Vigil's last game will no longer be sold digitally at the end of the month.

Action-adventure game Darksiders II will be taken down from the Wii U eShop in Europe on March 31, 2013, according to The Nintendo Channel.

European users who have already bought the title digitally will still be able to re-download it from the eShop, but the game cannot be purchased after this... Read more...

Music and fish, the greatest combination of anything ever.

Slim pickings this week, gang. However, when one of them pickings is HarmoKnight, you don't talk sass. Got it?! What else is on tap? Natsume's Legend of the River King is up for grabs on the 3DS Virtual Console, and retail releases Sonic & All-Star Racing Transformed and Resident Evil Revelations... Read more...

The quest to find the best is over.

Nintendo Australia has crowned their Monster Hunter champion.  Recently Nintendo Australia ran a competition to find the Ultimate Monster Hunter, with the prize being to have their gameplay footage of Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate recorded at Nintendo's head office to be used in a commercial for the game.

The social network will be more deeply integrated with games.

Nintendo is planning updates to Miiverse functionality, including the ability to more deeply integrate the social network with Wii U games.

The Miiverse API will be updated in a future version of the Wii U Software Development Kit to include features to improve interactions within games, producer... Read more...

Game & Wario turns the Miiverse into a microgame.

Game & Wario will include a Miiverse-centric feature called Miiversketch, which tasks players with quickly drawing items from memory.

During Kiyoshi Mizuki's Nintendo Miiverse GDC talk, the developer revealed Miiversketch, a Game & Wario mode that makes use of Miiverse's in-game message... Read more...

Nintendo on my iPhone? The end is nigh.

Nintendo's Miiverse, a social network for the Wii U, will be coming to PC and smartphone browsers in April or May, with a 3DS version coming at a later date.

The news comes from Nintendo's Kiyoshi Mizuki, producer on the program. Mizuki says the PC and smartphone version will allow basic functionality... Read more...

Movies and TV shows on Netflix can now be accessed through Nintendo TVii.

Netflix content is now accessible through Nintendo TVii.

Shows and movies on Netflix have always been viewable on the Netflix Wii U app, but with Nintendo TVii, you can search for content and be given the choice of how to view it. Netflix will now be a choice when applicable. 

The company behind Guitar Hero and Rock Band is working on three new titles. 

Harmonix, the company best known for music games like the Rock Band series, is working on three new games.

Brad Feld, the managing director of The Foundry Group and new member of the Harmonix Board of Directors, confirmed that three new titles are in development at the company. No other details are known about these games, although one of them is thought to be a real-time combat game.

Here comes an eShop game, hopping down the eShop trail, hippity hoppity new game on its way.

Kung Fu Rabbit has been announced as a Wii U eShop game.

Originally released on iOS and Android devices, Kung Fu Rabbit is a 2D platformer following a rabbit on a mission to rescue his disciples, who have been bunny-napped by Universal Evil. 

Neko Entertainment, who... Read more...

It turns out that being Vice President of the World has a few interesting perks.

Citizens of Earth, a role-playing game said to be inspired by seminal Nintendo title Earthbound, has been announced for the Wii U eShop early next year.

Developed by Canadian outfit Eden Industries, Citizens of Earth stars the Vice President of the World, who returns to his rural home town following... Read more...

Nintendo is creating a HTML5 friendly development environment.

Nintendo Web Framework is being revealed at the Game Developer's Conference (GDC) this week.

Nintendo is holding a panel today about Wii U development with Nintendo Web Framework at the "Nintendo Wii U Application Development with HTML and JavaScript" panel. 

Nintendo Web Framework allows... Read more...

The 1.2 patch will provide fixes for several game-breaking bugs.

A patch for Wii U launch title ZombiU has gone live in North America, and is expected to soon be available worldwide, Ubisoft has confirmed.

The 1.2.0 software update, which requires just 18MB of storage space to download, fixes a number of bugs that prevented progress or caused the game to crash, as well as various other glitches.

DICE is 'playing it safe' with its latest shooter.

The recently-announced Battlefield 4 will not be making its way to the Wii U, DICE confirmed. 

During its European unveiling in Stockholm last night, the game was confirmed for a 2013 launch at Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC. Creative director Lars Gustavsson explained that neither DICE nor its publisher, Electronic Arts, has plans to bring the shooter to the Wii U.

Gotta go fast!

Nintendo has uploaded a video to Youtube showcasing one instance of the improved load times scheduled to be included in the upcoming Wii U firmware update. The video shows a comparison video of a person closing a game of New Super Mario Bros. U and returning to the main menu. After the update, it... Read more...

An interview with Capcom shines new light on this upcoming project.

Disney recommended to Capcom that WayForward Technologies develop DuckTales Remastered. This, and several other details, were revealed in a Destructoid interview with the game's producer Rey Jimenez.

Capcom bonded well with WayForward, “they handled practically all of the production side like pros. The game has been in development for around a year, and we would love to work with them again... retro or otherwise,” said Jimenez.

Patience is a virtue.

Capcom Community Manager Brett Elston addressed rumors of a new Mega Man game this past weekend, stating that, although no new game has been confirmed, discussions are happening.

Elston took to Twitter to directly respond to rumours emerging from PAX East on March 22. He said: 

“To clarify – didn’t confirm a new Mega Man game. Mentioned the discussions are still going, but will not announce anything until it’s ready.”

Feel heroic as you buy your morning coffee.

Lawson convenience stores in Japan will be getting a makeover starting March 30 to promote the upcoming Japanese Wii U Dragon Quest release.

The result of teamwork between Square Enix and Lawson, stores will be decorated in an Astoltia motif until May 7. Certain stores will also stock replica Hero and Sky Swords with Slime-themed shopping bags.

Don't have an office? No problem.

Nintendo's manager of business development Dan Adelman has revealed in an interview with Gamasutra that it has lowered its requirements for developers to make games on their Wii U and 3DS eShops. In the interview, Dan mentions that Nintendo wants to make getting a game approved on the eShop "as frictionless as possible", compared to the WiiWare and DSiWare services.

The makers of Antipole come out of their shell.

Turtle Tale, a new Nintendo 3DS eShop title from Saturnine Games has been revealed.

Saturnine Games, the developer behind the DSiWare game Antipole, are developing Turtle Tale. The game is a 2D platformer inspired by classic games of the genre that were found on the NES and SNES. 

Get your special Mii on 3DS!

No more than one day has passed since Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon became immortalized in StreetPass Mii Plaza's Puzzle Swap game, and Nintendo have already released a second gift to commemorate the game's release, a Shigeru Miyamoto Mii exhibiting glorious golden pants.

According to the introduction... Read more...