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.

There will be 50+ games released by April next year.

The following games have been announced for release during the Wii U launch window between November 18, 2012 and March 31, 2013. Nintendo is set to publish 9 games by the end of the fiscal year. The games are listed by publisher.

Nintendo            ... Read more...

More details from the upcoming digital Nintendo park!

A bunch of new attractions were revealed by Nintendo of Europe president Satoru Shibata in the European Nintendo Direct presentation.

The total line-up of events are The Legend of Zelda: Battle Quest, Pikmin Adventure, Metroid Blast, Mario Chase, Luigi's Ghost Mansion, Animal Crossing: Sweet Days, Yoshi's Fruit Cart, Octopus Dance, Donkey Kong's Crash Course, Takamaru's Ninja Castle, Captain Falcon's Twister Race and Balloon Trip Breeze.

The Wii Sports Resort-style stamp system makes a return in Nintendo Land

Nintendo Land will feature a stamp accomplishment system, similar to what was featured in Wii Sports Resort. We were able to achieve such a stamp during Metroid Blast, one of the newly featured Nintendo Land attractions while playing the game on the show floor.

We'll keep digging to find out what other stamps are there, and what kind of accomplishments are required to unlock them.

Here are the down-under details for Nintendo's new console.

Nintendo Wii U will launch on Friday, the 30th of November in Australia and New Zealand. The console will come in two different packs like in other regions.

The white console Basic Pack will retail for AU $349.95 with 8gb of internal storage capacity and a matching Wii U Gamepad, while the special... Read more...

LEGO collectors are going to want to secure their copy before launch.

Customers who pre-order LEGO City Undercover will receive a mini-figurine of the game's main character, Chase McCain. It is currently unknown which retailers will participate in the promotion.

Chase McCain is modeled after a New York cop, with the last name being a clear reference to Die Hard's John McClain. LEGO City Undercover takes place in an open-world city with gameplay that emulates Grand Theft Auto.