Tecmo confirms that Nintendo has declined to publish Grasshopper-developed horror game outside Japan.

The success of Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition and House of the Dead: Overkill have shown that there’s a place for horror games on Nintendo’s latest system. Unfortunately, Nintendo is apparently unconvinced of that, given that Tecmo has confirmed to GameSpot that Nintendo has declined to publish the Wii installment of its survival horror franchise Fatal Frame in North America and Europe.

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Nintendo president Satoru Iwata’s GDC keynote reveals Link’s new portable adventure, Wii sales stats, console’s “complete storage solution” SD-card compatibility; Full Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks trailer inside.

SAN FRANCISCO–Three years ago at the 2006 Game Developers Conference, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata urged developers to “think differently” and disrupt the status quo. In November of that year, his firm did just that with the launch of the Wii. Insanely popular from the get-go, the console was nearly impossible to find at retailers during its first year on the market.

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Nintendo touts U.S. retail milestone for its controversial controller-bundled title, which has been a fixture in NPD’s top 10 since its release in 2007.

Since it was released in the U.S. in February 2007, Wii Play has been a fixture on the NPD Group’s top 10 charts. Officially classified as “software,” the minigame collection continues to be wildly popular because it is bundled with the Wii Remote. The internally developed title–which received tepid reviews–is also severely discounted, costing just $10 more than the Wii Remote’s $39.99 a la carte price.

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Earlier this week, WiiBlog reported on an ‘unofficial’ announcement of Mario & Sonic at the Winter Olympics. You can now turn the switch to ‘official.’ SEGA has released a website, featuring a debut trailer, and has issued a press release. (more…)

Atari is going to bring the Namco Bandai-developed Family Trainer to Europe this September.

This is the Wii-exclusive title that comes with its own dance mat for “total body gameplay”, according to this press release. It’s called Active Life: Athletic World in the US.

Family Trainer has you doing all sorts of things like rafting on the river, racing mine carts, jumping over logs or just skipping ropes. You can do it on your own because you’d rather no one watch, or with and against friends because you are drunk and have given up caring. All on one mat.