Nintendo Download Update: Pokemon, Uno, Demos and more

The Wii side of the update might be a bit empty with only two new WiiWare titles, but a couple of new demos were also added Unfortunately, WiiWare makes up all of the releases for the Wii this time, but at least weve got a new Nintendo title. Pokemon Rumble is quite different to your standard Pok...

Latest Japanese Club Nintendo platinum prize has Balls

A re-issue of the Game & Watch Ball is up for grabs on the Japanese Club Nintendo- thats right, an actual G&W unit The Japanese Club Nintendo rocks, we all know that, but the latest prize takes the cake. Nintendo is giving away to platinum members a re-issue of the 1980 Game & Watc...

Nintendo always planning more Metroid Prime, maybe on DS

Could another DS Metroid Prime game be on the way? Nintendo doesnt rule it out While most people are pining for a return of the 2D Metroid titles for the DS, Nintendos Kensuke Tanabe, who oversaw Retro Studios Prime games, says that the Prime franchise might get another run soon, and in fact...

Rumour: Development nicknames of playable Toads in NSMBWii revealed

No longer just generic helpers, we now have some evidence of great internal names for the Toads; Ala-Gold and Bucken-Berry The two Toads in New Super Mario Bros. Wii havent had the best of receptions, due to their nameless nature and the occasional trouble of distinguishing between the tw...

Reggie discusses NSMBWiis multiplayer, Zelda Spirit Tracks

While he "would have loved for it to be online capable" himself, the Nintendo of America President explained that the developers of Marios latest adventure thought local multiplayer was favourable In an interview with Kotaku, Nintendo of America President, Reggie Fils-Aime, answer...

Miyamoto talks possible Wii Music sequel

Shigeru Miyamoto has expressed his interest again in a Wii Music sequel in the vain of Wii Fit Plus While most of the world seemed to dislike Nintendos music experiment, there is no doubt some people like it and continue to use it to this day. Miyamoto has said in a new interview that while it di...

Selected WiiWare demos now available

In a very sudden move, three demos of WiiWare games are available, free of charge (of course) on the Shop Channel! Pictures inside Remember how Nintendo said in a Japanese interview how they were planning a trial of demos for WiiWare games in the country? Well, weve now got it! Without pre a...

Nintendo DSi with pre-installed DSiWare coming soon to USA

Two new Nintendo DSi bundles will arrive in Brain Age and Mario flavours, with built in DSi Ware A recent leak of American retailer Best Buy’s latest catalogue has revealed two interesting new DSi bundles. The first is aimed at more casual players and is the Brain Age bundle. It contains a whi...

Wii returns to top of NPD charts for October

The Wii price is working as expected, as it bumps the refreshed PS3 off the top of the charts and outsells the DS at the same time. While last month the Playstation 3 Slim topped the charts, the Wiis price drop had only just come into effect and this month we see what effect that has had. The Wii has...

Producers of Resident Evil 5 now believe Wii port is possible

Although they originally said a Wii version of the fifth game in the main series would not technically be achievable, the good work in Darkside Chronicles has lead to a change of opinion After the success of Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition, fans of Nintendo’s home console were slightly let do...

Nintendo Download Update: Ninjas rock out to the Zoo then play a touch of golf

Europeans and us only get four games this week, but I dont think too many will be complaining after yesterdays game release   Today the arcade version of Ninja Gaiden hit the service, but if youre used to the NES version then this one may seem a little odd. It plays in a similar way to most brawle...

Aussies your chance to get the Pokmon Arceus

Nintendo is giving away the legendry Pokmon Arceus to Pokmon Diamond, Pearl and Platinum users from today Across Australia—well, certain EB Games and Kmart stores—from today you can pick up the Arceus legendary Pokemon. All you will need is your DS and a copy of either Pokémon Diamond, Pe...

WiiWare demos on the way

Nintendo has announced that theyll begin testing WiiWare demos for possible implementation in the future In what seems like a, well, ‘we told you to do that’ moment, Satoru Iwata has revealed in an Q&A session at a recent earnings briefing that Nintendo will begin a test program for W...

Opinion: Hands on with Nintendos summer line up

While in Melbourne we trekked out to Nintendos headquarters to test out Nintendos upcoming Christmas lineup including New Super Mario Bros Wii, The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks and Style Boutique As Christmas fast approaches, so does Nintendo’s holiday lineup, and while we were in t...

Kindle-like free 3G being considered for next Nintendo handheld

Satoru Iwata likes the idea of a system where the consumer doesnt have to pay for the bandwidth cost Sick of only being able to access the net with your DS from a wireless network? Well, Nintendo might have a different system for their next device. In a recent interview, Nintendo president Sa...

Nintendo Download Update: Zombies and Undead abound

Various horror-themed games have made it in to celebrate Halloween Just the one this week, but it is certainly a classic. Zombies (Zombies Ate My Neighbors in other regions) is a SNES game from LucasArts available for the usual 800 points. You take turns playing Zeke and Julie (or both at onc...

Analyst believes Nintendo are keeping Netflix support for

He says that Nintendo were planning on bringing it before this years end, but now theyll wait for the "Wii HD" hitting early next year apparently Well, we’ve now got more rumours of a ’Wii HD’, but this time it is an indirect reference with Netflix support on the Wii. Streaming media analyst D...

