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

Raise your hands for DJ Hero

Activision's next musical sensation DJ Hero will be hitting Wii in the third quarter of this year. Similar to Guitar Hero, it will ship with its own unique peripheral, the turntable: Equipped with only three buttons, compared to Guitar Hero's five, the higher difficulty levels of the turntable are said to be achieved using the crossfader and mixing functions on the black section. Players can also choose to... read more

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Autopilot in New Super Mario Bros Wii

Shigsy has revealed that Mario's latest side-scrolling platformer will have a "demo" function which allows the cpu to take over if the player is struggling to get past any part of the game. "In New Super Mario Bros Wii, if a player is experiencing an area of difficulty, this will allow them to clear it and then take over when they are ready. We are also looking into this for future games". Of course this is... read more

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Zelda Wii artwork

In a roundtable discussion with Nintendo at E3, when asked about the Zelda game on Wii, Shigsy produced this artwork: Link looks a little older than we've seen him before. Some people are saying the glowing figure in front is a living Master Sword, morphed into a human shape.... read more

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Black Wii and controllers

At a retailer meeting over in Japan, Nintendo has revealed the first alternative color choice for the Wii console. It's black, and it looks sleek. Indeed, if Darth Vader owned a Wii, this would be the one. Black Wii Of course, the controllers have also been made available in black. Black Wiimote Black Nunchuk Black Classic Controller Pro These badboys are all hitting Japanese store... read more

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Hold the Line Attack

Japanese developers Grezzo Games have been showing off a Wii-exclusive title called Line Attack Heroes. Nothing to do with line dancing, it's a fast-paced game with melee combat. It also seems to feature a healthy amount of pirates. As the player you command a team of warriors, launching attacks using the Wiimote. Your quest (should you choose to accept it) is to find the missing pieces of a dragon... read more

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Span Smasher new screenshots

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Span Smasher Wii

3rd party developers Artoon are working on a Wii game called Span Smasher, as revealed at this year's E3. The main character, if you can call it that, is Smasher (pictured). Gameplay revolves around using the Wiimote to send him flying into brick walls, collecting items and avoiding hazards. Span Smasher requires the Wii MotionPlus peripheral to work. No release date is available, but screenshots are... read more

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E3 2009 Trailers

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Super Mario Galaxy 2 new screenshots

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New Super Mario Bros Wii new screenshots

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Metroid: Other M new screenshots

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Monado: Beginning of the World new screenshots

Monado: Beginning of the World screenshot

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Wii Sports Resort new screenshots

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Wii Fit Plus new screenshots

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Endless Ocean 2 new screenshots

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Sin and Punishment 2 new screenshots

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New Mario and Metroid for Wii

Super Mario Galaxy 2 Nintendo had several cool announcements to make during their presentation earlier at the E3 Expo. Among the biggest of these, Super Mario Galaxy 2 is coming to Wii. Judging by the video, it's more of the same (not a criticism) but this time Yoshi plays an important role. Metroid: Other M Team Ninja, the well respected developers behind franchises like Dead or Alive and Ninja Gaiden are... read more