It can be taken away from the system a good distance, but not overly far.

The Wii U GamePad has the best performance when within approximately 24 feet of the system, according to Bill Trinen in an interview with 1UP.

"They had a very precise number at one point. In meters it's like eight meters. In feet it's about 24 feet. That's for best performance," Trinen said when asked whether there was a limit to the controller's range.

This is why we didn't get a white or silver 3DS XL.

White and silver colored Nintendo handhelds don't generally sell well in North America, according to Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime.

Japan and Europe both got lighter colored systems at the 3DS XL's launch. North America, however, was left to choose from either red or blue. 

While the game is in the very early stages, we could be playing it in the not too distant future.

Australian developer Nnooo has revealed that they are currently planning and already have an early game concept for the Wii U. This information comes from an aussie-gamer interview.

Creative Director Nic Watt stated that the team hopes to start prototyping within the next month or so and that he wants the turn-around to be quite fast.

Where U will eat next.

Burger King will soon be giving out Wii U toys with Kids Meals. Currently no other information on the toys is known.

News of this promotion comes directly from the Burger King Crown subsite intended for children.

Readers may remember that last month rumor of this promotion sprang up when a supposed... Read more...

Can now be yours for $9.99.

The upcoming Nintendo 3DS eShop title, The Denpa Men: They Came By Wave, is now slated to be $9.99 in North America instead of the originally posted price of $7.99, a new listing on the official Nintendo of America website revealed. No reason for the change in price has been given.

The Denpa Men: They Came By Wave will be released in North America on September 27, 2012.

The Wii U version has five hours of additional content from the get-go. 

Darksiders II will be fully playable on the Wii U GamePad and will support all past and future downloadable content, a THQ representative stated at the Wii U preview event last week.

The developers at Vigil Games had previously discussed their intentions for the GamePad for this new edition of the post-apocalyptic action-adventure, but this event was the first time the controller functionality was officially shown off.

The Wii U version's getting some online interaction this November.

The Wii U launch title Scribblenauts Unlimited will "use the Nintendo Network to share objects created with the Object Editor," according to a 5TH Cell representative.

The game's box art includes the Nintendo Network logo. The 3DS version of the game, slated for a December release, will not include... Read more...

Gamers who bring their 3DS to the TGS with the demo on it are also in for a treat.

A demo for Denpa Ningen no RPG 2 is coming to the Nintendo 3DS eShop on September 19. The demo will span very early parts of the upcoming game as well as make use of StreetPass. The game will feature more dungeons, fishing (similar to what is found in Animal Crossing), sea travel and more.

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Will the Club Nintendo Kirby love ever end?

Club Nintendo members who register a copy of Kirby’s Dream Collection: Special Edition and complete a survey will be entered in a random drawing to win a set of Kirby round playing cards.

A total of 190 lucky winners will receive the card set which features the Kirby 20th Anniversary logo as well as several characters from the Kirby series.

The game could be released depending on the success of Ace Attorney 5.

The ruling may not be final when it comes to Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth 2 being released outside of Japan, according to Capcom USA's Christian Svensson.

While he noted that AAI 2 is not being "held hostage" over sales forecasts for Ace Attorney 5, it of course wouldn't hurt if it does well in sales.

Half of the time you'll be runnin' and jumpin', the other half touchin' and tappin'.

Less than 50 percent of Rayman Legends' stages will be focused on controlling the Murfy character with the GamePad. Ubisoft's Emile Morel revealed this during a demo at the recent Nintendo Wii U Preview Event. You can watch our demo session on video here.

When playing solo in these stages, the GamePad's... Read more...

Also, all of the objects are now done in vector art, meaning they retain their quality when enlarged or shrunk.

Scribblenauts Unlimited is doing away with the budget thermometer, meaning that players don't have to deal with any apparent restrictions on the amount of items in the environment.

According to 5TH Cell Producer Brittany Aubert in an upcoming Nintendo World Report interview, the removal of this lets "players go wild and add way more objects to the level than they ever could."

Sega's wacky rhythmical adventure through Paris can be yours for a cheaper price this fall. 

Rhythm Kaitõ R: Kōtei Napoleon no Isan, known as Rhythm Thief & the Emperor’s Treasure in the West, is receiving a price cut in Japan on November 22 to 2,940 yen. The price drop comes with Sega adding the title to their, “Sega the Best” line-up of titles, which is similar to product lines from other companies that give popular titles a re-release with discounted pricing.

The elaborate Miiverse interactions don't all have to be programmed by third parties.

The Wii U's Miiverse feature may inform players about new and upcoming games, among other things, Nintendo of America's Bill Trinen confirmed in an interview with 1UP.

In the interview, Trinen elaborates more about the Miiverse feature. One of these new features is the ability to inform players that the latest Wii U game released. This was explained when Trinen was asked about how the concepts of WiiConnect24 would be presented on the Wii U.

Players can also tilt the GamePad to scroll through pages, and the console will remember the name of paused games to help with search queries.

The built-in webkit-based internet browser for Nintendo's upcoming Wii U system will have a host of new features, including HTML5 support, Nintendo revealed last Thursday during a Japanese Nintendo Direct that aired simultaneously with the North American Wii U Preview Event. HTML5 is an up and coming... Read more...

While Nintendo will have the option available, ultimately it is up to the game's developers whether they want to release a title digitally.

Third party developers will have the option of releasing a game digitally through the eShop, Nintendo of America's Bill Trinen expressed in an interview with 1up.

When asked about Nintendo's initiative about moving forward with digital distribution of titles, Trinen explained that they plan on having... Read more...

Join us for a night of multiplayer fun!

Nintendo World Report Community Night returns Tuesday, September 18, starting at 10 p.m. Eastern/7 Pacific/2 a.m. UTC. We're keeping with the idea of players choosing what to play, so if you've got something in mind feel free to suggest it now or in the chat during the event. Is there an old Wii or DS game you've been aching to play online, or a 3DS game we haven't picked in a while? Try and recruit other players here!

The studio addresses Nintendo exclusivity, hints at new characters and backstory, and reveals that Hideki Kamiya, director of the first game, was involved from the very beginning.

Players can transfer their save data in the beta to the final game.

Owners of the Premium Wii U in Japan will gain entry to the beta for Dragon Quest X: Mezameshi Itsutsu no Shuzoku Online.

People who purchase either the Wii U Premium pack or the special edition Monster Hunter 3G HD pack will receive a unique beta code. If they redeem this code, they will be able to play the Wii U version of Square Enix's online RPG before it launches.

Renamed The Denpa Men: They Came By Wave, the RPG is hitting eShop on September 27.

The Japanese eShop title Denpa Ningen no RPG is coming to North America on September 27 under the name The Denpa Men: They Came By Wave for $6.99.

The Denpa Men has you take control of Denpa Men (radio wave humans) in an attempt to save their world from the evil Devil King. The game makes heavy... Read more...