Wii U

This past week, GR talked up (what else) the new direction for Sonic the Hedgehog with Sonic Boom, ran down the full ins and outs of the new Smash Bros game from Nintendo and published a little something about a topic called video game linearity.

Today’s screenshot is a particularly interesting one. Here we see the pyrosphere from Metroid: Other M, but instead of the usual fight going on, an old favorite takes the stage. Mother Brain makes an appearance in this image, and it appears to be the Super Metroid version of her. For …

Child of Light is Ubisoft’s absolutely gorgeous turn-based RPG that uses the UbiArt Framework, and it’s on the way to digital download services this April.

Incase you missed it, Sega‘s third exclusive Sonic title for the Wii U and 3DS has at last been announced. The title of this game is Sonic Boom. Right off the bat there are some very curious things to take note of in this trailer and the screenshots of this …

Shin’en, the developer of games such as Jet Rocket, Nano Assault, and Fast Racing are working on yet another Wii U game. Shin’en Multimedia is known for close relationship with Nintendo. They’ve been making video games exclusively for their platforms as far back as the Gameboy Color. One possibility is …

It’s a fun Saturday Radar this week as GR covered some of the bed DS games that they’d like to see added to the Wii U Virtual Console, had a peek at Lucario in Super Smash Bros and revealed 8 gaming characters who could be dead-ringers for famous celebs.

Sakurai reveals yet another returning character in Super Smash Bros. The pokemon Lucario is back, and he looks as good as ever. There seems to be an awful lot of Super Smash Bros Brawl characters returning for a second time around. King De De De, Pit from Kid Icarus, Toon …

Think Nintendo is in trouble? Have no fear as things might not be as dire as they might seem for the elder statesman of the gaming industry.

Japan gets one whopper of a trailer showcasing a metric ton of content. If you’re not keen on having too much revealed to you before a game’s release, then steer clear of the trailer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0rAuKy_evY As January draws to a close, Nintendo bumps up its advertisement of Donkey Kong Country …

Nintendo recently held an investor meeting. President of Nintendo Satoru Iwata talks about Nintendo’s future, and eases any concerns about them moving software away from consoles. Iwata starts off by apologizing for the recent mark down of financial projections. He then goes on to explain what Nintendo’s approach will be …

It’s that time of the year again. Nintendo has recently posted its financial statement, highlighting earnings from December 2012 to 2013. There has been some good news and not so good news from this statement. First, the good; The Wii U has managed to sell over 5.86 million units of …

True to his word Masahiro Sakurai releases his regularly scheduled pic of the day. Rosalina once again takes the center stage in this screenshot. Rosalina is once again shown in her own backyard, the Super Mario Galaxy themed stage. She has received quite a bit of exposure as of late; …

Kind of a surprise here as The Amazing Spider-Man 2 from Activision and developer Beenox will feature Kraven pretty heavily. And it looks like you might be spending some time in the shoes of Peter Parker as well.

If you’re a big Call of Duty fan, a good CoDnapping might not be so bad- especially now that Onslaught is almost here. Have a look at Activision’s latest spoofy promo piece after the jump.

A leak of some screenshots for the new Super Smash Bros game has surfaced, and as per usual speculation surrounding it spreads like wildfire. For those of you not familiar with Palutena, she is the Goddess of Skyworld in the Kid Icarus games. Her most recent appearance until now has …

Today has been a bountiful one for those who are anxiously awaiting Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze. New footage aplenty, including the first boss fight. The first of the Vikings’ vanguard makes his appearance, a giant seal clad in armor challenges Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong to a fight. This …