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Nintendo Download Update Brings Robox, Street Slam and Gene Labs

Nintendo has just updated the WiiWare and DSiWare online services, as well as the Virtual Console with fresh new games including Robox, Gene Labs and the arcade classic Street Slam, which appeared originally on the NeoGeo in 1994.First off, Nintendo Wii owners will be able to buy two new games from the WiiWare servic...

2 November 2010
15:21 GMT

Phoenix Wright Comes to North American Wiis and Sonic & Knuckles to the Virtual Console

Nintendo has released its download list for North America, and, once again, the company drew a pretty picture for us, with nine games in total added this week. The WiiWare titles account for three of the new ones, and the first stars the famous attorney Phoenix Wright. Published by Capcom, Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney...

16 February 2010
04:56 GMT

Nintendo Displays an Impressive WiiWare and Virtual Console Download List This Week

Nintendo's download list might have been rather modest in the last few weeks, with very few new titles released, but this week all that changed, as we'll get four new titles for the Wii, five for the DS and even another Virtual Console addition. The first game added to the WiiWare is Blaster Master Overdriv...

10 February 2010
06:21 GMT

Nintendo's Weekly Download List Adds More Games to Our Library

Nintendo has prepared a new list of downloads for us, and, this time around, it is the Wii that has gotten the least attention from the company. Only one title resides in the WiiWare category this week, so it should be pretty easy for Nintendo's Eco Shooter to stand out. The game is a guided first-person shooter...

1 February 2010
04:39 GMT

Nintendo's Download List Brings Phoenix Wright to the Wii

While this week's download list from Nintendo falls short once again when it comes to numbers, there's at least one name in the pile that shines when it comes to quality. The WiiWare gets a big release this week, and it's in the form of Phoenix Wright's arrival on the Wii. Published by Capcom and ...

12 January 2010
08:21 GMT

The First Nintendo Download List of 2010

While Nintendo ended 2009 with quite a big bang and a download list to match, is seems it's still a little groggy from the New Year party, and can't quite get back into the same tempo just yet. As such, it looks like this week's download list is a few titles shy of a full lineup. First one up is the Wi...

5 January 2010
07:02 GMT

Nintendo's Christmas Download List

Christmas is knocking on our doors and, as Santa tries to make his way down the chimney and hand out gifts, Nintendo offers third-party support with this week's download list. There will be four new WiiWare items available for all that want to make a gift this week, so pay close attention to the list and make th...

22 December 2009
08:21 GMT

Nintendo's Download List Gets Another Update

Nintendo has a brand-new list of downloadable items to support its platforms, and the first one available for the Wii is Stunt Cars. Published by Icon Games Entertainment, the 800-Wii Point game is a rather simple racer that takes place on un-railed, elevated tracks and features a limited power-up turbo mechanic. The...

15 December 2009
05:25 GMT

This Week's Nintendo Download Update

This week's download update from Nintendo adds more games to your collection, and the first one on the list is My Dolphin for the Wii. Published by T&S Ltd., the 500-Wii Point title will let you enter the world of animal shows, as you step in the shoes of a dolphin trainer. With the use of the Wii Remote and the...

8 December 2009
06:47 GMT

Nintendo's Download List Grows Again

Last week, Nintendo made a bold, new mode and introduced demo versions for Wii games, but, this week, it's back to its old shenanigans. Four new games have been added this week for download in the WiiWare section, and the first one is BIT.TRIP VOID. The retro rhythm title continues the trend of the previous inst...

25 November 2009
03:30 GMT

Nintendo's Weekly Downloads Include Five Demos for the Wii

Nintendo just recently announced that it planned to release game demos for the Wii and it has already made it happen. This week's list of downloads from Nintendo also includes fives demos for the Wii console. The first one on the list is also accompanied by its full game and it's the Pokemon Rumble. The tit...

17 November 2009
06:24 GMT

Nintendo Adds More Games to Its Download List

Nintendo has a lot of new additions to this week's download list, so we're going to jump right to them and start off with the WiiWare. First off, we have Excitebike: World Rally, another installment in the Excitebike franchise, which will allow players to soar across a bumpy dirt-road on their mountain bike...

10 November 2009
05:25 GMT

Nintendo Gives 8 New Games for Download

Nintendo sheds its more typical shyness for this week's line of games and gives a stunning eight new titles for download. So, get your consoles ready and let's get this started. First off, we have the WiiWare that receives three games, Carnival King, "Aha! I Got It!" Escape Game and Family Card Games. The f...

