Iwata turns the tables and talks to members of the team that created the Wii, inside and out.

The Wii section of Nintendo.com has posted a translated version of a very interesting interview with the troupe of NCL employees responsible for the design choices made for Wii. Interesting, in both the contents of the interview, and the interviewer himself.

Satoru Iwata, President of All Things... Read more...

Wii titles are most likely to be playable on consoles worldwide, Nintendo's own included.

Games writer, friend to PGC and heavy drinker Chris Kohler is reporting on his Wired Games Blog that the Wii console, like the Nintendo DS, will be able to play games from any region of the world.

The report implies that region protection can still be put in place by publishers if they so desire, but Nintendo's own games won't be locked to a specific country.

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As Nintendo holds press conferences in multiple regions today, each region is progressively seeing its native language receive an update at www.wii.com. Following the US press conference in New York the English language version of the site has been updated.

The content is familiar between all... Read more...

Get the blow-by-blow account of what went down at the U.S. Wii Preview event!

10:10AM Strange in game advertising question. Nintendo is looking into it but it doesn't really follow what Reggie thinks they are going for.

10:09AM Pokemon Battle Revolution first Online title IN JAPAN at Japanese launch. US launch to follow sometime later.

10:07AM I asked about Metroid... Read more...

Sixteen games are going to be along side the console in Japan on December 12, with ten more coming before the end of the month.

From what we can gather from this list on NCL's webpage, here's the list of titles Wii slated for launch day in Japan:

- Trauma Center: Second Opinion - Atlus

- Elebits - Konami

- Unknown game - Success

- Necro-Nesia - Spike

- Super Monkey Ball - Sega

- Swing Golf Pangya - Tecmo

- Wing Island - Hudson

YanYan and Doctor join the fun.

SEGA'S 'SUPER MONKEY BALL BANANA BLITZ' TO FEATURE TWO NEW CHARACTERS

AiAi is Joined by Two New Friends for his Super Monkey Ball Debut on Nintendo's Wii Console

SAN FRANCISCO (September 13th, 2006) – SEGA® of America, Inc. today announced two new characters for Super Monkey Ball™... Read more...

The news on US price, date, and more has already hit the papers.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer has already posted details from The New York Times regarding the Wii announcement to be made later today.

Wii is set to launch in North and South America on November 19th, at a price of $250. By year end, twenty-five to thirty games are slated to be released, and Nintendo plans to ship 4 million consoles worldwide.

A new IP and a Final Fantasy XII spin-off are coming to DS.

The newest issue of Shounen Jump in Japan has revealed two new DS RPGs.

The first is a new IP from the Kingdom Hearts staff, called It's a Wonderful World. The title appears to take place in an urban Japanese setting, but with tons of monsters in the streets. It appears that battles take... Read more...

Seven of them are listed with ratings on the ESRB site, so it seems likely.

The ESRB's website has been updated with ratings for a few Wii games, mostly from publishers like Ubisoft and Midway. Most interesting among the list was a group of seven games published by Sega that are (for the moment) Wii-exclusive titles.

The list of games might sound familiar. Ecco The... Read more...

Straight from Ubisoft, confirmation of Sam Fisher's Wii appearance. First screens, too!

UBISOFT SNEAKS OUT TOM CLANCY'S SPLINTER CELL DOUBLE AGENT™ TO Wii™

Top-Selling Espionage Video Game Will Be Available for the Highly Anticipated Launch of the New Console

SAN FRANCISCO -- September 11, 2006 -- Today Ubisoft, one of the world's largest video game publishers, announced... Read more...

Splinter Cell Double Agent to be a Wii launch title; two launch racing games to include a Wii steering wheel shell.

IGN Wii has a double-dose of Wii info on their site. First up, Ubisoft has confirmed that a Wii version of Splinter Cell Double Agent will be available with the launch of the new Nintendo console. This news means that the French publisher will have eight games available on Wii's launch day (for... Read more...

Will GCN's last lifeline be severed?

Gamer forums and fan sites have been rumbling with rumors this past week that Super Paper Mario will be delayed and released on Wii rather than GameCube, the system it was announced for at E3 2006. Several sites, including GameSpot, have changed the release date for Super Paper Mario from October... Read more...

Beat'em-up based on the Cartoon Network show is in development, and will be playable with either the Wii or GameCube controller.

MIDWAY AND CARTOON NETWORK TO BRING GRIM, BILLY AND MANDY TO NINTENDO WII™

New Game Based on One of Cartoon Network's Top–Rated Shows, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy™

Chicago – September 6, 2006 – Midway Games Inc. (NYSE:MWY), a leading interactive entertainment industry... Read more...

Lines form, shops sell out...is there any stopping the dual-screen juggernaut?

With every iteration of Nintendo DS hardware that is released, people form lines and buy up all of the initial launch supply. The handheld is selling fast enough without there being a new color available, but it seems that Nintendo wants everyone in Japan to own (at least) one DS or DS Lite.

Now... Read more...

Now with WiFi functionality!

NShin'en Multimedia today announces the development of the sequel to their successful Nintendo DSTM debut Nanostray

Nanostray 2 introduces many never-seen-before features lifting the Shoot'em up genre up to a new level.

Munich, Germany – September 1, 2006 – Shin’en Multimedia, a... Read more...

If lead designer Kazuma Kaneko has anything to say about it, there's a good possibility.

Without a doubt, the Shin Megami Tensei series is one of the strangest RPG franchises out there, where it's not uncommon at all for occult and demonic manifestations to show up for a cup of tea. And while it's been featured primarily on the PS2 lately, that doesn't mean that Wii gamers will be out of luck if they're looking to get their weird on.

The whiskered Ninja is now Players Choice.

NARUTO(TM): Clash of Ninja(TM) Joins Player's Choice Club as One of the Most

Popular Nintendo GameCube Games of 2006!

TOMY and D3Publisher of America Announce Price Reduction for 1st NARUTO Game

for the Nintendo GameCube(TM) and NARUTO(TM): Ninja Council(TM) for Game

Boy(R) Advance

Yoshi and Donkey Kong too, with the purchase of a Happy Meal or Mighty Kids Meal.

McDonald's® and Nintendo® Invite Kids to Get Active and 'Take the Mario™ Challenge'

McDonald's Happy Meals and Mighty Kids Meals to Feature Popular Nintendo Characters - September 1 through September 21, 2006

OAK BROOK, Ill., Aug. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- With the help of McDonald's Happy... Read more...

Look out Madden, here comes Tecmo Super Bowl!

Tecmo recently released their half-yearly financial report to investors. It had the usual boring stuff, like sales data and charts, but it also had some information on what the company plans on doing in the future.

Nintendo's Wii console is a part of those plans. Along with bringing the already-announced... Read more...

Prepare for trouble. Make it double!

KONAMI SHIPS YU-GI-OH!™ DOUBLE PACK 2 TO RETAIL STORES

Video Game Combines Yu-Gi-Oh! The Destiny Board Traveler and Yu-Gi-Oh! Dungeon Dice Monsters onto One Game Boy® Advance Game Pak

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – August 29, 2006 – Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc., today announced that... Read more...