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Nintendo Wii U Won't Have Single Online Service Like PSN or XBL

The upcoming Nintendo Wii U console won't have a single online network, like Microsoft's Xbox Live or Sony's PlayStation Network, as Nintendo is keen on allowing publishers the freedom to set up their own platforms on the new device. Nintendo presented the Wii U last month at E3 2011, and impressed ...

7 July 2011
02:45 GMT

Zelda for Nintendo Wii U Won't Necessarily Look Like Tech Demo

The Legend of Zelda for the Nintendo Wii U home console won't necessarily look like the technical demo showcased by the company during the E3 2011 conference, as the development process hasn't even started completely, so plenty of things can change until it's ready. Nintendo presented the Wii U last...

5 July 2011
02:40 GMT

Bethesda Games Coming to Wii U or PlayStation Vita Only If They're Powerful

Bethesda may bring some of its games to platforms like the Nintendo Wii U or PlayStation Vita, but only if the new devices are powerful enough and don't require massive re-development in order to run its titles properly. The Nintendo Wii U and PlayStation Vita devices were showcased during E3 2011, and we...

4 July 2011
17:21 GMT

Nintendo Wii U Won't Have the Same 3DS Launch Problems

The upcoming Nintendo Wii U home console won't be plagued by the same problems encountered by this year's 3DS handheld, as the Japanese company is certain that the device will be supported in a thorough manner. The Nintendo Wii U impressed all of the E3 2011 attendants, from the regular visitors to devel...

1 July 2011
15:51 GMT

Nintendo Download Update: Kirby, Final Fantasy and More

Nintendo is still releasing plenty of special content for its various platforms week after week, and has just revealed that owners of its devices will be getting quite a few high-quality remakes this week, including Final Fantasy III or Kirby's Dream Land. First up, Nintendo Wii owners will be able to downloa...

1 July 2011
03:10 GMT

Electronic Arts Supports Nintendo Wii U with Day-One Releases

Electronic Arts is quite confident in the upcoming Nintendo Wii U home console and has revealed that it's going to support it with day-one releases when it's going to be launched next year.Nintendo's upcoming Wii U is set to finally put the Japanese company on par with its rivals in terms of power, so ...

30 June 2011
14:21 GMT

Online Connectivity Very Important to Nintendo Wii U

Shigeru Miyamoto, Nintendo's famous games designer and father of franchises like Mario or Zelda, has revealed that online connectivity and features are going to be extremely important for the Wii U home console. Nintendo presented its brand new console, the Wii U, three weeks ago at E3 2011, and, since then, ...

27 June 2011
12:31 GMT

Nintendo Wii U Will Get HD Legend of Zelda Game

Nintendo's famous games designer, Shigeru Miyamoto, confirmed that a high definition Legend of Zelda title will be released for the new Wii U console at one point in time.Nintendo has a huge amount of quality franchises, from Mario to Star Fox or Pikmin, but The Legend of Zelda series has been a hallmark of exce...

23 June 2011
17:21 GMT

Ubisoft: Nintendo Wii U Superior to Other Consoles For Some Games

The recently revealed Nintendo Wii U home console is pretty much on equal footing with its rivals, and in some cases, it's even superior, at least according to Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot.The Nintendo Wii U was revealed two weeks ago at E3 2011, and impressed a lot of people with its improved hardware and high de...

23 June 2011
15:51 GMT

Nintendo Wii U Controller Designed to Work In the Same Room as Console

The unique controller of the recently unveiled Nintendo Wii U console is designed to work in the same room as the actual device, according to the company's famous games creator Shigeru Miyamoto.The Nintendo Wii U's announcement two weeks ago at E3 2011 impressed a lot of people, largely because the new, hig...

23 June 2011
12:31 GMT

Take-Two Interested in Nintendo Wii U, Won't Port Games to It

The recently announced Nintendo Wii U has lots of game publishers excited, and Take-Two Interactive, the owner of the 2K Games label and long time partner with Grand Theft Auto creator Rockstar, is no exception, as the company revealed that it is quite interested in the new device.The Nintendo Wii U, the success...

21 June 2011
02:35 GMT

Nintendo Wii U Attracts Both Casual and Hardcore Gamers, Nintendo Says

Nintendo president Satoru Iwata is confident that the upcoming Wii U home console will be able to offer a single experience catered both to casual users as well as experienced gamers, thanks to its unique controller as well as through the capability of displaying HD graphics.Nintendo surprised quite a lot of people w...

