Nintendo's Japanese rewards program offers an awesome collection of t-shirts to choose from.

Nintendo's reward program in Japan, Club Nintendo, is notorious for getting some of the coolest Nintendo-related swag in the world. This trend continues with its recent introduction of limited edition Club Nintendo t-shirts.The t-shirts come in four colors (blue, yellow, grey, and white) and have two different series of designs.  The "Dot Design" series features pixel art of Mario and various Mushroom Kingdom flora and fauna, while the Illustration Design" series has cartoon depictions of various characters from the Mario universe.  Each series has three back designs and three front designs that purchasers can mix and match as they please, for 72 designs in total.The 100% cotton shirts are available in small, medium, and large for 600 points each.  To see the entire selection, hit the source link above to head over to Andriasang.

The Deal Machine returns with four cheap games for sociopaths.

Back in May I unveiled my latest creation: The Deal Machine.  Dealy, as I affectionately call him, is designed to collect pricing and review data on Nintendo DS and Wii titles.  The information Dealy collects is then collated and issued to me in random chunks.In simple terms: The Deal Machine gives me four random cheap games that got respectable (if not great) review scores.  All Wii games are sub-twenty dollars and DS games sub-fifteen.  To date, Dealy has failed to produce a DS title.  I'll talk to him about it.In the last month Dealy has undergone a series of upgrades, designed to offer you the best deals possible!  These upgrades have left The Deal Machine angry and broken.  I am afraid. I was able to get him to crank out four titles to fill your gaming needs for the next month.  His selections hint at some kind of anger at my tinkering.Hit me, Deal Machine!MadWorld – So you're telling me that for under $20 you can chainsaw fools in half?  Where do I sign up?  Uncompromisingly brutal it's also uncompromisingly affordable.  It's still short, which is probably good, because this much violence cannot be good for one's long term mental state.  Did I mention the game is in black and white…and red (of course)?  HOW WAS THIS NOT A HUGE SUCCESS ON WII?  Not a game for children.  Not a game for the weak of stomach.  Not really even a game for normal people, MadWorld is more of a game for sociopaths.  Cheap, colorblind, attention deficit, sociopaths.Sam and Max: Season One – Speaking of sociopaths, you can now get six episodes of Telltale's revival of the classic point and click adventure franchise for less than four servings of convenience store nachos (Note: That comparison makes sense if you played them).  I'm not saying the employees at Telltale are sociopaths, but the titular Max sure is.  Sam and Max are a dog and rabbit… thing engaged in old school gumshoeing mostly, by blowing things up and joking about horrible acts of sadism.  It's funny!  Honest!  Uh… next game, Dealy!Blast Works: Build, Trade & Destroy! – Our first scrolling shooter is a weird game.  Your aircraft is made of blocks.  You blow up enemies made of blocks.  You can add those blocks to your ship and make a bigger ship (out of blocks). Blow up blocks!  Add blocks to your ship!  Turn your svelte block fighter into a hideous block amalgamation and a blocky testament to the block destruction you have caused. Blast Works offers a level editor, where you get to build your own stages, out of blocks if you can't guess.Blocks.They can't all be funny.  Bring home the deals!Spectrobes: Origins – I played Disney's monster battle game back at E3 2009.  I remember the person showing it off assuring me that this is not a Pokemon clone, and that Disney has a strong commitment to the Spectrobes franchise across various forms of media.  At one time this claim had some merit; the Spectrobes franchise had a unique element: you have to dig up your Spectrobes, remove the dirt and rock that encase them, so you can revive them and do battle.  Sadly for Spectrobes, Pokemon Diamond and Pearl happened.  So did Fossil Fighters.  To be honest there are probably ten other monster battle games where you dig up rocks and transform them for digital cock fighting.  Most of those games are on the DS though, so if you need digital monster battle on Wii… eh.So there you go; four games for under $80.  I would advise against buying Spectrobes alongside MadWorld, people will have questions.  I cannot answer them.  I merely give voice to my creation's designs.  So if you're a sociopath who enjoys playing with blocks, and you like to watch animals fight (although we did already establish you're a sociopath) then this month's Deal Machine has done you right!

Ever wonder how much Iwata and Miyamoto make?

