Ground-up remake of the PlayStation classic to hit Nintendo console

Namco Bandai revealed through a recent Famitsu article, that they are working on a remake of the original PlayStation version of Klonoa for Wii. Fans of the original may find the levels familiar, but the game's graphical presentation is being overhauled featuring stylistic cel-shaded graphics.

Cammie Dunaway talks about the new Pikmin, Club Nintendo, WiiSpeak Channel, and more.

IGN recently held an interview with Nintendo of America Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing Cammie Dunaway in which she revealed some new details about Nintendo's future releases.

A limited edition bundle will package Animal Crossing: City Folk with the microphone peripheral, WiiSpeak,... Read more...

The RPG series is heading for Wii in a new installment that promises gigantic monsters and online cooperative play.

A recent issue of Famitsu, the Japanese gaming magazine shows that the K2 developed RPG, Valhalla Knights: Eldar Saga is coming to the Wii. Two installments of Valhalla Knights have already been released on the PSP. The game features character creation, a cooperative Wi-Fi mode, and a great deal of monster killings.

Releases in North America include a variety of title for Wii, WiiWare and DS appealing to all crowds.

The upcoming holiday season will bring many new games and peripherals from Nintendo. In a recent press release, Nintendo discusses their upcoming releases, hardware, and games due out in 2009.

Two new Nintendo DS releases will be available this fall. Pokemon Ranger: Shadows of Almia, releasing November 10, allows players to catch Pokemon with the stylus. Protect people and nature with the power of Pokemon to become a top-ranked ranger.

The creators of Odin Sphere return to produce another highly stylized 2D action RPG.

Marvelous Entertainment USA and XSEED Games recently announced Muramasa: The Demon Blade as a Wii exclusive.

Muramasa: The Demon Blade derives its story from ancient Japanese lore. During the Genroku era, the ruling shogun Tsunayoshi Tokogawa's desire for power leads him to the powerful cursed Demon Blades. These blades when used in hatred spread chaos and tragedy over the world, and summon demons from the depths of the underworld.

Featuring two Virtual Console titles from Camelot and two brand new WiiWare titles, another solid week of Wii Shop Channel updates is upon us.

This week's update brings two Camelot classics from the Genesis and the Nintendo 64 as well as two titles from smaller developers on WiiWare.

Midnight Bowling for WiiWare allows up to four people take use of the Wii Remote to bowl their way to victory. The game features two modes, Party Mode... Read more...

Not to be confused with FFCC: The Crystal Bearers

Square Enix’s news from Jump magazine has surprised everyone; the Final Fantasy game previewed was not the single-player adventure The Crystal Bearers, but an entirely new game for both the Wii and the Nintendo DS.

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time is apparently a sequel to the... Read more...

The sequel to the original point-and-click PC adventure game is due for release in Europe on Wii and DS.

Deep Silver recently announced details of their upcoming game Secret Files 2- Puritas Cordis, a sequel to Secret Files Tunguska, for Wii and DS

The original Secret Files followed heroine Nina Kalenkow, a young girl investigating her Russian scientist father's mysterious disappearance. Players controlled Nina and occasionally an alternate character. The story from the first title continues in Secret Files 2.

Try to solve a hundred year old mystery in the new adventure game The Hardy Boys: Treasure on the Tracks, based on the popular book series.

SEGA and Her Interactive are partnering to bring the mystery adventure, The Hardy Boys: Treasure on the Tracks, to the Nintendo DS. The game, based on the classic children’s mystery novels, will send players on a quest throughout the European continent searching for treasure and for the well kept secret of the House of Romanov, the last imperial dynasty of Russia.

Augmenting the already revealed Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat and Pikmin, five other titles have been announced.

During Nintendo's presentation in Japan at the start of their Fall Media Summit, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata announced that a handful of GameCube games would be receiving a Wii update. The re-released games are also now confirmed to have updated controls to work with the Wii Remote (and Nunchuk).

