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

Gyrostarr on WiiWare

High Voltage Software has revealed a futuristic shmup game for WiiWare called Gyrostarr. Hurtle down twisting technoplasma tracks, defeating hordes of enemies while gathering plasma to activate warp gates. I don't know how I come up with this stuff sometimes. You can also enlist the help of friends! Oh yea there's a trailer too: Looks pretty great to me, one to keep an eye on.... read more

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The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian new screenshots

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian screenshot

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Smash Bros Brawl dated for Europe

Nintendo of Europe has finally given out Wii's Q2 release list. The game on most people's minds is Super Smash Bros. Brawl, and it's hitting stores on June 27th. A few other things of note appear on the list too: Wii Fit - April 25th Top Spin 3 - May 2008 Boom Blox - May 2008 LEGO Indiana Jones: The Video Game - June 2008 De Blob - Q2 2008 Star Wars: The Force Unleashed - Summer 2008 We Love... read more

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Little League World Series Baseball 2008 new screenshots

Little League World Series Baseball 2008 screenshot

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Little League Baseball 08

In a press release earlier today, Activision announced a new sports title for Wii and DS: Little League World Series Baseball 2008. Activision's Dave Oxford said: "Little League baseball fans, players and families simply haven't had a video game made just for them, so our goal is to fill this niche. Creating this game with the Little League organization has been a pleasure and we look forward to paying... read more

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Wii has a Monopoly

Publishers EA are developing a version of Monopoly for Wii. In case you were born yesterday, Monopoly is a popular board game by Hasbro where players aim to buy up as much property on the board as they can. Electronic Arts' game is to be based on the Monopoly Here & Now: The World Edition, but with more of a "party twist". Up to four players will be supported, with faster gameplay on boards you've never seen... read more

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Wii Fit in South Africa

Wii users living in South Africa can now work up a sweat playing Wii Fit, which has now been released. It retails for 999 Rand. Core Group, Nintendo's distributor in the region, loaned out review copies and balance boards to the attending media. On return, they say five of these will be donated to charity. How often does Africa get a game before the US? North America continues to wait.... read more

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Ford Racing Off Road new screenshots

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Earthworm Jim wriggling onto VC

Developers Interplay have revealed they'll be bringing some of their early classics onto Nintendo's Virtual Console. Some of the games listed for the journey are: Earthworm Jim (he's such a groovy guy) Earthworm Jim 2 Boogerman ClayFighter Hey, what about Claymates? -_-... read more

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Death Jr video

Some gameplay footage from Death Jr: Root of Evil. *SPOILER* Death dies! All I know is my heart says maybe. Fun action puzzler or yawnfest with recycled ideas? Ye be the judge.... read more

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Capoeira Martial Arts announced

Graffiti Entertainment has revealed some info about a new game heading to Wii, among other platforms. It's Martial Arts Capoeira, a traditional fighting game with sports and RPG elements added. 12 fighters to choose from. Up to 10 customizable fighting styles. Training sessions to improve your skills. Fight to win money, bet against opponents. Many game modes, including Arcade, Tournament, Quick Fight,... read more

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River City Ransom on VC

Morning folks, two more games on the North American Virtual Console today: River City Ransom (NES) Phantasy Star 3: Generations of Doom (Genesis) See you on Friday for the PAL region releases.... read more

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Nintendo sponsoring Gladiators

Nintendo will be sponsoring a new series of the TV show Gladiators in the UK. This throwback from the 90s sees regular Joes competing against body builders and gym fanatics for pride and prizes. It's thought Big N will be leveraging this deal to promote Wii Fit. The new series will be shown on Sky One, hosted by ex-footballer Ian Wright and refereed by the original John Anderson. A list of the... read more

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SPOGS Racing trailer

D2C has released a trailer for SPOGS Racing, an aggressive racer coming to WiiWare. A unique feature of this game is that you can steal your opponents' parts by racing close to them. Other bells and whistles will be included too, such as tricks, ramps, loops and six weapons. Not to mention three different control schemes and several play modes. New screenshots are up on the game's page too. SPOGS Racing is... read more

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NPD sales figures for March

NPD tracks game console and handheld sales in the US, and the numbers for March are now available. Nintendo comes out on top again, with Wii comfortably outselling the 360 and PS3 combined. Nintendo Wii - 721,000 Nintendo DS - 698,000 Sony PSP - 297,000 Xbroke 360 (red ring edition) - 262,000 Sony PS3 (this is living) - 257,000 Man, that's a real hammering.... read more

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Toki Tori teaser

Here's a fun new teaser video for upcoming WiiWare puzzle game Toki Tori. The more I see of this game, the more I think it'll be good. Consider me egg-static. Toki Tori will hit the WiiWare download service in Spring this year.... read more

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We Cheer new screenshots

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Hudson announces Star Soldier R

Through a press release Hudson has confirmed that Star Soldier R is coming to WiiWare in North America. It's a vertical shooter based in space. SSR challenges players to make and beat high scores, either in a 2-minute mode (one level) or a 5-minute mode (two levels). Each level has its own boss. There's also a Quick-Shot mode to test your reflexes in. Online leaderboards will be on-hand to... read more

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Emergency Mayhem new screenshots

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Samba de Amigo

Shake your maracas, it's Samba time all over again. Here's the US box cover for Samba de Amigo. Note the Wi-Fi logo on there. There'll be dancin' in the streets. ... read more