20 June 2011
17:21 GMT

Activision: Nintendo Wii U Targets Core Gamers, Call Of Duty Might Appear on It

The new Nintendo Wii U console definitely appeals to hardcore gamers, at least according to the boss of Activision's publishing division, Eric Hirshberg, who revealed that future Call of Duty titles will no doubt appear on the upcoming console.The Nintendo Wii U, which was revealed during last week's E3 201...

16 June 2011
04:40 GMT

Nintendo Wii U Arrives in Spring or Summer of 2012

The Nintendo Wii U is set to appear in the spring or summer of next year, with Sega confirming that the new console might be released early in 2012.Nintendo presented the successor to its Wii console at last week's E3 2011 conference, but declined to offer many details about it, sticking to just presenting the u...

15 June 2011
17:21 GMT

Nintendo Wii U Power Can't Be Gauged Just Yet, Ubisoft Says

The power of the Nintendo Wii U in terms of hardware can't be measured just yet, at least according to Ubisoft, as the developer kits sent to third party companies aren't final and programmers still need to figure them out.The Nintendo Wii U surprised a lot of people when it was revealed on stage of the E3 ...

15 June 2011
15:51 GMT

NPD Hardware: Xbox 360 Again Leads the Pack During Dismal Month

The NPD Group has released its monthly sales figures for the United States market for May, showing that the retail performance of the video game industry has slumped during the month, reaching just 743.1 million dollars, the lowest total seen since 2006 according to the tracking firm.The 14 percent decline over the s...

14 June 2011
18:41 GMT

Nintendo Wii U 50% More Powerful than PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360

The recently revealed Nintendo Wii U is set to be about 50% more powerful than the PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360 consoles, at least according to an analyst citing developers that have already worked on the platform.Nintendo presented the new Wii U device on the stage of the E3 2011 conference, but, except saying that it ...

14 June 2011
04:50 GMT

Nintendo Wii U Supports Friends List, Achievements, Online Match Scheduling

The Nintendo Wii U's online features are set to include a variety of things completely new to Nintendo platforms, including Xbox 360-like achievements, friends lists, and even online match scheduling.Nintendo surprised a lot of people with the announcement of the Wii U, its brand new home console and the success...

14 June 2011
03:25 GMT

Nintendo Wii U Won't Upscale Wii Games, Isn't Compatible with GameCube Titles

The recently unveiled Nintendo Wii U, even if it is backwards compatible with the current Wii, won't offer any extra features when playing them, like texture filtering or upscaling their image to an HD resolution like 720p, and it won't be able to play older GameCube titles.The Nintendo Wii is the most popu...

13 June 2011
04:10 GMT

Nintendo Wii U Announcement Causes Nintendo Stock to Plummet

The announcement of the Nintendo Wii U caused quite a lot of excitement among E3 2011 attendants, as well as many fans of the Japanese company, but it seems that the presentation made the Nintendo stock take a nose dive, reaching the lowest point in five years.Nintendo presented the Wii U to the world earlier this we...

10 June 2011
09:01 GMT

E3 2011: Nintendo Wii U To Receive Darksiders II, Batman: Arkham City, Aliens, Ninja Gaiden and More

The recently revealed Nintendo Wii U is going to receive extensive support from third-party publishers like THQ, Warner Bros. Electronic Arts or Sega, as all of the companies confirmed that some of their upcoming games will also be released for the Wii U, not just the PC, PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360 platforms.Nintendo ...

8 June 2011
05:35 GMT

E3 2011: Nintendo Wii Gets Zelda: Skyward Sword, Kirby Wii, Mario Party 9 and Wii Play: Motion

Nintendo's E3 2011 press conference brought forth a massive amount of information about all of its platforms, from the DS or 3DS to the current Wii or upcoming Wii U, as well as in regards to the many games that will be released for all of the platforms. We've already presented the Nintendo Wii U togethe...

8 June 2011
04:55 GMT

E3 2011: Nintendo Wii U - All You Need to Know, Video and Photos Included

Nintendo presented at its E3 2011 press conference the brand new Wii U home console, alongside its innovative controller, which includes, besides buttons, a 6.2-inch touchscreen. Nintendo new home console was heavily rumored before the start of E3, with speculation ranging from what name the device will have to ho...

8 June 2011
03:00 GMT

Nintendo Wii Successor Could Simply Be Called 'Nintendo'

Nintendo is getting ready to debut the successor to its massively popular Wii home console tomorrow at the E3 2011 conference, and the newest rumor hints that the device could simply be called Nintendo. The Japanese company formally admitted, after months of rumors and speculation, that it will present the success...

