Need a New Super Mario Bros. Wii walkthrough to see how to get through all the worlds in the game without using the Super Guide? Some of those leaps and techniques can be tricky.
Unlock New Super Mario Bros. Wii's secrets with the cheats and tips in VGB's guide. This includes how to unlock hidden levels for World 9, how to make Mushroom Houses appear, and various gameplay tips for this all-new four-player Mario platformer for the Wii.
How to find all Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games cheats for unlocking emblems, costumes and events for the Wii-exclusive mini-game collection.
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Dinosaurs rule! That's why VGB is supporting Jurassic: The Hunted, a new budget game that Activision isn't backing at all for its November 3rd release on Wii, PS2, PS3 and Xbox 360 at a price point of $30 for PS2 and $40 on the current-gen platforms.
On this page you can find the The Beatles Rock Band codes to enter into the music-rhythm Wii, Xbox 360 and PS3 game to unlock bonus photos. As well as a list of all achievements.
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This is a characters overview of the fantastic-looking, Wii-exclusive action adventure/horror game Fragile: Farewell Ruins of the Moon. In the game you control a boy with a flashlight who wanders the world, searching for survivors -- like the mysterious girl in the picture -- and the answers behind the disappearance of everyone else in the world.
Tatsunoko vs Capcom features over 25 characters from both the Capcom and the Tatsunoko universes, in this Wii-exclusive fighting game. It won't be out in America & Europe until either late 2009 or early 2010. But VGB has already compiled a list.
Harmonix and MTV Games have announced the Rock Band: Metal Track Pack for release on October 13, 2009 for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2 and Wii. The included 20 songs will cost you $30.
Activision has revealed the complete 47-track song list for Guitar Hero: Van Halen. The set list is made up of 28 tracks by Van Halen, from the band's first era, with the remaining 40% being made up of other artists with a similar style to them.
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This Wii Sports Resort guide includes tips, videos and even cheats that will help you get the edge over others when Nintendo’s Wii Sports sequel is released on July 26th. Take a closer look at all 12 sports and activities.
SNK Playmore announced today that they will add the latest game in the series, Metal Slug 6, to Metal Slug Anthology for the Nintendo Wii and Sony PSP. They also announced the original version of Metal Slug is being brought to Xbox Live Arcade.
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What ’s next for the writer/director of Ogre Battle, Tactics Ogre, Final Fantasy Tactics, Vagrant Story, Final Fantasy Tactics Advance, Final Fantasy XII? The answer is Wii.
Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles for Wii is a game that ties up all loose ends throughout the series. Similar to Outbreak, it ’s split up in different chapters; you will be able to play as the main Resident Evil (RE) protagonists from the main series (from RE Veronica to RE4, prologue to RE5], as well as unlock additional characters.
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The 1983 ’s MSX was another platform, previously unannounced for backwards compatibility with the Virtual Console, that will get games on the Wii! So far only announced in Japan.
The Wii will cost $250 and will launch in both North & South America on Saturday, November 19th. The Wii will SHIP with a free game, that game being Wii Sports.
Searching through the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) database for registered Wii software, results in seven Sega Genesis games: Sonic the Hedgehog, Ecco the Dolphin, Golden Axe, Altered Beast, Columns, Toejam & Earl, and Ristar.
Majesco announced 2 new Wii games, one of which is Bust-A-Move Revolution coming in 2007) and they listed their upcoming 2006 lineup for Nintendo systems.
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Zelda 2 is one of those “obscure” titles that is known as a good game and critically acclaimed, yet very few people have actually played the game in comparison to other Zelda’s... not to mention beaten it.
Ubisoft is bringing a handful of games to the Nintendo Wii launch later this year. Two of which will include a FREE steering wheel attachment made by Thrustmaster specifically designed for these games. The Wii Remote will fit into the wheel.
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Super Paper Mario was confirmed by IGN to be coming to the Wii Since that'll be out soon it makes perfect sense, as we haven't heard about the new Mario platformer since it was announced for a 2006 release at E3.
Take to the pitch as Mario Strikers Charged (the follow up title to Mario Smash Football) returns with an all new roster of features, only for Wii. Here's a controller gameplay demo.
