Joining the Koopalings and the regular crew come a few stalwarts.

Shy Guy, Metal Mario, and Lakitu are three new racers coming to Mario Kart 8, as revealed to us in a recent demo. That makes Mario Kart 8's roster up to 27 characters.

Shy Guy first appeared in Mario Kart DS as a playable racer by DS Download Play users only and later appeared in Mario Kart 7... Read more...

Play pink for Kirby.

To celebrate the launch of Kirby: Triple Deluxe, a new pink and white 2DS will release the same day on May 16 in the UK.

It's available for pre-order in the Nintendo UK store for £109.99. A stylish silver carrying case is also available for pre-order for £7.99.

While this is in celebration of the latest Kirby installment, the game will not be bundled with the system.

Gamers in Japan can get some discounts on some of the hottest games available on Nintendo’s digital service.

Two different sales are available on both the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS eShop in Japan. Game Boy Advance titles on Wii U, which are set to release on April 3, will be featured in a campaign. After buying one GBA title at the standard price of 702 yen, gamers will receive the second for 30 percent off... Read more...

The upcoming strategy RPG with Tales characters is coming to the 3DS.

Tales of the World: Reve Unitia is in development for the Nintendo 3DS.

Revealed in the latest issue of Jump magazine in Japan, it will be a strategy RPG featuring Bandai Namco's Tales characters, including Lloyd from Tales of Symphonia. It seems to be based on a mobile only title, Tales of the World. The main story of the game will feature full voice acting.

Perhaps they will join the others?

On March 27, the Australian Classification Board classified ratings for two Game Boy Advance games.

F-Zero: GP Legend received a "G" for the general audience rating, while Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow was given an "M" for mature. The listings also classify the games to be multi platform, though no light has been shed as to if these will make it to the Wii U eShop.

He's about to clean your clock!

Masahiro Sakurai, director of Super Smash Bros., posted a picture of Luigi's Final Smash on Miiverse. It displays Luigi powering up with the Poltergust 5000--the vacuum/ghost catcher used explicitly in Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon.

Sakurai stated in the post, "Luigi might be thinking, 'Who would've thought I'd get to show off the Poltergust in Super Smash Bros.?!' Wondering if it's going to suck something in? Yeah, it probably will."

If you haven't caught these two yet, now is the best time to do so!

A Pokémon distribution event will be occurring this month throughout Europe.

Upon receiving a serial code from select game stores across Europe, Pokémon X players will be able to obtain a lv. 30 Magmar while Pokémon Y players will receive an Electabuzz of the same level. They will both come... Read more...

Princess Zelda from Twilight Princess looks beautiful.

First 4 Figures has just revealed, and put up for pre-order, their Princess Zelda figure. The figure is part of the 1/4 scale Master Arts line of Twilight Princess figures, stands at 17 inches tall, is limited to 2,500 pieces worldwide and has a price tag of $349.99.

Princess Zelda is the fifth figure in the First 4 Figures Twilight Princess line. Other figures in this line include Zant, Wolf Link and Midna, Link on Epona, and Ganondorf.

A third party developer will be handling the upcoming port.

Two Brothers is still slated for a Wii U release.

The game, a retro style RPG funded by a Kickstarter campaign, was due for release in January of last year. However, numerous delays have plagued the game and despite a release on the PC, it has not been released on the Wii U.

When asked if... Read more...

Just in time for Disney Magical World.

A limited edition Mickey themed Nintendo 3DS XL unit will be arriving in North America on April 11th and will be available exclusively at Wal-Mart and the Nintendo World Store.

The system is covered in several Mickey heads and has the logo for the upcoming 3DS game Disney Magical World, which also releases on April 11th.

Get ready for some system stability action!

The newest Wii U system update, 4.1.0, is now available to download.

Unlike the last update, this one doesn't boast any new features. Instead, Nintendo's notes on the update say, "Further improvements to overall system stability and other minor adjustments have been made to enhance the user experience."

The classic import is no longer in the North America eShop.

Hudson Soft's Star Parodier has vanished from the Wii Virtual Console in North America.

It seems to have been removed under the radar. Nintendo has not commented on why this title was removed.

The then-Japanese-exclusive was released in April 1992 on the PC Engine. In 2008, it finally made its way to the VC in Japan, Europe and North America.

There can be only one.

A poll is being held for users to vote for which Mega Man game they want to be released first on the North American 3DS Virtual Console during Mega May.

The choices consist of:

Voting ends April 14 at 10 A.M. PT. The winning title will release on May 1, 2014, with the remaining games releasing each Thursday thereafter.

For a limited time you can become a real Pokémon Master.

It was announced by Google that iOS and Android users who use Google Maps will be able to scour the world in search of Pokémon. The application updated earlier today and was accompanied by an April Fool's video on the Google Maps website, however, users will actually be able to catch the elusive Pocket Monsters in a small way.

A new trailer showcases some of the insane moves.

Hover: Revolt of Gamers will release digitally in late 2014 for the Wii U and other platforms. French indie studio Fusty Game also revealed a trailer for the alpha version of the new parkour game.

The first-person racing game takes place in a futuristic world where players run against each other... Read more...

Get ready to defend your 16-bit world in glorious 3D.

Steel Empire, a Sega Genesis shooter from 1992, will be released on the 3DS eShop this summer in America. The game is set to release soon in Japan, with no word on other regions.

After news of a Japanese release date surfaced, Starfish-SD responded to a user comment on their Facebook page, stating... Read more...

Even if Nintendo isn't.

Child of Light and Watch Dogs will be featured demos at PAX East, running in Boston, Massachusetts from April 11 to April 13 this year.

Between the two demos, the turn-based RPG Child of Light will be the only one playable at the show, though specific playable platforms have not been announced. Watch Dogs, meanwhile, will have a brand new hands-off demo as well as the opportunity to receive a T-shirt upon pre-ordering on-site.

An official announcement may not be far off.

New English screenshots for Tomodachi Collection have been found embedded in a survey by NOE, after talk in the Wall Street Journal a month ago indicating that it may be coming to the West. There are also reports of Spanish and French screenshots.

After its initial release on the 3DS last year,... Read more...

You can check out scanned manuals for next month's slate of GBA Virtual Console games.

Nintendo is including scanned versions of the original instruction manuals from the GBA games on the Wii U Virtual Console in Japan. It's not clear if this is also the case in North America and Europe.

Additionally, all of the GBA games slated for release will be playable in single player only... Read more...

A cool item for North American Club Nintendo members.

A T-shirt based on Yoshi's New Island is now available as a North American Club Nintendo Reward for 800 coins.

The green shirt shows Yoshi, with Baby Mario on his back, throwing a Mega Egg Dozer. The official Club Nintendo logo is also displayed proudly on the back. Those interested better hurry since the shirt is only available in limited quantities.