3 November 2009
05:04 GMT

Nintendo's Halloween Downloads Match the General Holiday Themes

Nintendo's downloads list for the Halloween week has arrived and it seems worthy enough to be a holiday release. If anything, it has definitely hit the classic themes: zombies, pirates, ghosts, barbarians and sudoku. OK, maybe the last one isn't really a classic and is not at all scary, but we can call it a...

27 October 2009
08:02 GMT

Super Star Wars Coming to the Virtual Console

Nintendo and LucasArts have announced they have entered into a partnership designed to bring Super Star Wars, Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back and Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi to the Virtual Console service of the Nintendo Wii. The videogames were initially released on the Super Nintendo and arrived wa...

12 August 2009
16:11 GMT

DSi Release Boosted Nintendo DS Sales

The Nintendo DSi, released in the month of April, is set to increase the sales of the Nintendo made handheld by more than 175% year over year, which is quite the performance, says industry analyst Mike Hickey, who is working for Janco Partners.One of the reasons is the increased price of the Nintendo DSi, which makes...

14 May 2009
03:34 GMT

Nintendo Wii Gamers Can Download Bonsai Barber and Super Punch Out

Nintendo is announcing that those who own a Nintendo Wii home gaming console can get their hands on two titles via digital download, one on theWiiWare and the other on the Virtual Console.The Japanese company is also announcing that beginning with April 6, the releases for the Nintendo Wii will be supplemented by the...

2 April 2009
03:02 GMT

Puzzle Games and Retro Offerings Coming to WiiWare

We may be a bit late in talking about the Wii Shop Channel releases for this week, but with the Game Developers Conference providing quite a bit of news, it's understandable. Still, Nintendo does not rest and offers three new titles, two old hits and a new puzzle game. On the WiiWare, you can get Pop'Em Dr...

27 March 2009
04:22 GMT

The Wii Gets Better Storage, More VC Games

The most awaited talks at the Game Developers Conference came, no surprise, from Nintendo representatives. While Masato Kuwahara, the project leader for hardware development on the Nintendo DSi, talked about what his company was aiming to do with the new version of the handheld, Satoru Iwata, the president and the Ch...

26 March 2009
05:15 GMT

GBA Games Could Be Coming to the Nintendo DSi

Apparently, with the release of the Nintendo DSi impeding in both North America and Europe, Nintendo is also thinking of creating a complete online store for games, which could then be downloaded onto its Wi-Fi-capable handheld.Website Kombo reported that, at a special Nintendo Club event, those attending talked abou...

25 March 2009
07:53 GMT

Nintendo Wii Players Get BIT.TRIP BEAT and Summer Games II

On the WiiShop Channel, Nintendo is announcing the release of two new games, which are available to all those playing on a Nintendo Wii and ready to spend a few Wii Points. The most interesting release of the week is the WiiWare title, which is built around the idea of the 8 bit game and shows how they can be adapted...

18 March 2009
03:51 GMT

Alex Kidd and Gradius ReBirth Coming to WiiWare

Nintendo is fond of the idea of new weekly releases for its WiiWare service, which is the Nintendo answer to Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Network. This week, all those gaming on the Wii are getting two fresh videogames, one for shooter lovers, the other aimed at platformer players.On WiiWare, Nintendo is offe...

11 March 2009
03:36 GMT

The Classic Controller Pro Coming in Summer 2009 for the Nintendo Wii

Nintendo seems to be continuing its practice of releasing game controllers suited for limited series of games. It has now unveiled on its Japanese website a new Classic Controller set to arrive sometime during this summer. It is dubbed the Pro and features a new design bearing some resemblance to the way the classic ...

2 March 2009
03:43 GMT

Castlevania III Released and Available for Download on WiiWare

With little in the way of blockbuster titles announced for the first quarter of the year for the Wii, the videogames Nintendo puts up on its digital download WiiWare service are all the more important in keeping the player base satisfied. This week brings three new games aimed at a wide variety of players.The most ex...

13 January 2009
03:31 GMT

Magnetica Twist, Fatal Fury 2 and Crystal Chronicles Update Available from Nintendo

Nintendo is really putting its money where its mouth is. After promising regular updates for the WiiWare service, which aims to bring small, interesting games to Nintendo Wii users through a download service, Nintendo is announcing new additions to the service in the form of one new game and one new update for the No...

1 July 2008
03:17 GMT

Nintendo Promises Solution to Limited Storage Space

Nintendo is really working on a solution to the storage issues that Nintendo Wii users are reporting, but apparently it is not preparing to deliver an external hard drive for the Wii. The same Laurent Fischer of Nintendo Europe that ignited a small controversy by calling all those wishing for more storage space "geek...

