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Another year of American independence isn’t the only thing we’re celebrating this week. With new releases, including the hotly anticipated game BIT.TRIP CORE, Nintendo crosses the 100-game mark in its ever-growing WiiWare game library, a milestone that ought to keep fans ooh-ing and ahh-ing long after the Fourth of July. Other WiiWare offerings this week [...]

Consumer software and entertainment company TOMY Corporation announced today that it will offer fans the first opportunity to play its upcoming video games based on the popular Naruto Shippuden animated series. The soon-to-be-released fighting games, Naruto Shippuden: Clash of Ninja Revolution 3 for Wii and Naruto Shippuden: Ninja Destiny 2 for Nintendo DS, will be [...]

After Halfbrick Blast Off and Halfbrick Echoes made their critically-acclaimed mark on the Xbox Live Indie Games service, developer Halfbrick is on the warpath again, showing off its new futuristic multiplayer racer — Halfbrick Rocket Racing. At first glance, it seems to be presented in a traditional top-down format, but there are two notable twists [...]

This week’s new downloadable games include a trio of WiiWare titles — two built around water-themed challenges and one designed to keep your mental chops in top shape. For Virtual Console, you’ll find a memorable SEGA character making his return in a classic single-player sci-fi adventure. Rounding out the lineup is a new Nintendo DSiWare [...]

Collect cool gifts for your friends and share them in My Friends! Explore the many different game locations to collect your gifts and once you have them you can share them with your friends, choosing from flowers, snacks or surprises! Got a friend who’s hungry? Then make sure you give them a snack! A young [...]

Familiar activities get a funky boost with this week’s additions to the Wii Shop Channel and Nintendo DSi Shop. A trio of fresh WiiWare titles will have players wrapping their minds around unique puzzles, entertaining brain drills and awesome mini-golf courses. A new Art Style game for Nintendo DSiWare turns cutting paper into a [...]

Nintendo’s downloadable content this week features the first-ever kitchen appliance with martial arts training. Throw in some rainbows and a game of catch, and you have a pretty interesting WiiWare lineup. But that’s not all: There are Mario-themed Nintendo DSiWare applications and a classic arcade game for the Virtual Console. Let’s get to the details:
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Eduardo [...]

For the first time players can experience Tiana’s exciting world set in the jazz-infused era of 1920s New Orleans with the official video game inspired by the upcoming Walt Disney Pictures release of The Princess and the Frog. Celebrate favorite moments from the movie and take on new challenges with Tiana, as she pursues her [...]

2K Play, the family label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc., and Nickelodeon, the number-one entertainment brand for kids, today announced that the network’s newest hit preschool series, Ni Hao, Kai-lan, will join 2K Play’s all-new slate of preschool video games for the upcoming 2009 holiday season. Available for the Wii system from Nintendo, Nintendo DS [...]

This week’s downloadable game releases include a spellbinding new installment in the Final Fantasy series. This first true sequel to FINAL FANTASY IV is sure to get RPG fans’ blood pumping. Nintendo DSiWare users will find a challenging new puzzle game to help keep their minds spinning. A slick new poker title from the WiiWare [...]

Have fun learning music theory with the great masters!
In Music School (due toward the end of 2009), you’ll be able to play all kinds of music and rhythm activities with your Nintendo DSi, and learn the basics of music theory applying your knowledge to different musical instruments that you can control just using your Stylus.
Mozart, [...]

With summer just around the corner, this Monday finds an especially hot mix of downloadable game offerings for the WiiWare and Nintendo DSiWare services, as well as for the Virtual Console. Nintendo DSi users can become world-famous pop stars or use a new photo application to view their pictures in interesting new ways. Wii owners [...]

Developed specifically for the Nintendo DS and Wii, Need For Speed: Nitro delivers the fun and exhilaration of high-speed racing, combining the franchise’s trademark attitude and car culture with deep and thrilling gameplay. With the NDS, battle through the mayhem of aggressive cops, take corners at 150 mph, and own the competition on extreme tracks. [...]

Nintendo DSiWare takes its first trip into the sports category this week with the cool, camera-enabled Real Soccer 2009. For more of a board-game feel, dive into Family Pirate Party on WiiWare and see who can collect the most gold. Finally, the out-of-this-world arcade shooter Galaxy Force II hits the Virtual Console.
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Real Soccer 2009 [...]

Vogster Entertainment, developers of Robocalypse for the Nintendo DS, today released new screenshots from Robocalypse — Beaver Defense for Nintendo’s WiiWare platform. Robocalypse — Beaver Defense brings the tongue-in-cheek humor and zany characters from the original Robocalypse into the world of “tower defense” gaming. The new screens feature some of the level maps, weapons and [...]

To celebrate the launch of the X-Men Origins: Wolverine the video game in the UK on May 1st 2009, Activision Blizzard has sponsored the wolverine enclosure at Edinburgh Zoo for one year. In addition, the lead male wolverine has voluntarily changed his name to Logan in respect of the legendary Marvel character.
The sponsorship will help [...]

The first day as head nurse — what are you supposed to do with all these gadgets? It’s important that you make a good impression and get the emergency ward running smoothly. Your challenge it to get as many satisfied patients processed and out of the hospital as healthy and happy as you possibly can [...]

The table is set for card-flipping fun with this week’s release of Clubhouse Games Express: Card Classics on Nintendo DSiWare, while the new Paper Airplane Chase packs portable challenges for fans of airborne action. WiiWare users will find Cocoto Platform Jumper, a wildly imaginative new platformer populated by mysterious creatures. Last but not least, Nobunaga’s [...]

The first Nintendo DSiWare game starring superstar Mario enters the fold this week with the launch of Dr. Mario Express. The Master of Illusion Express series adds another installment that promotes portable prestidigitation. WiiWare users will find precious crystals to defend in Crystal Defenders R1, while Virtual Console players face a classic race against the [...]

In Mini Ninjas you play as Hiro, a young trainee Ninja and the last person that would be expected to go and save the world. Yet that is exactly what happens!
When the Evil Samurai Warlord, with the help of an ancient magic, turns forest animals in to an army hell bent on world domination, Hiro [...]