Japan Gaming Guide

Those people who use the Wii as their only source of weather information may be in for a surprise this weekend. There’s an absolutely massive typhoon making it’s way across Japan at the moment – but no mention of it on the Weather channel. The TV weather news over here features smiley faced clouds, a […]

Mario Kart is coming to Wii in 2008, and it’s going to come with a steering wheel. Nintendo’s President, Reggie Fils-Aime, announced the news at Nintendo’s E3 press conference. Mario Kart will also be playable online! [Read]

A new Wii channel, ‘Check Mii Out’, is on its way to the Wii. The channel will allow you to show off your Miis, and view other people’s creations. You’ll also be able to download other people’s Miis. [Read]

Sony have announced the first major redesign of the PSP. The new model will come out in September for $200. It’s lighter, slimmer and features a longer battery life. Loading times will also be faster. [Read, via Eurogamer]

We knew it was coming, but now it’s official. Wii Fit is on the way. The game will come with a wireless balance board, capable of measuring your weight amongst other things. The title will feature over 40 activities. Much has been made of Wii Sports‘ ability to get us lazy gamer types of the […]

It seems you can’t please some people. Not impressed by the $100 PS3 price drop, Konami have dropped some hints that the long and happy relationship between Solid Snake and the Playstation may be about to end. Snake needs to see other people, he still loves Playstation, it’s just, life is short – he doesn’t […]

From time to time we’re going to post videos of new titles that appear on the Japanese Virtual Console, and we’ll focus on those of them that are exclusive to Japan, as information on those might be hard to come by. Today we’re looking at Star Soldier on the NES, available for 500 Wii Points. […]

Visitors to Nintendo’s official site can now hear the music to Archaic Sealed Heat, the forthcoming tactical RPG from Mistwalker. The music is pretty grand, we look forward to hearing it through the DS speakers. We don’t know too much about the game, but we hear it will involve time travel and burning stuff, both […]

The training game trend on the DS shows no signs of abating. The latest entrant in the genre is this Origami training game. You’ll be able to view animated examples of paper folding, which you can then try to emulate. There’s also the option to increase the animation speed and challenge yourself to keep up. […]

Nintendo’s Chibi Robo website was just updated with a few new pictures and movies. The DS title just came out in Japan, and is headed stateside in September. You play a small robot, who runs around spreading love and cheering everybody up. Even by Nintendo standards this looks like being one heck of a happy […]