Based on the popular European tabletop football (soccer) series, Subbuteo will head to Europe with stylus control, customization, and online play.

505 Games announced last week that they will be bringing the popular tabletop football (soccer) series, Subbuteo, to the DS in September. The game will use stylus-based controls to replicate the tabletop game and also feature customization options like player-created tournaments, team and player creation, and logo design. The game will also feature online play using the Nintendo Wi-Fi connection.

The DS game will tell an earlier portion of the Mushroom Men story and is set to release before the Wii game.

Gamecock Media Group recently revealed some of the back story and details of their new Wii and DS series, Mushroom Men. Developed by Red Fly Studios, each title will tell a different piece of the story, starting with the DS title.

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The sequel to Cooking Mama: Cook Off for Wii will feature 3D graphics, new recipes, and kitchen mini-games.

Majesco announced Monday that the upcoming Cooking Mama title for Wii, World Kitchen will feature a number of new additions to the series.

Cooking Mama World Kitchen, though the fourth entry in the series, will be the first to feature full 3D graphics. The title is also set to feature the Wii... Read more...

The rerelease of the classic title will feature touch screen functionality, wireless play mode, and a new dungeon.

Square Enix announced today, following the overseas rumblings from yesterday that Chrono Trigger is officially coming to the Nintendo DS.

The enhanced rerelease of the classic title will receive unique DS features, including a dual screen display and touch screen functionality. Additionally, the title will introduce a wireless play mode and a brand new dungeon, of which no details are currently known.

The most recent issue of Jump Magazine and a Square Enix countdown page confirm the long-rumored project.

SquareEnix launched a new website today in Japan that confirms news from the most recent issue of Jump Magazine: the SNES classic Chrono Trigger is being ported to the DS. The new site features a clock similar to the iconic RPG's logo as well as the ticking sound heard in the introduction sequence of the SNES game.

The first Castlevania experience for Wii will be a fighter that features connectivity to the DS title Order of Ecclesia.

Though pre-empted last week by early issues of Nintendo Power, today Konami has officially announced Castlevania Judgment for Wii. But unlike previous Castlevania action titles, Castlevania Judgement offers a 3D fighting experience.

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Nintendo wants to focus on manufacturing the current model for now.

During a stockholders meeting held on the 27th, the long talked about DVD-enabled Wii was discussed. Nintendo’s company president, Satoru Iwata, stated that they need to concentrate on producing as many of the current model as possible before thinking about a second iteration.

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Activision introduces the next multi-platform Call of Duty game to the Wii, including two player co-op and unspecified online play.

Call of Duty: World at War will take players into the series' untouched South Pacific theatre, with additional missions in Europe. As U.S. Marines and Russian soldiers, players will utilize features like cooperative gameplay and new weapons such as the flamethrower. The Wii version will receive a "unique co-op mode for two players" although it won't have the online co-op capabilities of the other versions.

The popular educational card game is being transformed into two DS titles each with over 6,000 questions with a focus on students in grades three through six.

Last week, EA announced a partnership with Workman Publishing Company to bring the popular Brain Quest quiz card game to the Nintendo DS. The agreement focuses on two unique titles directed at two different grade levels similar to the actual Brain Quest games.

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New dungeons, features, abilities, and costumes are available. An eight-block file size suggests that this content isn't merely being unlocked.

Along with the usual Monday releases of new titles for Nintendo's WiiWare or Virtual Console services, this week also sees the release of new downloadable content (DLC) for owners of the WiiWare title Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King.

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Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon brings random dungeons and cute creatures to PAL territories this fall.

Square Enix announced that Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon will hit Europe and other PAL regions this fall after its release in Japan and North America. Featuring the lovable Chocobos of Final Fantasy fame, this mystery dungeon game offers a compelling narrative and numerous familiar Final Fantasy jobs for the player to attain.

Lawsuit against Nintendo for use of the song "You're so Cool" in a three-year old commercial lasts less than a week before being voluntarily dropped.

On June 12, 2008 Morgan Creek announced a lawsuit against Nintendo for using the song You're so Cool from their film True Romance in a GameCube game ad. The game was not mentioned by name in the lawsuit, but the only GameCube game ad to feature the song was used in a television commercial for Nintendo's... Read more...

America gets a new Nintendo WiiWare title and the second iteration of Fatal Fury on the Neo-Geo for the Virtual Console.

This week on the Wii Shop Channel, Nintendo brings another WiiWare title, Magnetica Twist, a port of the classic puzzler. The Neo-Geo has also received another entry with a sequel to the already released Fatal Fury. Additionally, more downloadable content has been made available for Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King, the WiiWare launch title from Square-Enix.

Prince of Persia: The Fallen King will feature stylus control and an all new character: the "Magus."

Ubisoft recently announced that their Casablanca studio is working on a DS exclusive Prince of Persia game. Titled Prince of Persia: The Fallen King, the game will expand the Prince of Persia saga and will accompany the console and PC Prince of Persia game coming out this holiday season.

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Five more classic games are available to download as the Wii Shop Channel continues to alternate between WiiWare and VC every week.

Continuing the recent trend of Wii Shop Channel updates alternating between new WiiWare games and additions to the PAL Virtual Console library, last week saw another five retro games become available to download:

Pac-Attack (SNES, 800 points)

Super Fantasy Zone (MD, 800 points)

King of the Monsters (NEOGEO, 900 points)

Though announced last September by Famitsu Weekly, SNK Playmore confirms that the DS title is headed to America.

SNK Playmore and Ignition Entertainment announced today that the latest iteration of the Metal Slug series will also be receiving an American release. Between Metal Slug Anthology on Wii and this DS title, Nintendo is the only company to have full representation of the series on its platforms.

The exclusive DS title featuring classic Final Fantasy Tactics strategy gameplay is now available in stores across Europe.

Square-Enix announced this past Thursday the arrival of their latest exclusive DS title, Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire the Rift in European retail outlets today.

Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire the Rift features the classic isometric 2D strategy gaming found in prior Final Fantasy Tactics... Read more...

The new title, Boogie Superstar, will allow girls across the world to perform today's popular music and become a virtual star.

EA announced yesterday that the singing and dancing Wii title Boogie is going to receive a sequel: Boogie Superstar. Unlike the original Boogie, Superstar is aimed squarely at girls and will feature more current music as opposed to a mix of current and classic songs.

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The video game based off of the upcoming Disney/Pixar film is now out for the DS and Wii.

THQ announced that their latest game for the DS and Wii, WALL-E, is now in stores. The game is based off of the highly anticipated Disney/Pixar film of the same name and is developed by Heavy Iron Studios. It follows the storyline of the movie and also adds in additional content that will not be seen in theatres. It will also include voice work from the film's stars and the work of the acclaimed sound designer Ben Burtt.

Developers of Luminous Arc and World Destruction help fill RPG void in the Wii's library

Yet again Famitsu Weekly has revealed a new title in development for a Nintendo system. Marvelous is bringing Wii owners a traditional RPG from Image Epoch, Arc Rise Fantasia.

Arc Rise Fantasia will feature a graphical style similar to that found in tri-Ace games. The title will also feature a widescreen option for 16:9 users to take advantage of.