Nintendo bundles all the Metroid Prime games into one Wii-controlled package.

Today, Nintendo announced that they are planning to bundle the Wii versions of Metroid Prime, Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, and Metroid Prime 3: Corruption this August.

Metroid Prime and Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, originally for the GameCube, will be enhanced with precise Wii Remote controls, a widescreen presentation, and other enhancements like they were in the Japanese Wii de Asobu Metroid Prime

Harvest Moon: Animal Parade for Wii and Harvest Moon: Sunshine Islands for DS add new features to the Harvest Moon series and will both be playable at E3.

Today, Natsume officially announced two new Harvest Moon games that will be released before the end of the year. Harvest Moon: Animal Parade for Wii will be released in the fall, while Harvest Moon: Sunshine Islands for DS will be released this summer. Both games will be playable at E3 in June.

Sega shows off the MotionPlus-enhanced controls in Virtua Tennis.

Sega's Virtua Tennis 2009 will be the first Wii title ever to support Wii MotionPlus. To show off the new controls, Sega has released a new trailer that shows off the MotionPlus-enhanced controls and how it affects gameplay in real time.

Virtua Tennis 2009 will be released in early June.

The reinvention of the Tony Hawk franchise will feature a new peripheral.

After almost two years of absence from the industry, Tony Hawk returns to the gaming world in Tony Hawk Ride, which promises to reinvent the franchise with bold new controls.

Players will now be able to physically interact with the game thanks to a new wireless peripheral that is currently being... Read more...

Sega's safari-themed arcade game returns in updated form.

Today, Sega announced that Jambo! Safari Animal Rescue will be arriving on the Wii and DS late this year. In 1999, Jambo! Safari was first released as an arcade title powered by the NAOMI arcade board, which is based on Dreamcast technology. Players will once again find themselves in the role of a safari park ranger who must rescue and care for animals, except this time with updated graphics and more depth than its arcade predecessor.

The publishers of Oblivion and Fallout see the potential on Wii.

According to GamesIndustry.biz, Bethesda is planning to bring more Mature-rated titles on Wii.

"We are going to make an announcement on a really big Wii game this year," said Bethesda's European managing director Sean Brenan. "We've got a couple of other things in the pipeline, and it's a format we're really looking at with the right approach."

Over 70,000 copies sold in the title's second month of release.

According to NPD sales numbers, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars has enjoyed a healthy second month of release. The game sold 74,000 copies in April, which is slightly smaller than the title's March debut of 89,000.

The announcement of Chinatown Wars'first month sales surprised many fans and... Read more...

Despite all the copyright issues, the big Capcom fighter will invade America.

Today, the official Capcom blog confirmed that Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom: Ultimate All Stars is coming to North America. The July issue of Nintendo Power will have an article about the title and more information will be revealed at E3 next month. For those keeping score, this is the first of two mystery games that will be at E3.

Majora's Mask becomes America's 300th Virtual Console title, an Art Style game arrives on DSiWare, and WiiWare gets both a tower defense sequel and a chess game.

North America has just received its 300th Virtual Console title, and in that landmark title you have just three days to save the world.

However, those who've played The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask on the Nintendo 64 will remember that those three days are revisited and replayed over and over... Read more...

A video on Nintendo's Japanese Wii website reveals two more sports for their upcoming game.

According to a video on the Japanese Wii website, Table Tennis and Golf will both be featured in Nintendo's upcoming MotionPlus-featuring game, Wii Sports Resort.

Golf was previously available in the first Wii Sports, and Table Tennis was featured in Wii Play. Both games will be improved by Nintendo's new peripheral Wii MotionPlus.

Famitsu reveals Dragon Quest Wars, a strategy game developed by Intelligent Systems.

Famitsu recently revealed a new entry in the Dragon Quest series, Dragon Quest Wars. Unlike the main entries of the series, Dragon Quest Wars is a mixture of a board game and a strategy game. It is being developed by Intelligent Systems, who are known for developing strategy games such as Fire Emblem and Advance Wars.

Wii gets Guilty Gear, Help Wanted, and more while Konami's Magician's Quest Mysterious Times leads the charge on DS. Twenty-five songs hit Rock Band 2 and three more get added to World Tour's store.

This week's Wii lineup is headlined by Akysys Games' fighting game Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus and Hudson's mini-game collection Help Wanted.

On DS, Konami's Magician's Quest Mysterious Times, THQ's Desktop Tower Defense, and more see release this week.

Rock Band 2 sees a whopping 25... Read more...

Rock Band gets a little bit country in this new track pack.

Nashville will finally have representation in Rock Band with the upcoming Rock Band Country Track Pack. This new collection of 21 songs features artists like Kenny Rogers, The Dixie Chicks, Shania Twain, and Rascal Flats. Some of these tracks will be exclusive to the Track Pack for a limited time, and will join Rock Band’s online song store MTV GAMES, HARMONIX and EA HEAD TO NASHVILLE WITH ROCK BAND COUNTRY TRACK PACK

Pre-Order Overlord: Dark Legend and Overlord: Minions at GameStop and get a minion of your own.

Codemasters will be releasing three games based on Overlord, one for the Wii, one for the DS, and one for the Xbox 360. To celebrate this occasion, players who pre-order any of the new Overlord titles at GameStop will receive a limited edition minion figurine. Four minion colors will be available (red, blue, green and brown).

Authentic classic controls are made a reality thanks to Innex.

Innex’s 3-in-1 Retro Adapter for Wii allows players to use classic controllers on their Wii system. By plugging this adapter into the Wii’s GameCube controller port, players can connect NES, SNES and N64 controllers for use with classic Virtual Console games.

The Retro Adapter is developed by Komodo and is being distributed in the United States by Innex. It will be available in June with an MSRP of 19.99.

Activision experiments with science and fun on the Wii and DS.

Activision has recently announced Science Papa, a game all about having fun with science. Taking elements from real world science, Activision hopes to achieve family fun while stimulating science discussion and fueling children’s curiosity. Players will join Science Papa as the newest member of... Read more...

The new Guitar Hero allows you to customize your band in bold new ways.

Just a few days after Activision announced Guitar Hero 5 as part of their fall lineup, new details have surfaced. Guitar Hero 5’s biggest innovation is the ability for players to create their own band set up. For example, players can arrange a three guitar and single vocal band or a two guitar and... Read more...

Like other games in the New Play Control! series, Chibi Robo's controls are revamped.

The next game to receive the New Play Control! treatment in Japan is Chibi Robo. The biggest change for the Wii release is the addition of point-and-click controls to make the robot move, replacing the analog stick control in the GameCube version. Motion controls have also been added to the in-game chores, such as sliding the Wii Remote back and forth to clean paw prints with a toothbrush.

The German branch of Factor 5 officially confirmed the closure of the US branch.

Today on the official website of Factor 5 GmbH, Achim Moller, the CEO of the German studio, confirmed that San Rafeal-based Factor 5, Inc. has officially closed down. The studio, responsible for the popular Rogue Squadron series, fell on hard times after the bankruptcy of business partner Brash Entertainment. That combined with the tough economic climate made it impossible for the studio to survive.

Harrison Ford's other famous character will appear in Lucasarts' upcoming game Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings.

According to a trailer on the official Star Wars website, it was revealed that everyone's favorite scruffy-looking nerf herder, Han Solo, will be playable in the upcoming Lucasarts game Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings. Both characters are played by actor Harrison Ford.

At this point, Han Solo appears to be nothing more than a palette swap, as the trailer shows him wielding the same weapons as Indiana Jones.