Nintendo of Europe interviewed IGA (full name Koji Igarashi) at the Leipzig Games Convention last month to give us an update on his latest (and early word is, greatest) production yet - Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin for Nintendo DS. It's good to hear he changed his mind and is now thinking of bringing the series to the Wii.
Red Steel is an FPS/adventure Nintendo Wii exclusive game by Ubisoft, who ’s got a 100-person team working to get the game ready for the Wii launch this year. Check out the Wii controller gameplay demo.
Ubisoft announced today it would give Rayman: Raving Rabbids, being developed by the award-winning Montpellier studio in France, a worldwide release on the PS2, PC, DS and GBA as well as Wii in late 2006. No bunnies for PS3 & Xbox 360.
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Gamestop (EB Games) are offering a pre-order only bonus for the Nintendo Wii game from Konami called Elebits. You get an Elebits plush doll for free. The game looks fruity to say the least!
Kazuma Kaneko, lead designer and artist on Atlus ’ Shin Megami Tensei series was interviewed about bringing the Devil Summoner series to the PS3 & Wii.
Far Cry Vengeance for Wii adds improvements over the game Far Cry Instincts Evolution on Xbox. In these first images you can see some of the modifications that the gameplay will receive, as the interface is adjusted to the Wii.
Tecmo, the maker of the Dead or Alive and Ninja Gaiden series announced as part of a financial report issued on August 28th, that the company will support the Wii ’s Virtual Console “aggressively.” Expect Ninja Gaiden and Tecmo Bowl!
Madden NFL 07 for Wii is an exclusive 2007 edition of EA ’s football franchise, built specifically to do football Wii-style. A nine minute demo shows how it all works, very well explained.
While most preferred the Advance Wars turn-based strategy series on the GameBoy Advance and DS to the real-time strategy GameCube Battalion Wars spin-off, which sold rather poorly. Nintendo and Kuju still announced a sequel on the Wii titled Battalion Wars 2.
Gamers hoping for an online component in third-party games like Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam, are in for bad news, because one isn't planned. Why? Because Nintendo will not release Wii Wi-Fi Connection libraries to third parties until early 2007. Which might mean that no third party launch title aside from maybe Ubisoft's Red Steel will go online.
Peter Molyneux recently gave a keynote speech at Leipzig GCDC. There he warned that motion-sensing controllers, such as the Wii remote, could leave gamers exhausted unless developers think creatively.
On the Leipzig Game Convention, SEGA unveiled a new trailer for the upcoming Wii Sonic Wild Fire game now tentatively titled Sonic and the Secret of the Rings.
Nintendo of Europe has announced two new games for the Wii at the Leipzig Games Convention in Germany. Super Mario Strikers 2: Charged and Battalion Wars 2. Both feature much use of the Wii controller and even online modes via the Nintendo WiFi Connection!
Join us early tomorrow as we unveil the Wii launch date and pricing! Nintendo will show five brand new Wii games on the German Leipzig Games Convention as well.
Nintendo seem positive that porting GameCube games to the Wii with adjusted controls for the Wii remote/controller is a great idea.And the 2001 unreleased GameCube game Marionette is still in development for the Wii.
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The plot thickens when both Smash Bros. series director Masahiro Sakurai and Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto have stated that Sega ’s Sonic the Hedgehog is the character that Smash Bros. fans have requested the most...
System 3 has bought the rights to the Epyx Games library, and is looking to revamp it for today ’s systems. These games will be the classics Impossible Mission, California Games and the Last Ninja trilogy! The first two games will be coming to DS, PSP and Wii early 2007 and the latter remake only to DS and PSP.
Over at Camp Hyrule George Harrison, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Communication at Nintendo of America, answered some questions of Nintendo fans in a chat yesterday. Singled out are the Virtual Console answers he gave, very interesting.
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The newest upcoming Dragon Ball Z game in the series for PS2 & Wii, titled Budokai Tenkaichi 2, has a greater emphasis on story play time... over 50 hours of it! The game includes narrative content from almost every DBZ-related movie, manga and TV show ever created, it even has 120 playable characters in-game.
A report from Bloomberg today mentioned a new form of game in development at Nintendo. Wii-based diet software. Xbox has Yourself Fitness, PS2 has EyeToy Kinetic, so Wii Exercise makes sense if you look at Nintendo’s popular non-games.
