A one-time purchase at a lower price gets you on board.

As confirmed by a Nintendo of America press release, the Puzzle and Dragons Dual Pack will release on May 22 at a price of $29.99 (US), both at retail and digitally.

The two full featured puzzle games will come in at the lower price point, and there will be no DLC or any other microtransactions... Read more...

Microtransactions will be a monetization option, but not the only option

Nintendo President Satoru Iwata has confirmed that although microtransactions will be considered on a case-by case basis for Nintendo's mobile games, they will not appear in all games in an effort to protect the brands.

Speaking about their plans for the mobile space with Time, Iwata explained... Read more...

We don't know what it is or when it's coming out, but we guess the early bird catches the worm!

Today in Nintendo news, a particular Aussie retailer is getting a bit ahead of themselves, and the Virtual Console in North America adds a relative rarity.

Even though all we know about the system is the codename, EB Games Australia is already taking preorders for the system codenamed NX that Nintendo announced yesterday.

Nintendo announces new dedicated gaming hardware and a partnership with a Japanese e-commerce goliath.

Nintendo is currently developing a new dedicated gaming platform tentatively called the NX. Satoru Iwata revealed the existence of the new hardware at a recent investor meeting that announced a business and capital alliance between Nintendo and mobile/e-commerce company DeNA. While few details about... Read more...

The end of the second encore leads the day in Nintendo news.

Square Enix confirmed the end of the "Second Performance" of downloadable tracks for Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Curtain Call today, announcing eight new songs for release on Thursday. The tracks are:

Battle Music:

The Banjo-Kazooie team returns with a project that aims for the Wii U.

Playtonic Games held a livestream today at Eurogamer's Rezzed Expo (EGX Rezzed) to announce the development of Project Ukulele, the oft-rumored 3D platformer developed by veterans of the Banjo-Kazooie games and Donkey Kong 64.

The 3D platformer runs on Unity and will have collectable elements,... Read more...

More Fantasy Life, big sales for Azure Striker Gunvolt, and more in today's newsletter!

April 7 will be a big day for Level-5 fans, as they are set to hold a big event which will show their "next generation major cross media project" which, according to Siliconera, promises to be as big as Yo-kai Watch in terms of popularity in Japan.

Code Name: S.T.E.A.M heats up the 3DS while F-Zero zooms to the Wii U!

The big release this week will get you all heated up as Code Name: S.T.E.A.M is out on 3/13 for the Nintendo 3DS! I was a bit let down by the difficulty, as my of the game indicates, but there’s still many things to like about the game. On the Wii U, Trine Enchanted Edition enchants us with it’s... Read more...

Zelda tops the NPD charts, a possible delay in Europe for Splatoon, and more!

It was a good month in February to be a 3DS fan as sales of both The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask and Monster Hunter 4: Ultimate. Majora's Mask, which topped the charts at number one, sold 515,000 combined in digital and physical sales. Monster Hunter 4: Ultimate sold around 290,000, reaching number ten.

Curses become paintbrushes in certain countries.

Kirby and the Rainbow Paintbrush is coming to Europe on May 8 and Australia/New Zealand on May 9. The November 2014 Nintendo Direct originally gave a window of September 2015, and no reason was given for the earlier release.

Remember those MonoGame rumors?

Axiom Verge has not been announced for Wii U due to technical issues, said Dan Adelman, former Nintendo executive now working on business and PR for the game, at PAX East.

“We obviously would love to bring it to Nintendo platforms at some point and we’re looking at ways we might want to do... Read more...

The latest in the Senran Kagura and Etrian Odyssey games will come to the west this summer on 3DS.

Atlus is wasting no time in following up Etrian Mystery Dungeon (due out in early April) with the long-awaited sequel to Etrian Odyssey Untold. A remake of the 2008 DS dungeon crawler, Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold: The Fafnir Knight will feature a new story mode similar to the original Etrian Odyssey Untold that includes an exclusive character class in the demonic Fafnir.

Europe gets two classics and North America gets a charging cradle. Europe wins today's news.

Metroid: Zero Mission is coming out on Wii U in Europe this week alongside the Wii version of Punch-Out!! and the long-awaited release of the indie game The Fall Episode 1. Punch-Out!! will be €19.99/£17.99, The Fall launches at €9.99/£6.99, and Metroid: Zero Mission on the GBA Virtual Console will be €6.99/£6.29.

Make sure to avoid all rocks in the battle area.

In today's Nintendo Direct, the characters in Xenoblade Chronicles X gave more information regarding the battle system of the upcoming RPG.

Superficially, the game uses both sword and gun weapons for simple attacks. Once you go deeper into the battle system, however, comes Arts, which are categorized... Read more...

Splatoon Amiibo are a possibility, free DLC for Monster Hunter is out, and more!

Today's news features yet even more Amiibo news, Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate DLC details, and other news bits for the day!

Since yesterday we mentioned that more Amiibo are set for arrival after wave 4, looks like we might get an idea of what wave 5 might... Read more...

Donkey Kong vs. Mario: Tipping Stars highlights this week in downloads!

This week, there isn't a ton going on in the download. But hey, there is Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars! Remember that this is the first Nintendo published title to include crossbuy. So if you buy the Wii U version, you get the 3DS version for free and vice versa! Now you'll be able to guide... Read more...

If you want Rock Band on Wii U you gotta want it, and Aonuma talks about his influences for Link to the Past.

Today's news features more on Amiibo, why Rock Band 4 isn't heading to Wii U, and a Game Informer interview with Legend of Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma talking about his influences as well as Majora's Mask.

In a recent interview with GI, Eiji Aonuma talks... Read more...

Well at least it wasn't ended by a meteor strike.

Maxis Emeryville, the developer behind the Sim City franchise, is no more after being shut down by its parent company Electronic Arts yesterday.

In an official statement, an EA representative says that employees at Maxis will be given other opportunities for work in other EA studios. For those leaving however they are "working to ensure the best possible transition with separation packages and career assistance."

Want to see if you can be the best Nintendo World Report Smash Bros. 3DS player in all the land? Come to PAX East.

This weekend, a chunk of the Nintendo World Report staff will be at PAX East. While we're there, we'll be quite busy, but man, how about we all meet up and play some video games?

On Friday night at around 6 p.m. at a location to be named later, we're going to hold a Super Smash Bros. for 3DS tournament.... Read more...

Don't Starve, Never Alone, and Octodad are all coming to Wii U finally, and a buttload of other games are coming soon.

In today's newsletter (the new name of our evolving news round-ups), we review the major eShop announcements of today in addition to some other goings-on in the world of Nintendo. Are you ready to play some acclaimed indie games from other platforms? How about some brand new Wii U exclusive ones?... Read more...