19 June 2008
17:51 GMT

New Splatterhouse on the Way

Namco Bandai has announced that its old and clunky horror action title Splatterhouse is due for a remake. Apparently, after the old TurboGrafx-16 version of the game came out on Nintendo's Virtual Console, a lot of gamers have been asking the company to take and make it play worthy again on next generation conso...

30 May 2008
03:18 GMT

WiiWare Hits Japan with Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles Leading the Charge

Japan is being the first country to benefit from the launch of Nintendo's WiiWare service. As of today, all Japanese Wii users will be able to buy and download games designed specifically for the Nintendo Wii gaming consoles using the new application.WiiWare is part of the WiiShop Nintendo initiative, created to...

26 March 2008
04:16 GMT

Wii-Kly Update - First 3 Classics for 2008

Surely these three additions to the Wii Shop Channel wouldn't have made a difference at the time they went live, but now that New Year's Eve is gone your life is back to normal, you can check with the Wii Shop Channel to see what's there for you. But why don't you read on and see what to expect fr...

2 January 2008
08:03 GMT

Time to Look Under the Wii Shop Tree!

Now that you've opened all the presents underneath your Christmas tree, it's time to see one more place for treats. The Wii Shop Channel of course. In the regular Nintendo wii-kly fashion, the company behind the Wii has rolled out three more classics for you to grab, at prices ranging from 500 to 800 Wii Po...

26 December 2007
05:43 GMT

Wii-Kly Update: First Pokmon on VC. Use 'Gifting' to Surprise Your Friends

This is a good week to own a Wii as the first Pokmon game for the Virtual Console, Pokmon Snap, is making its debut. The game is an N64 original, that now allows players to post pictures they take in the game to their Wii Message Board and send them to friends with whom they've traded Friends Codes. And this is j...

10 December 2007
10:28 GMT

Wii Celebrates Its First Anniversary with 3 New Classics

With the arrival of these latest additions to the Wii Shop Channel, Nintendo's Wii is celebrating its first anniversary. Nothing is different though - just like every week, Nintendo rolls out one NES game, a SEGA Genesis original and a TurboGrafx16 classic, this time a CD-ROM version. Take a look below for more ...

20 November 2007
03:03 GMT

Hallowii Virtual Console Update

This week's Wii Shop Channel update has a bunch of eerie games listed, as the service is also celebrating Halloween. Titles this week are the NES original Castlevania II Simon's Quest, Samurai-Ghost released on the TurboGrafx16 and a real arcade classic, Magician Lord from (NEO-GEO). The three games' d...

30 October 2007
04:00 GMT

Wii-kly Update - First CD-ROM Title Hits Virtual Console

Just last month, news of Turbo CD and Super CD titles heading Wii's way popped up on the Internet. Hudson Soft has confirmed that, starting October, the games would be available for download via Virtual Console, going for even less Wii Points than Nintendo 64 games - 800 Pts. for each title. The time has come fo...

16 October 2007
02:53 GMT

Virtual Console - Japan-Only Titles Come to North America

Nintendo fans and Wii owners are simply going to jump for joy at the sound of this piece of news. The Virtual Console Wii-kly update has just revealed that Nintendo is starting to launch Import titles on its service, for Wii owners to download and play for the necessary Wii Points. The introduction of this new genre ...

2 October 2007
03:02 GMT

VC Update - N64 Original Sin And Punishment Ends the Hanabi Festival

Last week's Virtual Console update saw Ninja Gaiden and Ninja JaJaMaru-Kun, available for download at just 600 Wii Points each, along with the Turbografx sports title World Class Baseball, as part of Nintendo's Hanabi Festival, which is now approaching an end. As such, Nintendo has announced the last title...

28 September 2007
06:09 GMT

Virtual Console Ninja Week!

During Nintendo's three-week long Hanabi Festival, Europe's Virtual Console fans are introduced to games not originally released outside America and Japan. Last week was Mario-week and this week here is ninja week, with games such as Ninja Gaiden and Ninja JaJaMaru-Kun, available now for download at just 60...

24 September 2007
04:03 GMT

Turbo CD Games Come to Wii's Virtual Console

Official reports posted everywhere say that Turbo CD and Super CD titles are to be distributed on the Wii, starting October. The games will be available for download through the Wii's Virtual Console, as you can imagine, going for even less Wii Points than Nintendo 64 games currently available through the servic...

