What games should you be looking forward to this summer? Not many!

Hopefully, if you're a Nintendo fan, you're enjoying the solid 3DS launch line-up, the eShop, and the two solid June releases (The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D and Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D) that are unfortunately, no matter how you shake it, more or less ports. The summer, specifically for 3DS, is filled with a few decent titles but no real standouts. Pac-Man & Galaga Dimensions and Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor Overclocked (both unfortunately, no matter how you shake it, are kind of ports) headline the slate of (potentially) five 3DS games, none from Nintendo.

Take a look at what Australia's OOT comes with!

Since the Zelda midnight launch party in Melbourne was disappointingly canceled, I'm going to instead share my first hands-on experience with the Australia-exclusive Ocarina Edition of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.

While some of you may know my 3DS is imported from the USA and therefore I can't play this game at all, I'm that much of a collector geek that this was something I simply couldn't pass up, especially since I had to partake of the free soundtrack offer. I've been playing my US copy of the game for about a week already, and I love it to pieces - I'm not going into that here, it's strictly about the bonus content.

We are off to a great start, aren't we?

As a big fan of downloadable titles on any given platform, I was thrilled by the arrival of the Nintendo eShop on June 7th. Quickly, I prepared my Nintendo DSi to transfer my DSiWare to the shiny new Nintendo 3DS. I knew it would cost me my game saves, but I was happy to have a bunch of games with me. Quickly I entered the eShop just to download all of the Virtual Console games, Pokédex 3D and Excitebike. A week passed by and once I got home, I checked the shop. Once booted it up, however, I only saw Donkey Kong on the shelf, and wondered where the new DSiWare releases are. I looked through the release notes in the news section, but it only mentioned Donkey Kong and Link's Awakening DX. The text wished me a good time with these exciting new offerings and that I should come back soon for more new content. 

Resident Evil's first 3DS game doesn't let you reset the save data. Is this a big deal?

I could spend this time talking about the excellent Operation Rainfall and their grassroots movement to get Xenoblade and The Last Story to North America. We've done that already. Instead, I'm going to talk about smaller issue related to this week's (read: the next month and a half's) big release: Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D.

In that game, which I'm currently in the process of reviewing (goes up tomorrow at 8 a.m. PDT), you can't delete your save file at all. That's correct; there is no way to reset the save data on the game cartridge at all. Now, most people's reaction to this is rage. "Crapcom's ripping us off! Screw them!"

Do you want to save the Newscast and edit its audio? Inquire within!

We're looking for a podcast editor for NWR Newscast, as our current editors can't continue doing it for much longer. Please reply as soon as possible, as this position needs to be filled immediately.Ability to record a weekly podcast on Tuesday nights.Willingness to organize news topics for the podcast, and keeping up with discussion topics.An enthusiasm for putting together a great product, on a weekly (and timely) fashion.Applicants should have a medium level of familiarity with audio editing, FTP, and XML. Though, as long as you have a zest for learning about audio editing, we can work with you.Working at Nintendo World Report doesn't come without perks. While we're a volunteer site, we do offer access to the gaming industry, chances to attend events such as E3 and PAX, and review copies of games. We have been around since 1999, and members of our staff have gone on to work at THQ, LucasArts, Game Informer, G4, IGN, and more. Also, members of our staff have been published in Electronic Gaming Monthly, 1UP, GamePro, America Online, and many more.

To apply, send an e-mail to newscast-at-nintendoworldreport.com with a note about why you want to edit/join Newscast. A Skype interview and audio editing test will be required.

Also known as Xenoblade Chronicles: The Chronicles. Will this game ever be released?

Recently there has been widespread uproar relating to the absent North American release of Xenoblade, following the confirmation of the European release in September this year. The game was released in Japan as Xenoblade on June 10, 2010. It is Monolith Soft's second game under Nintendo, the first being Disaster: Day of Crisis. In fact, they became a first-party Nintendo developer shortly before Disaster's Japanese release. Monolith Soft were also responsible for the Baten Kaitos series on GameCube.

Boredom took over, so here are the horrible videos. Oh no, thank you.

As we found the PAX East 2011 media room to be a little cramped, the NWR base for the show was the Classic Gaming room. Quieter than Arcade Gaming, more convenient than Console Gaming, and full of old consoles, Nintendo and non-Nintendo to play games on for thirty minute periods before you had to hand over to the next person waiting.

You will have heard about our Anticipation antics (curse that conical flask!), Mr. Do runs (this is an SNES game?!), Powerstone rounds (get me out of here!), Snake Rattle and Roll trials (don't touch this or breathe on it now we got it to work), and many more.

These will be weekly, I swear.

E3 2011 was a blur. It was so much of a blur, in fact, that it consumed way more than just the three days it actually took up. For the past two-and-a-half weeks, I've been embroiled in E3 insanity. I'm finally coming back down to earth. There were some other things outside of the site that got in the way, but that's not up for discussion up here. Now, let's talk what's going on with games right now, at least from Ye Olde Director's point of view. To make this simple, I'll make a list of the gaming-related things that have consumed me lately.

The RFN co-creator gives his thoughts on the newest Nintendo console.

Nintendo unveiled their new home console, Wii U, which will launch at some point in mid-to-late 2012. Initial reactions from the gaming community during E3 2011 seem to be mixed, but the stock market is pretty unified in their view. They don't like it. Nintendo shares dropped 5.7 percent with the announcement, and have fallen another 4.6 percent since then amid fears that the Kyoto game giant will not be able to capture the game market with Wii U (and 3DS) the same way it did with the systems' predecessors. (Editor's Note: Mike originally wrote this shortly after E3. The stock prices have continued to decline, though not as sharply as they did at first.)

Don't pretend you didn't know this was coming.

Surely some of you remember my Conduit 2 unboxing blog, where my obsession with figures became clear to everybody? Remember? Michael Ford with his gun against Black Widow's back? Well, with the release of 3DS' Dead or Alive Dimensions, I thought it an excellent opportunity to show off three of my Dead or Alive-related girls: two Kasumis and one Kokoro. You might actually have seen them in them already, minus one of the Kasumis, in my Happy Birthday, NWR photo. I have since added two more girls to that collection. At any rate, let's gone on with the pretty pictures!