Nintendo’s pre-E3 Nintendo Direct has been confirmed for 11 June

Nintendo has confirmed when its pre-E3 Nintendo Direct will be taking place. There will be three Nintendo Direct streams on offer; one from Nintendo Japan, one from Europe and the other from America. Times of the presentation are as follows:… Read More »

EA says they’ve “no games in development for the Wii U”

Last week, EA told Kotaku that they’ve “no games in development for the Wii U currently,” but haven’t ruled out future development on the console. Though they have released Wii U games in the past, such as FIFA 13, Madden NFL… Read More »

New gameplay details and a release date revealed for Pikmin 3

In last night’s Nintendo Direct a whole bunch of new information for Pikmin 3 was announced including the release date of 26 July. First of all, it was revealed that the game wouldn’t feature the return of Captain Olimar (the hero… Read More »

New Super Luigi U release date revealed, physical edition announced

The year of Luigi continues to roll on. In last night’s Nintendo Direct Iwata revealed that the DLC for New Super Mario Bros. U, “New Super Luigi U” will be available to download from the Nintendo eShop from 20 June…. Read More »

The Wonderful 101 will launch 23 August

Iwata revealed the release date for The Wonderful 101 in last night’s Nintendo Direct. From 23 August, Wii U owners will be able to play the game revealed all those many month ago. Other than the release date no new information… Read More »

Game & Wario set to launch 28 June in Europe

In last night’s Nintendo Direct, Iwata reconfirmed the release date of 28 June for Game & Wario. As reported here previously, Game & Wario features a range of minigames and each is playable with the GamePad only. In CAMERA, you’re tasked with snapping… Read More »

Next game in Sonic series, Sonic: Lost World, exclusive to Wii U and 3DS

Iwata (very briefly) revealed that Nintendo and Sega had entered into an agreement to bring the next Sonic game — Sonic: Lost World — exclusively to Wii U and 3DS. Other than the featured image above, nothing about the game… Read More »

Mario & Sonic at the Winter Olympic Games coming to Wii U

The Wii U is set to receive the latest game in the Mario and Sonic series, Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games. The game is set at the Winter Olympics at Sochi in 2014 and will make use of the Wii… Read More »

Nintendo announces a new Wii U-centric Nintendo Direct, taking place tonight

Nintendo has announced that they’ll be presenting a Wii U-focused Nintendo Direct tonight for titles that will launch in the winter and autumn of this year. Times and streaming links for the events are as follows: WA – 10.00 pm,… Read More »

Nintendo calls same-sex relationships in Tomodachi Collection: New Life a “bug” that needs to be fixed

The LGBT community is saddened this week to learn that Nintendo plans to fix a “bug” in their Japan-only Tomodachi Collection: New Life that allows same-sex relationships between male characters. Tomodachi Collection: New Life is like The Sims. Using Nintendo’s… Read More »