Japanese Mario fans will be able to partake in a national tournament featuring the latest Mario game.

In a recent Kyodo News Service broadcast, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata revealed that Nintendo has plans to host a New Super Mario Bros. Wii tournament over the next two months in order to find the best players in Japan.

Tournaments will be held in Osaka, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Hiroshima, Nagoya, Sendai, and Tokyo beginning in February. The winners will be invited to participate in the final round in Tokyo on March 27.

The unique WiiWare puzzler will have MotionPlus Support.

Deep Fried Entertainment Inc. has announced the release of their first WiiWare title, ShadowPlay. The puzzle title will be released on January 11.

ShadowPlay has players moving objects such as balls and clothes pins in order to cast specific shadows. There will be over 100 transforming shadow... Read more...

Capcom emphasizes its commitment to supporting all game platforms.

In a recent interview with Capcom France Executive Antoine Seux, he expressed that Resident Evil: Darkside Chronicles was performing well below sales expectations. He also lamented that the Wii market is a difficult one to sell traditional games to, and foretold a development shift towards PS3 and... Read more...

Players will be able to race as their Mii against iconic Sega characters like Ryo Hazuki and Miles "Tails" Prower.

SEGA has revealed on the SEGA America Blog that Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing will allow players to race as their Mii in the Wii edition of the title. Just like the SEGA mainstays, Miis will have a unique "All Star" move that can give straggling racers a helpful boost.

The SEGA-centric racer... Read more...

Capcom discusses the underwhelming sales of Darkside Chronicles, and their expectation of difficulties for the DS.

In a recent Google-translated interview from Capcom France, executive Antoine Seux commented on various aspects of the company and its performance on Wii. When asked about the sales of Resident Evil: Darkside Chronicles, Antoine expressed that sales were good but well below expectations, with only... Read more...

Your favorite attorney arrives in downloadable form this Monday.

Capcom has announced on its Capcom-Unity blog that Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney is coming to WiiWare next week. The downloadable package includes episodes 1-4 of the game. Episode 5 will apparently arrive as downloadable content at some point in the future.

The WiiWare versions of the Ace Attorney... Read more...

Capcom's slick fighter gets an even slicker stick to go along with it.

Peripheral maker Mad Catz has announced the Tatsunoko vs. Capcom Arcade FightStick for Wii. It is set for a late January release.

Mad Catz has recently gained renewed notoriety for its lineup of high-quality arcade-style controllers, usually with licensing tie-ins to high-profile titles... Read more...

Nintendo shares soar in Japan after the company's recent report of likely record Wii and DS sales in the US.

Yesterday, Nintendo projected that over 3 million units of its Wii console had been purchased in the U.S. month of December.

The rosy sales forecast spurred great investor interest in Nintendo Co. Ltd., leading to the best single-day jump for the Kyoto-based company's stock since November 2008. Nintendo ended the day on the Osaka Stock Exchange with their stock price jumping up 6.9% to 24,500 yen.

Nintendo President speaks about the successor to the Nintendo DS, the Wii Vitality Sensor, and the release of the next Legend of Zelda.

CEO and President of Nintendo Satoru Iwata recently let loose the first details about the portable console to follow the Nintendo DS. In a recent interview with Japan's second most circulated paper, the Asahi Shimbun, Iwata stated that the "requirements for the [next Nintendo handheld] will be higher resolution screens and sensors that will be able to read the player's movement."

Yatterman #2 is joining the roster for Capcom's Wii fighter.

Yatterman #2, also known as Ai-chan, was revealed as the reportedly final character for the Tatsunoko side of Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars.

A completely new character, Yatterman #2 is Yatterman's girlfriend and follower, and is "one of the most unique characters in the game" according to Capcom's Seth Killian, who revealed the character on Today

The games market in the Land of the Rising Sun dropped 6.9% from 2008

While Nintendo continues to top the sales charts in its home market, overall sales for game software and hardware were down 6.9% in Japan during 2009 to ¥542,640 million ($5.9 billion). In fact, the new sales data from Famitsu publisher Enterbrain, covering December 29, 2008 to December 27, 2009, shows that the Japanese video game market shrunk for the second year in a row.

Nintendo hardware and software performed very well during the Holiday season across all regions.

In a recent announcement by Nintendo, president Satoru Iwata presented sales data that showed Nintendo hardware and software performing very well during the month of December. While the official NPD numbers won't be released until January 14, Nintendo is pleased with the early sales numbers for December.

Capcom producer's blog hints at an upcoming announcement concerning the fighting game.

Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars is scheduled to be released in North America on January 26, but Capcom may have an early surprise in store for fans of the game. In a recent blog on Capcom's Japanese website, Tatsunoko vs. Capcom Producer Ryota Niitsuma implied that a big announcement for the West may soon be forthcoming.

Eliminate aliens, monsters, zombies, and more in a new shooter that is designed to be played while wearing 3D glasses.

Magesco Entertainment announced today that they will be releasing Attack of the Movies 3D exclusively for the Wii. In the game, players will shoot their way through six film-based worlds inhabited by classic movie monsters and villains.

The 3D shooter is being developed by Panic Button Games,... Read more...

An updated take on the classic hoops game is coming exclusively to Wii. "Boom-shaka-laka!"

ESPN is reporting that Electronic Arts has gained the rights from the NBA to make an updated version of the arcade classic NBA Jam. The new version of NBA Jam will be a full retail product and will ship exclusively on the Wii.

The original NBA Jam was one of the best selling arcade games of... Read more...

The last full week of 2009 are taken over by the plucky plumber and the hero of time, as well as other Nintendo titles.

According to Japanese Media Crate data, New Super Mario Bros. Wii was the best-selling title for the week of December 21 to the 27th, selling 506,000 copies. The latest Mario title has sold 2.44 million copies since its release in Japan on December 3rd. The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks debuted in the second spot with 291,000 copies sold.

The upcoming Wii MotionPlus shooter is nearing completion.

Famitsu recently flew out to Ubisoft's offices in France to conduct an interview with multiple members of the Red Steel 2 development team. In the interview, the creative team revealed some interesting new details about the shooter, including the films that influenced the game's creation and why they decided to forego the first game's realistic art style.

14 of the top 25 products sold are Wii or DS games and accessories, including the top eight.

Wii and DS games and accessories dominated Amazon's Top 25 Gaming Products of 2009. The top eight spots on the list went to Nintendo products, and 14 of the top 25 products were Wii or DS related. Three games on the list were not released in 2009, demonstrating the evergreen sales of Nintendo's products.

Sega Studio Director Constantine Hantzopoulos gives his thoughts on the market for Mature-rated games on the Wii.

Sega Studio Director Constantine Hantzopoulos said recently on a podcast from 1up.com that the developer would be unlikely to produce mature-rated titles for Wii in the future. While acknowledging that two of their recently released Sega titles, House of the Dead: Overkill and MadWorld, were going... Read more...

Ring in the new decade with seven new games.

The first weekly downloads update for 2010 arrives with seven new games: three for WiiWare, three for DSiWare, and one for Virtual Console.

Heron: Steam Machine, a puzzle game from Triangle Studios in which you must help factory employee Ron by connecting the steam pipes in order to successfully... Read more...