
Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move highlights the new eShop releases this week. The 3DS puzzler has players guiding poor little mini Marios away from hazards by building a Pipe Dream-esque maze. The Wii U Virtual Console picks up two new games in the classic shooter Xevious and puzzle platformer Solomon’s Key. You [...]

Nintendo Weekly offers two mans this week. Both Mega Man and Pac-Man arrive on the Wii U Virtual console for $5 apiece. The 3DS will have its hands full with a burgeoning Balloon Fight and an attack by Bear Shark. Wii U Mega Man (Capcom, 1 player, $4.99) Pac-Man (Namco Bandai, 1 player, $4.99) Tank! [...]

Nintendo of America has told us that many of the network-reliant Channels on the Wii will go out of service on that date, including the Forecast Channel, News Channel, Everybody Votes, Check Mii Out, Nintendo Channel, and data exchange between friends. Mii exchanges and Wii Message Board conversation functionality will also go offline. Other services [...]
Apr 12 2013 | Posted in
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Two Tribes has let its baby bird leave the nest; Toki Tori 2, the subject of a sudden delay last year, will be available today on the Wii U eShop. Meanwhile on 3DS, the biggest release is a game from 1987, the original Castlevania. It’s out on the eShop just in time to be [...]

The long awaited North American release of Pandora’s Tower finally is finally upon us. Publisher XSEED has announced that the Wii RPG will finally launch on April 16 for $40. Developed in Japan by Ganbarion together with Nintendo, Pandora’s Tower takes the familiar maiden in distress theme and turns it on its head, asking the [...]
Apr 3 2013 | Posted in
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The Rock Band Blitz transfer campaign concludes this week on the Rock Band music store, shortly before all DLC updates finish April 2. One final reminder that Rock Band Blitz is $15 and all 25 tracks are compatible with Rock Band. Xbox 360 / Wii / PS3 Available: March 19 Xbox 360, Wii, PS3 (Mar. [...]
Mar 18 2013 | Posted in
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Two high-profile indie games make their way to Nintendo platforms this week. Runner2 has actually been on Wii U since Tuesday, but it’s worth noting in case you only check the eShop on the “official” update day. And finally, Vblank’s Retro City Rampage comes to WiiWare as promised, where it will very likely be the [...]

Rock Bank DLC updates are about to come to their conclusion, with the DLC announcements for April 2 the end of the line. I t has been an impressive five year run and Harmonix did a great job!. Xbox 360 / Wii / PS3 Available: February 26 Xbox 360, Wii, PS3 (Feb. 27 in Europe) [...]
Feb 22 2013 | Posted in
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The final weekly DLC release for Rock Band will be issued on April 2, Harmonix announced today. Due to other ongoing projects at the studio, production on Rock Band DLC has slowed in recent months. Up until April 2, Harmonix will release weekly DLC per usual. Harmonix has been issuing Rock Band DLC songs for [...]
Feb 18 2013 | Posted in
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You can now browse your neighborhood through the tiny window of your Wii U GamePad. Wii Street U is free on the Wii U eShop today for a limited time, enabling augmented reality Google Street View. Meanwhile on 3DS eShop: video games! The NES version of arcade classic Dig Dug is available, as is [...]