With Yakuza 1 & 2 HD hitting Wii U in Japan, could the rest of the franchise follow?

The beginning of the Japanese Nintendo Direct on May 17 was quite a surprise. It began with the good old “Seeeeegaaaaaaa” voice as it started out unexpectedly labeled as “Sega Direct,” with the special guest Toshihiro Nagoshi, a Sega CCO. Nagoshi may be best known as the producer of the Super Monkey Ball series, but in Japan he has been the icon and the producer of the Yakuza franchise (Note that real Yakuza executives don’t dress themselves like him; rather they always wear dark suits like Iwata, or a better example may be Yamauchi, nicknamed “Kumicho” (Yakuza Boss) by Japanese gamers). On top of a few other Sega titles, what occupied the majority of the “Sega Direct” segment was Yakuza 1 & 2 HD for Wii U. They showed a new trailer and did a short “Iwata Asks” style interview for several minutes.

Curt wants your suggestions!

Hey guys, I've been doing the Backlogg With CurtDogg stream for a few months here on NWR, and I feel like it's time to take some suggestions from the readers and viewers.

Is there anything you guys want me to do to improve the streams? Would you want me to move it to different times or days? Any specific game you want streamed? Just leave me a comment, and I'll address your concerns!

Note: Due to my current living situation, streaming between 4pm and 9pm PDT isn't currently convenient for me.

Some of our staff have joined together to play games for you to watch.

The NWR staff is once again meeting up for some great gaming action. The staff will play a wide variety of titles throughout the entire live stream. Tune in at 1 PM EST (10 AM PST) for the live stream. Details on where you will be able to access it will follow soon.

Some of the game we may play include: - Nintendo Land - Super Ghouls'n Ghosts - Injustice

If there is anything you would like to see us play, be sure to let us know in the comments below. We will surely try our best to accommodate any viewer requests.

Join the NWR staff this Thursday, May 16, for a night of hunting.

Nintendo World Report is holding yet another Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate Community Night, Thursday, May 16.

The hunt begins at 8 p.m. EST and 5 p.m. PST, so turn on your Wii U and have your best gear ready to team up with NWR staff to hunt some monsters.

The event will be coordinated through our chat room. You can also connect using a dedicated IRC client. Server: irc.browsingtheinternet.com Channel: #nwr

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World: 07 Novices ALobby 7

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Curt's ready to take on the world in Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!

Hey everyone, Curtis (aka "CurtDogg") here, and I'm gonna be taking over the official Nintendo World Report Twitch channel every Monday and Friday night, at 9:30 p.m. Pacific Time. I'll not only be streaming/commenting on the various games in my backlogg, but I'll also be interacting with all you lovely readers out there, both in the chat and on Skype. I feel like these streams would also be a good opprotunity for me to get to know fans of the the site, and vice-versa.

Explore the fascinating world of game jumping.

Backlogs are a popular discussion topic among the gaming community. Leading up to the launch of the Wii U, Nintendo World Report staffers posted their Wii backlogs in an attempt to motivate themselves to complete some of the games that they owned but had not played. I wasn’t writing for NWR at that time, so I wasn’t included in on the fun. Regardless, I would have had nothing to share. Why? I’m a game jumper.

Not to be confused with game jumping as described in the movie Wreck-It-Ralph, I jump from playing one game to another. Just for reference, I will often play five different games for short periods of time in a single day, as opposed to playing one game at a time to completion. By doing this, I do not have a backlog. With my collection of over 40 3DS games, you would expect most of them to be unplayed. That is not the case for me.  Sure, it takes me longer to finish some games, but it also allows me to enjoy more games.

Thursday Night? More like Thursday FRIGHT!

Hey everyone, Curtis (aka "CurtDogg") here, and I'm gonna be taking over the official Nintendo World Report Twitch channel every Monday and Friday night, at 9:00 p.m. Pacific Time. I'll not only be streaming/commenting on the various games in my backlogg, but I'll also be interacting with all you lovely readers out there, both in the chat and on Skype. I feel like these streams would also be a good opprotunity for me to get to know fans of the the site, and vice-versa.

Nintendo's pre-E3 event will be focused on Wii U. What does that mean for the 3DS?

As you all likely know by now, Nintendo isn't having a traditional big E3 press conference. It's the end of an era and a great step forward into a (Nintendo) direct world. I'm bummed by that, but as long as we get the same caliber of announcements, I don't see it as the end of the world. I was, however, very dismayed to see the invite come in for their press conference replacement. It's clearly labeled as a "Wii U Software Showcase." That's very worrisome as it seems to reduce the importance of the 3DS.

What a horrible night to stream a game...

Hey everyone, Curtis (aka "CurtDogg") here, and I'm gonna be taking over the official Nintendo World Report Twitch channel every Monday and Friday night, at 9:30 p.m. Pacific Time. I'll not only be streaming/commenting on the various games in my backlogg, but I'll also be interacting with all you lovely readers out there, both in the chat and on Skype. I feel like these streams would also be a good opprotunity for me to get to know fans of the the site, and vice-versa.

Join the hunt with NWR staff in Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate.

Nintendo World Report is holding a Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate Community Night, Monday, May 6.

The hunt begins at 10 p.m. EST and 7 p.m. PST, so turn on your Wii U and have your best gear ready to team up with NWR staff to hunt some monsters.

The event will be coordinated through our chat room. You can also connect using a dedicated IRC client. Server: irc.browsingtheinternet.com Channel: #nwr

Server Information:

World: 07 Novices ALobby 7

Staff Information: