Konami's renowned series finally gets the Wii treatment... next year.

Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH to bring best-selling Pro Evolution Soccer series to Wii

Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH has announced it will be bringing its multi-million-selling Pro Evolution Soccer (PES) series to Nintendo Wii™, with a bespoke version of the game being developed for the system for release in 2008.

DK's simian pal is the newest Smash Bros. fighter.

First appearing in the Rare-developed platformer, Donkey Kong Country, thirteen years ago, Diddy Kong has recently appeared in the Donkey Konga series, Diddy Kong Racing DS, and several Mario spin-off games. Though conspicuously absent as even a trophy in Super Smash Bros. Melee, DK's buddy now enters the arena as the latest fighter to be unveiled for Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

Nintendo of Europe will distribute Zack & Wiki and Ace Attorney Apollo Justice in Europe.

NEW GEM ADDED TO WII'S CHRISTMAS TREASURE CHEST

Nintendo of Europe to distribute Zack & WikiTM: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure for Wii

21st August 2007 – Puzzle fans are in for a treat this Christmas with Zack & Wiki™: Quest for Barbaros’ Treasure, a quirky and innovative title that... Read more...

Today's update sheds some new light on the game's adventure mode.

Though we know a bit about Super Smash Bros. Adventure Mode, The Subspace Emissary, it's still unclear exactly who the antagonists are, and what their motives might be. Today's update gives us a couple of answers, though.

The Subspace Army (the strange, rag-doll looking creatures from an earlier... Read more...

MTV Networks wants more from the games industry, and will spend over $500 million over the next two years to do so.

In part due to growth of its current gaming properties and an increase of traffic in its various casual games web sites, the music television giant and its networks want to expand their collective presence and grab a larger piece of the gaming industry pie. To do this, MTV has announced that it will be investing more than $500 million in games over the next two years.

Stick stick stick stick stick stick stick...

This week was an interesting one. Two characters were announced, one of which was brand new and surprising. A new mode was showcased that has several fans up in arms. Read on to get the details.

New Character: Pokemon TrainerAs reported earlier, Pokemon Trainer will be playable in Brawl. ... Read more...

Nous apporterons une contribution et écrirons une partie de cet article dans la langue française!

Quebec is the part of Canada where French is the dominant and preferred language, despite the fact that the country is officially bilingual in French and English. However, reports state that only 40% of top games released in Quebec are available in the more romantic language.

That's going to... Read more...

Tight supply of (other) key Wii parts is blamed for the scheduling push-back.

Because of the high demand and not-as-high supply of components such as integrated circuit chips and PCBs (printed circuit boards), Nintendo has had to delay a ramp-up of Wii console production, originally scheduled for June of this year.

In Nintendo's Q2 2007 earnings report, the company had... Read more...

Nintendo needs to buy the parts for its money-printers from somewhere, after all.

Companies supplying the guts for the Wii remote and nunchuk are making some serious coin, thanks to the success of Nintendo's oddball console.

The accelerometers found inside the controller halves are produced by Analog Devices in America and STMicroelectronics in Europe. The two companies are... Read more...

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Hey hey! This is the weekly feature where we shoot forum threads into your face!

Last week, we asked our forum posters if they were planning on buying Metroid Prime 3. Pretty much everyone who answered the poll said yes, despite a lot of great devil's advocates in the thread. Woot. Peruse the posts further down the page! Meanwhile...

Elves vs. Ninjas.

SEGA ANNOUNCES TWO NEW TITLES FOR THE Wii VIRTUAL CONSOLE

Two SEGA Genesis Classics Coming Soon to the Wii Shop Channel

SAN FRANCISCO (August 16, 2007) – SEGA® of America, Inc. today announced that two titles from its SEGA Genesis™ library, Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master™... Read more...

Nintendo issues a reminder that yes, Samus is coming to the Wii on August 27.

DID YOU KNOW? NINTENDO'S 'MONTH OF METROID' BUILDS TO AWAITED METROID PRIME 3: CORRUPTION LAUNCH

Last week, Wii™ owners who have their systems connected to WiiConnect24™ were greeted by an ethereal blue glow alerting them Nintendo's Month of Metroid had begun. The WiiWare™ section of the... Read more...

With such a small system, maybe they should go for Ukelele Hero instead...

In a recent interview with C|Net, Red Octane co-founder and COO Charles Huang has revealed that a Nintendo DS version of the mega-huge Guitar Hero franchise is currently in development.

We are working on that. We're exploring a lot of things. We're hoping to really bring the experience to the... Read more...

Another Wii system update already?

Nintendo sent another message to Wii consoles tonight notifying users of another system update. Apparently there was a stability issue that occurred when the Reset button was pressed while using the Opera Internet Channel. Also, something was done to address stability issues when using the Wii LAN Adapter.

Nintendo's annual Internet get-together of fans has taken on a decidedly different look this year.

In years' past, Camp Hyrule was an exclusive hangout of a thousand or two of Nintendo's most loyal and dedicated web-heads. Potential campers needed to register in advance, and if you were lucky enough to register before the masses (or before the registration server crashed from the strain) you got... Read more...

The newest playable character in Super Smash Bros. Brawl is Ash...or whatever you named him in the Pokemon games.

The newest character in SSB Brawl is... Pokemon Trainer! This nameless trainer hangs around in the background, controlling one of three Pokemon who actually do the fighting for him. Pokemon Trainer always has access to Squirtle, Ivysaur, and Charizard, who share the same damage percentage. You rotate through them by using Pokemon Trainer's "Down" special attack.

Boy, that goddess is showing a lot of skin!

After Ike was revealed, Sheik and Ganondorf were confirmed, and the elaborate adventure mode was teased about last week, we forgot to do a round up of the smaller pieces of news for the week. Don't fret though, as we rolled them into this week!

New Final Smash: Donkey Kong's Konga BeatDonkey... Read more...

Three different consoles and three different genres in today's update.

European gamers have the opportunity to purchase three more games from the Virtual Console selection today. First up is the NES sports game, Volleyball. Its name indicates it comes from a time when sports games could have simple names like that. Secondly, we have Capcom's RPG, Breath of Fire II.... Read more...

Games based off the Scrabble, Yahtzee, Nerf, Tonka brands and more will soon be coming to every imaginable platform.

EA and Hasbro Partner to Bring Casual Games to Global Audience

New Relationship Unites Two Powerhouse Entertainment Companies and Classic Brands to Create New Interactive Experiences

CHERTSEY, UK - August 10th, 2007 - Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) and Hasbro Inc. (NYSE: HAS) today... Read more...

Downloadable preview contains new trailer with more movies to come; Nintendo announces Virtual Console dates for Metroid, Super Metroid.

Many have wondered when the promotional blitz was going to start for Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, one of Nintendo's biggest titles of 2007. Only a few weeks from launch, little has been heard from the Big N about the newest installment of one of its most revered franchises. That all changed today... Read more...