The Wonderful 101 is finally here, along with a heaping pile of DSiWare games.

It's hard to top weeks like last week. While today's offerings may not be as robust, The Wonderful 101 should still bolster your spirits. Not to mention some killer sales and the black sheep of the Zelda family (you know, if you don't count the CD-i games). For the RPG fans out there the demo for... Read more...

Options for original 3DS units in Japan decrease once again.

The Ice White, Cosmo Black and Misty Pink original Nintendo 3DS models are set to be discontinued in Japan. 

The three models were originally released in 2011, with them being discontinued it leaves just three models of the original 3DS available in Japan - Metallic Red, Light Blue and Gloss Pink. There are currently seven available colors for the 3DS LL. 

The princess takes a break from being kidnapped to engage in more wanton brawling.

Princess Peach has been confirmed as a playable character in the upcoming Super Smash Bros. games for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U.

This is the third time Peach has appeared in Nintendo's crossover fighting series, having featured in the character rosters for Super Smash Bros. Melee and Brawl. Screenshots... Read more...

Satisfying all of your cosplay dreams.

Costumes featuring Mario, Luigi and Link from The Legend of Zelda will make an appearance in Monster Hunter 4.

In a Monster Hunter 4 Nintendo Direct on September 8, Nintendo and Capcom revealed that the newest installment in the series will feature costumes from the two popular Nintendo franchises... Read more...

Drum 'til you drop.

A new entry in the Taiko Drum Master franchise has been announced for Wii U, to be released in Japan on November 21.

Unveiled in the most recent edition of Weekly Famitsu, this latest instalment in the long-running rhythm series will support the taiko drum peripheral from the Wii games, as well as a Wii Remote scheme and Wii U GamePad support for both button and touchscreen controls.

Cue the classic Final Fantasy victory jingle.

A follow-up to 2012's RPG music title Theatrhythm Final Fantasy has been unveiled in the latest issue of Japanese weekly magazine Shonen Jump.

This sequel, subtitled Curtain Call, will contain more than 200 playable songs, including a selection from the newest mainline games, Lightning Returns:... Read more...

A Japanese RPG from the Canadian division of a French games company... is your mind blown?

Artistic platformer/RPG, Child of Light, is coming to the Wii U eShop next year, Ubisoft announced during their recent Digital Day event.

Built on the same UbiArt Framework engine that powered Rayman Origins and Rayman Legends, Child of Light is a Japanese-style role-playing game in development... Read more...

New features and gameplay improvements are inbound to Toki Tori's puzzling sequel.

A major software update for the puzzle adventure title Toki Tori 2, named Toki Tori 2+, will be arriving on the Wii U eShop in Europe this week.

The update has been available for the PC version of the game since July, adding new puzzles and several enhancements to the core gameplay, including a... Read more...

Luckily, it just requires that you have a Wii U GamePad at the ready.

Nicklas Nygren, better known as Nifflas in the gaming community, gave us further insight in his new project.

This information came from an new interview we did with the acclaimed developer, in which he talked about the collaboration with KnapNok Games. Nygren said the following as a response to... Read more...

Earthbound Confidential chronicles the game's translation to English.

A proposal to crowdfund a book about the translation of Earthbound is going to show up on Kickstarter soon.

The book will be called EarthBound Confidential and will be written by Marcus Lindblom, who was the Translation Director/English writer on the game.

The book will be offered as an e-book,... Read more...

Hackin', slashin', shootin' and more! 

Some weeks it really pays to be a Nintendo gamer. This week is definitely one of them. Between Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara finally coming to the Wii U and the oddly intriguing Giana Sisters, I'm going to have my hands full. And when I'm done with both of those, I can unwind with a cold drink and some RECCA.

Shantae: Half-Genie Hero needs your help!

Shantae: Half-Genie Hero, a new title in the Shantae series, has been announced as WayForward's previously-teased Kickstarter project.

The game, set to take place after the events of the upcoming 3DS title Shantae and the Pirate's Curse, will feature a completely new HD art style. Should the project be funded, Half-Genie Hero will launch on all current and next gen systems, including Wii U, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PS4, PS3 and Steam.

The Wii U eShop gets some love this week with even more downloadable titles.

Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams and Spot the Differences: Party! are heading to the Wii U eShop this Thursday, September 5.

Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams has been available on other platforms for some time now and even made its way to the European eShop last month. The game, a sequel to Giana Sisters DS, initially began as a Kickstarter campaign last year.

Some classic Pokémon have new power!

Professor Sycamore, the Professor of the Kalos region, will be giving Pokémon players the Kanto starter Pokémon (Squirtle, Charmander, Bulbasaur) in Pokémon X and Y. Additionally, the Kanto starter Pokémon's final forms (Blastoise, Charizard, Venusaur) will all have new Mega evolutions.

The new starters, Froakie, Fennekin, and Chespin, will be given to players by a close in-game friend before they meet Professor Sycamore.

Today is a good day. Everything is good. 

It was revealed earlier this morning, during the Pokémon Direct, that the two new special edition Pokémon 3DS XLs will be coming to North America and Europe on September 27.

There will be a red one and a blue one. Both will have an MSRP of $199.99. The hardware will feature the flagship Pokémon from Pokémon X and Y.

You now have some ways to transfer old Pokémon and store a ton of them online. 

Two services for transporting your Pokémon to an online storage service, Pokémon Bank and Poké Transporter (Pokémover in Japan), have been in the works and are planned to be released this year. 

Pokémon Bank allows owners of Pokémon X and Pokémon Y to move their creatures into a total... Read more...

The Japanese RPG we have been waiting for will come with all of the refinements when it arrives.

When Bravely Default: Flying Fairy makes its way to Western audiences at some point in the future, we will be receiving the updated version of the game, Bravely Default: For the Sequel, according to the Bravely Default Twitter account.

Bravely Default: For the Sequel takes the original Bravely Default... Read more...

Better late than never!

Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara will finally be coming to the Wii U eShop on September 5 in North America and September 12 in Europe, as announced by Capcom.

The game, which was originally slated to release earlier this year along with versions on other consoles, is an enhanced compilation of Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom and Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow over Mystara.

Strategy, education, and fish, oh my!

Moving Player has announced their 2013 lineup for the Wii U and 3DS, introducing four new games.Happy Circus - For the 3DS, the first game to be released will be an educational game where players can learn to read and count in six languages.Evofish Wii U – This revamp of the popular smartphone game... Read more...

Maybe the graphics are too much for the Wii U to handle? Then again...

When asked whether Minecraft, developed by Mojang, would come to Nintendo systems, Nintendo's business development manager, Dan Adelman, said "What can we say on that front? [laughs]."

Nintendo has a "continuing relationship with Mojang" according to senior manager of marketing for licensing,... Read more...