6 June 2011
08:40 GMT

E3 2011 Preview: Nintendo

The E3 2011 conference is set to begin next week, and almost all the big gaming companies are set to make their biggest announcements in an effort to unofficially "win" E3 by having the most talked about products. Nintendo has, without a doubt, the biggest chances to conquer the audience this year, as the company ...

1 June 2011
10:05 GMT

CoD: Modern Warfare 3 Has Improved Engine, Might Appear on Wii and DS

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, after receiving its first full gameplay video, is now getting new details, largely through some leaks and statements from the community manager of its developer. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has now been officially revealed, after seeing some major leaks, through a short but sweet g...

24 May 2011
04:15 GMT

Nintendo Wii Successor Is a Fantastic Platform, Ubisoft Says

While Nintendo is set to present the successor to its Wii home console next month at E3, Ubisoft has already played with it and revealed, through its CEO, that it's a "fantastic platform." Nintendo confirmed last month that it's going to present its new home console, the successor to the Wii, at next mon...

13 May 2011
05:00 GMT

Nintendo Talks About $150 Wii After Price Cut

One of yesterday's biggest stories was the official price cut made by Nintendo to its hugely successful Wii home console, drop which arrived at the perfect time, at least according to Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime. Speaking with MSNBC, Fils-Aime revealed that the price cut is a very important...

5 May 2011
18:01 GMT

Nintendo Wii 2 Has 8GB of Flash-Based Storage, 25GB Game Discs

A brand new report about the Nintendo Wii successor has just surfaced, this time detailing the onboard storage of the new console as well as the capacity of the discs it will use for games or the resolution it will play them on. The successor to the Nintendo Wii has been rumored for quite some time now, but, after...

4 May 2011
18:01 GMT

Nintendo Wii Now Costs $149.99, Nintendo Selects Line of Budget Games Available

Nintendo has just confirmed that it will be releasing a brand new console bundle on May 15, which costs just $149.99, and includes not only a Wii console, a remote and a nunchuck controller, but also a copy of Mario Kart and a steering wheel accessory. Nintendo has been rumored to implement a price cut for its Wii...

4 May 2011
06:01 GMT

Nintendo Admits Wii Online Features Weren't Great, Won't Make Same Mistake

Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata has admitted to investors that the online services and connectivity of the Wii home console weren't exactly the best, attributing this fact to Nintendo wanting to work on such features by itself, without any outside help. The Nintendo Wii was a phenomenal success, drawing many gamer...

3 May 2011
15:51 GMT

Nintendo Won't Release Controllers Without Buttons

Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata has revealed recently that his company doesn't intend to release any sort of new controller with the already-confirmed Wii successor that doesn't have any traditional buttons. Nintendo, after a huge amount of rumors and speculations, confirmed last week that it would be reveali...

2 May 2011
17:21 GMT

A Gamer's Week: May 1

It's been a pretty hectic week for gamers, especially PlayStation 3 or PlayStation Portable owners, who still couldn't access the PlayStation Network, but did manage to finally find out some details from Sony itself about the problem.First up, however, you can enjoy our ongoing Gamer Diary series focusing o...

1 May 2011
05:11 GMT

Nintendo Wii Successor Will Be Playable by Everyone at E3, Brings New Things

The recently confirmed Nintendo Wii successor will be playable by everyone at this summer's E3 conference in Los Angeles and, according to the president of the Japanese company, will offer lots of new things over its competitors and even the old Wii. Nintendo decided to officially confirm that it is working o...

26 April 2011
16:51 GMT

Nintendo Confirms Wii Successor, Will Reveal It at E3

After a huge amount of speculation and rumors that appeared in the last couple of weeks, Nintendo has confirmed in an official statement that it will be announcing a successor for its Wii home console at this year's E3 conference. Nintendo has been rumored to be preparing a Wii 2 or Wii HD console that will t...

26 April 2011
04:20 GMT

Mario & Sonic London Olympics Game Confirmed for Wii and 3DS

After a bit of speculation and some rumors, Sega and Nintendo have officially announced a brand new Mario & Sonic game, this time seeing the two iconic mascots going to London for the Olympics, in Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Hot off the heels of another Sonic announcement at the beginning of th...

22 April 2011
15:51 GMT

Nintendo Wii 2 Could Be Called Stream, Costs Between $350 and $400

The successor of the Nintendo Wii could be called Stream, at least according to a new batch of rumors about the next console, which also say that its cost could range between $350 or $400. Nintendo's next home console has been intensely rumored these past couple of weeks, with all sorts of "inside sources," a...

