The Game Factory’s bear building mini-game fest will hit stores in the fourth quarter of 2008.

The Game Factory recently announced the upcoming release of Build-A-Bear Workshop A Friend Fur All Seasons for Wii. The game, priced at $39.99, is set to come out in the fourth quarter 2008 and is the follow-up to the recent DS game, Build-A-Bear Workshop.

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There is trouble in River City and the Orakian Kingdom of Landen in this week’s games.

This week’s Virtual Console haul seems to have a central theme of RPGs. While River City Ransom is not an RPG, it is a beat-‘em-up that is known for its RPG qualities. However, there is no doubt that Phantasy Star III is a classic RPG.

Originally released for the NES, River City Ransom is... Read more...

The Wii puzzle game has support for four players online and off.

Octomania, the octopus-centric Wii puzzle game, hit stores on April 8th. It features a story mode and both offline and online multiplayer. Published by Atlus U.S.A. and developed by Conspiracy Entertainment, the game is focused on saving the land of Lonronpia from the accidental infestation of octopi. The game, supervised by the creator of Puyo Pop, appears to be similar to the typical genre of falling block puzzle games.

After a year and a half of waiting, Korea can finally get their waggle on.

This Saturday, April 26, Wii will be available in Korean retail outlets. Debuting at 220,000 won (approximately $224 USD), the Wii will launch without Wii Sports packed-in.

Wii Sports will be available at retail, however, along with eight other titles including Wii Play with remote, Rayman Raving... Read more...

In a non-holiday month Brawl managed to sell 2.7 million copies and Wii related sales contributed "31 percent of total industry dollars for the month." More game and hardware sales inside.

Nintendo apparently hasn't heard the phrase "Christmas only comes once a year." According to NPD data for the U.S. market, the Wii sold an unprecedented number of systems in March 2008. Super Smash Bros. Brawl sold 2.7 million copies. And, in case you were wondering, the DS didn't do too shabby either.

Take the wheel of emergency vehicles to save the city.

Codemasters' emergency services game has shipped off to retailers after prolonged development. First announced in 2004 as an Xbox and PS2 title, the game was canceled back in 2006 before being revived on the Wii.

In Emergency Mayhem the player takes control of one of three emergency services... Read more...

DS software passes a huge milestone and Mario Kart Wii sells big.

Mario Kart Wii made a bold entry in Nintendo’s home territory this week, selling well over half a million copies. Super Smash Bros. Brawl continued to slowly build on its 1.5 million sales so far, just barely in the top 10. Monster Hunter Portable, however, has already surpassed Brawl’s sales in a little over two weeks.

The port of the popular engine has been completed with optimized support for Wii and the Wii Remote.

GarageGames and Pronto Games have completed the port of the Torque Engine to Wii. The engine has been fully optimized for Wii and includes extensive Wii Remote support.

The Torque Engine has been used for the development of the popular Xbox Live Arcade Game, Marble Blast Ultra, as well as the upcoming title, Penny Arcade Adventures. It will also be used for the Wii exclusive The Destiny of Zorro, in development by Pronto Games.

Scheduled for summer, Majesco's next Nintendo DS game will also support the Rumble Pak.

Majesco is bringing the frantic situations of air traffic control to the DS touch screen. In Air Traffic Chaos, players will have to manage frantic takeoffs, landings, and gate assignments under an assortment of weather conditions. In addition to a tutorial, the game will feature three difficulty... Read more...

The long-awaited, much-touted horror adventure title will feature cutting edge black-and-white graphics.

Sadness will be the first entirely black-and-white game developed exclusively for Wii. The horror adventure title is being built on Emergent's Gamebryo development platform to push the graphics capabilities of the Wii. The stylish crime noir thriller is set just before the outbreak of World War I and will feature eight different endings. There is still no word on a release date.

A futuristic first-person shooter that aims to be “a Wii game that looks like a 360 title.”

The Conduit, introduced by High Voltage Software, is a futuristic FPS that is drawing influence from Metroid Prime 3: Corruption and Medal of Honor: Heroes 2, and is being built on top of Quantum3, the engine built by the same team from the ground up for Wii.

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High Voltage Games is focusing their energy on making poor Wii graphics a thing of the past.

High Voltage Games, the team behind the brand-new title The Conduit is creating the Quantum3 engine to power their new FPS experience. Featuring “real-time normal mapping, reflection and refraction, post process full screen effects, real-time shadows, projected lights and textures, specularity and fresnel effects, emissive and iridescent materials, interactive water, [and] morphing,” all purportedly running at a smooth frame rate.

Izuna is back for more dungeon crawling with a new TAG team system

Atlus announced today that Izuna, the Unemployed Ninja would be making a return to the DS for another RPG dungeon crawling experience. Izuna 2: The Unemployed Ninja Returns will offer more depth, options and content than its predecessor while maintaining the same character found in the original title.... Read more...

The popular Super Smash Bros. Brawl blog closes after 11 months of hype and service.

Monday April 14th was a momentous day in the history of Nintendo's Smash Bros. franchise. It was the final day of updates on the popular Smash Bros. Dojo. With posts on every weekday, it offered continuous updates about Nintendo’s Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Starting on May 22nd, 2007, the blog ran for about 300 posts and was offered in seven different languages.

The anticipated port of the acclaimed PS2 game is now out for Wii.

Capcom announced that Ōkami has shipped for Wii. The game, a port of the PS2 classic, has a unique cel-shaded graphical style that enhances the Japanese folklore influence. Additionally, the Wii game will support both 480p output and 16:9 widescreen display modes.

In Ōkami, you play as a wolf... Read more...

Mario's latest Wii release becomes Nintendo UK's fastest seller yet as it racks up the eighth biggest first week of all-time on any format.

Mario Kart Wii's uncharacteristically early launch across Europe on Friday of last week has paid huge dividends for Nintendo UK, generating the eighth largest number of sales in a first week of all-time for the British market.

The blistering sales pace of Mario's latest trip to the racetrack... Read more...

The follow up title to Dawn of Sorrow and Portrait of Ruin has been revealed by both the ESRB and the US Patent and Trademark Office.

Just a few weeks ago, Konami registered rights to the title Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia under use for video game software. Along with the filing for the title, was the official logo for the game. At that time, it was uncertain as to what systems the game was planned to be made for. As of today, the ESRB has listed a rating of T (Teen) for the title, and listed it as a DS title.

A free gift will be available for the first 1,000 people who pre-order the game at the Nintendo World store starting on April 18th.

Nintendo announced today that their upcoming fitness game, Wii Fit, will be priced at $89.99 in the United States. The game will come bundled with the Wii Balance Board and will be in stores as early as May 19th.

Also, Nintendo publicized the fact that the first 1,000 people to pre-order the... Read more...

Featuring five game modes and more than seventy levels, players will need to control the flow of flooze in this upcoming puzzle game.

Empire Interactive is bringing the classic PC puzzler, Pipemania, to Wii and DS this summer. Pipemania features a tiled grid which players must populate, with a preselected set of pipes, in order to keep the constantly accelerating Flooze flowing through the pipes without any overspill.

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Yet another shoot ‘em up and the sister title to Super Turrican.

This week on the Virtual Console we see the release of yet another shoot ‘em up, Fantasy Zone. We also see the release of yet another Turrican, Mega Turrican, the Genesis sister title to the SNES title Super Turrican. Both games are horizontal shooters, one in a spaceship and the other on foot.