Behind the scenes of Mortal Kombat: Armageddon featuring Liu Kang’s past and present. In the 7th game in the series Liu Kang is joined by every character in Mortal Kombat history and then some.
A supposed insider leaked information about some features that could pop up in upcoming Wii games, like advanced voice recognition. The quotes sure sound like Nintendo: "a new system currently being developed by Nintendo called 'voice to text communication'. This system also allows online voice communication to be easily censored by the user."
It's Metroid Prime 3: Corruption for the Wii and shows Samus facing off against Ridley again! The game will be a Wii launch title (probably this November).
Broken Saints: The Game is in development for the Nintendo Wii (along with DS and PSP) at Gnosis Games. Stylish Wii trailer included. Release date set for October 2006.
Activision is releasing Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam exclusively on Wii in the fourth quarter of 2006. Expected to arrive in November, the game is being shown off in the included video by an Activision staff member to give you a feel for how the game works on the Nintendo Wii.
A Nibris team member claimed at the GSforum that: “This is not artwork - its from PC work-station shot in-game. We hope that for the Wii this game will look like this screen or very near.” Also included are more Sadness gameplay details.
Sources close to Nintendo of Europe say Super Mario Strikers 2 is being made. The insiders claim that the title could be unveiled later this month at the Leipzig Games Convention 2006, Germany. Which is being held from August 23rd to 27th. Recently Nintendo of France Magazine said they are planning to show 5 new Wii games at that convention.
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Ubisoft's launch window games list just got expanded with: Far Cry, Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII, Monster 4×4 World Circuit, Open Season, and GT Pro Series, Rayman Raving Rabbids, Red Steel, and a new Prince of Persia. Red Steel and Rayman Raving Rabbids so far are confirmed to be at Wii launch this November.
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Midway announced Rampage: Total Destruction for the Nintendo Wii today. The game ’s scheduled for release winter 2006. The Wii version of Rampage: Total Destruction will introduce an additional 10 creatures to the already extensive list of 30 characters. All 40 monsters feature individual super moves and unique combo attacks.
Order Call of Duty 3 for the Nintendo Wii or the Sony PlayStation 3 at America Gamestop or EB Games (online and retail) stores and receive a Sneak Peek into Call of Duty 3 Bonus DVD for free.
After EA was previously planning Spore to go from PC to handhelds. In an interview this week Spore creator Will Wright was quoted as saying: “We’re looking at all the platforms for Spore" and "I think there’s a really interesting distinction between the Wii and the Xbox 360 and PS3..."
Midway has announced Mortal Kombat: Armageddon is coming to the Nintendo Wii sometime in the first quarter of 2007. Midway also announced four different Premium Packs for the PS2 version that's loaded with extras like a bonus dvd and arcade-perfect version of Mortal Kombat 3.
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The official Nintendo of France Magazine has announced that Nintendo is planned to show off 5 brand new Wii titles at the upcoming Leipzig Games Convention in an hour-long keynote presentation in Germany.
Microsoft has something cooking to stand out against the upcoming competition. To quote Xbox Europe marketing manager, Richard Teversham: “I don’t want to reveal any plans at the moment because we want to keep a number of surprises up our sleeve”
The Polish Nibris exclusive Wii gothic horror game is now under development at multiple studios. Sadness is not going to have any Menu, as it promises to be completely intuitive. Due Q4 2007. No word on the rumoured big publisher that they are talking to.
Hideo Kojima, Snake’s creator, is designing Snake’s level in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Snake’s inclusion means we’re not only getting one of the best characters in gaming, but one of the best developers as well.
Activision announced today that it has signed award-winning composer Joel Goldsmith to score the soundtrack for the Xbox 360, PS2, PS3 & Wii game Call of Duty 3 (coming this fall).
No one knows if it's Midway returning the boxing series yet, but sources say Ready To Rumble 3 will be making a return into the boxing ring. Ready To Rumble 3 should be unveiled soon and released in 2007.
In an attempt to bolster confidence in PS3, Sony has assured investors that the firm will recoup its investment in the console just as quickly as it managed with PS2. But it said pre-launch costs are rising.
Gearbox is currently underway with the next game in the Brothers in Arms series, Brothers in Arms: Hell ’s Highway for Xbox 360 & PS3. A leaked Ubisoft release calendar that hit the Web several months ago listed an unnamed Brothers in Arms title for Nintendo Wii, and now they're making an untitled game for Wii, coincidence?
