen on November 13th, in Rabbids Rumble. Rabbids Rumble has you collecting over a 100 crazy rabbids, each with their own zany combat skills. Other features include battling against friends 1v1, sharing scores and rabbids... read more

October 11th, 2012
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Tekken Tag Tournament 2 new screenshots

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October 11th, 2012
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Captain Falcon, Peach, Toad and Sheik costumes in Tekken TT2

Outfits galore

Some new screenshots and a video from Namco Bandai show us that even more Nintendo character costumes are set to appear in Tekken Tag Tournament 2 - as well as the side game "Tekken Ball". The newly announced costumes are: More TTT2 costumes Captain Falcon (F-Zero) Princess Peach (Super Mario) ... read more

October 11th, 2012
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Want to see inside the Wii U?

Iwata gets technical, with U

The latest edition of Iwata Asks on the Nintendo website gets all technical, with Satoru Iwata interviewing a group of boffins about how various aspects of the Wii U hardware came together. In the room were: Nobuyuki Akagi: Product Development, R&D. Yasuhisa Kitano: Product Development, R&D. Ko... read more

October 11th, 2012
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Nintendo Download: October 11th (US)

Let's a golf

'Downloads Thursday' has rolled around once again, so it's time to look at all the new stuff available on the eShops and WiiWares and Virtual Consoles across North America. We don't have a section on the website for it yet, but Game Boy Color's Mario Golf came out on the 3DS Virtual Console - priced at... read more

October 11th, 2012
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Nintendo Download: October 11th (Europe)

Pokemon and swords

Pokemon fans should be happy, as Europe plays catch up with two releases on the 3DS eShop today. Pokemon Dream Radar lets you go around using the Augmented Reality features of the 3DS handheld to catch Pokemon and view their stats. This coincides with the European release of Pokemon Black & White 2 on... read more

October 10th, 2012
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New Super Mario Bros. U new screenshots

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October 10th, 2012
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Cave Story 3DS eShop fixed

Curly Brace back in the game

Last week we wrote about the 3DS eShop version of Cave Story having a pretty serious bug in it. Publishers Nicalis have now lept to the rescue by issuing an update to fix the game - and shouted aloud about it via their Twitter account: "Update Cave Story now!" - @Nicalis I guess all's... read more

October 10th, 2012
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More Professor Layton puzzles on the web

Official US website now open

A week or so back we posted about the official UK website for Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask opening with free puzzles to play. Now the North American site has launched as well, and it has two puzzles all of its own (with a third coming soon). Try the puzzles I'm ashamed to admit, but I used all... read more

October 9th, 2012
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Retro City Rampage trailer

Plenty of nods

Vblank's Retro City Rampage is released today, but only for PS Vita and PC platforms. Those of us patiently waiting for the WiiWare version will have to hang around a little while longer. Every cloud has a small silver lining, and it means we have a new trailer to show you. Retro City Rampage borrows a... read more

October 9th, 2012
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Monster Shooter coming to 3DS eShop

You shoot monsters

We're definitely seeing a trend of developers bringing their mobile phone games onto the 3DS eShop. That's set to continue, with Gamelion offering up Monster Shooter (not to be confused with Monster Hunter!). Monster Shooter has been popular on smartphones, with over 5 million downloads to date. The game... read more

October 8th, 2012
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PETA has beef with Pokemon

Gotta free 'em all?

PETA certainly has a patchy relationship with Nintendo. I doubt they'll be sending each other Christmas cards this year either, after this Flash game parody of Pokemon Black & White. Pokemon Black & Blue is a spoof by PETA, drawing attention to the way creatures are held captive and supposedly treated in... read more

October 8th, 2012
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Marching band pays homage to video games

Ohio State University Marching Band stuns crowd

At a recent football game between Ohio State and Nebraska, fans were treated to an unforgettable half-time show dedicated to the heroes of video gaming. With some stunning choreography, the Ohio State University Marching Band paid homage to classics like Space Invaders, Pac-Man and Tetris. Plenty of... read more

October 8th, 2012
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Gunman Clive confirmed for 3DS eShop

Clive ammunition

Swedish developer Bertil Horberg has confirmed he is porting his Android/iOS smartphone game Gunman Clive onto the 3DS eShop. In an interview with NotEnoughShaders he commented on how the process has been breezy up until this point: I can't really comment on the difficulty until I've gone through the... read more

October 8th, 2012
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Pokemon Dream Radar new screenshots

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October 5th, 2012
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Retro City Rampage still coming to WiiWare

Steal the wheel

The WiiWare service might be on its last legs (in its current form at least), but there may yet be one big game left in the pipeline. Canadian developers Vblank Entertainment say Retro City Rampage will be coming to WiiWare gamers late this year. The official website is also worth taking a look at,... read more