The Wii-exclusive ninja game is already out in Japan, but America and Europe will have to practice patience.

Tecmo, Acquire, and Nintendo have collaborated to bring the fourth game in the stealth-action series Tenchu to the Wii, but it will be Ubisoft who distributes the title in the American and European markets.

Already out in Japan, Tenchu 4 is slated for an early 2009 release elsewhere. The game... Read more...

The online DS RPG will borrow heavily from Phantasy Star Online, won't support voice chat, and launches in Japan on Christmas.

Two weeks ago, Sega announced that they were bringing the Phantasy Star Online franchise, which came to the Nintendo GameCube console last generation as Phantasy Star Online Ep. 1 & 2, to the Nintendo DS. Since then, new information has emerged about the upcoming online DS RPG.

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Data Design Interactive hails their successful lineup of value-priced games, sets sights on the future.

Videogames may be a multi-billion industry, but Data Design Interactive has managed to carve out a place for itself. In fact, the small UK developer/publisher announced last week that their Popcorn Arcade label games had captured a full 40% of the European market for value-priced Wii games.

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Brain Training, Big Brain Academy, Nintendogs, and Cooking Guide will each be packed in with DS Lite colours in another push to draw in new users in the UK over the holiday shopping season, with Europe-wide releases to follow.

In an effort to attract an even greater number of British consumers into the Nintendo DS fold, Nintendo has announced that it will bundle DS Lite units with top-selling "Touch! Generations" software for the first time ever in the UK just in time for the Christmas shopping season. Available at British... Read more...

Telltale Games' popular PC adventure series makes its Wii debut on October 7. Also, GameStop is offering a pre-order disc with bonus content.

Telltale Games announced last week that the first season of their popular dog and rabbit detective adventure series, Sam & Max, is coming to Wii on October 7. Containing six episodes, Sam & Max Season One combines point-and-click adventure games with the pacing of a TV show.

Sam & Max's point-and-click... Read more...

Konami's second Wii DDR game is in stores and ready to celebrate DDR's ten-year anniversary.

Konami announced the release of DanceDanceRevolution Hottest Party 2 for Wii last week. The sequel to last year's Hottest Party, the new game features the same inclusion of the Wii Remote and Nunchuk that the previous iteration had. It also introduces some new gameplay modes, such as the new Dance... Read more...

Mega Man 9 falls from the heavens, along with a couple Virtual Console classics and another unique WiiWare release.

This Week's Virtual Console and WiiWare provides us with an epic update containing two for the Virtual Console, and two for WiiWare, one of which is the eagerly anticipated Mega Man 9.

Mega Man 9, the latest entry in the mainline Mega Man series has been developed as a spiritual successor to... Read more...

The DS sequel to the Xbox 360 title is being brought out of Japan for a worldwide release.

Ignition Entertainment announced early last week that they would be publishing the AQ Interactive title Blue Dragon Plus for the DS in North America and Europe early next year. The title was directed by Hironobu Sakaguchi, famous for creating the Final Fantasy series, and features character designs... Read more...

According to GamesRadar, Proto Man will playable as a downloadable character on October 6 for 200 Wii Points.

On the heels of Mega Man 9's release date announcement comes information about the game's downloadable content. Slated for an October 6 release, the first bit of downloadable content will be a playable version of Mega Man's robo-brother, Proto Man. Proto Man will be able to slide and charge his shots,... Read more...

It's coming soon, very soon.

Through a recent posting on the Capcom Blog, the release date of Mega Man 9 has been revealed for North America. This coming Monday, September 22, the game is said to be hitting the WiiWare service. As usual this date is subject to change as the only official release information is provided by Nintendo's own Wii-kly Update.

Famitsu reveals Wii version of upcoming arcade fighting game from Capcom.

Capcom revealed through a recent Famitsu feature that they are developing a Wii version of their upcoming arcade fighting game, Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Cross Generation of Heroes. Tatsunoko vs. Capcom is the latest in Capcom’s “Vs” fighting game series. Previous installments had Capcom characters fighting with Marvel superheroes and SNK fighters.