Nintendo Download Update: Clever Pop-Up Ninja Dragons

This week we mainly catch up with the US service, but there are a couple of new items Just the one release this week, but at least its an interesting one; the original arcade release of Shinobi has hit the service for 800 Points. The game follows a ninja named Joe Musashi who is trying to stop an e...

Opinion: Nine years of Vooks & the ins and outs of making it

Were nine years old today; October 16th 2000 is when the first iteration of Vooks went live. So rather than some history, lets talk about now and a little behind the scenes Most of our readers know the history behind the site, the previous names, logos and iterations of the forums. So instead o...

New details and trailers of New Super Mario Bros. Wii

Shigeru Miyamoto and Nintendo held a roundtable this week about NSMB and a ton of new information was revealed Nintendo held a roundtable conference this week for New Super Mario Bros. Wii and Shigeru Miyamoto was in attendance to answer questions from the media. While he touched on Wii Fit...

Iwata Asks: Wii Fit Plus, featuring Shigeru Miyamoto

Turns out that weight isnt the only thing Miyamoto likes to measure With the release of Wii Fit Plus here today, the latest Iwata Asks interview on the game is quite fitting. As always, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata talks with a developer, and this time it is Miyamoto! You can find the full...

Reminder: Mario and Sonic at the Winter Olympics up for grabs

The excellent folks at SEGA Australia have been kind enough to us two copies of the upcoming Mario and Sonic crossover, plus some extra goodies If you hadn’t noticed the giant Sonic and Mario to the left and right of the site, you wouldn’t know that we’re running a competition to pick up a cop...

Opinion: Six months on, is the DSi worth it?

Nintendo Europe outlines WiiWare and DSiWare lineup for rest of 2009

Heres something odd: Nintendo has actually let us know what we can expect on the DSiWare and WiiWare services, and there are some suprises Nintendo’s not one to let us know what we’re getting on a weekly basis for downloads until it’s up on the store. However, along with announcing the WiiWa...

Nintendo of Europe media summit details

Many WiiWare and DSiWare games are set to be shown, as well as the announcement of the Connection Ambassador Promotion for Europe Today in the UK, Nintendo of Europe is holding a summit for the media and developers. The theme of the event will be creativity and sharing, which Nintendo belie...

Nintendo reveals DSi/Wii Ware schedule for upcoming months

A bunch of games have just been listed for both of Nintendo’s downloadable content services for next quarter in PAL territories. Ahead the onslaught of new games, Nintendo of Europes head PR guy Laurent Fischer declared that “We are particularly pleased that WiiWare has enabled develop...

Opinion: GTA: Chinatown Wars – Highest scored DS title yet?

Aussie gamers awaiting this weeks release of Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars can get a little more excited – the game is sitting pretty atop Metacritic.com’s all-time highest scored list of Nintendo DS games. The review aggregate site currently has an average score of 95 based on nine rev...

Import Review: Nintendo DSi - Everything you need to know

Four years ago, Nintendo let the original Nintendo DS loose on the Japanese public. In 2005, the rest of the world joined in on the fun. So now, nearly 4 years later and despite Nintendo having already released one update to the DS line, it has introduced another. While the DS Lite turned the DS f...

Spider-Man: Web of Shadows (Wii) Review

Spider-Man: Web of Shadows for the Nintendo Wii is yet another poor attempt at creating an open-world game in the Spider-Man universe. The long list of problems includes an incoherent story, soulless characters, substandard controls, repetitive gameplay and plenty of unexplained te...

eGames08: Nintendo presentation wrap

Today at the eGames Expo in Melbourne Nintendo Australia showed off its two big holiday games to a receptive audience, we of course are talking about Wii Music and the upcoming Animal Crossing: Let’s Go to the City. Unlike previous events Nintendo didn’t waste any time talking, with only a...

Patch: New Wii firmware now available to download

Nintendo has released an update to the Wii. While the console remains on version 3.3 the Wii Shopping channel has had a number of small changes mainly in preparation for the DSi. First off Wii Points are being changed to Nintendo Points, as the two are separate now. The controller usage screen i...

Kirby Super Star Ultra Review

Kirby is one of those characters that almost everyone loves. No matter the quality of the title he appears in, whenever a Kirby title gets released almost everyone finds some way to have fun with it. When Nintendo announced plans to remake one of Kirby's best outings, Kirby Super Star (known...

Clone Wars officially announced for Wii/NDS

Officially confirming what we already know from the Lego Indiana Jones instruction manual, Lucasarts are bringing an adaptation of the upcoming animated series, The Clone Wars, to Nintendo Wii and DS. What we didn't know, however, was that there are two actual games in development, one...

Nintendo controls Capcom's and others Virtual Console games

After the revelation last week that Bionic Commando couldn’t get released on the Virtual Console, Capcom’s head of public relations Chris Kramer has spoken further to clarify exactly why. According to Kramer, exactly why is directly due to Nintendo. The reason being that Capcom has lice...

Patch: Nintendo releases Wii Firmware update, nothing too exciting - Vooks.Net

Vooks.Net Nintendo releases Wii Firmware update, nothing too exciting Vooks.Net, Australia - Nintendo has updated the Wii’s Firmware today taking users from 3.1E/U to version 3.2E/U depending on your region. The update Nintendo says has no ... Wii firmware 3.2 released PALGN

Patch: Mii contest Channel updates

Nintendo today has sent another blue light of joy to everyone’s Wii as the Check Mii Out Channel has been updated. The update brings a bunch of changes but nothing really too new. Parental Controls have been beefed up you can now view more popular Miis than before and the search feature has bee...