Cloud is coming to Super Smash Bros?! What is this sorcery? In an announcement literally nobody saw coming, Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy VII is coming to Super Smash Bros, complete with a Midgar stage, Chocobo Mii Costumes and an alt skin from Advent Children. He seems to a Limit…

Nintendo have announced The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD will be coming to the Wii U in March 4th 2016. The title is being handled by the Austrailian developer Tantalus. A Wolf Link Amiibo has also been announced to accompany this title, and several other Amiibo from the Zelda…

It's finally back. After there being much speculation about the future of the Nintendo Direct streams after the unfortunate passing of Satoru Iwata earlier this year, Nintendo has decided to keep the program alive, with the first presentation under new president Tatsumi Kimishima happening this Thursday. This Direct will focus…

Taking a break from the usual single player experience of your standard Zelda game, Tri Force Heroes instead follows the path of Four Swords Adventures on GBA and Gamecube, offering a more social quest to complete with up to 3 people. So, if you walk into Triforce Heroes expecting the…

In a new trailer released by Nintendo today, it has been revealed to no great surprise that there will be amiibo support for Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash. Scanning amiibos in will create AI controlled characters for you to play against in the offline Knockout Challenge mode. They can also be…

Sliding under the radar like a hastily written resignation letter pushed underneath your boss' door, Nintendo have quietly announced that the 3DS crossover RPG, Mario and Luigi: Paper Jam Bros, will be releasing in Europe on December 4th. This is probably in response to the moving back of Star Fox…

Halloween is fast approaching and we all know what the means. It's time to dust off those survival horror classics and play them into the small hours of the morning. This year however, you may be looking for something new to sink your teeth into and Nintendo may just have…

Fans of all things survival horror be prepared for some open-wallet surgery. The latest instalment in the stellar Project Zero series (Or Fatal Frame as it's known elsewhere) is gearing up for a slightly bigger release than anticipated. It was originally reported that the limited edition version of the game would only be available…

The Shin Megami Tensei series is a unique one, as every entry of the main series has appeared on a different format upon initial release, until today. After a series of mysterious updates on their official website, ATLUS have revealed Shin Megami Tensei IV Final for the Nintendo 3DS, alongside…

Saturday marked the final day at EGX 2015 for VGU and it certainly was a packed schedule. A look at a couple of new indie titles as well as Ubisoft's two big heavy hitters, The Division and Assassin's Creed: Syndicate. Queues were still massive and will no doubt be even…

Today was my first on the show floor down at EGX 2015 in Birmingham, with there being a massive range of games to demo and see played within the halls of the NEC. I mostly got to play indies today, as the line for the big names were up to…

Project X Zone 2 (subtitled as Brave New World in Japan), the sequel to the 3-way crossover RPG featuring characters from Capcom, Namco Bandai, and Sega, just got a little more interesting. For the first time in the series, the roster is being shaken up by the inclusion of characters…

Super Mario Maker is without a doubt one of the greatest ideas that Nintendo have come up with in the last few years. There was only one small hitch that could have made even the most patient of players slightly pessismistic, and that was the system to unlock the new…

The news of Pikmin 4 comes straight from video game guru; Shigeru Miyamoto himself. In an interview with Eurogamer, Miyamoto confirmed that Pikmin 4 wasn't just in development, and that it was in fact "very close to completion. "It's actually very close to completion. Pikmin teams are always working on the next…

Whoops. In an early tweet by GAME Brighton today, the long standing rumour of a Shovel Knight amiibo has finally been confirmed by the UK games retailer. This amiibo will unlock exclusive content in the Wii U and 3DS versions of Shovel Knight and is probably the 'megaton' announcement that…

In a bumper series of reveals over on the Nintendo UK and Europe Twitter channels, the Big N has announced the release dates for many of its products during the winter quarter. The big one is that the heavily awaited RPG, Xenoblade Chronicles X is coming on the 7th of…

In news which many suspected but has now been officially confirmed, Nintendo have confirmed that the Pokemon fighting game, Pokken Tournament will be coming to Wii U in spring 2016. The game will launch worldwide in spring, allowing players from around the world to make Pikachu beat the stuffing out…

Last month Nintendo president Satoru Iwata passed away, causing wide-spread grief across the gaming world. Iwata was a true legend in the industry having played a part in many iconic titles like Earthbound and the long-running Pokemon series. This couldn't come at a worse time as Nintendo have come under a lot of…

The 1992 classic Mega Drive title has been reworked in stereoscopic 3D and is now available to purchase on the Nintendo eShop for €4.99/£4.49/$5.99. The critically acclaimed, side scrolling beat ‘em up that redefined the genre, sees Axel Stone and Blaze Fielding take to the streets once more to rescue their friend…

In some incredibly depressing news, Nintendo of Japan has announced that Satoru Iwata, president of Nintendo, has passed away aged 55 due to a bile duct growth. While it was known that Mr Iwata had been ill for a while and had to miss this year's E3, it was never…

In a recent interview with Fortune, Nintendo bigwig Shigeru Miyamoto gave his opinion on why he believed the Wii U failed: "I feel like people never really understood the concept behind the Wii U and what we were trying to do. I think the assumption is we were trying to…