The Pro Controller will come at a premium price.

Noticeably absent from Nintendo's press conference today was the pricing for peripherals and accessories. Since then, the price of one of the key new controllers has been revealed. A Nintendo representative confirmed to the folks over at Polygon that the traditionally styled Pro Controller will retail for $49.99 in North America.

The Wii U is to Wii as Wii was to GameCube.

Wii, WiiWare, and Virtual Console games will be supported on Wii U much the same way that GameCube titles were supported on Wii, without any special features or GamePad support.

In an interview with Nintendo of America, they stated that the Virtual Console transfer process was not confirmed to be... Read more...

Get ready to collect even more plastic toys.

Skylanders Giants was announced for Wii U by Activision at the recent Nintendo Direct in New York City, having already been confirmed for Wii and 3DS.

This follow-up to last year's Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure introduces dozens of brand new figurines to serve as playable characters, several of... Read more...

Nintendo joins the rest of the world with their game pricing. 

Wii U titles will have a baseline retail price of $59.99. A Nintendo representative confirmed to Polygon today that the price would be increasing from $49.99 for Wii titles to the current standard price for video games on HD consoles of $59.99.

The Nintendo representative was quick to note that this was only a baseline price and that some games could be more or less depending on circumstances regarding the individual release.

The future is Black on Nintendo's new system.

Activision finally confirmed that Call of Duty: Black Ops II is coming to Wii U at the Nintendo Direct event today in New York City.

Although there have been various rumours since the game was announced for other platforms earlier this year, this is the first time Activision has officially acknowledged the existence of a Wii U version of the game.

Because it isn't just all about the launch you know!

At the end of the European Nintendo Direct presentation, Nintendo of Europe president Satoru Shibata showed a list with all the upcoming titles in the Wii U's launch window period.

The Wii U's launch window period will last until March 2013 and will feature a good variety of content. Of course, it doesn't showcase actually all the games for that period, but it does feature a notable amount of software.

Jools Watsham teases everyone with an image from his blog.

Mutant Mudds Deluxe is coming to Wii U. The Co-Founder and Director of Renegade Kid, Jool Watsham, has just posted a picture on his blog revealing the game for the Wii U. The picture shows a Wii U GamePad playing a new version of the 3DS eShop smash hit.No further information is currently available on the game at this time.

The sequel to Nano Assault will be available to download on day one.

Nano Assault Neo has been revealed for the Wii U eShop. President of Nintendo Europe Satoru Shibata pulled back the curtain on the new shooter from Shin'en Multimedia coming exclusively to Wii U, in the recent European Nintendo Direct.

Much like its predecessor Nano Assault, released last year as... Read more...

The past and present of James Bond will collide on Wii U.

007 Legends will be released on Wii U. The game features voices from past and present James Bond characters such as Daniel Craig, Michael Lonsdale, Naomie Harris and Richard Kiel. It was previously revealed for release on competing platforms in July, but was confirmed this morning to be headed to Wii U as well.

There will be 50+ games released by April next year.

The following games have been announced for release during the Wii U launch window between November 18, 2012 and March 31, 2013. Nintendo is set to publish 9 games by the end of the fiscal year. The games are listed by publisher.

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More details from the upcoming digital Nintendo park!

A bunch of new attractions were revealed by Nintendo of Europe president Satoru Shibata in the European Nintendo Direct presentation.

The total line-up of events are The Legend of Zelda: Battle Quest, Pikmin Adventure, Metroid Blast, Mario Chase, Luigi's Ghost Mansion, Animal Crossing: Sweet Days, Yoshi's Fruit Cart, Octopus Dance, Donkey Kong's Crash Course, Takamaru's Ninja Castle, Captain Falcon's Twister Race and Balloon Trip Breeze.

The Wii Sports Resort-style stamp system makes a return in Nintendo Land

Nintendo Land will feature a stamp accomplishment system, similar to what was featured in Wii Sports Resort. We were able to achieve such a stamp during Metroid Blast, one of the newly featured Nintendo Land attractions while playing the game on the show floor.

We'll keep digging to find out what other stamps are there, and what kind of accomplishments are required to unlock them.

Here are the down-under details for Nintendo's new console.

Nintendo Wii U will launch on Friday, the 30th of November in Australia and New Zealand. The console will come in two different packs like in other regions.

The white console Basic Pack will retail for AU $349.95 with 8gb of internal storage capacity and a matching Wii U Gamepad, while the special... Read more...

LEGO collectors are going to want to secure their copy before launch.

Customers who pre-order LEGO City Undercover will receive a mini-figurine of the game's main character, Chase McCain. It is currently unknown which retailers will participate in the promotion.

Chase McCain is modeled after a New York cop, with the last name being a clear reference to Die Hard's John McClain. LEGO City Undercover takes place in an open-world city with gameplay that emulates Grand Theft Auto.

The action title will now be known as The Wonderful 101.

Project P-100 has been officially titled The Wonderful 101. The Platinum Games release is set for a release in the Wii U launch window from November 18 through March 31 2013.

A trailer for the game was shown at the New York event this morning in which a voice over revealed "I knew we forgot one... U!", a reference to the previous name of Project P-100 and the title of the console, Wii U.

The best packages come with zombies... we think!

Similar to the Wii U pack that will be available for Monster Hunter 3G in Japan, Europe is getting a special ZombiU pack at launch. This was revealed during a European Nintendo Direct presentation.

The pack will include a black Wii U system, the Wii U GamePad, a black Pro Controller and of course the game. Since prices are set by retailers in Europe, we don't know exactly what we should expect to pay for the bundle.

Another Platinum exclusive will be the sequel to a previous title.

Bayonetta 2 will be a Wii U Exclusive. Satoru Iwata revealed the game during the Japanese Nintendo Direct Wii U Preview. It will be Wii U exclusive and published from Nintendo, but the corporate logo of Sega, the publisher of the original Beyonetta, is also seen in the trailer. The release date and its price are yet to be announced.

Both Basic and Premium bundles will be available. 

The Wii U will launch across European markets on November 30, Nintendo of Europe president Satoru Shibata announced during the recent Nintendo Direct.

The system will be sold in two different bundles. The Basic pack will include a white console with 8GB memory, two AC adaptors and a HDMI cable.... Read more...

Wii U: Not just for games!

Nintendo's Wii U will double as a TV service. Nintendo announced a video hub called Nintendo TVii during the live event in New York City this morning.

The application will allow players to browse and watch TV shows as well as selecting movies from many sources including as TiVo, Hulu Plus, Amazon... Read more...

Gamers in Japan will have to wait a little bit longer to play these Nintendo releases.

Pikmin 3 and Wii Fit U are set to release on the Wii U next spring in Japan. The information was revealed during the Nintendo Direct Wii U Preview for Japan. Nintendo is delivering two first party titles for the launch in the Japan on December 8, New Super Mario Bros. U and Nintendo Land.