Everyone’s eyes may be on the Nintendo Switch but the Wii U has given us some fantastic titles this year that will make some awesmoe Christmas gifts this holiday.

In news coming from Nintendo today, the company is planning to shut down their current loyalty system, Club Nintendo, and replace it with a brand new program for sometime after September 2015. As for what this means for you, your Stars or Coins (depending on which version of Club Nintendo…

Although the TV series of Sonic Boom has been met with a respectable reception overseas, the same could not be said of the Wii U game Sonic Boom Rise of Lyric, which unfortunately received fairly low scores because of several issues which hindered gameplay, such as low frame rate, graphical…

In yet another announcement from today's Nintendo Direct, digital versions of select Wii titles are coming to the Wii U very soon. Super Mario Galaxy 2 is out now, at a discount price of £8.99 for the first week, but will go up to £17.99 after this discount period is…

For all you Smash fans out there, you have a chance to compete in the world's largest online tournament of Super Smash Bros for Wii U, courtesy of Events2Compete, Hypest and RTGN.TV. The tournament will be held Sunday the 18th, with the top 3 combatants receiving a split of a…

In some happy news in time for Christmas, Nintendo has released Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker for Wii U today in the UK, two weeks ahead of its initial January 2nd release date. GAME seems to be shipping copies of the game from today and if you go in store, you…

Eager to celebrate the success of the return to Hoenn in Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, Nintendo have decided to re-release Pokemon Pinball Ruby & Sapphire, the second entry in the Pokemon Pinball franchise that features the majority of the 386 Pokemon available at that point in time. It is now…

In a trailer shown off at the end of the Game Awards, Shigeru Miyamoto and Eiji Aonuma showed off some more footage of the new Legend of Zelda for Wii U. In the footage, we got a glimpse of the game's massive overworld, as well as the ability to set…

So, we’ve had the appetiser and now it is time for the main course. Super Smash Bros for Wii U has finally landed and it ushers in a new age of Smash for many. Is this version the definitive edition of Smash or should we hold out for Smash 5?…

In news coming from today's Nintendo Direct, more information has been released on Splatoon, including a tentative Q2 release date. Also revealed in the Direct, was news on the game's single player mode, which has the Squids battling against an army of evil octopodes in a battle for tentacled supremacy.…

In a return to the old style Nintendo Direct format, Satoru Iwata will be hosting a Nintendo Direct tomorrow to discuss Wii U and 3DS games which are coming soon. Nintendo has kept very tight lipped about this Direct, not saying much about the games that will be on show…

Platinum Games continues its dominance of the spectacle fighter genre with the release of Bayonetta 2, bringing over the top action exclusively to the Wii U, to the dismay of some fans. With many outlets praising the game as the second coming of Karate Christ, does this action game blow…

At the Nintendo booth during EGX 2014, Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric was playable on Wii U, and we were able to get our hands on a demo of the blue blur’s latest outing. Developed by Big Red Button Entertainment, Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric is a departure of sorts…

Good news for Smash fans! The Wii U version of Super Smash Bros will arrive in Europe on the 5th of December. The game releases 2 weeks earlier in the USA on the 21st of November and on the 6th in Australia. You can buy the game on its own,…

To mark the upcoming release of Hyrule Warriors, Nintendo have launched an eShop sale on some classic Zelda titles. Spanning two weeks, with the first batch of sales coming to an end this Thursday, a total of seven Zelda games could be yours for a knocked down price. Considering how…

Continuing the Super Smash Bros. eShop sale that launched last week, Nintendo have revealed their next batch of deals. This weeks sales will run from today until August 28th, and will feature the Veteran Fighters of the Super Smash Bros. series. Somewhat disappointingly, no Zelda games have made the cut,…

To celebrate to release of Super Smash Bros., and to keep their fans busy while they wait for the launch in October, Nintendo have announced a massive eShop sale featuring characters from the game. The sale will be split over two weeks, to give recognition to both the newcomers and the…

Yesterday, Veteran fighter "Meta Knight" has been announced to make a return in the new Super Smash Bros Wii U/3DS. Super Smash Bros Director, Masahiro Sakurai posted on Miiverse "Pic of the day. ‘Looks like there was an impostor in the earlier posts, so I introduced him to my sword!’…

  Warner Bros released a new trailer and new details for Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham today, in which the stars of the game - which includes Troy Baker, Christopher Corey Smith and Travis Willingham talk about their roles. The trailer also confirms the appearance of Adam West himself as…

In a trailer released by Tecmo Koei, the self proclaimed Bug Princess from Twilight Princess, Agitha, joins the ever growing cast of playable characters for the Zelda/Dynasty Warriors crossover, Hyrule Warriors. Instead of acting as a slightly creepy but harmless bug collector, she now crushes evil armies with giant spectral…

To celebrate the launch of One Piece: Unlimited World Red, Bandai Namco have kindly offered up the first of their DLC quests for the wonderful price of nothing. The new quest, Red Stands Alone, will offer an extra challenge for players with tougher enemies in a higher difficulty threshold. Promising…