Bringing new friends and of course, weed relief.

The Animal Crossing New Leaf update for Amiibo support is now live.

After talking to the genie Wisp in the game, tapping an Amiibo card or certain amiibo (Splatoon and Zelda series) will add the character to Harvey's Campground where they can give you items and make requests in the game. The items will be exclusive to the RV.

Win a custom Amiibo!

We're starting a series of monthly giveaways for our readers and supporters! The prize for November 2016 is a "Halloween Town Sora" Custom Amiibo by modder Zanarkandsky!

If you're backing us on Patreon (at any level) you're already automatically entered! We'll run the random drawing at the end of the month, so if you're not already a backer why not check out our Patreon page and consider backing us at a level that you feel comfortable at?

Win a custom Amiibo!

We're starting a series of monthly giveaways for our readers and supporters! The prize for December 2016 is a "Happy Holidays Jigglypuff" Custom Amiibo by modder Zanarkandsky!

If you're backing us on Patreon (at any level) you're already automatically entered! We'll run the random drawing at the... Read more...

Even Europe can get in on the most pre-ordered game in Nintendo history.

Those with large memory cards can start downloading Nintendo's biggest game of the year now.

The preload options are now available for Pokémon Sun and Moon worldwide, to unlock on November 18 (23 November in Europe). Large memory cards are recommended, as the full game takes up roughly 3.2GB of space (26,214 blocks).

North America aiming straight at the heart of the News Editor

The first of the month brings a new slate of My Nintendo rewards.

For North America, the following discount offers have been added, all available through February 1:

Or Switch info, but we knew that going in.

The Animal Crossing direct promised in September will air tomorrow.

Nintendo of Europe have announced the stream will run at 1400 GMT / 1500 CET, with NCL running the Japanese stream at 2200 local time. Nintendo of America have confirmed the stream for 7 am Pacific, 10 am Eastern tomorrow.

The... Read more...

You'll be surrounded by Hardy Greninja.

The biggest holiday title for Nintendo has a ton of early momentum.

Pokemon Sun and Moon's special demo, which released on October 18, has been downloaded over 3.5 million times in just over a week according to Nintendo's investor briefing. The download count has made it the fastest start of any 3DS demo since the system launched.

Plus a Miitomo update is coming.

There's a lot of demand for Super Mario Run, and its release will be wider than ever.

Nintendo's investor meeting earlier today (Japan time) showed that over 20 million people have signed up for notification when Super Mario Run will go live in December, and that the rollout is planned for "approximately 150 countries".

Which would you rather have - a dance party, or a Corpse Party?

It's hard to believe we're less than six months away from the Wii U's successor launching, and yet we're getting a prominent Wii game this week in the form of Just Dance 2017. But that's off-topic, since you'll probably want to pick up the Wii U version for its access to, among other things, the music... Read more...

Warning: champions approaching.

The last Pokémon Sun and Moon trailer for October has revealed eight new Pokémon, including the final evolutions of the starting Pokémon, and given hints about the game's structure.

New Pokémon:

It's new styles, not players

Monster Hunter X (Generations) will be getting an expanded version next March.

Monster Hunter XX (pronounced "double cross") was announced today for a March 18, 2017 release in Japan on the 3DS. The new game will feature two new hunting styles and harder G-Rank quests in addition to all of the Generations content.

Let the countdown commence!

Nintendo has given a date for the details of the Switch.

At an analyst and institutional investor meeting today, Nintendo CEO Tatsumi Kimishima announced that the "Nintendo Switch Presentation 2017" will occur on January 12 (North America time). This will include the system's launch date and confirmation of launch titles as well as other games in development.

A short window in the fiscal year means lower than historical norms.

Nintendo is aiming slightly lower than expected in their estimates for the Nintendo Switch.

Although the financial statements don't list estimates, CEO Tatsumi Kimishima told the press in an earnings call that their guidance assumes 2m units shipped for the console, set to release in March. The system will be sold at a profit for Nintendo, but Kimishima also stated they are "listening to consumer conversation" about the price of the system.

For it's one, two, six hundred million from the old ball team

Nintendo released their financial results at the close of the Japanese business day earlier today, and some significant events led to a operating loss in the quarter.

The key financial indicators, with US conversions at current market rates:

A major announcement is incoming from Capcom regarding one of their most lucrative series on Nintendo platforms.

A Monster Hunter Direct is scheduled to hit Japan Thursday, October 27 at 8 p.m. (JST, 7 a.m. ET). While no specifics were given on what will actually be unveiled, the event will not feature any titles for mobile platforms or the Nintendo Switch. It is very possible that whatever they're showing off will be coming to 3DS and is indeed the new Monster Hunter title that Capcom hinted at in mid September.

At least, not from Nintendo.

It appears that today's Switch video will be the extent of Nintendo's public talk about the platform this year.

Nintendo indicated no information about the platform or their games would be coming this year in a statement to Wall Street Journal analyst Takashi Mochizuki:

Nintendo: no more official announcement would come this year on 1) game titles 2) spec details, including region-lock status.

As well as some technology companies.

Nintendo's list of partners for the Switch launch have been announced, and a who's who of publishers and middleware developers are involved with the system.

Developers/Publishers:

Releasing March 2017 still.

Nintendo has finally revealed the Nintendo Switch.

The video demo showed the system sliding into and being removed from a docking system hooked to a TV, with instant transition to a portable mode when removed. There are controllers called "JoyCon" that can be detached and used by multiple players... Read more...

We're not yet to the point of spoopy, but it helps.

As we get ready for a little video in a bit, the downloads have a couple of interesting movers this week. The Wii U in North America gets its SteamWorld Heist - we'll have a review for that later today - with a nice offer if you get in early, much like the 3DS version. There's also 13AMGames's first publishing effort in Pirate Pop Plus, with crossbuy available as long as you have an upgraded 3DS.

Our long international nightmare will soon be over.

After nearly nineteen months of speculation, we will soon know something about the system known only as NX.

Nintendo will air a video tomorrow morning at 10 am Eastern time (7 am Pacific, 1600 CEST, 11 pm Japan) that will give a preview of the system, with more information to follow after. According to the Japanese-language Nintendo Twitter account, it will be three minutes long.