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

More Ben 10 coming our way

Fans of the Ben 10 cartoon series will be pleased to know that he has another game coming to the Wii and DS. This one is called Ben 10: Alien Force. Ben 10 follows the story of a boy who can transform into 10 different alien beings. The first game received average-ish reviews, and sold over a million copies. The general opinion seems to be that it was a respectable debut, fun but short. Ben 10: Alien Force... read more

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Valve talks kids game on Wii

In a recent interview, Doug Lombardi of Valve Software expressed interest in making a Wii game, albeit for kids. "There's a lot of people at Valve who are parents and would love to make a game for kids. We all play the Wii a lot and we think that the proper way for Valve to approach the Wii would be to make something cool designed specifically for it". Valve are known for games like Half-Life 2 and Portal, so... read more

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Come stay at the Wiistin

Westin Hotels has cut a deal with Nintendo to get a custom version of the Wii console intended for use by their guests. These special Wiis are designed for a hotel environment and make for an easier user experience since there is no need for disc-swapping. They will be used in ten hotels across the US as part of the WestinWORKOUT program, challenging players physically and mentally in games like: Wii... read more

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Hanabi Festival returns on VC

Back on the Virtual Console for the second year running is what Nintendo dubs as the "Hanabi Festival". This is where previously unreleased games from other regions get made available. Today in the PAL regions, three titles: Gradius 2 (TG-CD) Final Soldier (TG-16) Columns 3: Revenge of Columns (Genesis) More on Monday with the US releases.... read more

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Cube making a comeback

No not the GameCube, but Rubik's Cube! In a press release The Game Factory has announced Rubik's World is heading to the Wii and DS. Rubik's World is a series of puzzle games, it claims to look and play like nothing else available on the market. The puzzles will involve things like creating 3D objects, navigating mazes and creating soundtracks. Up to four players are supported and the Wii version will... read more

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First competition in Mario Kart Wii

Nintendo has now put up the first global competition for Mario Kart Wii: "Get the best time you can in a VS Race in Mario Circuit. You can submit your entry as many times as you like". Racers, start your engines.... read more

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Battle Poker

Californian developers Left Field Productions are working on an action card game for WiiWare called Battle Poker. In the past, Left Field have been responsible for Wii games such as: Nitrobike Dave Mirra BMX Challenge James Higgins, CEO at LFP commented: "Battles are played across multiple rounds with points scored for each round based on the quality of the hand. Each player uses a Wiimote to point... read more

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Death Jr: Root of Evil new screenshots

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Crash - Mind over Mutant trailer

As posted yesterday, generic pest Crash Bandicoot is still coming back for more in a new game called Mind over Mutant. There's now a trailer. Enjoy if you can. Personally I find it hard to be optimistic about this game, but you never know. Crash Bandicoot: Mind over Mutant comes out in October.... read more

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Dimps making Wii's Sonic Unleashed

Some fresh news related to Sonic Unleashed. It turns out that Dimps will be handling the coding and stages for the Wii version, which is using a separate engine to the other consoles. This could be construed as good news, since Dimps, based in Osaka, are the developers behind Sonic Rush and Sonic Rush Adventure (some of Sonic's only good titles in recent times). Aside from this, some small tidbits of info also... read more

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Nintendo Power VC poll results

A while back we posted about Nintendo Power Magazine polling the public about which Virtual Console games they'd most like to see released. The results are now in, and look like this: Public requests Earthbound Super Mario RPG Chrono Trigger Mother Majora's Mask NP staff requests Mega Man: The Wily Wars Terranigma FF6 Super Mario RPG Rocket Knight Adventures ... read more

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Rabbids guide to health

A new Rabbids clip has surfaced on their official website. It's already sparked rumors of a Rayman Raving Rabbids 3 game which uses the Wii Balance Board. ... read more

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More Heroes on Wii

Sega are hard at work bringing two superhero games onto the Wii. Iron Man (no relation to Tin Man) is an action game which draws storylines from both the movie and the comic book. Players take on the role of Tony Stark, battling against crime in his hi-tech suit of armor. Using this armored suit he's able to fly and muster up superhuman strength. It also has a number of weapons at its disposal. The game... read more

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Crash Bandicoot: Mind over Mutant new screenshots

Crash Bandicoot: Mind over Mutant screenshot

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Crash in Mind Over Mutant

Crash, everyone's favorite bandicoot is coming back for another cross-platform game called Crash Bandicoot: Mind over Mutant. Evil genius Neo Cortex is up to no good again, using text messages to take control of minds. Yea, that old trick. Following on from the last game, Crash can still 'jack' into enemies, but now he can also store favorites in his pocket (gotta catch em all?). They can then be upgraded and... read more

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Okami box art scandal

There's been a lot of fuss lately about the box art for Okami on Wii. It looks like someone at Capcom used an image from IGN and neglected to fully remove the logo, as seen below. This blunder has not only worked it's way onto the real game boxes, but also the cover of the official strategy book. I'm amazed that this problem wasn't noticed before going to print, my own copy of the game has the logo and... read more

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Double Dragon in the US

Just the one game added to North America's Virtual Console today. At least it's relatively well known. Double Dragon (NES) That's it. Come back on Friday for the Euro/Aussie VC releases.... read more

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Animales de la Muerte

There's trouble brewing down in ol' Mehicko. High Voltage Software (the ones doing Gyrostarr) reveals another game in development for WiiWare: Animales de la Muerte. Translated that means "Animals of the Dead". It's the age old story of zoo animals turning into zombies. Lead characters Marco and Maria Mendoza use an array of colorful weaponry to waste the undead, and rescue the good animals. These weapons... read more

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Shigsy is the users' favorite

Game design genius Shigeru Miyamoto is top of the "user ratings" for the ongoing TIME 100 poll. Note that this doesn't mean he'll win, just that he's the peoples' champion. Do a little dance, Shiggy. ... read more

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Double Dragon on Virtual Console

Three more titles hit the Euro/Aussie Virtual Console today. Cherish them. Double Dragon (NES) World Games (C64) The Last Ninja (C64) More on Monday with the US releases.... read more