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  • Why you shouldn’t buy COD WWII

    Why you shouldn’t buy COD WWII

    Stewart makes a plea for innovation from the world’s most successful franchise.

  • Luigi’s Death Stare Made Me Buy a Wii U

    In which Fran buys a Wii U because of an Internet meme.

  • The Ready Up Podcast – Season 3 Episode 24 – “Wii’ll Be Back…”

    Season 3 draws to a close with Mario Kart 8, Watch_Dogs, special Guest Susan and the surprising finale of The Crash Bandicoot Memorial Quiz.

  • Asda stops stocking Wii U

    Britain second largest grocer Asda, has stopped stocking all Wii U consoles, games and accessories in store. The news comes after several price cuts of the Wii U console made by Walmart (the American retailer which owns Asda), which took the console down to an incredible £149.99 for the Basic 8GB SKU. None of the…

  • Bayonetta 2 gets a brand new Wii U trailer for E3

    Bayonetta 2 is coming to the Wii U at some point in 2014, but Nintendo has released a brand new trailer at E3 – that is absolutely available to view below. Nintendo didn’t have a dedicated E3 press conference, as Sony and Microsoft did, but still have been able to capture my attention with a…

  • Nintendo Reveals New Wii & Wii U Accessories in Japan

    Japan will soon receive the Wii U Premium console set in white, a colour normally reserved for the Basic model. Despite the lower price, Basic model Wii U units have sold poorly in comparison its Premium brother, likely due to the accessories and games included in the larger pack. Perhaps the most significant accessory announcement…

  • Rayman Legends’ Challenge Mode out on Wii U this week

    Nintendo’s Wii U console has not had the most promising start, with critics and public opinion floundering somewhere between the “meh” and “maybe when’s it’s cheaper” area, and Rayman Legend’s WiiU exclusivity being taken away that subsequently delayed its release to align launch with the multiplatform releases dates didn’t help much. Fortunately, however, a group…

  • Nintendo shutting down certain Wii online services

    One of the seven signs of the impending apocalypse has been announced, as Nintendo has confirmed that it will be shutting down selected functions of the Wii’s online services on June 28th this year. All 100,000,000 or so Wii owners will lose the online functionality of the following Wii services when Nintendo brings the pain…

  • Cute Chronicles – Wii U & Mii

    Su-per cutesy happy fun gaming time! When the Wii U was announced, although a long-term Nintendo fan, I wasn’t really too… bothered. As a long-term fan, I should probably have been falling over myself to offer them my firstborn, my soul and all my money. But there was something about it that didn’t click. The…

  • Issues of Import – Wiigion Locked

    Well, Nintendo’s done it again. With the advent of the Wii U, we have the sixth region-locked Nintendo system in a row (following in the footsteps of the Wii, DSi, DSi XL, 3DS and 3DS XL). What does this mean? Well, for me it means waiting about to see which games come out where, buying a…