22 April 2011
04:40 GMT

ESRB Introduces Rating Program to Evaluate Xbox Live, PSN and Wii Downloadable Titles

The Entertainment Software Rating Board, a non-profit independent organization which awards ratings to more than 1,000 video games to help customers with their decisions, has announced that it is implementing a new program which will have the task of rating digitally-distributed console-based video games. The prog...

19 April 2011
17:31 GMT

Nintendo Missed the Perfect Launch of the Wii 2, Analyst Says

Nintendo has missed the perfect release time for its Wii successor, as the Japanese company needed to get the new console out onto the market before the launch of the Kinect or PlayStation Move peripherals for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, respectively, at least according to Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pacht...

19 April 2011
14:51 GMT

Nintendo Wii Price Cut In Effect, Black Bundle Costs $169

Nintendo has seemingly operated the often rumored price cut for its Wii console, with large North American retailers like GameStop, Best Buy or Amazon selling a black Nintendo Wii bundle for just $169, down from the regular $200 price tag.Nintendo's Wii home console has been slipping in terms of sales for quite ...

18 April 2011
04:40 GMT

Weekend Reading: What Features the Nintendo Wii 2 Needs

Many people laughed when Nintendo officially launched the Wii home console, largely because they just looked at it from a hardware point of view. The Wii was basically just a glorified version of the older GameCube, with support for motion controls, through the Wii Remote, but without any of the graphical power or...

16 April 2011
13:01 GMT

NPD Hardware: Nintendo 3DS Tops Chart, Xbox 360 Grows Again

The NPD Group has released its sales numbers for the month of March in the United States, showing that when it comes to hardware the newly released Nintendo 3DS handheld has managed to do very well, with close to 400,000 of them getting in the hands of gamers. The performance is even more impressive when taking in...

15 April 2011
06:06 GMT

Nintendo Wii Could Cost $150 from May 15

The Nintendo Wii could get its second price cut this year, dropping its tag to $150, severely undercutting its rivals like the PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360. The Nintendo Wii was a sales phenomenon for many years, but now, due to aggressive marketing and pricing from its rivals, has seen its advantage slip, being beat...

14 April 2011
04:25 GMT

Nintendo Details Spring and Summer Release Schedules

Nintendo has just detailed all of the games that will be released for its platforms, including the Wii, DS and 3DS ones. Nintendo is keen on keeping its platforms relevant, so it often tries to highlight some of the major releases that will be out for them in the following months. The Wii, despite hitting a sal...

14 April 2011
02:40 GMT

Xbox 360 Defeats PS3 in US, PS3 Beats Xbox 360 in Europe, Both Defeated by Wii

Large games and hardware retailer GameStop has published two very interesting statistics about the console installed, based both in its native USA and in Europe, citing data from the NPD Group and from IDG, another analysis and statistics company. In the US, according to data collected at the end of 2010, there a...

1 April 2011
17:21 GMT

PlayStation 3 Will Sell Better Worldwide than the Xbox 360

A new report from Strategy Analytics Digital Consumer Practice says that although the Xbox 360 home console from Microsoft has been doing well in the United States in the last months, with increased sales and an increasing lead over the PlayStation 3 from Sony, the platform has actually been behind Sony's device...

1 April 2011
04:59 GMT

The Conduit 2 Beats GoldenEye or Black Ops, Even Other HD Games

The Conduit 2, the next installment in High Voltage's Wii-exclusive first-person shooter, will trump other Wii games like GoldenEye 007 or Call of Duty: Black Ops, and even many high-definition games for the PC, PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360. The original Conduit was pretty well received, but, seeing as how it wa...

31 March 2011
02:35 GMT

Nielsen: The Nintendo Wii Still Dominates the Living Room

Research company Nielsen has announced that the Nintendo-made Wii console is the one that a typical American family is most likely to have in the living room, connected to the main television set, used for both entertainment and for gaming. The new report from Nielsen says that 59 percent of all Wii consoles are i...

24 March 2011
04:21 GMT

Nintendo Download Update Brings Wrestling and Arcade Games

Nintendo has once again updated its WiiWare and DSiWare online services with a wide array of different games, including wrestling, arcade or tank ones. Retro game fans will be thrilled to hear that Natsume Championship Wrestling is now available on the Virtual Console section of the WiiWare. The game brings 12 out...

23 March 2011
03:35 GMT

Nintendo Hints at Wii Price Cut Once More

Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime has dropped some more hints about a price cut for the company's Wii home console in order to extend its lifecycle. The Nintendo Wii, while achieving huge sales since its release, is seeing its market share drop these days, while the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 are...

22 March 2011
04:05 GMT


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