Be prepared to shake your Wii Remote in a musical fashion on October 20.

Nintendo has announced the release date for Wii Music. Slated to hit stores on October 20, Wii Music will allow amateur musicians to play like pros with easy-to-use controls and over 60 instruments. Featuring a music selection ranging from classical to Nintendo, Wii Music allows played to put their own spin on the included songs. These songs can then be forward to fellow Wii Musicians via the Wii Message Board.

While Nintendo is hesitant to admit anything as the "content and announcements are still being finalized," they are reportedly set to announce "a number of new products."

According to the Nihon Securities Journal, Nintendo is scheduled to hold a press conference on October 2 in Japan. They are scheduled to announce "a number of new products" at the fall event.

Nintendo held a similarly timed press conference last year . In 2007, Nintendo talked about market and sales data, showed off the then-upcoming WiiWare service, and announced that Capcom was bringing Monster Hunter 3 to the Wii exclusively.

From Lighthouse Interactive, Pirate Party: Adventures of the Black Corsair is expected to bring pirates, action, and parties to the Wii and DS early next year.

Lighthouse Interactive recently announced the upcoming release of Virtual Identity's family-friendly action-adventure party game for Wii and DS, Pirate Party: Adventures of the Black Corsair. Players take on the role of a pirate in 17th century London who is double-crossed. Players take their character on the road to redemption in various mini-games spread across story, single-player, cooperative, and versus modes.

Nintendo will publish the PAL version of the second of Atlus' medical dramas for Wii just shy of a year on from its North American launch date.

Nintendo has announced that it will publish Trauma Center: New Blood, Atlus' critically acclaimed medical drama/surgery simulation for Wii, across Europe on November 7. The launch will occur just thirteen days shy of the anniversary of the game's 2007 North American release, and fifteen months after Nintendo brought Trauma Center: Second Opinion—a Wii launch title in North America—to European shores.

Konami has announced Suikoden: Tierkreis, the latest game in the series, for Nintendo's DS.

Konami recently announced Suikoden: Tierkreis for DS, the second game in the popular series to appear on a Nintendo system and the first in America. Following the overarching story of the heroes calling themselves the 108 Stars of Destiny and their seemingly endless battle to restore order in the... Read more...

This week sees the release of the second episode of Telltale's Strong Bad series alongside a WiiWare puzzle game. Meanwhile Mega Man 2, arguably the greatest Mega Man game, hits Virtual Console.

This week sees a pretty solid release slate with Strong Bad Episode 2, a puzzle game called Potpourri, and the Virtual Console release of an NES classic, Mega Man 2.

Strong Bad Episode 2: Strong Badia the Free hits virtual shelves this week about a month after the first episode. This month's... Read more...

Based upon the dog rehabilitation television show on National Geographic, Cesar Millan's Dog Whisperer will teach players how their dogs' minds work when it hits stores this fall.

Ubisoft recently announced that they will bring Cesar Millan and his television show, "Dog Whisperer", to the realm of video games in Cesar Millan's Dog Whisperer for Nintendo DS. The game will involve the player learning how to address 40 different dog behavioral issues with the help of Cesar Millan and his unique rehabilitation method.

According to the developer's website, World of Goo is finished and will soon be sent to Nintendo for approval.

According to 2D Boy's website, development work on the much-anticipated World of Goo has been completed. In the same blog post, the two-man development team also state that they are "putting the final touches on the WiiWare version and expect to submit it to Nintendo for approval this month." They anticipate the WiiWare release will occur sometime before the PC retail release in November.

Plättchen: Twist 'n' Paint and Bomberman Blast make their global debuts on the PAL Wii Shop Channel as Midnight Pool rounds out a historically plentiful WiiWare update.

Hot on the heels of three weeks of Virtual Console games making their first appearances in PAL regions, this week's update to the Wii Shop Channel constitutes another first: a three-deep roster of WiiWare games to download in the same week. Furthermore, two games out of the trio, Plättchen: Twist 'n' Paint and Bomberman Blast, are now available for the first time anywhere in the world.