Zen Pinball 2 coming to Wii U

Zen Pinball 2 coming to Wii U

Themed tables galore

Zen Studios have a long track record of making pinball games, so it can only be a good thing for pinball fans that they're bringing Zen Pinball 2 onto the Wii U eShop in North America and Europe. Better yet, the game will be a free download with free trials of all tables. After trying tables out, they can... read more

Hard drives over 2TB now recognized by Wii U

Hard drives over 2TB now recognized by Wii U

But not fully utilized

A new Wii U system update (yes another one -_-) was released for download by Nintendo yesterday. It's another sizable download which can take over an hour to get and install. What this update accomplishes isn't exactly clear, but one positive thing is that people (madmen) with hard disks larger than 2TB... read more

Why no LEGO Lord of the Rings on Wii U?

Why no LEGO Lord of the Rings on Wii U?

I'll tell you why

LEGO Lord of the Rings was released last month for a multitude of platforms - although one notable absence was the Wii U. A spokesperson for publishers Warner has now revealed why this is the case: "The primary reason is that Traveller's Tales and LEGO were already working on LEGO City Undercover for... read more

All trailers from Europe's Nintendo Direct

All trailers from Europe's Nintendo Direct

Videos out the wazoo

Each region had its own variant of today's Nintendo Direct video - they weren't all the same. Here's a recap of the trailers that featured in Europe's presentation: Pikmin 3 LEGO City Undercover Picross E2 Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge FIFA Soccer 13 Mass Effect 3 Sonic &... read more

New Super Mario Bros 2 new screenshots

New Super Mario Bros 2 new screenshots

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Nintendo Download - Dec 6th (EU)

Nintendo Download - Dec 6th (EU)

Denpa Men, Gnomz and more

There's quite a lot of new stuff to browse through in Europe's latest downloadable update. Something for everyone? Wii U download Mighty Switch Force: Hyper Drive Edition (£8.99 / €9.99) LOVEFiLM free app (subscription service) Wii U retail download Funky Barn (£39.99 /... read more

More Coin Rush packs for New Super Mario Bros. 2

More Coin Rush packs for New Super Mario Bros. 2

Mo money mo problems

Shortly after Nintendo's presentation today, two new Coin Rush level packs were released on the eShop for New Super Mario Bros 2 - this brings the total number of packs up to eight. New Coin Rush packs #7 Coin Challenge Pack C - This three-star difficulty rated pack has you aiming for 10,000 coins.... read more

Fire Emblem and Luigi's Mansion box arts

Fire Emblem and Luigi's Mansion box arts

3DS covers for 2013

There may not have been any major announcements in the Nintendo Direct, but we did pick up a few snippets. During Reggie's summary at the end, new box arts for Fire Emblem: Awakenings and Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon were revealed. Here they are, in all their boxy glory: ... read more

Assassin's Creed III Hidden Secrets DLC

Assassin's Creed III Hidden Secrets DLC

Wait for it...

Assassin's Creed III received its first downloadable content today - in The Hidden Secrets Pack. The DLC is currently available to Season Pass holders on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. Owners of these platforms without a pass can expect to play it on December 11th. Nintendo fans will have to hold their horses for... read more

Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth new screenshots

Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth new screenshots

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Nintendo Direct airing tomorrow

Nintendo Direct airing tomorrow

Wii U and 3DS news en-route

Nintendo of America has sent out a press release and also tweeted about a Nintendo Direct video happening tomorrow, on December 5th. These videos presented by handsome Reggie (pictured) and friends are usually a juicy source of new information, so it's worth tuning in to see what's up and coming for Wii U... read more

Pier Solar reaches its Wii U target

Pier Solar reaches its Wii U target

Coming late next year

Around a week ago we reported that WaterMelon Co. had a kickstarter campaign to raise funds for a HD version of their game Pier Solar. The campaign was already a success at that point, but there were further 'stretch goals', one of which meant bringing the game onto Wii U. That $200,000 goal has now... read more

ZombiU review

ZombiU review

The return to "true" survival horror.

Remember the good old days of survival horror? I don't mean the action/horror style that has now become the mainstay for 'scary' games. I mean the days of the original Resident Evil series, the Silent Hill franchise and the like that were made so popular in the mid to late 90s. Those are the games that took... read more

First Person Goomba animation

First Person Goomba animation

G-life ain't easy

Here's a fantastic video from Brazilian animator Filipe B. Costa, who uses YouTube under the guise of Pipoca Effects (translated as Popcorn Effects). This video shows the life cycle of a typical goomba, from birth to untimely demise. You may never look at Mario quite the same way again... The next... read more

ZombiU comic reaches the end

ZombiU comic reaches the end

If we do not seek to prevent apocalypse

For the past few weeks Ubisoft has been running a comic called "Z-14", releasing episodes on a daily basis to drum up interest in ZombiU on Wii U. If you haven't been reading, now is as good a time as any, because the comic is complete. Head over to the Z-14 site for an interesting read. It's not... read more

Darksiders II DLC: The Demon Lord Belial

Darksiders II DLC: The Demon Lord Belial

Announced by THQ

A third downloadable content pack is being released for Darksiders II on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC tomorrow, Tuesday, December 4th 2012. It's called The Demon Lord Belial. This is how publishers THQ describe it: Little has been said of the struggles on Earth besides the story given to WAR by the Charred... read more

Crimson Shroud new screenshots

Crimson Shroud new screenshots

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The Cave characters trailer

The Cave characters trailer

All with their own reasons

One of the Wii U eShop's more promising titles for early next year is The Cave, an adventure created by Double Fine Productions and published by Sega. This new trailer gives us a brief introduction to the seven main characters of the game: We can expect to enter The Cave sometime in January 2013.... read more

The Croods: Prehistoric Party! new screenshots

The Croods: Prehistoric Party! new screenshots

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The Croods coming to Nintendo platforms

The Croods coming to Nintendo platforms

Basic win-stinct

DreamWorks' latest animated movie The Croods is set for release in March 2013, and Torus Games have been contracted to develop a video game to go alongside it. The game will hit all current Nintendo platforms - Wii U, Wii, 3DS and DS. By the sound of the press release below, it won't be one for core... read more

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