18 September 2007
07:47 GMT

Virtual Console Update - Let the N64 Egg-Tossing Begin!

Nintendo's weekly Virtual Console update generally brings original classics from old systems such as the NES, SNES, SEGA Genesis and the TurboGrafx16, but sometimes, Wii owners are treated to la crme de la crme from Nintendo's portfolio - Nintendo 64 titles! Although they set gamers back some 1000 Wii Points,...

18 September 2007
04:01 GMT

VC Update (Europe) - Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels for Just 600 Pts

To get straight to the point, this week's Virtual Console update brings Wii gamers one title originally released for the Famicom Disk System, one SNES puzzler and one action-adventure title first released o the Turbografx. Read on to see what each and every one of them is all about in order to make up your mind ...

14 September 2007
07:02 GMT

NES Play Action Football up on Wii Shop Channel - Just 500 Pts.!

Isn't it true that no matter how great graphics and character movement on screen get, classics are unbeatable? Well, ask someone in their mid 20s and you'll get the real answer. In case that's you, what do you think of this week's Virtual Console update? Nintendo says the following three games are...

11 September 2007
06:03 GMT

Not 3 but 4 New Classics Climb Up the Wii Shop Channel

Couldn't wait for those three new classics to arrive on the Wii Shop Channel, right? Well, as it turns out, this week sees four classics hitting the service and they're good ones too: "Adventure Island," "Donkey Kong Jr. Math," "Landstalker: The Treasures of King Nole" and "Bonk 3: Bonk's Big Adventure...

4 September 2007
05:30 GMT

Virtual Console Embarks Wii Gamers on a Trip to Vegas

Just as I finished writing about the treat Xbox 360 gamers are in for next week (meaning that they're getting Fatal Fury Special on Xbox Live Arcade), I came across this week's Virtual Console update, which concerns Nintendo's Wii users and loggers onto the Virtual Console. According to the official po...

31 August 2007
10:41 GMT

Virtual Console Update (US) - Super C for Just 500 Wii Pts.

Nintendo has seemingly failed in rolling out an official report containing the names of this week's Virtual Console additions but luckily for us, thoughtful blokes over at Vc-Reviews.com have revealed them. Adding to the already existing 130 classic/arcade titles (or so) up on the service are SEGA Genesis origin...

28 August 2007
09:44 GMT

The Virtual Console Updated - Mario, Pool and an Evil Demon

With this week's Virtual Console update Wii gamers see Mario returning to the service with Wrecking Crew, a truly wacky adventure, or if you're a more chillout kind of gamer maybe you'd like to try out the NES original Lunar Pool and if these two don't do it for you, then the 1990 Turbografx class...

24 August 2007
11:07 GMT

Great Downloadable Games Coming from Nintendo Next Year

Wii owners had the chance to play many classic games, brought back to life by Nintendo thanks to its game download service. Many famous titles that rocked the NES, Genesis and TurboGrafX back in the days have made their way to the Virtual Console.Nintendo plans to offer the Wii gamers brand new titles, available for ...

20 August 2007
05:50 GMT

Virtual Console Update - 4 New Classics!

Generally, Nintendo rolls out three titles every week for its Wii users to download via the Virtual Console. This week, owners of motion-sensitive controllers are in for a treat, as the company has released not three, but four new classics available for download, for the necessary Wii Points of course. So, without fu...

3 August 2007
09:48 GMT

Virtual Console Monday - SEGA's Dynamite Headdy!

Not a very exciting Virtual Console week, I can tell you that right now, but at least one title (out of the three newly added) is worth looking in. Yes, the SEGA Genesis original, Dynamite Headdy. Although it is the most expensive of the lot (800 Wii Pts), it is by far the best from this week's update. So withou...

31 July 2007
02:56 GMT

Wii - Ghost Trap and Devil's Crush up on Virtual Console

If you don't have Wii Points you'd better collect around 800 somehow, because at least one of this week's Virtual Console downloadables is a must have classic title. Every week, Nintendo throws in classic arcade titles or older titles from older systems such as the NES, SNES, SEGA Genesis, Turbografx16...

27 July 2007
12:04 GMT

Wii - Best VC Week Ever: Metroid and 'Street Fighter II Turbo: Hyper Fighting'

Oh, how some of you Wii gamers out there have been waiting for this moment to arrive! Finally, the Wii's Virtual Console makes room for one of the most beloved NES originals of all time: the original Metroid. Funny, isn't it? You'd expect a 2, or a 3, or a Prime or anything nowadays, but not sir, this ...

20 July 2007
09:17 GMT


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