Fantasy Zone and Fist of the North Star will arrive in Japan in February.

With the announcement of two Sega Master System games planned for February in Japan, Nintendo's Virtual Console service for the Nintendo Wii has picked up another classic system. These games will be Fantasy Zone, a shooter, and Hokuto no Ken, a Fist of the North Star action game localized in America as Black Belt. They are slated to cost 500 and 600 Wii Points respectively.

New figures illustrate Nintendo's rapidly improving position in historically difficult market: dominant hardware sales complemented by strong showings for casual and traditional games.

Nintendo Europe has divulged sales figures spotlighting the company's very strong performance across both of its platforms. Six million Wii consoles have been sold since launch, surpassing the GameCube's lifetime sales by a significant margin in some countries, setting records in the process. Nintendo DS has also radically expanded Nintendo's handheld market, racking up twenty million units sold since its launch in March 2005.

"How can Mario be mean?" says gym teacher whose school bought seven Nintendo Wiis.

Physical education teacher Don Prorok has decided that if you can't beat 'em, join 'em: "They're going to play video games anyway, we might as well steer them to the right ones."

The "right ones" in this case would be Wii Sports, which is controlled by motions instead of buttons and comes included... Read more...

Nintendo releases a new trailer for Level 5's curious little DS puzzle game.

Below is a new trailer for the upcoming Nintendo DS game, Professor Layton and the Curious Village. The video shows off the game's unique animation style and storytelling, as well as a brief look at some of the puzzles you'll be facing along the way.

The game is scheduled to be released on February 10.

Wireless interactive map software for the DS is being pilot tested in Walt Disney World.

Looking for new ways to have guests interact with their theme parks, Disney's Imagineers have cooked up a new park information system. You might be wondering what news like this is doing on Nintendo World Report. The answer is simple, the Imagineers are using the Nintendo DS as the platform for their new "Disney Magic Connection" program.

The video game industry in 2007 pulls in 43% more revenue than in 2006. And wait until you see how well the Nintendo DS sold.

Seriously, you're going to be blown away by these Nintendo DS sales figures for the five weeks that made up the December NPD reporting period:

December 2007 U.S. Hardware Sales

Nintendo DS - 2.47 million

Wii - 1.35 million

Xbox 360 - 1.26 million

PlayStation 2 - 1.10 million

PlayStation Portable - 1.06 million

They got a little RPG in our Smash Brothers.

Everyone's worst fears were confirmed early on Tuesday this week, as the rumored delay was made official on the Dojo blog. We'll just have to continue to rely on new bits of information to tide us over for the extra month.

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Independent group reports on Nintendo hardware sales, Nintendo happy to share their findings.

INDEPENDENT DATA REVEALS NINTENDO SALES FOR 2007

Nintendo DS and Wii Finish as the No. 1 and No. 2 Best-Selling U.S. Systems

REDMOND, Wash., Jan. 17, 2008 – Nintendo DS™ and Wii™ finished strong in 2007, commanding sales in the holiday shopping period and finishing the year as the... Read more...

The demo is a recreation of the beginning of the first case from the upcoming legal-adventure DS game.

Ace Attorney fans rejoice! Capcom has released the promised online flash demo for Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney, which you can directly access here.

In the free demo, you get to play through the start of the first case to be featured in the upcoming Nintendo DS title. Traditionally, the first... Read more...

Wii Fit sales stay healthy, despite a slow week in Japan.

This week's sales figures from Media Create very clearly show that in Japan, a lot of people are getting fit on their Wiis. It also shows that Nintendo have three million-plus sellers and incredibly, another three games selling over two million.

Although this week showed sales in general are... Read more...

Follow the Las Vegas cast as you solve crimes in the lab.

UBISOFT ANNOUNCES CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION™ HARD EVIDENCE IS AVAILABLE ON STORE SHELVES FOR THE Wii™ SYSTEM

SAN FRANCISCO – January 17, 2008 – Today, Ubisoft announced CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION™ Hard Evidence is available on store shelves for the Wii™ home video game system... Read more...

The promise of the popular PC game Myst to the DS is finally delivered.

Empire Interactive Brings The Classic Graphic Adventure, Myst, To The Nintendo DS™

Immersive Experience Will Draw Adventure-seekers of All Ages into a Surreal Dimension of Alternative Reality

AUSTIN, Texas - January 16, 2008 - Empire Interactive today announced that MYST, the popular... Read more...

Publisher press release mentions it, but Telltale Games remains coy.

A single line in one of Publisher JoWooD Productions' press releases could be enough to turn dreams into reality for point-and-click adventure game fans: Sam & Max is coming to the Wii. However, Telltale games declined to confirm the information to Shacknews, telling them, "when we're in a position to confirm that we'll be porting Sam & Max to the Wii, we'll make an announcement about it."

Title will be prequel to last holiday's console smash.

UBISOFT ANNOUNCES ASSASSIN'S CREED ALTAÏR'S CHRONICLES™ EXCLUSIVELY FOR NINTENDO DS™

SAN FRANCISCO - January 15, 2008 - Today Ubisoft, one of the world's largest video game publishers, unveiled Assassin's Creed Altaïr's Chronicles™, exclusively for the Nintendo DS™. The Assassin's Creed Altaïr's Chronicles video game will be available at retailers nationwide in February.

Game's official blog says American gamers can now expect it on March 9th. Japan is pushed back for a week to Jan. 31st.

After we reported last week that Wal-Mart's corporate database was essentially confirming a delay for Super Smash Bros. Brawl, the game's blog site has now made the delay official. Brawl's new American release date is March 9, a full month later than its previous date. Director Masahiro Sakurai's explanation is that the game simply needs more time to be completed:

Ozone Electronics believed to have taken payment for up to thousands of orders before closing their website and selling off their premises.

The BBC's consumer rights team Watchdog has detailed a scam exploiting up to 2,500 people among the many thousands who were part of the pre-Christmas scramble for scarce Wii supply in the UK.

Ozone Electronics, an Oldham-based company, appealed to desperate prospective Wii buyers by guaranteeing... Read more...

The Dojo returns with some pretty big updates, including a new character!

It's the new year, and NWR is back with more weekly updates from the Dojo. Sakurai and company took a week off after the holidays, but their first week back brings a brand new character to the Brawl. Combine that with the possibility of a North American delay and Smash Bros. fanatics are going through bouts of manic depression.

Turns out Super Mario Galaxy sold pretty well in Japan.

This week was very much a catch-up week for Media Create sales figures, seeing the last two weeks coming almost back-to-back. It looks like Nintendo have done incredibly well the first week of the new year, with 25 out of the top 30 games being on Nintendo platforms.

There were a few surprises... Read more...

The N64 classic from Rare was being prepped for a Live Arcade release, but the project was halted.

Gaming site 1up.com and sister magazine Electronic Gaming Monthly are reporting that a direct port of GoldenEye 007, the classic N64 first-person shooter, was a mere two months away from being ready for launch on Xbox Live Arcade. As of right now, the game will never see the light of day, as Nintendo and Microsoft can't seem to come to an agreement financially.

Handheld development studio and audio outsourcer extends services to WiiWare's small developers.

Shin'en Multimedia extends its audio services to Nintendo’s Wii WareTM.

After creating soundtracks for almost 200 games Shin'en now also provides audio

outsourcing services for Nintendo’s upcoming Wii WareTM platform.

Munich, Germany – January 10, 2007 – Shin’en Multimedia, a