Wii U: Not just for games!

Nintendo's Wii U will double as a TV service. Nintendo announced a video hub called Nintendo TVii during the live event in New York City this morning.

The application will allow players to browse and watch TV shows as well as selecting movies from many sources including as TiVo, Hulu Plus, Amazon... Read more...

Gamers in Japan will have to wait a little bit longer to play these Nintendo releases.

Pikmin 3 and Wii Fit U are set to release on the Wii U next spring in Japan. The information was revealed during the Nintendo Direct Wii U Preview for Japan. Nintendo is delivering two first party titles for the launch in the Japan on December 8, New Super Mario Bros. U and Nintendo Land. 

UPDATE: The Wii U launch date has been confirmed for US region as well as bundles and prices.

Nintendo's next console will launch in North America on November 18 this year, 66 days from now.

It will be available as a "Basic Set" in white with the Wii U, Wii U Gamepad, AC Adapter for each, HDMI cable, and sensor bar for $299.99. The basic Wii U will have 8 GB of internal storage. There will... Read more...

The special edition puzzle game will feature giant 80x80 images that are solved in individual picross-sized chunks.

Nintendo has just added Club Nintendo Picross as a reward to the Japanese Club Nintendo customer loyalty program.

The game is a special edition of Nintendo's Picross franchise where players use clues to determine what spaces in a 10x10 or 15x15 grid to mark and what to leave empty, revealing a pattern or image when they're done. (These puzzles are also known as nonograms).

Circular objects around you will turn into gates to new mystery dungeons.

Pokemon Fushigi no Dungeon: Magnagate to Mugendai Meikyu (Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Magnagates and the Infinitely Great Labyrinth), is coming on 3DS this winter in Japan, as revealed in the latest issue of Coro Coro magazine. 

In the game, players control not a Pokémon trainer, but Pokémon... Read more...

The Premium console includes a service with a points reward scheme.

Nintendo has revealed a special online service that will be exclusive to the newly-announced Premium Wii U.

Under the banner of Nintendo Network Premium, this initiative will allow customers shopping for digital downloads to gain reward points for their purchases.

For each game you buy from the... Read more...

You can transfer your downloadable titles to Wii U at launch!

Players will be able to transfer their downloaded Virtual Console and WiiWare titles from their Nintendo Wii to their new Wii U consoles. The feature will be available at launch, though details are unknown at this point in time. The options were mentioned earlier in the year, but we now have a firm confirmation from the Japanese company.

Everything from Wii Remote controllers to stands can be purchased alongside the Wii U.

Nintendo showcased some of the accessories gamers can get for their brand new Japanese Wii U when it releases in Japan on December 8.

One accessory already confirmed for the system is the Wii U Pro Controller. A traditional controller, the Wii U Pro Controller comes in black and white, and has been priced at 5,040 yen ($65).

Mario and friends will be set to welcome the Wii U in Japan.

Two of Nintendo's Wii U first party titles, New Super Mario Bros. U and Nintendo Land, have been confirmed as launch titles for the Wii U's Japanese release during the Nintendo Direct press event.

In addition, Satoru Iwata confirmed the prices of these two launch titles. New Super Mario Bros. U... Read more...

The system's memory will be 20 times that of the original Wii.

The main Wii U system memory will total 2 GB, the Nintendo Direct press conference confirmed. 

Of this memory, 1 GB of RAM is intended for use by games while the other 1 GB of RAM is reserved for the Wii U system's own functionality. Nintendo pointed out that 2GB amounts to 20 times that... Read more...

Iwata makes sure Japan is first to know the juicy details on Wii U!

During the Wii U Launch Presentation in Japan, it was revealed that the Wii U will release on December 8 and will come in two different SKUs called Basic and Premium.

The basic white model will retail for 26,250 yen (roughly $337 USD), while the premium black model will set you back 31,500 yen (roughly... Read more...

A slew of Nintendo patent applications detail swimming, pogo, tanks, and more.

A dozen patent applications revealing unannounced game ideas appeared in the European registry on September 12, most of them pertaining to Wii Fit U.

Several apparent Wii Fit U games involve the combination of the Wii U GamePad and Balance Board, like many of the modes revealed at E3 earlier this year. Three new modes, swimming, pogo stick hopping, and tank battles are detailed.

Wreck your tomatoes next week on the Virtual Console in Japan.

Wrecking Crew and Sarada no Kuni to Tomato Hime (Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom) are both making their way to the Nintendo 3DS eShop in Japan next week on September 19. The games, which are the Famicom versions, will retail for 500 yen each.

Wrecking Crew has been available to 3DS Ambassadors... Read more...

Finally, North America gets the Game Boy Goemon game.

Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon, the 1997 Game Boy title, is coming to the 3DS Virtual Console in North America tomorrow, a Nintendo representative told us today.

The game is out in both Japan and Europe, coming out in March and August respectively.

Mystical Ninja, the only portable Goemon game... Read more...

This one focuses on first-party and third-party software.

Nintendo will host a second Wii U Nintendo Direct for Japan tomorrow at 10 a.m. ET (7 a.m. PT/11 p.m. JST), focusing on first-party and third-party software. This will start at the same time as the North American and Europe events.

This is the second Japan Nintendo Direct announced in the past 24 hours. The first one will focus on the launch details of the Wii U, and is happening at 3 a.m. ET/12 a.m. PT later tonight/tomorrow.

Gamers in Japan get some Wii U love before everyone else. 

Nintendo will hold a special Wii U Launch Presentation tomorrow, September 13 at 4 p.m  (3 a.m. ET, midnight PT in North America) in Japan. The event will reveal information about Nintendo’s next generation console’s price and release date and will be streamed live on Ustream and Nico Nico Video. You can also access on Nintendo’s special Japanese Wii U page here for more details.

The long awaited crossover's debut date will be November 29. 

Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney will be released on November 29, 2012 in Japan, as was revealed in this week's issue of Famitsu.

Last week the magazine had a puzzle from Level-5 on the back cover. The puzzle featured the numbers "6211" with the word 'turnabout' given as a hint. At that time it was speculated this could mean a November 29 release date.

Reggie is finalizing plans with the Super Mario Bros.

Nintendo of America has posted a YouTube video announcing their plans to stream the highly anticipated Wii U Preview event. The video shows Nintendo of America’s President and COO Reggie Fils-Aime discussing the final details of tomorrow’s presentation with both Mario and Luigi.The North American Wii U Preview Event starts tomorrow, September 13, 2012, at 10:00 am EST and can be seen live at: http://www.nintendo.com/wiiu.

Development for the Wii U has been put "on hold" while Ubisoft puts all efforts into the PC launch.

Free-to-play multiplayer shooter, Ghost Recon Online, has ceased production on Wii U, Ubisoft has announced. 

Unveiled and demoed during E3 2011, the Wii U version is no longer in development so that the team at Ubisoft Shanghai can concentrate on the PC version, which launched in August. Although... Read more...

Australia is not being left out of the promise of region specific details.

Australian Nintendo fans will be able to watch the European Nintendo Direct on September 13, at the time of 24:00 (AEST) via the Nintendo Direct website.

Australasian specific details will be made available at nintendo.com.au after the broadcast has finished. We'll be sure to update with all the news as it becomes available.