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Donkey Kong Country Returns review

The last few years have seen a miraculous revival of the long thought dead platform genre. With Super Meat Boy, New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Kirby's Epic Yarn and Cave Story, the Wii has surprisingly proven to be the best place for these retro throwbacks. With Donkey Kong Country Returns, 2010 ends with yet another amazing 2D style platformer, possibly the best of the year.... read more

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PDC Darts Pro Tour for Wii

As the new year approaches, O Games have decided it's time to put out another PDC Darts title. This time around they're going big, supporting the Wii MotionPlus. PDC World Championship Darts: Pro Tour will hit UK shelves on November 26th.... read more

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Fluidity info and trailer

Big N has put out a press release with details of their latest WiiWare offering, a physics puzzle type game where you play as a pool of water. Through the years, Nintendo players have taken on the role of mustachioed champions, amiable apes, intergalactic bounty hunters and heroes of time. Yet in the upcoming Fluidity game for the WiiWare downloadable game service, players become a sloshing, flowing pool of... read more

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Nov 22nd Wii downloads

Two new downloadable games released today across North America, one for WiiWare and the other is on Virtual Console. Snowpack Park (WiiWare) Spin Master (Neo Geo) There's also a few demos you can try out before deciding whether or not to buy: And Yet It Moves (WiiWare DEMO) Bit.Trip Fate (WiiWare DEMO) Jett Rocket (WiiWare DEMO) ThruSpace (WiiWare DEMO)... read more

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WiiWare demos making a comeback

Starting on Monday November 22nd, the WiiWare service will have free game demos to download again. The initial lineup looks like this: Bit.Trip Fate And Yet It Moves Jett Rocket New demos will be added on Mondays, but they'll only be available for a limited period of time (senseless).... read more

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Sonic Colors review

Sonic the Hedgehog has had a troubled history over the past decade. While Sonic Adventure 1 and 2 were fairly successful... read more

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It's on like Donkey Kong for Nov 21st

Get ready for DK's latest adventure, hitting Wii this holiday season! In honor of the upcoming November 21st launch of Donkey Kong Country Returns for Wii, Nintendo has filed a request with the US Patent and Trademark Office to trademark the pop-culture phrase "It's on like Donkey Kong". For those unfamiliar with the term, "It's on like Donkey Kong" is an old, popular Nintendo phrase that has a number of... read more

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Capcom arcade classics hitting VC

Capcom have announced that six of their classic arcade games will be getting released on the Virtual Console sometime this Winter, across both the US and Europe. 1942: This classic vertically-scrolling shoot 'em up is perhaps the finest moment from Capcom in the pre-Street Fighter era. Spawning a million clones and reappearing throughout the history of gaming, 1942's biplane action needs no introduction. And now,... read more

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Mix Superstar new screenshots

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Mixin' it up on Monday

A press release from Digital Leisure says that this Monday on WiiWare we'll see the release of Mix Superstar - a piece of software for creating, mixing and recording musical masterpieces*. Any music you make is royalty-free and can be exported or shared over WiiConnect24. Vocals can also be added using WiiSpeak or a USB microphone. Mix Superstar comes with over a 1,000 loops, but if that's not enough you can... read more

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Heavy Fire: Black Arms new screenshots

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WiiWare under Heavy Fire

If WiiWare's Heavy Fire: Special Operations wasn't enough for you, the makers Teyon have just announced a follow-up game in Heavy Fire: Black Arms. Here's the first teaser video, watch out for the dramatic headshot to finish: War is hell, boys. War is hell. This second outing is also an on-rails shooting experience, set in the crazy jungles of South America. Screenshots are up on the Black Arms... read more

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INKUB first trailer

Cosmonaut Games, the developers behind Dive: The Medes Islands Secret have released the first trailer for their new action-strategy game INKUB. It's a little hard to tell what's going on from the video, but my impression is that it's like a tower defense game - except it takes place inside tubes. INKUB has no release date yet, but will be hitting the WiiWare service soon. New screenshots are now up.... read more

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INKUB new screenshots

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Super Mario All-Stars for Wii

To celebrate our favorite plumber's 25th anniversary Nintendo are releasing a limited edition Super Mario All-Stars package for Wii. The games included are the same as the SNES version: Super Mario Bros Super Mario Bros: The Lost Levels Super Mario Bros 2 Super Mario Bros 3 All games will be playable using the Wii remote, Classic Controller or Gamecube pad. Not only this, but a soundtrack CD... read more

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ZhuZhu Pets: Featuring The Wild Bunch new screenshots

ZhuZhu Pets: Featuring The Wild Bunch screenshot

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Reggie - Apple more of a threat than Microsoft

In an interview with Forbes, the president of Nintendo's American arm Reggie Fils-Aime made some comments about the competition. He paid particular note to Apple: "Do I think that in the near term they can hurt us more than Microsoft? Absolutely. The iPod and iPhone are great for casual games like Angry Birds that provide a welcome distraction. Games on the Nintendo DS, by contrast, can really consume." To... read more

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Wii's World on Facebook

If you like to keep up to date with your gaming news via the wonderful world of Facebook, Wii's World is now on there (kind of). Come join in and make it feel less lonely. Wii's World Facebook page... read more

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Soccer Up new screenshots

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Soccer Up WiiWare game coming

EnjoyUp, the developers behind Chronos Twins DX, have revealed they're working on a soccer (aka football) game for WiiWare - it's called Soccer Up. Soccer Up! features The ball has inertia free movement and you will need to control it first. Total control of height, direction and effect in each pass and shot you make. Create your own teams using your Mii's. Play the World Cup! Local Multiplayer... read more