A few days late and a few hundred million dollars short.

November's US sales had a few surprises and some disappointments for Nintendo systems and games.

In terms of hardware, the Wii U sold at about a similar level to the same time last year with Super Smash Bros, selling approximately 240,000 consoles in November largely due to the Smash Splat bundle.... Read more...

It took an hour and a half to convert the download PR to this article

This week's Nintendo downloads in Europe have feature a massive sale in anticipation of the holiday season.

Beginning with the eShop update on Thursday, multiple 3rd parties will have their games on sale, with some deals over 50% off. The full list is below, sorted by publisher with end dates in italics:

Probably girding the eShop for Steve.

Another major Nintendo maintenance will be going on this evening.

The maintenance will begin at 5:00 p.m. Pacific time (8 p.m. Eastern) and is slated to run for approximately 10 hours (until 3 a.m. Pacific/6 a.m. Eastern). "Certain network services" will be affected.

It isn't clear why the maintenance is taking place at the time it is - it's slated for working hours in Japan, and most maintenance sessions are about 12-24 hours later.

After defeating the likes of Ifrit, Bahamut, and series newbie Amateratsu, players can summon them in battle.

Get ready to fight to Bahamut and Shiva in Final Fantasy Explorers and then, when they're defeated, have them join your party as powerful summons. In total, 12 summons, or "eidolon guardians," are featured in the game, including two (Amateratsu and Dryad) that are brand new to the series. See below for the full list:

Pretty sure "zink" refers to color on this one.

It's been a busy week for Splatoon as usual, with a couple of Splatfests to deal with and a new weapon.

The Zink Mini Splatling will be in tonight's 9 p.m. Eastern/6 p.m. Pacific update. The modified Mini Splatling will bring a Disruptor sub and a Bubbler special.

Last weekend's North American... Read more...

May the Ocarina of Time model stay home

The weekly update for Hyrule Warriors Legends in Famitsu has some interesting news for fans of the Great Fairy.

In addition to a Wind Waker-themed Adventure Mode map, the 3DS version will feature a "My Fairy" mode that lets you design fairies and raise them by feeding them with food. The fairies will also provide battle assists.

Not the Hoenn starter most expected.

Pokkén Tournament has added a new fighter who really kicks with grass.

Sceptile, the Grass-typed starter of Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, has hit the roster in arcades and will be playable in the Wii U version of the game. Bandai Namco's Japanese trailer also shows Farfetch'd and Electrode being added to the support roster.

There’s nothing coming out in stores this week, so load up on eShop goodness.

This is the kind of week we love – all kinds of major eShop titles to take a share of $60. As was previously announced, FAST Racing Neo speeds into your Wii U memory at roughly Mach 2, while it’s all about the survival on the 3DS with SteamWorld Heist (with discount until the corks pop) and the port of a PC survival hit… Terraria. (If you’re looking for the other one, it’s next week).

Before the Holidays, we're giving you a full day of content to relax, unwind, and help a great cause! UPDATED 12/10 - ALL PARTS UPLOADED

It's time again for the Nintendo World Report live podcast in support of Child's Play. This year we've set taller goals, have a more ambitious schedule, and are planning more twists than ever before. This all-day marathon serves one purpose: to help kids in pediatric hospitals by providing them the toys and games we all enjoy. We hope you can join us for the best thing NWR does all year.

It might be familiar to those who played Mario Kart 8.

An existing advertising relationship between Nintendo and Mercedes is about to expand again.

A special Super Mario Maker course will drop tonight that will offer a course designed by Mercedes employees and is supposed to recreate automotive-related areas including driving on the autobahn. Completing the course will unlock a Mystery Mushroom for a Mercedes automobile.

WARNING: CHALLENGERS APPROACHING

We now have a date and time for Smash Bros's last hurrah for now.

The presentation, promising details about Cloud "and more" will go live on Tuesday, December 15 at 2pm Pacific, 5pm Eastern and 2200 GMT.

Catch the final presentation dedicated to #SmashBros for #3DS & #WiiU on 12/15 at 2 p.m. PT. https://t.co/B7wm5JXiwL pic.twitter.com/mNvpAUsObg

Hopefully another lorry didn't get nicked.

Originally promised for this Friday in Europe, it appears the Shovel Knight amiibo is being delayed slightly.

Reports from customers who preordered the amiibo from Nintendo's online store or high street retailer GAME are both reporting a one-week delay in dispatch of the Yacht Club-designed figure from 11 December to 18 December.

The critically acclaimed title is seeing a console release, but not on Wii U.

Although the Wii U version was announced early, Gone Home's console releases will not be heading to Nintendo systems.

Fullbright Games and Midnight City reconfirmed the console releases today would be for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Development head Steve Gaynor confirmed to us that this is those are the only systems in active development:

New content promised for Nintendo fans.

The construction sensation Minecraft is finally coming to the Wii U.

Minecraft will release on the Wii U eShop next Thursday (December 17) in both North America and Europe. The North American version will launch at $29.99 with six add-on packs included, with 16 more available for add-on purchase... Read more...

Europe will be digging into it before Christmas

Yacht Club Games has confirmed the launch date for the Shovel Knight amiibo, and Europe will be having a very merry Christmas.

The amiibo will launch in Europe on 11 December, with a North American release to follow on January 8 in order to ensure there is enough to meet the demand. Some European stores have the amiibo and have sold it, including to Nintendo World Report European chief Daan Koopman.

It got dusty there for a minute.

The Game Awards have wrapped in Los Angeles, and Nintendo was able to bring home a couple of awards.

Super Mario Maker was the winner in the Best Family Game category, while Splatoon captured Best Multiplayer Game and Best Shooter among its nominations. The Best Multiplayer was given on stage,... Read more...

While helping us raise money for charity you'll have plenty of chances to win Amiibo, eShop credit, game downloads, retro paintings, and more! UPDATE: Now with Shovel Knight Amiibo!

Once again NWR is doing an all-day, live podcast telethon to raise funds for Child's Play, and we want you to join us on that journey! In order to help kids in pediatric hospitals have access to toys and games we've set bigger goals this year, made longer schedules... and are giving out tons of prizes to thank everyone for taking part!

The PC sensation hops into a crowded field on the 3DS

Add another game to the list of eShop games dropping next week.

The developers of Terraria have announced that the PC hit's 3DS version will come to the eShop next week for $19.99/€19.99/£16.99. A physical version, as well as the Wii U version, are still expected to follow early next year.

Terraria joins SteamWorld Heist and FAST Racing Neo in next Thursday's eShop premium lineup.

Also confirms Quality of Life still in development

Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima gave a wide ranging interview to Time magazine discussing Nintendo's present and future.

The interview reconfirms the company's commitment to using Nintendo Account across platforms, including earning points in My Nintendo for interacting with Nintendo IP outside... Read more...

Insert “Skell of a time” pun here.

There’s no question what the biggest game – in terms of file size, quality or length – is for all of the Western eShops this week: Xenoblade Chronicles X. My opinions on the game are well documented (in both a text review and a video), so you might want to start the download now if you haven’t already so you can grab all 22GB of goodness.