Nintendo looks to bring Hironobu Sakaguchi's DS strategy RPG to America.

Nintendo's ASH was rated E 10+ today by the ESRB. Since acquiring an ESRB rating is a typical step in gaining release for the American market, ASH is probably being localized into the English language.

Listing from the ESRB Website

Released in Japan last October, ASH is a strategy RPG... Read more...

Sheer number of titles to be localized is to blame.

In an interview with Official Nintendo Magazine (UK), Nintendo of Europe representative Laurent Fischer has accounted for the late arrival of Super Smash Bros. Brawl to the European market by stressing the size of the overall localization workload in the region.

According to Fischer, the European... Read more...

Digitally distributed Wii games arrive in PAL territories, with six (of a possible eight) titles making up the first batch.

WiiWare, a line of original games available to download from the Wii Shop Channel, has gone live across Europe today with six games on offer initially:

Dr. Mario & Germ Buster™ from Nintendo

FINAL FANTASY® CRYSTAL CHRONICLES: My Life as a King™ from Japanese developer SQUARE ENIX

Launching with six games, Australia's WiiWare service brings a broad genre selection.

Nintendo has announced the launch of the WiiWare service today in Australia. The launch of the service brings six titles including some that have already seen release in America over the past two weeks and others that are still yet to be released.

As of today Lost Winds, Star Soldier R, Dr. Mario... Read more...

This week brings two WiiWare titles and one NES title for the Virtual Console.

Week two of WiiWare has arrived, and with it comes two new titles: Critter Round-Up and the shooter Star Soldier R. Coming along with these two titles is the NES release, SKYKID.

Critter Round-Up is a puzzle-action game that tasks the player with quickly corralling the animals in the barnyard.... Read more...

New development partnership announces MADWORLD and Infinite Line as Nintendo exclusives.

The creepy-looking MADWORLD for Wii and sci-fi RPG Infinite Line for the Nintendo DS will be the first Nintendo console releases from the new worldwide partnership between Sega and Platinum Games, the development team made up of key members from the disbanded Clover Studio. They are also developing... Read more...

Agetec will publish this "hardcore" dart game for a June release in the U.S.

With a year between the British and U.S. release of Full Fat's fast-paced dart game, Agetec's Mark Johnson says Touch Darts is the still the most realistic dart game out there. "This is not just your ordinary dart video game; Touch Darts really takes advantage of Nintendo DS’s unique touch screen and allows players to accurately simulate throwing darts with a simple flick of the stylus."

Cabela's Legendary Adventures serves up more Wii Remote big game hunting.

The Cabela hunting franchise will headline a second title for Wii this fall. "The missions are based on encounters with some of the most famous animals ever hunted in the wild," said Activision's Dave Oxford. Like all Cabela hunting titles, the gameplay and gun schematics will aim to match those of real life.

MySims Kingdom gives the MySims formula more focus and more building options

Electronic Arts announced today that MySims Kingdom is set to release on Wii and DS this fall. MySims Kingdom is a sequel to the previously released Wii and DS title, MySims.

In this iteration, the game will have more of a storyline focus where players are set on an adventure of discovery and... Read more...

Includes a special "mat controller" for total body gameplay that the whole family can enjoy.

Atari announced yesterday that they planned to bring a continuation of Namco-Bandai's Family Trainer series to the Wii. Similar to the old NES series, Family Trainer will include a mat controller peripheral used to play the game. The Power Pad used on the NES is sure to be an inspiration for the new mat, as Bandai was the developer of the original.

Corner Shop 3 will bring new shops and WiFi compatibility.

Namco-Bandai announced yesterday that they are releasing another entry into the Tamagotchi Connexion: Corner Shop series with Corner Shop 3.

Tamagotchi Connexion: Corner Shop 3 will feature connectivity to WiFi allowing players to exchange journals with friends. More characters and thirteen new shops will be featured as well as a Create Your Own Park mode.

The popular PC and DS title will see a release on Wii with a slew of new features.

Cake Mania: In the Mix! was announced by Majesco and is coming to Nintendo’s Wii platform. The new iteration of the popular series will include the same hectic gameplay focused on time-management, but will also build on the concept by including a branching storyline, new characters, motion-based mini-games, and a co-op mode. Players will now be able to accept phone orders in addition to walk-in customers.

A Nintendo press release shows that Wii sales haven't slowed down one bit and portrays a software chart dominated by games from Nintendo systems.

The Wii and DS won't be stopped. Nintendo's press release regarding the April NPD sales numbers for the United States claims that Nintendo's two systems reigned at the top of the list, and that that six of the top ten games for the month were for Nintendo systems.

Nintendo states that the Wii... Read more...

New DS game will have a larger focus on online play.

New details regarding the forthcoming Castlevania DS game, Order of Ecclesia, have emerged from Konami’s Gamer’s Night show.

Players will take on the mantle of a member of the Order of Ecclesia, a group sworn to Dracula’s defeat. Whether your character is a Belmont, Morris, or Belnades is unknown at this point, but players will traverse twenty distinct environments, from forests to the ocean.

According to series creator Michel Ancel the popular series will continue. However, it is still awaiting Ubisoft approval.

According to an interview with the creator of Beyond Good and Evil, Michel Ancel, a sequel to the sleeper hit has been in preproduction for the past year. Unfortunately, the small team that has been working on the game thus far has not been given production approval yet by Ubisoft.

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Last month, along with the release of Mario Kart Wii, Nintendo of Australia launched the Club Nintendo program.

Late last month, Nintendo of Australia announced that they were bringing the Club Nintendo program, found in both Japanese and European markets, to the Australian market.

Alongside the release of Mario Kart Wii, Club Nintendo launched. Players were able to take the code found in the game case... Read more...

The Pokémon Yellow of Pearl and Diamond has been revealed by Nintendo.

Nintendo of Japan published a website today proclaiming the existence of a new entry into the Pokémon franchise. Though a new release, the game is said to be an expansion of sorts to the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl games released on the DS last year.

This third game is nothing new for the series.... Read more...

A one-off partnership with Target will see Wii Fit branding on race cars in each series' respective biggest and longest races of the year.

Chip Ganassi Racing, one of the biggest race teams in the country, has announced a special one-off partnership with Nintendo and the team's primary sponsor, Target, to appear in what Nintendo is calling the “Wii Fit 1,100.”

Nintendo and Wii Fit branding will appear on one car each in two... Read more...

The new title, called Skate It, will be compatible with the Balance Board on Wii and use the stylus on DS.

Electronic Arts announced that they are working on a Wii and a DS version of the next game in their popular Skate franchise. Entitled Skate It, the game will have distinct versions developed for the two Nintendo systems. The biggest news from this announcement is that the Wii version will be compatible with the Wii Balance Board which is included in the upcoming release of Wii Fit.

WiiWare size constraints will keep the series off of Nintendo's recently launched service.

The teams at Penny Arcade and Hothead Games have been hard at work on a new episodic adventure series based on Gabe and Tycho from the Penny Arcade comics. Earlier this week, the release date of the first episode was announced as May 21, 2008, where it will simultaneously be available via Xbox Live Arcade and Penny Arcade's Greenhouse service on PC, Mac, and Linux.