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...

Now U too can enjoy the Power of Two.

Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two will come to Wii U, Disney Interactive confirmed at the most recent Nintendo Direct.

Developed by Junction Point, The Power of Two, which will also be released on Wii, sends Mickey Mouse on another adventure through Wasteland. This time, Mickey is accompanied by Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, who can be controlled by a second player for cooperative multiplayer gameplay.

Capcom releasing popular title on Wii U outside of Japan too!

An HD version of Monster Hunter 3G HD, known as Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate in the West, is coming to the Wii U on launch day, December 8, in Japan. Players will be able to purchase the game stand alone or as a special Wii U bundle that comes with the Wii U console, a Wii U Pro controller and the game. The bundle will retail for 38,850 yen with taxes.

Another chance to try out the Wii U for free!

Nintendo appears to be planning a new Wii U tour that is different from the currently running, and highly exclusive, Wii U Experience tour.

Information is currently scarce, but the official site allows users to register their e-mail address so they can be notified when the tour will be coming to nearby areas.

The Pro Controller will come at a premium price.

Noticeably absent from Nintendo's press conference today was the pricing for peripherals and accessories. Since then, the price of one of the key new controllers has been revealed. A Nintendo representative confirmed to the folks over at Polygon that the traditionally styled Pro Controller will retail for $49.99 in North America.

The Wii U is to Wii as Wii was to GameCube.

Wii, WiiWare, and Virtual Console games will be supported on Wii U much the same way that GameCube titles were supported on Wii, without any special features or GamePad support.

In an interview with Nintendo of America, they stated that the Virtual Console transfer process was not confirmed to be... Read more...

Get ready to collect even more plastic toys.

Skylanders Giants was announced for Wii U by Activision at the recent Nintendo Direct in New York City, having already been confirmed for Wii and 3DS.

This follow-up to last year's Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure introduces dozens of brand new figurines to serve as playable characters, several of... Read more...

Nintendo joins the rest of the world with their game pricing. 

Wii U titles will have a baseline retail price of $59.99. A Nintendo representative confirmed to Polygon today that the price would be increasing from $49.99 for Wii titles to the current standard price for video games on HD consoles of $59.99.

The Nintendo representative was quick to note that this was only a baseline price and that some games could be more or less depending on circumstances regarding the individual release.

The future is Black on Nintendo's new system.

Activision finally confirmed that Call of Duty: Black Ops II is coming to Wii U at the Nintendo Direct event today in New York City.

Although there have been various rumours since the game was announced for other platforms earlier this year, this is the first time Activision has officially acknowledged the existence of a Wii U version of the game.

Because it isn't just all about the launch you know!

At the end of the European Nintendo Direct presentation, Nintendo of Europe president Satoru Shibata showed a list with all the upcoming titles in the Wii U's launch window period.

The Wii U's launch window period will last until March 2013 and will feature a good variety of content. Of course, it doesn't showcase actually all the games for that period, but it does feature a notable amount of software.

Jools Watsham teases everyone with an image from his blog.

Mutant Mudds Deluxe is coming to Wii U. The Co-Founder and Director of Renegade Kid, Jool Watsham, has just posted a picture on his blog revealing the game for the Wii U. The picture shows a Wii U GamePad playing a new version of the 3DS eShop smash hit.No further information is currently available on the game at this time.

The sequel to Nano Assault will be available to download on day one.

Nano Assault Neo has been revealed for the Wii U eShop. President of Nintendo Europe Satoru Shibata pulled back the curtain on the new shooter from Shin'en Multimedia coming exclusively to Wii U, in the recent European Nintendo Direct.

Much like its predecessor Nano Assault, released last year as... Read more...

The past and present of James Bond will collide on Wii U.

007 Legends will be released on Wii U. The game features voices from past and present James Bond characters such as Daniel Craig, Michael Lonsdale, Naomie Harris and Richard Kiel. It was previously revealed for release on competing platforms in July, but was confirmed this morning to be headed to Wii U as well.