This pre-E3 Direct is likely this year's version of Nintendo's traditional press conference.

A Wii U focused Nintendo Direct presentation will be taking place on June 11th at 7 a.m PDT (10 a.m. EDT, 3 p.m UK time). This Nintendo Direct has currently been announced for North America and Europe with each region airing the event from their own Nintendo Direct website. It’s currently unknown if the information will be different on the region specific streams.

The Wii U focused Nintendo Direct takes place only five hours before the E3 show floor opens to attendees, and only three-and-a-half hours before Nintendo’s pre-E3 Wii U Software Showcase admits select members of the press into the Nintendo booth to get hands on time before the big crowds are let in.

We could be seeing more Pokémon teaming up with warlords in the future.

Pokémon Conquest could get a sequel provided that "there's enough demand and enthusiasm from the fans", says The Pokémon Company CEO Tsunekazu Ishihara in an interview with Inside-Games. According to the interview with the executive, he wouldn't "rule out the possibility of seeing a sequel."Pokémon Conquest is a strategy mashup of the Pokémon and Nobunaga's Ambition franchises released on DS in 2012.

Both Kirby games will receive a discount if the user has bought Kirby's Adventure for the service.

As a part of the Wii U eShop update this week, Europe, Australia and New Zealand will be seeing the Super Nintendo games Kirby's Dream Course and Kirby Super Star.

Both of these games will receive a 30% discount if the user has previously bought the NES game Kirby's Adventure. This offer will continue until May 30.

These games will be the U.S. versions of the titles, meaning they will run at full speed and will take up the entire 4:3 frame of the image.

Stay on target. Stay on target. 

Retailer Target has discounted the Wii U Basic Set to $239.99, a 20% discount off its normal price of $299.99.

The Wii U Basic Set is white, comes with 8GB of internal storage, and does not include a copy of Nintendo Land.

While the Deluxe unit is still being sold at its original price of $349.99, a bundle with a copy of New Super Mario Bros U is on sale for $390, a saving of $20.

One of this year's biggest third party games could be arriving on a GamePad near you. 

Call of Duty: Ghosts has been listed as coming to the Wii U on November 5 by Polygon and GameTrailers.

Though not officially confirmed by Activision, last year's Call of Duty title, Black Ops 2, was released on the Wii U.

Call of Duty: Ghosts is being developed Infinity Ward and follows a small group of elite soldiers, called Ghosts, after a large scale attack cripples the United States in the near future.

EA is not neglecting Nintendo's console after all.

Electronic Arts has confirmed that it does actually have Wii U games in development, correcting earlier statements that the publisher was not supporting the system.

At the recent Stifel Nicolaus Internet, Media and Communications conference, Blake Jorgensen, the chief financial officer of EA, said that the publishing giant would, in fact, be bringing new software to Wii U in the future, "but not anywhere near as many as [they] are for PS or Xbox".

It is unknown at this time exactly what these games are, though it was previously confirmed that neither FIFA 14 nor Madden 25 will be released on Nintendo platforms.

Level-5 offering half off on over fifteen titles for a limited time!

Level-5 is not only bringing eight of their retail titles to the 3DS eShop next week in Japan, they are also discounting all of their titles that are available on the eShop. Starting at 10 a.m. on May 29 and running until June 11 at 11:59 p.m., gamers can get half off of the following titles:

Professor Layton and the Azran Legacies - 2,750 yen (from 5,500 yen, 909 MB)Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask - 1,500 yen (from 3,000 yen, 825 MB)Fantasy Life - 2,900 yen (from 5,800 yen, 802 MB)Inazuma Eleven 1,2,3: Endō Mamoru Densetsu - 2,900 yen (from 5,800 yen, 1.83 GB)Inazuma Eleven Go: Shine - 2,900 yen (from 5,800 yen, 1.56 GB)Inazuma Eleven Go: Dark - 2,900 yen (from 5,800 yen, 1.56 GB)Inazuma Eleven Go 2: Chrono no Stone Neppu - 2,750 yen (from 5,500 yen, 2.46 GB)Inazuma Eleven Go 2: Chrono no Stone Raimei - 2,750 yen (from 5,500 yen, 2.46 GB)Girls’ RPG: Cinderella Life - 2,490 yen (from 4,980 yen, 360 MB)Time Travelers - 2,990 yen (from 5,980 yen, 1.81 GB)Danbōru Senki Boost (Little Battlers eXperience Baku Boost) - 2,200 yen (from 4,400 yen, 1.61 GB)Liberation Maiden - 400 yen (from 800 yen, 197 MB)Rental Bukiya de Omasse - 400 yen (from 800 yen, 123 MB)Crimson Shroud - 400 yen (from 800 yen, 245 MB)Aero Porter - 400 yen (from 800 yen, 31 MB)Kaiju ga Deru Kinyōbi (Attack of the Friday Monsters) - 400 yen (from 800 yen, 179 MB)Mushikera Sensha (Bugs vs. Tanks) - 400 yen (from 800 yen, 66 MB)Uchusen Damrei-go (The Starship Damrey) - 400 yen (from 800 yen, 107 MB)

Game & Wario was originally meant to be pre-installed on Wii U, but was bumped to a retail release after the game had 'too many ideas'

In another edition of Iwata Asks, our favorite Nintendo CEO sits down with Naoko Mori, Goro Abe, and Yoshio Sakamoto to discuss the upcoming Game & Wario. During the interview it's revealed that Game & Wario was originally going to be pre-installed on the Wii U, but they felt the game quickly outgrew what would be appropriate for a pack-in.

They also stated that it was decided not to make the game part of the WarioWare series because it wasn't in line with the "distinctive graphical style," of previous WarioWare titles. They went on to discuss many specifics about the individual games, such as the twenty-two microgames featured in 'GAMER' and a mode called 'Miiverse Artwork' in which players are asked to choose one of four random subjects to draw a picture of, then after a one minute time limit it is automatically uploaded to the Miiverse community. Also mentioned were the 240 prizes obtainable via in-game tokens.

The fourth title in Sega's "Reprint Project" is revealed.

3D Jūōki, or 3D Altered Beast, is coming to the Nintendo 3DS next week on May 29 for 600 yen. Similar to previous titles released in the Sega 3D Fukkoku (Reprint) Project, Altered Beast offers an array of options including customizable controls, Japanese and English versions, the ability to save anywhere, and also a “classic” view mode that resembles a tube television with slight curvature. Simultaneous multiplayer through local play can also be utilized if gamers have two copies of the game. 3D Altered Beast is based on the Mega Drive (Genesis) version of the game.

Get your groove on in Teyon's newest game for 3DS eShop

Teyon has just announced the release of its newest title, Groove Heaven which will be released in America and Europe on the Nintendo 3DS eShop on May 23, 2013 for $3.99 and €3.99 respectively.

In this rhythmic puzzler an angel, Rhymi, must deliver a letter from the Devil Lord to a little angel who is actually a little demon. The game offers over thirty levels in two modes, Story mode and Timed mode, in which players can groove their way in search for Red, Pink and Golden notes.