In order to bring their WiiWare launch title to DSiWare, NNOOO is adding features like boss fights, an adventure mode, and more.

After the successful WiiWare and iPhone versions of Pop, Australian developer NNOOO plans on bringing their game to DSiWare under a new name: Pop+ Solo. The developers are bringing new elements to the bubble popping game such as boss fights, an Adventure mode, and some fan-inspired bonus round games.

You saw the screens. Now see the game in action.

Last night at the San Francisco launch of Resident Evil 5, co-producer Masachika Kawata showed a surprise trailer for his next project, Resident Evil: Darkside Chronicles which Capcom released today to the public.

The trailer shows off the stunning graphics the game has. The lighting looks superb... Read more...

MadWorld and Nintendo's New Play Control! games head a week with close to twenty releases. Rise Against heads to Guitar Hero, and fourteen songs head to Rock Band 2.

It's a mad, mad, mad, mad week as Sega's MadWorld leads the charge of a surprising glut of games in the middle of March. Also on Wii, Nintendo unleashes their New Play Control! series on North America with Mario Power Tennis and Pikmin, and EA releases two games as well, MySims Party and Trivial Pursuit. The rest of the Wii lineup contains Ubisoft's Grey's Anatomy, Zoo Games' M&M's Beach Party, and Valcon's Totally Spies: Totally Party.

Sequel to Umbrella Chronicles is joined by two classic RE titles.

Today Capcom officially announced the sequel to Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles, entitled Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles. The Wii-exclusive sequel is set for release this winter.

Capcom also revealed a Resident Evil "Classics" line for Wii, which will feature the re-release of... Read more...

The slide in the value of the British pound has prompted action by Nintendo to recoup, and retailers are left to decide where the burden of the price hike will fall.

In order to compensate for the decline in UK revenues associated with the sliding value of the pound, Nintendo has decided to increase the trade price for Wii by around £19. Speaking to MCV, a Nintendo UK spokesperson stated, "due to the severe and continuing depreciation of the pound, we are, unfortunately, having to raise our trade price to UK retailers of Wii hardware."

WayForward announces their first game for the DSiWare digital distribution service.

Mighty Flip Champs is a puzzle/platforming game in which players control Alta, who must traverse various chambers full of mazes. The action happens on the top screen, while the bottom screen hosts a preview of the next stage. This preview shows a projected destination, which is where Alta will end up once she “flips” to the next stage with her magic wand.

Monster Hunter G will be pay-to-play in Japan.

This morning, Capcom revealed the pricing structure for the Japan-only title, Monster Hunter G. Players who purchase the title will be given a fourteen-day free trial, after that they will have to spend Wii Points to purchase a subscription. Three subscription options will be available: 800 Wii Points for 30 days, 1500 Wii Points for 60 days, and 2000 Wii Points for 90 days.

The title will be a sequel to the 2007 on-rails shooter, Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles.

According to the latest issue of Famitsu Weekly, Capcom's newest entry to the Resident Evil series will be called The Darkside Chronicles. The title, an on-rails shooter, will be a continuation of The Umbrella Chronicles.

Players will start the game in the Resident Evil 2 storyline, battling the T-Virus infected local inhabitants of Raccoon City. As in The Umbrella Chronicles, up to two players will be able to defeat the zombie citizens.

Over the course of three days, the team will play nonstop through thirteen titles to raise money for Ally's House.

For over a year now, The Speed Gamers have been racing through popular series such as Metroid, Pokémon, Earthbound, and Halo all in hopes that they can raise a significant amount of money for charity. So far they have donated over $15,000 to different charities across the US.

This month the... Read more...

MTV’s Multiplayer blog sheds some light on the mysterious Wii exclusive Spore title.

In a recent interview with MTV’s Stephen Totillo, Lucy Bradshaw, general manager of The Sims and Spore series confirmed the existence of Spore Hero, a brand new game in the Spore series built specifically from the ground up for Wii.

The creature creator found in the PC version of Spore will... Read more...

High Voltage Software explains why they dropped Wii MotionPlus support.

When The Conduit was announced, High Voltage Software indicated plans to incorporate Wii MotionPlus and WiiSpeak support into the upcoming first-person shooter title. However, several months passed by with no further mention of it, and news eventually made the rounds that Wii MotionPlus support had... Read more...

Gradius is reborn on WiiWare alongside a Master System classic.

This week's Virtual Console and WiiWare features just two titles, one for each service.

Gradius ReBirth, this week's WiiWare release, puts players back in the Gradius universe. Like Mega Man 9, the title will feature retro graphics and play style. In order to succeed in their mission against... Read more...

Arkedo is looking to start a party on the Wii with a Big Bang.

After two successful releases on the Nintendo DS, Arkedo is setting their eyes on the Wii with a console sequel to Big Bang Mini. Talking to N-Sider, Arkedo President Camille Guermonprez said that his company was "learning the Wii right now" and was hoping for a follow-up to their unique DS shooter... Read more...

Why waste hours searching for the Regi Trio and flying to Snow Point City when you can get him in thirty seconds?

Next week, Pokémon fans will be able to run down to their local Toys R Us and download the gigantic Regigas Pokémon to their Nintendo DS.

Players must bring their DS equipped with an English copy of Pokémon Diamond or Pokémon Pearl to the DS Download Station usually located in the game section... Read more...

NWR turns 10 today! To kick off the celebration, here's a few words from the Godfather himself, Billy Berghammer.

March 7th 1999. My girlfriend was out of town, and I was kind of bored. The N64HQ had closed down months before, and rumors began swirling about the successor to the N64. One of my close friends in Milwaukee was part owner of an ISP called NConnect Internet and gave me some free space to create one... Read more...

The latest music game from Harmonix will feature a diverse selection of tunes from The Beatles back catalogue and will launch simultaneously in Europe, North America, New Zealand, and Australia.

MTV Games and Harmonix have revealed that The Beatles: Rock Band will be available for Wii on September 9 2009 in Europe, North America, New Zealand, and Australia. Players will be able to perform music from throughout The Beatles career using guitar, microphone, and drum peripherals.

Harmonix,... Read more...

This week's releases are saturated with baseball and ice sports, while the Wii Rock Band 2 downloadable content is now up to speed with the other versions, and Guitar Hero: World Tour gets a handful of tunes as well.

This week's Wii releases have a running theme: sequels. Sega's Sonic and the Black Knight is the sequel to 2007's Sonic and the Secret Rings, while 2K Games' Major League Baseball 2K9 and Namco Bandai's We Ski and Snowboard are sequels to 2008's MLB 2K8 and We Ski.

The DS is led by PopCap Games'... Read more...

Harvest Moon sees some big changes in its WiiWare debut.

The latest issue of Famitsu Weekly reveals a new WiiWare Harvest Moon title by the name of “Bokujou Monogatari Series: Makiba no Omise”, which roughly translates to Harvest Moon Series: Ranch Store.

As the name suggests, instead of managing a farm players will now manage a store instead.... Read more...

Nintendo Power details the various control options in Grand Slam Tennis.

Nintendo Power recently shed some light on EA Sports Grand Slam Tennis. The game sports a unique art style that’s not quite the usual realistic style that people usually expect from an EA Sports title. It is also playable with or without Wii MotionPlus; without Wii MotionPlus the game is very responsive,... Read more...

Players must defeat Don Onion as the hungry Munchables in this brand new title.

Today Namco Bandai unveiled a new game for the Wii called The Munchables. The game is about a band of evil food-based space pirates, led by the vile Don Onion, invading the home planet of The Munchables, with the only hope for The Munchables being to eat the vile space pirates to conquer hunger and restore peace to their planet.