The console has flown off the shelf over six million times.

Nintendo has sold over six million Wii consoles in the U.K. in just under three years, according to GfK Chart-Track. This makes the Wii the fastest-selling video game system in U.K. history.

The system, which launched on December 8, 2006 in the U.K., has recently seen a sales spike due to... Read more...

No matter where you live, Square Enix will most likely have you covered.

Square Enix has filed trademarks for Dragon Quest IX that reveal the English subtitle to be Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies.

The Japanese subtitle, Hoshizora no Mamoribito​, had previously been translated to Defenders of the Starry Sky.

Square Enix also trademarked... Read more...

The Australian ratings board spills the beans.

Q-Games, the developer behind Star Fox Command and Digidrive, is teaming up with Nintendo for an unannounced game titled Starship Patrol, according to Australia's video game rating board. The game was listed with Q-Games as the developer. No platform was revealed for the game.

Q-Games also... Read more...

Galactrix's annoying load screens will not be making an encore appearance.

One of the biggest issues with the last entry in the Puzzle Quest series, Puzzle Quest: Galactrix, was its 4-5 second load times when switching between the inventory and map - even on the cartridge-based Nintendo DS. Thankfully, Infinite Interactive, the developers of the upcoming Puzzle Quest 2, confirmed to Kotaku that these load times are a thing of the past.

Two Japanese companies are facing hard times thanks to a decline in the number of consoles being made.

Japanese news outlet Nikkei is reporting that Nintendo has begun to scale back the number of Wii consoles being assembled.

This news is apparently based on heavy losses reported by Mitsumi and Hosiden, two Japanese companies involved in Wii manufacturing. Both of them are facing a 50 percent drop in net profit, a shortfall blamed on the console's "declining fortunes" and a decrease in orders for more systems from Nintendo.

For the first time, the Japanese series will see a U.S. release.

Nintendo announced today that Glory of Heracles, a DS role-playing game, is coming to North America on January 18.

The game, which was at E3 2009, is the fifth game in the series, but the first to come out to the west. It originally came out in Japan in 2008.

Steeped in Greek mythology,... Read more...

Old and new fans can experience Sonic's first four Genesis adventures on Nintendo's portable next year.

Sega announced that Sonic Classic Collection – featuring Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Sonic the Hedgehog 3, and Sonic & Knuckles – is coming to the Nintendo DS in spring 2010.

Along with the four Genesis games, Sonic Classic Collection will incorporate a save feature for all... Read more...

The sequel will be coming to Nintendo DS in 2010.

Puzzle Quest 2, the sequel to the 2007 multiplatform hit Puzzle Quest, has been officially announced by D3Publisher. It is being developed by Infinite Interactive.

GamePro originally broke the news of its existence, but did not reveal the game's release platform. We now know that its initial handheld incarnation will be coming to the Nintendo DS.

Aonuma talks dungeons, and drops hints that Link may take to the skies.

In an interview with The Guardian, Zelda Producer Eiji Aonuma discussed his early dungeon designs. He also dropped what may be a passing thought, or possibly a portent of things to come.

Aonuma discussed how his original passion was making marionettes, stating that he enjoyed how an audience... Read more...