Life's no Hakuna Matata in this WiiWare-exclusive title.

Finnish game developer Lapland Studio along with publisher Inaria Interactive has announced Lead the Meerkats, a simulation/strategy hybrid for WiiWare.

Players take on the role of a lone meerkat who is separated from her pack. She has to create her own pack by making alliances with other meerkats by helping them search for food, defending them from predators, or helping to attack them.

New gameplay footage reveals new characters and unique gameplay mechanics.

The Trauma Center series now expands its gameplay with Trauma Team, a game that mirrors its predecessors in gameplay but now includes other members of the medical fields.

Players can now participate in forensics, diagnosis, endoscopy, orthopedics, surgery and first response missions in order to save the life of the patients that cross your path.

The artistic side-scrolling WiiWare game gets a firm date.

Recently Semnat Studios announced that their WiiWare debut, Eduardo the Samurai Toaster, is hitting the online marketplace on June 15.

Priced at 800 Wii Points ($8), Eduardo the Samurai Toaster is a side-scrolling action game with a unique visual style inspired by several art mediums such as... Read more...

Murder She Wrote also gets its own DS adaptation.

Legacy Interactive has announced that they have partnered with Universal Pictures Digital Platforms Group to create not one, but two DS games based on popular TV shows. The first of these is House M.D.

House M.D. will follow the plot of the TV drama and will feature its characters, including... Read more...

The DS title has seen a rebirth on the Wii.

Atlus has announced that they will be publishing Nordcurrent's Wii title 101-in-1 Party Megamix for Wii in North America.

Like its DS predecessor, 101-in-1 will feature over 100 mini-games (101 to be exact) based on various themes. Atlus hopes that the variety and accessibility of gameplay found in the title will attract all sorts of players, including old school arcade gamers, new players, and even fans of puzzles.

See where all the fighting between Nintendo's elite began for 1000 Nintendo Points.

Nintendo has announced that Super Smash Bros., the original four player crossover fighter for Nintendo 64, will be coming to the PAL Wii Shop Channel this week as part of its Friday update.

Unlike its release for the Japanese Virtual Console back in January at a price of 1200 Nintendo Points,... Read more...

Check out a new trailer for the XSEED published Suda51 DS game.

According to XSEED, the Suda51 title is due for release in North America next week. The trailer looks as bizarre and unique as all of Suda's work, so be prepared for yet another crazy adventure June 16.

Your body and mind will be in for a blast.

Konami has announced Ultimate Party Challenge for Wii, which is a multiplayer mini-game collection with emphasis on games for both the body and the mind. Ultimate Party Challenge utilizes the Wii Remote as a method of testing the player's mental, physical, and even musical skills. There will be over... Read more...

The Mario Minis march again on DSiWare alongside soldiers and their swords for WiiWare. Also, Genghis Khan makes his second appearance to do some fishing.

This week in Nintendo Downloads brings four new titles with one for DSiWare, two for WiiWare, and a single title for the long-running Virtual Console.

Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again! is yet another Nintendo title for the service and the sequel to the retail DS game, Mario vs. Donkey... Read more...

A new Pokémon battle royal invades WiiWare.

Nintendo recently announced that a new Pokémon game for WiiWare from the team who made My Pokémon Ranch is on the way.

In the game, called Ransen! Pokémon Scramble, players control toy versions of the popular Pokémon creatures. Unlike other entries in the series, battles are not fought in... Read more...

The Wii incarnation of the light-hearted rhythm series will feature accessible controls and downloadable songs.

Konami announced last week that an entry in their pop'n music line of games is making its American debut, and it's coming to the Wii.

The pop'n music line of games actually spans more than 15 titles on consoles and in arcades, stretching back more than a decade. The games are recognizable for... Read more...

Wii Sports Resort owners get a chance to win an exclusive colored Wii Remote and Nunchuk combo

Club Nintendo of Japan announced a competition for members to win one of five thousand exclusive light blue Wii Remote and Nunchuk sets.

The competition is open to anyone registering their copy of Wii Sports Resort from June 25 to August 1.

This comes hot on the heels of Nintendo announcing the first colored variant of the Wii console in Japan.

On June 30 Nintendo will end Brawl's replay, snapshot and stage submission system.

Nintendo has sent Wii messages to players across the United States indicating that on June 30 they will stop accepting player created stages, snapshots and replays for Super Smash Bros. Brawl. The official Super Smash Bros. Brawl website has also confirmed the news.

The feature has been... Read more...

Can M-rated titles succeed on the Nintendo DS? Well, this one's getting a sequel.

Nintendo consoles have been viewed with a skeptical eye when evaluated as platforms for M-rated titles. However, with a sequel to the horror title Dementium: The Ward in the works, publisher SouthPeak Games and developer Renegade Kid seem positively excited to buck the trend.

"[We] knew we could... Read more...

The upcoming release will feature new characters and hopefully online play.

Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All Stars, the North American version of last year's Japanese game Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Cross Generation of Heroes, will feature some additions and be more like a "championship edition," according to Capcom's Senior Community Manager Seth Killian.

He stated that... Read more...

The sizzling new hardware colors will arrive in Japan over the summer.

It's amazing what the prospect of simply offering the same hardware in a new color can do. Nintendo's handhelds have been using this tactic to re-attract consumer attention since the original Game Boy started exploring the palette in the mid-'90s. As a consequence, the announcement of a solid red... Read more...

Play as a hard-boiled detective on the streets of New York in this new action adventure from Ubisoft.

Ubisoft announced that C.O.P. The Recruit is coming to DS this fall. Players will take on the role of a cop named Dan Miles who recently joined the terrorist fighting organization Criminal Overturn Program (C.O.P.).

The story finds Dan going undercover and back onto the streets he came from... Read more...

Based on the bestselling novels by James Patterson this title will feature three club members on a mission to solve a gruesome murder.

Based on the best selling Women’s Murder Club series by James Patterson, Women’s Murder Club: Games of Passion is being developed by THQ for Nintendo DS and DSi. Previously, the Women’s Murder Club game series was exclusive to the PC and was extremely well received by fans of James Patterson and the mystery genre alike, according to the game's publisher.

Read a thorough account of Shigeru Miyamoto's presentation to the gaming media, including the Q&A session.

Nintendo’s annual developer “roundtable”, featuring Shigeru Miyamoto, revealed a new Zelda project and contained new details on a number of upcoming games.

Nintendo usually trots out Shigeru Miyamoto and one or two other developers for a large media presentation on the first evening of E3, but it was just Miyamoto himself this year. NOA’s Tim O’Leary of the Treehouse handled translation throughout the event.

A new Warioware and Mario Vs. Donkey Kong focus on user generated content.

Today at the Nintendo press conference Nintendo revealed two new DS titles, WarioWare D.I.Y. (Do It Yourself) for a retail release, and Mario Vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again for DSiWare.

Mario Vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again will be the third installment in the Mario Vs. Donkey Kong series. The familiar puzzle-solving elements that comprised the previous titles in the series will return with all new challenges and brain twisters.