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Europe Ungrateful for Slower, More Authentic Version of Balloon Fight on Wii U

Beginning with Balloon Fight this week, Nintendo is releasing NES and SNES console classics over a new Virtual Console for the Wii U. Eurogamer noticed that the NES version of Balloon Fight in the EU runs slower—50 Hz compared to 60 Hz for the NTSC version of the game we get here in the U.S..…

Emergency maintenance from 3 to 8 p.m. EST on Monday will bring down the Nintendo eShop and shopping for the DS and Wii.

Here’s Your First Look Inside The Glorious Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia Collector’s Edition

For the last year or so, the Hyrule Historia seemed like a piece of the powerful and legendary TriForce. Fans of Nintendo’s mega-popular series knew the Japan-only book existed. But English-speaking Zelda acolytes had to go through out-of-the-way means—like maybe-not-legal scans and fan translations—to get at its knowledge. Not anymore. Technically, the English version of…

In Between Mario and Zelda, Nintendo Showed Off Their Weirdest Use of the Wii U GamePad Yet

Yesterday, Nintendo announced a lot of big bombshells. A Wind Waker remake, a bizarre Fire Emblem–Shin Megami Tensei crossover, promises of new Mario and Mario Kart games at this year’s E3. It was a hell of a morning for Wii U owners. Lost among the shuffle was this bizarre-looking new Wii Party game, promised for…

Talking Caves and Funky Barns Help Train Your Brain in This Week’s Nintendo Download

It’s cold outside. So it’s a good thing that some of this week’s digital Nintendo offerings offer you shelter. But don’t count on safety. Those animals in Funky Barn will send your head spinning. For real. Sadly, there doesn’t appear to any actual George Clinton “Mothership Connection” P-Funk style grooves in the animal husbandry agriculture…

Here’s One Difference Between Pokémon Games in Japan and the West

In Japan, new Pocket Monster games means new logos. In the West, it does not. And that sucks! As pointed out by a KnowYourMeme user, here’s how the the logos for the Japanese versions and the Western versions of all the Pokémon games compare through the years. That’s right, the Japanese logos continue to evolve…

No, The DS Is Still Alive In Japan

Nintendo’s DS. With over 152 million units sold worldwide, the dual-screen portable console is without a doubt Nintendo’s biggest seller ever. But now, 8 years after its initial release, currently being outsold by its successor, the 3DS, it seems the DS is almost completely ready to quietly disappear into the night from the Japanese market.…

The Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem collaboration is a “new” RPG title “jointly” developed by Atlus and Nintendo.

See A Bunch Of The Classes In Fire Emblem: Awakening

Just a few hours before today’s news bonanza, Nintendo unleashed this trailer for Fire Emblem: Awakening, the upcoming fantasy strategy-RPG that will be out for 3DS on February 4. In it, you can see a whole bunch of the game’s classes, some of which are wayyyy overpowered (Myrmidon) but I won’t get into that right…

The Wii U’s Virtual Console Has Customizable Controllers And ‘Restore Points.’ Here’s A Look.

Wondering what the Wii U’s Virtual Console looks like? We downloaded Balloon Fight, the first Wii U VC game, and dove through the menus to find that the new interface allows for customizable controllers and “restore points”—or temporary save states (like the 3DS has). The Virtual Console, a system that lets you buy and play…

Are You Hitting on Me, LEGO City Undercover?

With the latest trailer for LEGO City Undercover my desire for an open world brick-based game for my Wii U reaches dangerous new heights. At the risk of sounding vain, I’m pretty sure TT Fusion has crafted this game for the sole purpose of seducing me. It’s working. Call me. LEGO City Undercover hits the…

New The Wonderful 101 Trailer Shows Off Giant Robots, Waterslides

Nestled in all the bombshells of this morning’s Nintendo Direct was a nice looking new trailer for Platinum Games’ strategy/action title The Wonderful 101—formerly Project P-100 This Pikmin meets Viewtiful Joe meets Kaiju game still looks fun, and the trailer highlights some of the GamePad integration, including sections of the game played exclusively on it…

Nintendo Is Remaking The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker For Wii U

You’ll be able to play The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker on your Wii U this fall. No, the Wii U isn’t suddenly getting backwards compatibility to support the GameCube. Nintendo’s remaking the game. Yep, Nintendo is remaking the cartoonish GameCube Zelda game and giving it the full Wii U treatment, complete with new graphics…

Surprise! Fire Emblem Meets Shin Megami Tensei In This New Nintendo Crossover

Holy crap! Fire Emblem and Shin Megami Tensei are crossing over in this new Wii U game, announced at the Nintendo Direct today. We don’t have any details on the surprising crossover: all we know is that it’s a collaboration between Atlus and Nintendo’s developer Intelligent Systems. You might recognize Atlus’s Shin Megami Tensei as…

The People Behind Kirby’s Epic Yarn Are Making A New Yoshi Game

Just look at that adorable twine Yoshi. This new Yoshi game, made by the folks who made Kirby’s Epic Yarn was announced for Wii U this morning. We really enjoyed Kirby’s Epic Yarn, a Wii game starring a knitted version of the obese pink furball that came out back in 2010. We don’t have many…

According to Nintendo, it won’t be until E3 that we get new Smash Bros. info.

New Wii U Mario And Mario Kart Games Will Be Revealed At E3

Nintendo today promised that new 3D Mario and Mario Kart games are coming to Wii U. That shouldn’t surprise you: Mario and Mario Kart are staples of any Nintendo hardware platform. But the new 3D Mario is coming from Nintendo’s A-Team, the developers responsible for classics like Galaxy and Super Mario 3D Land for 3DS,…

The Wii U’s Miiverse Comes To Smartphones This Spring

Smartphones will be able to access the Miiverse—the Wii U’s social network—sometime this spring, Nintendo announced this morning, with a dedicated app for smart devices to follow sometime later. In short, it sounds Miiverse will have a mobile-optimized website soon. Miiverse is the hub where Wii U players connect with others, sharing comments, thoughts, images…

The Wii U Is Getting Its Own Virtual Console This Spring

This spring, the Wii U will get its own version of the Virtual Console—you’ll be able to purchase and download Nintendo and Super Nintendo games to play on the Wii U and separately on your GamePad. We already knew that a Virtual Console was coming to Wii U, but Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata announced further…

Nintendo Says The Wii U’s Load Times Will Get Faster This Spring

In this morning’s Nintendo Direct broadcast, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata said that the company is aware of complaints of long load times. Iwata said that two system updates—one in spring and the other in summer—will improve load times and add new features to the system.