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The Legend of Zelda is a New York Times Bestseller. No, Really.

Barely a week into its western release, The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia is a New York Times No. 1 bestseller. Shouldn’t that designation come with an exclamation point or two? Fine! Here!! See for yourself here, it’s topping the “Hardcover Advice & Misc.” category, though that doesn’t mean it’s a strategy guide or a…

Three Months After It Launched, the Wii U is Irrelevant to Sports Gaming

For sports gaming, the Wii U wasn’t looking much better than its predecessor even a month after release, and there are no signs the console is going to be a full partner anytime soon. The signals sent by sports’ dominant publisher indicate it just has no interest in building for the console. It’s not just…

Ubisoft, Now Totally Desperate, Promises Rayman Legends Gets a Wii U Exclusive Demo

Disappointment over a six-month delay of a video game’s release may be a first-world problem. But there’s a good case Ubisoft is holding Rayman Legends back from Wii U while it gets the newly announced PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions ready for a September release. Going multiplatform here isn’t raising garden-variety console fanboy butthurt.…

Nintendo Fan Is Unhappy With Nintendo’s $200 Answer to His $400 Wii U Problem

Jon is an enthusiastic Nintendo fan. He buys all of Nintendo’s systems. He buys many, many Nintendo games. But he’s gotten himself into a jam that he says has cost him access to more than $400 worth of downloadable games he’s purchased from Nintendo over the several years. How does one lose access to $400…

Wii U Gets A $390 ZombiU Package

Nintendo is coming out with a new Wii U package, and it’s full of zombies. Starting February 17 in North America, you’ll be able to find this $390 “ZombiU Deluxe Set,” which comes complete with a black deluxe Wii U and GamePad, a digital copy of Nintendo Land, and a ZombiU disc. It also comes…

This Pokémon X/Y Fake Amuses Japan, At Least

Blurry Japanese magazine scans are often a source of new info about eagerly anticipated games. Games like Pokémon X/Y. That is, unless the scans are totally fake. Earlier this month, what’s supposedly (apparently?) a “leaked” image from a Japanese magazine popped up on YouTube. To date, the video has been viewed over 50,000 times, and…

Activision Is “Somewhat Disappointed” With The Launch Of The Wii U

It seems that Activision, the biggest video game publisher in the world, wasn’t exactly thrilled with the Wii U’s launch. Why? Forget Call of Duty’s performance, it’s the console’s potential for Skylanders that has Bobby Kotick and co. worried. During the company’s latest earnings call, Kotick was asked about the future of the money-printing Skylanders…

You Can Visit Heaven with Mega Man, Sam Fisher and Brain Age in This Week’s Nintendo Download

Comparatively speaking, it’s not that often that you get to engage in wanton bloodshed in a game released for Nintendo platforms. (Well, you can creatively interpret Mario’s adventures in an ultra-violent way, if you wanted.) So, The Fist of the North Star: Ken’s Rage 2—where you can kick guys to bloody bits—is a departure from…

Here Are The Top 30 Games Japanese Gamers Are Looking Forward To In 2013

2013 is only 1/12th over. With 11 months left and new console news on the horizon, Weekly Famitsu asked its readers what games they were looking forward to for this year. Here’s a list of the top 30 anticipated upcoming games for 2013 (note: All publishers and release dates are for Japanese release versions): 30…

Japanese Xbox Users Made a Miiverse Clone. Yep, It’s Covered in Dicks.

Dicks, why does it always have to be dicks? Before the Wii U’s user forum, dubbed the Miiverse, launched, I said that it would be a dick drawing inferno. Little did I know that Japanese Xbox users would launch their own Miiverse clone. But, I’ll tell you what, I sure saw the dick drawings coming.…

Ever Wonder What Nintendo’s President Looks Like As A Walking Google Camera?

Wonder no more. Part of an Iwata Asks section over on Nintendo’s website, celebrating the launch of Google’s Wii Street U on the Wii U.

Seriously, Why Doesn’t Anyone In Fire Emblem: Awakening Have Feet?

“There’s an elephant in the room.” It’s a phrase people use when there’s some super-obvious thing that everyone’s consciously avoiding talking about, like, you’re at a party where the host just died of a heart attack and was carted off by the coroner, but you’re eating teeny-weenies and talking about the weather, and the elephant…

Namco and Nintendo are teaming up for yet another Mario Kart arcade game. Details here

In Fire Emblem, Marriage Can Be A Fate Worse Than Death

If you’re interested in the new 3DS strategy game Fire Emblem: Awakening, you’ve probably heard two things about it: first, that if a character dies in battle, they’re gone for good. Second, that characters can fall in love and marry one another. In other words, the two constants in Fire Emblem: Awakening are marriage and…

Eurogamer takes a deep dive into the Wii U’s graphics processing hardware. Lots of pictures of silicon!

Nintendo’s Satoru Iwata recently said the Wii U’s NFC, currently under development, is planned to be tested this year.

Gamers Teaming Up To Crack The Secrets Of The Wii U’s GPU

Even with the console now out, there’s a lot of mystery surrounding the design and capabilities of the graphics processing unit (GPU) on the new Wii U. Nintendo hasn’t provided any detailed specs on the thing, and to date users haven’t been able to glean much by simply cracking the hardware open and taking a…

The Wii U Controller Now Works On PC Games, Courtesy Of This Handy Software

Reader Chris is doing the world a great service with his work transforming the Wii U’s big pad into something you can use on a PC. The video above shows how you can re-map the pad to almost everything needed for a game’s input, meaning if you can configure it, you can use it for…

If You Want Fire Emblem: Awakening Today, You Might Have To Buy It Online

We’ve received several e-mails and comments today from people who couldn’t find Fire Emblem: Awakening in stores. Quite a few retailers have yet to receive the new (excellent) strategy-RPG, which came out today for 3DS. Game Informer says they called a few Best Buys and GameStops and heard that there’s a shipping delay on the…

Japan’s Most Dangerous Hacker Served with a Wanted Poster and a Bounty

Mugshots. Artist’s sketches. Physical descriptions. Those are what you see on typical wanted posters in Japan. But this is not your typical wanted poster. It’s not even your typical crime. Instead, this wanted poster features descriptions of programming languages, viruses, and internet use. But like most wanted posters, this one also has a hefty reward.…