A recent report in Asahi detailed the salaries of top Japanese game industry executives, including Nintendo President Satoru Iwata and top game designer Shigeru Miyamoto.The revelation stems from a new requirement that Japanese companies must disclose to shareholders the salaries of board members that exceed ¥100 million.  This includes Iwata, who makes an annual salary of ¥187 million, or right around the $2 million USD mark (depending on currency conversion rates).  He makes a base salary of ¥68 million (approximately $770,000 USD), with the rest being rewards for performance incentives met. Shigeru Miyamoto is one of a group of six board members that made a combined ¥100 million ($1.1 million USD), but his base salary was not disclosed.Other game industry CEO salaries were revealed by Japanese website ZakZak.  Square Enix CEO Yoichi Wada made more than Iwata last year, raking in a cool ¥240 million ($2.7 million USD). Namco Bandai Holdings President Kazunori Ueno made slightly less at ¥137 million ($1.6 million), while Sega Sammy CEO Osamu Satomi is rolling in cash with earnings of ¥435 million ($4.9 million USD).Satomi runs a larger company, which is certainly reflected in an increased paycheck.  For comparison, Sony's top chief Howard Stringer was paid ¥816.5 million ($9.2 million USD) last year for running the mega-corporation.

The Rabbids are traveling back in time to when their games were mini-game collections.

Ubisoft Paris is developing the next Rabbids game, called Raving Rabbids Travel in Time, which is apparently a mini-game collection like the first three games in the series.

Revealed at E3 2010, Travel in Time is adding online play and MotionPlus support to the series. Players can compete in more than 20 games with five gameplay types with up-to-four players on one console or online. Additionally, MotionPlus support is optional for several games, promising more precision. Travel in Time can also be linked to a Facebook profile so players can compare scores with their friends.

With the game's release rapidly approaching, more details are starting to emerge.

During a Japanese variety show called Oha Suta, a new trailer for Pokémon Black & White was shown. Within in were a number of new tidbits of information sure to make fans eager for the game’s release.For starters, eight new Pokémon were revealed, ranging from a mole with a giant claw on its tail to a mantis-like Pokémon. Five of the eight Pokémon have names, though three others were just briefly shown in the trailer. Besides new Pokémon, the trailer also showed a three-on-three battle. The details on how this new type of battle works is still a mystery. Other smaller pieces of information, such as new moves, were also revealed. Pokémon Black & White are scheduled to hit Japan on September 18, as confirmed by Pokémon Sunday on their most recent episode.

Hori will be releasing a new drum stand to be used with the Nintendo DS lineup.

Taiko Drum Master is revisiting the Nintendo DS later this week with the release of Taiko Drum Master DS Dororon! Battle With the Ghouls, and Hori is ready to make gamer’s experience the game even better thanks to its new drum stand. The Taiko Drum Master DS stand, which is compatible with the DS lite, DSi, and DSi LL, allows for players to free up their hands by placing the Nintendo DS on the stand and using two styluses for drumming. The drum stand is set to be released on July 1 for ¥1,960.

While Reggie Fils-Aime said differently on late night TV, the company line is that the 3D portable will launch before March 31, 2011

Nintendo is standing firm on their original release window for the 3DS, which was before the end of the current fiscal year, despite the fact that Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime teased a specific time frame of "next year" on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon last week.

"Nintendo 3DS is schedule to launch by the end of Nintendo's current fiscal year, which runs through March 31, 2011," said Charlie Scibetta, Nintendo of America's senior director of Corporate Communications.

Fils-Aime could have been correct in his slip of the tongue, but Nintendo of America is not ready to fully admit that the system isn't launching in North America until 2011.

Bioware's classic action title is reborn as a downloadable title.

Interplay has announced that Bioware's classic third-person shooting game, MDK2, is being re-released as a WiiWare title. The port will be handled by Beamdog, a development studio founded by Bioware employee Trent Osner.

Play tennis with Mario, Jett around on WiiWare, and battle mutant insects in this week's selection of downloads.

The Virtual Console makes a triumphant return to N64 classics, and there's a variety of WiiWare and DSiWare titles new for download this week.   Virtual Console's single title this week is Mario Tennis, as previously seen on Nintendo 64. It's back to the basics for tennis controls as the very first game in the series is available for 1,000 Wii points ($10).

Level-5's soccer title is set to grace the console. 

Level-5 has announced that their next entry in the console series of Inazuma Eleven games will be appearing on Wii. The title has been referred to as "Inazuma Eleven Break", but there is no final name as of yet.

The announcement was made by company CEO Akihiro Hino at a fan appreciation event for the series, and there were some screenshots shown at the event.

No release date has been announced for Inazuma Eleven Break.