There's even more to collect!

Hurray for another week of Brawl hype! It was a pretty good week too, that was finished off with an announcement of something else we'll be able to collect while we play!

New Movie: Pit's DescentPit saw what happened to Peach and Zelda from the heavens and Palutena has tasked him with helping... Read more...

Are North American and European releases imminent?

The Australian media ratings board, the OFLC, has listed Sin and Punishment on its site, giving it an M (Moderate) rating. In other words, the game is going to be released on the Aussie Virtual Console very soon.

The Treasure shooter is another in a line of Japan-only games that have recently... Read more...

Nintendo's head honcho sits down with Newsweek's N'Gai Coral to talk business.

N'Gai Coral, the head of Newsweek's "Level Up" videogame blog, just posted an interview he did with Nintendo president Satoru Iwata way back in July at E3. The two talk about all things Nintendo, including the company's strong focus on the casual gamer, the DS' dominance, and Nintendo's perception in the marketplace (below).

ONM in the UK looks like it will have the scoop in its next issue. "And oh—it's online."

Scans from the current issue of the Official Nintendo Magazine in the UK have strongly hinted at the possibility of the publication revealing details on a new Red Steel game.

In the magazine's preview for next month's issue, Japanese characters and a red dot paint a white background, accompanied... Read more...

Friday had significant Virtual Console news, but the best is yet to come.

The OFLC, Australia and New Zealand's version of the ESRB, has rated numerous Virtual Console games that have not yet been released. Added to that list on Thursday were two extremely interesting titles, particularly in light of Sin & Punishment coming soon to the Japanese Virtual Console. Though that title has not yet shown up on the list, two others have: Mario's Super Picross and Super Mario Bros. 2 (JPN).

Capcom sets another milestone for its survival-horror masterpiece.

At the same time Capcom announced it would be publishing Wii Love Golf for Camelot, the granddaddy publisher also revealed that it has shipped out 750,000 copies of Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition to retailers worldwide. This is an impressive figure, considering that it's only been available for about three months.

The ESRB rates a few more games ahead of their official announcements.

Continuing today's Virtual Console information flow, the Entertainment Software Ratings Board updated their ratings list. The update included a couple new Virtual Console games. The first is Vegas Stakes, a casino simulator that Europe and Australia received today. It received an E with a notice... Read more...

The blog is still releasing new details every weekday!

There weren't any huge announcements this week, but there weren't any major duds either. The week ended with an extremely cool new stage!

New Item: Superspicy CurryA brand new normal item was announced on Monday. The Superspicy Curry, coming right out of the Kirby universe, engulfs players... Read more...

Virtual Console news just keeps coming in.

It's been a Virtual Console morning with news trickling in about various releases from around the world. We now have the full picture for The Land of the Rising Sun as Nintendo has updated their Japanese site with a list of September releases. Battle City, Mach Rider, Golden Axe III, Legend of Hero Tonma, and Override all debut next Tuesday, September 4th. The full list of nineteen games is found below.

PAL gamers can download Bonk 3 and Vegas Stakes.

Gamers in Europe and Australia get a paltry two games this week. The first is HAL-developed Vegas Stakes for SNES. The game includes several Vegas-style games, including Roulette, Blackjack, and seven card stud. Players can bet in an attempt to win virtual millions.

The second game is Bonk... Read more...

...in Japan!

For years, gamers in the States have been rallying for Treasure's N64 shooter, Sin & Punishment, to receive a release in North America. There seemed to be some hope back in February, when George Harrison said that previously Japan-only games might have a chance of crossing over on Virtual Console.

Soon we'll see Bonk 3, Neutopia II, and more.

As usual, Hudson has announced the TurboGrafx-16 lineup for the month in advance. First up in September is Bonk 3: Bonk's Big Adventure, which comes out in Europe and Australia today. It will see an American release on Monday. The final Bonk game on the Turbo platform introduced candies that make players grow to gigantic and miniscule sizes. The game is relatively rare and sells for fairly high prices on eBay, so a VC release is welcome.

Three games debut next month, at least in Japan.

After first announcing that Neo Geo was coming to Virtual Console back in February, SNK Playmore has now revealed the first three games to be released for the service. The standard price for Neo Geo games is set at 900 Wii points.

The first game, Garou Densetsu, better known as Fatal Fury in... Read more...

With the Prime trilogy complete, what's next for the Austin-based developer?

Though Retro Studios had some other projects in mind during the early days of the GameCube, ultimately, they were destined to only release Metroid titles. Now that the third iteration of the Prime subseries has been released, however, are they leaving Samus behind?

According to a video interview... Read more...

Online multiplayer, unique controls await fans of the classic franchise.

Battle Through Space in THQ’s Worms: A Space Oddity for the Wii™

Challenge Up to Four Friends Anywhere in the World with New, Intuitive Controls Designed Specifically for the Wii Remote™

AGOURA HILLS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--THQ Inc. (NASDAQ:THQI) today announced Worms: A Space Oddity,... Read more...

Famitsu reveals a new Camelot golf game…and guess who isn't publishing it!

Amongst the fray of reviews and video game tidbits, Famitsu Weekly revealed the first information about Wii Love Golf, another golf game from the folks who brought you Mario Golf and Mario Tennis in its various incarnations.

Considering Nintendo's success with Wii Sports and Camelot's prior PC... Read more...

You'll have to wait to hear our thoughts. Here's why.

You may have seen reviews for Metroid Prime 3: Corruption going up at some of the major websites yesterday and today. Unfortunately, Nintendo has decided that we and many other major websites are not worthy of joining the chorus of early praise for this game. You see, final review copies of the... Read more...

Actually playing the game won't be the first thing you do when you put the disc in your Wii.

There are probably plenty of people out there putting Metroid Prime 3: Corruption into their Wii for the first time and noticing a strange message. The first time you go to the disc channel a message will come up asking you to install a system update directly from the disc before playing. Thankfully this update happens very quickly so it won't delay the experience too much.

New gameplay trailer of the next Naruto game for Wii.

Naruto's US publisher showed of Naruto: Clash of Ninja Revolution over the weekend at the Penny Arcade Expo, and in conjunction released this gameplay video. For impressions of how this game plays, check out our E3 coverage.

The high-profile handheld RPG needs some more work done before it is unleashed to Japan.

Square Enix has announced that its highly anticipated Nintendo DS game, Dragon Quest IX, has been delayed in Japan until some time in 2008. Originally scheduled for a late 2007 release in the country, Square Enix explained that it needs more time to improve the game's quality. With this release date push back, it's extremely likely that North America will not see DQIX until next holiday season.