Has the All-Play label actually scared gamers away rather than attract them?

In a recent study, Gamasutra's Matt Matthews compares the NPD sales data of Madden NFL 08 with Madden NFL 09 All-Play.

In 2007, Madden NFL 08 was released on Wii and was met with disappointing launch numbers. However, the number of units sold steadily increased during the following months. In fact, less than twenty five percent of all Madden NFL 08 copies sold in 2007 were during the launch month.

UPDATE: Nintendo's latest accessory will be paired with DS game Personal Trainer: Walking.

Apparently Nintendo has been hard at work developing brand new hardware for consumers to take advantage of. A recent filing with the OHIM (official European Union agency responsible for registering trademarks and designs) reveals that Nintendo has created a pedometer, likely for use with Wii.

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National Geographic Panda, the only panda pet-simulation game on the market, will contain a DVD featuring the hour-long special, Secrets of the Wild Panda.

Namco Bandai Games recently announced that their upcoming DS pet-simulation game, National Geographic Panda, will feature a bonus DVD containing the hour-long special, Secrets of the Wild Panda. The special follows a team of scientists as they observe a mother panda and her newborn baby for an entire year.

Nintendo gave more details on the DSi, showed new games, promised a greater supply of the Wii and DS this holiday season, and announced that Club Nintendo is coming to America.

Last night, the news from Nintendo's Conference in Japan broke all over the internet. This morning, NWR got the English version from the Nintendo Fall Media Summit.

Like Iwata, Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime wasted no time: he officially unveiled the DSi in America. He talked... Read more...

A spokesperson has confirmed plans to release the newly announced version of Nintendo DS in Europe early next year according to CVG.

Just hours after the official unveiling of the DSi at Nintendo's autumn press conference in Japan, a spokesperson for Nintendo of Europe has confirmed plans to launch the newest model in the enormously successful Nintendo DS line across the region during the early part of next year.

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Mama's trading in her oven mitts for gardening gloves.

Earlier this week, Famitsu revealed a new iteration of the well known Cooking Mama series from Taito, called Gardening Mama.

As with Cooking Mama, Gardening Mama consists of mini-games controlled through precise motions of the stylus. Featured mini-games will include digging, seed planting, weeding,... Read more...

Nintendo did not disappoint with the reveal of the Nintendo DSi, a Wii storage solution, a new Punch-Out game, Sin and Punishment 2, and much more.

Nintendo held their autumn press conference in Tokyo, Japan earlier today and revealed a laundry list of new items relating to both the DS and the Wii.

Nintendo's worst kept secret was finally given a name: the Nintendo DSi. The new iteration of Nintendo's popular handheld will feature a camera, audio playback, and an Internet browser. For more information, check out our news story.

Nintendo's Japanese Media Conference reveals their solution to the oft-mentioned storage issues on the Wii.

Nintendo President Satoru Iwata announced during Nintendo's Japanese Media Conference that they have found a solution to the Wii's storage issues and will be rolling out a firmware update to solve it soon.

Players will be able to download Virtual Console and WiiWare games directly to their SD Card. Iwata said that this data would then be easy to transfer to the Wii's own memory afterwards.

A camera, audio playback, internal memory, downloadable software, SD card support, built-in browser, and much more inside. It launches in Japan this November.

Nintendo President Satoru Iwata didn't waste any time at the company's autumn press conference earlier today in Japan by announcing the Nintendo DSi, a new iteration of the Nintendo DS platform. It will bring a lot of new features, all in an attempt to achieve Iwata's stated goal of having "one DS for one family."

Brett Caird, co-founder of 5th Cell, discusses Drawn to Life, Lock’s Quest, and future projects.

In a recent interview with Vooks, 5th Cell co-founder and game designer Brett Caird provided insight to the development processes of the company, future projects, and past projects, including the recently released Lock's Quest.

According to Caird, while developing Drawn to Life they "learned... Read more...