Special Classic Controller now available in the Stars Catalogue.

The Wii Super Nintendo Classic Controller has recently been made available in the European Club Nintendo Stars Catalogue.

At 7,000 Stars, it is currently the most "expensive" item. Additionally, a Golden Wii Wheel for Mario Kart Wii is in stock for 4,000 Stars.

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There's a new trailer to satiate your nostalgia.

Activision released a new multiplayer trailer for GoldenEye Wii today that shows off different modes, modifiers, characters, and more.

Check out all of our coverage that went up today and get ready for GoldenEye's November 2 release.

Three DSiWare titles and one WiiWare game carry another weak week of Nintendo downloads.

This week has only four releases spread across WiiWare and DSiWare.

The lone WiiWare game is Adventure on LOST ISLAND - Hidden Object Game. The four-player game from Ateam Inc. is a hidden object where players can team up and search for different items in a variety of landscapes. It is available for 500 Wii Points ($5).

Happy birthday, Mario!

Today marks the 25th anniversary of the Japanese release of Super Mario Bros. While the Mario character has appeared in arcade titles prior to this date, Super Mario Bros. is what brought us the plumber's land of green pipes, koopas, goombas, and mushrooms. Here we take a look at some of these promotions... Read more...

A 3DS peripheral maker possibly spills the beans.

A Twitter post by a former employee or contractor for the Keys Factory, a peripheral company in Japan, revealed that the company is releasing 11 3DS peripherals on November 20. Once that tweet became more public, the tweet and the account behind it were removed.

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A follow-up to the Pokemon-esque game is coming to Japan in 2010.

Super Kasekihorida, a sequel to Fossil Fighters, is coming to Japan before the end of the year courtesy of Nintendo and developer Red Entertainment, according to the latest issue of CoroCoro Comic.

Fossil Fighters, released for the Nintendo DS in Japan in 2008 and in North America the following year, featured gameplay similar to Pokemon. The game, whose title translates to Super Fossil Fighters, appears to be similar to the previous title.

The Wii has its lowest sales month since launch, but Mario just keeps on selling software.

The August NPD numbers have been released, and Nintendo once again yields the top console sales spot to Microsoft. While the recently-redesigned Xbox 360 sold the most systems overall, the Wii finished August in third place with sales of 244,300, with the Nintendo DS finishing second with 342,700. The Wii finished the tracking period with its lowest month of hardware sales since its 2006 launch.

Producer Motohide Eshiro talks about how the upcoming game will feature returning developers and brand new ones.

Capcom recently made the Japanese site for Ace Attorney Investigations 2 (known as Gyakuten Kenji 2 in Japan) live. In the debut blog post, Motohide Eshiro, the producer of the previous game, explains how the sequel came about and apologizes for taking so long to produce the sequel.

Ace Attorney Investigations 2 will be at Tokyo Game Show in some capacity next week following its recent reveal.

The previously announced Dead or Alive game for the 3DS receives a new title.

This week's issue of Famitsu has new information regarding Dead or Alive 3DS, which now has a new name: Dead or Alive Dimensions.

In addition to this new title, the article confirms several features, including the return of classic characters such as Kasumi, Ayane, and Hayate. It also marks the return... Read more...

Monster Hunter spin-off stays at the top, while Nintendo takes the second and third spots.

In this week's Media Create sales charts, Capcom's Monster Hunter Diary Poka Poka Ailu Village for the PSP remains at the top spot with 88,405 copies sold for a total of 344,480 copies sold. Nintendo, however, captured the second and third spots with two Wii titles. Wii Party came in at second with... Read more...

The latest Mega Man downloadable title is too big for Nintendo's service.

At PAX, Capcom revealed that they wanted to release Mega Man Universe on WiiWare as well as the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, but the service's size restrictions prevented them from doing so. They are not able to do bring the game to WiiWare at this time.

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For a minimal fee, players can export most Rock Band 2 songs to the third game.

Harmonix's John Drake confirms that Rock Band 3 will allow players to export songs from Rock Band 2 for a fee, similar to how Rock Band 2 allowed song export from Rock Band. The feature will work for all three console versions. Pricing and details have yet to be announced, but as before some songs may not be exportable due to licensing issues.

Famitsu reveals details on the sequel to the Ace Attorney spin-off.

This week's Famitsu reveals that a sequel to Ace Attorney Investigations is in the works. Scans have surfaced in advance of the magazine's publication date showing the title "Gyakuten Kenji 2" for DS on the contents page. The feature pages from the issue have also found their way online, but currently the only source is a blurred scan from which it is difficult to extract any information. 

The creators of The Conduit will be working on the latest Marvel title.

In an interview with The Conduit Portal, the Creative Director of Conduit 2 confirmed that High Voltage Software have a team currently working on the Captain America game.

Titled Captain America: The First Avenger, Sega will be giving them more freedom when creating this title for the Wii compared to their last Marvel project, Iron Man 2. Other details will be released when the full interview goes live.

Artists gather to present their vision of Nintendo's mascot in honor of his 25th anniversary.

The "La Central de Diseno de Matadero" museum in Madrid, Spain will be holding a special Super Mario exhibit in honor of the plumber's 25th anniversary. Titled "Once Upon a Super Mario," artists from all over the world will present their vision of Mario and his colorful universe.

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The Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 version that comes with new copies of NBA Elite 11 will have online play, though.

There will be no online support for NBA Jam on Wii, according to a Twitter post from EA Sports Community Manager Alain Quinto.

This follows the development team's comments about how they would only have online if they could get it working well. Various progress reports said they couldn't get it running at 60 frames per second, which is something Creative Director Trey Smith was adamant about maintaining in online play.

It is a Smash Bros.-like mode featuring Star Wars characters.

The Wii version of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2, developed by Red Fly Studios, will feature an exclusive multiplayer mode that plays a lot like Nintendo's Super Smash Bros. series. Up to four players can choose from eight Star Wars characters, including some hailing from The Clone Wars.

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Take a trip to the old west, or turn a parrot into a burgeoning farm.

This week in Nintendo downloads, we have five new games: one Virtual Console game, two WiiWare titles, and three Nintendo DSiWare releases.

The only WiiWare downloadable title for the week is Fenimore Fillmore "The Westerner" from Revistronic.  This 1,000 Wii Point ($10) download is an adventure game that takes place in the old west. The game features a story that pits cowboys vs. ranchers and contains many colorful characters.

High Voltage's first-person shooter sequel won't be hitting stores in 2010, but it is getting Classic Controller support.

Conduit 2 isn't coming out until 2011 according to a fact sheet released by developer High Voltage Software.

Along with that announcement, it was revealed that the game will support the Classic Controller and Classic Controller Pro in addition to the Wii Remote and Nunchuk setup from The Conduit... Read more...

The fifth Bit.Trip title has the Commander shooting stuff in space.

At the Destructoid Live PAX event, Gaijin Games revealed the first gameplay footage of Bit.Trip Fate, the fifth game in the WiiWare exclusive Bit.Trip series. This time around the game will be a shooter in which players must guide Commander Video by shooting all the obstacles and enemies on screen.... Read more...