The highly anticipated WiiWare title gets a release date.

The June 2009 issue of Nintendo Power contains an advertisement for Square Enix's upcoming WiiWare title Final Fantasy IV: The After Years. What's special about this advertisement is that it reveals the release date for the title, which is June 1, 2009.

NWR will provide more details as they become available.

Ubisoft has confirmed that the game will require Nintendo's latest peripheral.

One of the very first details about Ubisoft's Red Steel sequel was that it supports Wii MotionPlus. This morning, Ubisoft has confirmed to Edge that the Wii MotionPlus is mandatory in order to play the game.

In the latest Nintendo Power issue, the game's creative director, Jason Vandenberghe,... Read more...

LucasArts and Krome Studios bring the animated hit back for more action.

Originally reported as a rumor, there was buzz at the end of April about a brand new Star Wars The Clone Wars videogame. The rumor is now true as LucasArts recently announced Star Wars The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes. Based off of the widely popular Cartoon Network series, the game allows players to join the Galactic Republic and pursue the mysterious bounty hunter Cad Bane and combat the all-new Skakoan super villain Kul Teska.

Majesco seems to have to put together the right ingredients for the Cooking Mama franchise.

Since its debut on the DS in September 2006, the Cooking Mama series has sold over four million units across two platforms and five games.

The first Cooking Mama game proved to be a hit for many gamers due to its intuitive touch screen controls, charming presentation, and unique gameplay. Its success spawned a Wii iteration in early 2007, a DS and Wii sequel in 2008, and a recent DS spinoff, Gardening Mama.

Fans can join in on deciding which live versions of 40 different songs will be included in the project.

It was recently announced that MTV Games and Harmonix will team up with the famous grunge band Pearl Jam on an edition of Rock Band featuring live tracks. The band has invited its fan club members to vote for their 40 favorite live performances through the band's website using a Rhapsody widget. The... Read more...

This week brings soccer to DSiWare, a pirate-themed party game for WiiWare, and an arcade classic for the Sega Genesis for the Virtual Console.

Each platform gets one release each this week as Gameloft brings Real Soccer 2009 to DSiWare, Aksys Games brings Family Pirate Party to WiiWare, and Sega brings Galaxy Force II to the Virtual Console.

Real Soccer 2009 is a DSiWare version of the retail game that was released in 2008 for the DS.... Read more...

TheSpeedGamers will play through each game in the Mother/Earthbound franchise live on May 15.

Following past Pokémon and Zelda charity marathons, TheSpeedGamers tenth marathon (and seventh for charity) will focus on the Mother/Earthbound franchise and raise money for the Susan G Komen foundation (Breast Cancer).

On May 15 at 6 p.m. CST and ending 72 hours later, TheSpeedGamers will begin to play through Mother 1, Mother 2 (Earthbound), and Mother 3 live on webcam, which will be watchable at their website.

Authentic robot fighting brought to you by the Balance Board.

The recent ESRB ratings have confirmed that Studio Zan's WiiWare fighter Overturn will see release in the US. The game is already out on WiiWare in Japan.

Overturn's main point of interest is that players control their robot fighters using the Balance Board. Shifting your weight moves your fighter... Read more...

The creators of The Conduit, High Voltage Software are working on bringing the famed Japanese character to Wii.

High Voltage Software along with publisher D3 announced earlier this week that they are working on a new game based on the upcoming CG film, Astro Boy for Wii.

While the team at High Voltage Software handles the Wii version, Art Co. will be handling the DS version. The game will be released in October to coincide with the release of the film. A Playstation 2 and PSP version will also be released.

Nintendo has described their strategy as "putting smiles on many people's faces." As their recent earnings report shows, this makes for great business.

With the currently poor state of the global economy, it's rare enough to find beacons of growth and optimism. Even in the videogame industry, generally considered "recession-proof," there have been reports of belt-tightening and layoffs. Nintendo, though, has a long history of rebelling against convention.

Beatles fanatics will be able to add these authentic looking guitars to their collection of plastic instruments soon.

With its release rapidly approaching, it isn’t a surprise that Harmonix and MTV Games are teasing us with new information on The Beatles: Rock Band. When the title was originally announced, they revealed that this iteration's gear would receive a complete makeover. The drums, guitar, and bass will... Read more...

Nintendo rates highly in survey which ranks how beloved companies are by the public.

Nintendo has long been respected and admired by its fans, but it appears that the public at large is beginning to hold the company in high esteem as well. During the months of January and February, the Reputation Institute conducted their Global Reputation Pulse 2009 survey, which placed Nintendo as the sixth most reputable company in the world.

Square Enix is bringing the newest games in two popular Taito franchises to Europe and Australia.

Earlier this week Square Enix announced two DS games by Taito for release in PAL territories.

Puzzle Bobble Galaxy (known as Bust-a-Move in North America) will feature more of the signature gameplay that the series is known for. Using the cannon at the bottom of the screen, players must shoot... Read more...

Though the system is selling well, game sales remain low.

The Wii is a definite success in South Korea thanks to its appeal and ease of use. Despite some initial doubt, since the Wii debuted in South Korea last year it has sold over 500,000 units. Wii Sports has yet again proven to be the biggest game for Wii fans with sales of the sports title at 210,000 units. Mario Kart Wii, Mario Party 8, and Super Paper Mario are also favorites.

Guitar Hero 5 is amongst many new titles.

Given the success of the Guitar Hero franchise, Activision has decided to expand the series further by experimenting with new Hero games while perfecting the existing gameplay. Aside from Guitar Hero 5, two other new Hero games were announced.

DJ Hero will be the series' first entry focused on... Read more...

Sixteen DS and eleven Wii titles sold at least a million copies during Nintendo’s 2009 Fiscal Year

When Nintendo recently revealed their fiscal year financial reports, the company announced that twenty-seven Wii and DS titles published by Nintendo had sold over one million copies during the period. The company also revealed that the number of first-party and third-party million-selling games on... Read more...

NIS will be bringing Sega's strategy RPG game to North America.

Recently, NIS America announced that they are localizing a game in Sega's popular Japan-only series Sakura Wars. Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love features a unique battle system where bi-pedal mech suits with the ability to transform into jets battle on both the ground and in the air.

The game features... Read more...

The twelfth game in the series will be exclusive to Nintendo's online store.

Recently, Konami announced via their official Japanese website that a brand new entry in the Contra series will be released for WiiWare under the title Contra: Rebirth.

Contra is a run-and-gun shooting arcade game in which players control a commando fighting waves of enemies. The 1987 original... Read more...

Wii remakes of Klonoa and Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat headline the latest week of releases.

Wiimake is the operative word this week as the two biggest profile releases are Bandai Namco's Klonoa, which is a remake of their 1998 PlayStation game, and Nintendo's New Play Control! Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat, which is a remake of their 2005 bongo-featuring GameCube game.

This week also sees the release of Majesco's Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian for Wii and DS, 505 Games' Wii-exclusive The Destiny of Zorro, and more.

The second game in the Pokémon franchise is finally getting the Fire Red/Leaf Green treatment.

During last week's Pokémon Sunday, a Japanese television show devoted to coverage of the Pokémon brand, the show ended with a note that the episode scheduled to air the next week, May 10, would have a major announcement. It was strongly hinted that the announcement would be DS remakes of Pokémon Gold and Pokémon Silver.