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

Standard Wii bundle change

A great value in video games is about to get even better. Starting May 9th, Nintendo will add new elements to the baseline Wii system package offered at retailers throughout the Americas. In addition to the intuitive, motion-sensing Wiimote, Nunchuk controller and popular Wii Sports game that currently comes standard with each system purchase, every new unit will now also come packaged with Wii Sports... read more

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The Sims 3 coming to Wii

EA has revealed that their hit PC game The Sims 3 will also be available on Nintendo Wii and DS. The Wii version will see your sims living their lives in a new beach city and includes an added feature called "Moments Mode". You can expect to see this hitting shelves sometime in Fall.... read more

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Classic Controller Pro US release

North American users can now get their hands on the Classic Controller Pro. Formerly only available in Japan, they come in white or black and are priced at $19.99. I like how the cable comes out the top of this one, it bothers me slightly the other way around.... read more

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Mega Man 4 on Virtual Console

The Blue Bomber is back in another classic released today on Virtual Console, along with a puzzle game on WiiWare. Bang Attack (WiiWare) Mega Man 4 (NES) ... read more

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March NPD sales figures

Last month's hardware sales figures for the US have been published by the happy folk at NPD Group. March 2010 (US) Nintendo DS - 700,800 Nintendo Wii - 557,500 Xbox 360 - 338,400 PlayStation 3 - 313,900 PSP - 119,900 Nintendo cruisin' as always.... read more

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Arc Rise Fantasia new screenshots

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Robox trailer

Here's the first trailer for Robox. It's an action platform game heading to WiiWare, developed by DreamBox Games. How awesome is this looking!!... read more

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Dive: The Medes Islands Secret interview

A few days ago we saw the trailer for Dive: The Medes Islands Secret, a WiiWare game in the making. Cosmonaut Games, the developers were kind enough to answer a few questions on it. WW: Hello, could you introduce yourself and describe your role at Cosmonaut Games? My name's Jose A. Giacomelli but everybody calls me Giaco. I am 40 years :( and I had my first video game at 8, and then when I was... read more

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Nintendo wins Anascape lawsuit

What seems like an age ago, we heard of a company called Anascape suing Nintendo for $21M related to patent issues. Judging by a new press release though, Nintendo appealed the decision and have now come out on top. Today the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled that none of Nintendo's video game controllers infringe on a patent asserted by Anascape Ltd. Nintendo had been accused by Anascape Ltd of... read more

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Dive new WiiWare trailer

Cosmonaut Games has uploaded an impressive trailer for their upcoming WiiWare title Dive: The Medes Islands Secret. The visuals look pretty sweet to me, maybe this is one to keep an eye on.... read more

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Military Madness and Zaxxon downloads

Just two downloads released today on Wii across North America, one for the WiiWare service and the other an arcade classic from the early 80's. Military Madness: Nectaris (WiiWare) Zaxxon (Arcade) Military Madness is allegedly a good'n for strategy fans.... read more

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Netflix released on Wii

We've heard a lot of talk about this in the past few months, but Netflix on Wii is now a reality: Nintendo of America and Netflix [Nasdaq: NFLX] today announced that Netflix members who own Nintendo's Wii home console can now enjoy thousands of movies and TV episodes streamed from Netflix via Wii. The two companies announced partnership plans in January and are making Netflix on the Wii console fully available... read more

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Jett Rocket teaser

The supercool people at Shin'en Multimedia have put out the first trailer for WiiWare's Jett Rockett, definitely one of the most ambitious projects seen on the platform yet. Are you excited for this one?... read more

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Robox new screenshots

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European release dates for Q2

Nintendo of Europe has published a list dating some important Wii releases for the second quarter of 2010. Feast your eyes on this: NewU Fitness First Mind Body Yoga & Pilates Workout (Black Bean Games) - April 2nd Monster Hunter 3 (Capcom) - April 23rd 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa (EA Sports) - April 29th Circus Party (505 Games Ltd) - April 30th Iron Man 2 (Sega) - April Sin and Punishment:... read more

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Heavy Fire: Special Operations new screenshots

Heavy Fire: Special Operations screenshot

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Deca Sports 3 under way

Everybody move your body again, because Hudson has announced yet another Deca Sports game for Wii - Deca Sports 3. Despite being considered relatively poor in quality, the series has sold well enough to merit a third entry. Among the sporting events included in this will be: Giant Slalom (Skiing) Lacrosse Air Race Volleyball Racket ball Half-Pipe (Snowboarding) Kayak Slalom Fishing ... read more

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Reggie bites into Apple

In a new interview, Nintendo of America's president Reggie Fils-Aime talked about Apple's entry into the games market with devices like the iPhone and new iPad. Apple is not having an impact on Nintendo when you look at our business, our volume, our hardware, our software. I've seen data that suggestions that while consumers are constantly downloading Apps, they play with them for a few times and then they are... read more

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Red Steel 2 review

Samurai films and Spaghetti Westerners are second only to Bruce Lee, Godzilla, and the golden age James Bond movies when it comes to films I love. Which is why the original Red Steel was a large disappointment for me, due to its poorly executed sword and gun combat. It became especially disappointing after seeing how well Twilight Princess and Wii Sports Resort executed the same style of sword play. However I'm not... read more

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Super Mario Galaxy 2 trailer

Nintendo has released this new trailer promoting Super Mario Galaxy 2 on Wii. Release dates for this badboy are as follows: North America: May 23rd, 2010. Europe: June 11th, 2010 ... read more