Perrin Kaplan, vice president of marketing and corporate communications, Nintendo of America mentions that the success of Nintendo DS has offered a lot of lessons about what works in the marketplace and we certainly intend to keep our fans satisfied. For the Wii system, we are finalizing all the relevant details and will be making announcements in the coming months.
Trailers and gameplay videos for upcoming DS & GBA games of which Nintendo just announced new US release dates. The games are: Nintendogs: Dalmatian and Friends, Pokemon Rangers, Elite Beat Agents (Ouendan), Final Fantasy V Advance, Yoshi's Island 2, Custom Robo Arena, Kirby Squeak Squad.
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A summary of points from an interview with Ogawa Yojiro, Director of Sonic Wild Fire, shows Sega's desire to bring Sonic back to it's speedy roots. For such a fast game Sega sure are taking their time until March 2007 to finish it.
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance is an all-new action/RPG where players create their Marvel dream team from the largest roster of Super Heroes ever in an epic quest that will determine the fate of Earth and the Marvel universe. The game is set for a November 17th release, on PC, Xbox, Xbox 360, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii & GameBoy Advance. Footage showing new characters just came out.
Last week EA showed a European release date for several versions of Need For Speed: Carbon as November the 3rd. While the PS3 version was left as “To Be Confirmed”, the Wii was included with the rest. What follows is a list of summed up facts hinting at the most likely worlwide release dates for the Nintendo Wii.
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Here ’s an interview with Jen-Hsun Huang, CEO of Nvidia, the leading maker of graphics chips for gamers. Last generation Nvidia built it for the Xbox and next generation for them is working on the PS3.
Camp Hyrule is a free virtual online summer camp organized by Nintendo for its fans. This year, registration for Camp Hyrule is scheduled to take place July 25 to 27 at CampHyrule.com Daily events include live chat shows, games, art activities and surprises from August 14 to 18.
LucasArts representative Steve Sansweet confirmed that the company that would be working with all three next generation systems, the Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii. Included is new CG footage from the next-gen Star Wars game.
While Red Steel ’s story takes place in the US and Far East, the game is being coded right here in Europe at Ubisoft’s Paris studio, by a 100-strong team who have worked on such diverse projects as Far Cry, Splinter Cell & Rayman. The interview is a good read if you're looking forward to some sword fighting on your Wii.
The game ’s release date at its earliest is in the summer of 2007. The Heroes teaser has the same art style as the teams previous game Killer 7. Looks like it might be an action shooter, you have to love rocketfiring and lightsaber fights with the Wii's free-style controller.
At a recent demonstration of Vivendi Games upcoming DS party title, Crash Boom Bang, the publisher reveiled its plans to bring Crash Bandicoot to the Nintendo Wii.
Enterbrain has made a study on the approaching launch of the Wii & PS3 in Japan. The following percentages show the interest in each gaming console. Gamers polled prefer to wait for a significant PS3 price-drop, as they are very interested in the popular licenses it should get. While waiting, they want to buy the innovative Wii. Many gamers were also interested in playing old games (retro-gaming) via the Wii Virtual Console.
Ubisoft has been tweaking Red Steel after the control/visual comments they got at E3, as they say to make the game perfect for the Wii launch in the fourth quarter of this year. To show this, they ’ve now released new images for the upcoming nintendo Wii FPS game Red Steel.
After the 1996 release of Super Mario 64, magazines for years mentioned Super Mario 128 that would feature both Mario & Luigi for release on the N64 or its 64DD add-on. In an interview with Level3 Magazine in Sweden Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto mentions the game.
In the latest Nintendo Power, the Wii Sports Producer Katsuya Eguchi, revealed Wii Motor Sports, which will include Airplane, and several games with easy-to-drive vehicles, with a future Wave Race style game possible for inclusion.
Michel Ancel, Rayman ’s creator, is interviewed about how the original game was created, and how the new Rayman 4: Raving Rabbids for Wii works, as well as mentioning new tidbits about the storyline. He hints at Beyond Good & Evil 2!
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Upcoming DS & GBA games dated for US. Final Fantasy V, Yoshi’s Island 2, and more. Trailers included
