The eco-friendly creature was too similar to the Pokemon mascot.

Eco-chan, a character created to promote the environment by Japan's Yamaguchi Prefecture, has been retired to due claims of the character being too similar to Pokemon's Pikachu.

The character has the same facial features as Pikachu, but painted green in order to fit with the message of nature protection.... Read more...

Now the girls of DoA can spot new looks courtesy of SpotPass.

Tecmo has announced the dates of the next set of downloadable costumes for Dead or Alive Dimensions for the 3DS.

Players who missed the original run of the downloadable costumes up to July 29 will now be able to download them. The offer will start on August 15, 2011 and will run through October 22, 2011. Each day will offer a new costume for downloading, 34 in total, for free.

Bring the rain. 

Operation Rainfall, a coalition of gamers trying to bring The Last Story, Xenoblade Chronicles and Pandora’s Tower to north American shores, is currently trying to start Phase Two to get Nintendo’s attention, as well as sending Satoru Iwata an open letter.

Phase Two of Operation Rainfall revolves... Read more...

Fans can honor Zelda's legacy through various online activities, including a Flipnote Studio contest.

Nintendo has launched the official website for Zelda's 25th anniversary.

Those that visit the site will find a timeline of the games along with a video of the Zelda orchestra when they originally performed at this year's E3 conference.

In addition to this, until September 9, players can create... Read more...

They believe Nintendo should open themselves to mobile phone gaming.

Investors criticize Nintendo's recent performances with the Wii, 3DS and upcoming Wii U.

One belief they have is that Nintendo should start supporting mobile phone gaming for devices such as the iPhone and iPad due to how successful these ventures have been for other companies. “Smartphones are... Read more...

Gleeks go wild in 3D, Master Higgins goes on a second super adventure and hamsters go crazy in today's update.

Today's Nintendo Downloads update offers a nice variety of games across all the services.

Nintendo Video offers two new 3D videos for players. The first is Next Level: Hugs!, a show dedicated to executing normal tasks in the most outrageous ways possibles. The second video is a trailer for the new concert 3D movie: Glee 3D, based on the hit Fox musical television show.

Make sure to enter the eShop to be able to take part in the program.

The deadline to apply for the Nintendo 3DS Ambassador Program is fast approaching. If you have not taken your 3DS online and gone into the eShop before 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on August 11, you will not be able to download the 20 free games when they become available.

There will be 10 NES games available on September 1, and 10 Game Boy Advance games available by the end of the year.

The DS homebrew title is getting an official upgrade.

Collecting Smiles' drawing application Colors! is coming to the 3DS eShop in Q4 this year in the form of Colors! 3D.

The original freeware Nintendo DS homebrew application was released to the public in 2008, and featured advanced drawing tools such as pressure sensitivity and the ability to link... Read more...

The PAL sales of the Operation Rainfall games will influence localization decisions.

Nintendo of America is closely watching the sales of three highly-requested RPG games in Europe, to gauge their potential for North American localization.

The games in question, Xenoblade Chronicles, The Last Story and Pandora's Tower, have been the cause for much petitioning against Nintendo of... Read more...

Taking a dip into the homebrew waters just got a little bit easier.

A new exploit for the Wii has been uncovered which does not require the use of any Wii game discs, unlike other current methods. The exploit, titled LetterBomb, was developed by hackers known as blasty and tueidj. It uses the Wii Message Board as a conduit to bypass the Wii's security and load the HackMii Installer, which loads the Homebrew Channel onto the Wii System Menu.

Flame Red joins the lineup.

Nintendo 3DS will be available in a new Flame Red color on September 9, the same day that Star Fox 64 3D launches in North America. Currently, the system is only available in Cosmo Black and Aqua Blue. The new 3DS color will be available at the MSRP of $169.99.

This isn't the first time we've seen a flame red handheld from Nintendo: a color of the same name was paired with the Game Boy Advance SP.

The two upcoming 3DS Mario titles may have solid release dates.

Super Mario 3D Land and Mario Kart 7 may have solid release dates in North America – November 13 and December 4 respectively. MTV Multiplayer Blog ran a story earlier in the day that showed both of these dates, however, shortly thereafter, the story was updated, and the two release dates were removed.

Another RPG is set to arrive on the 3DS VC in Japan.

Heracles no Eiko Ugokidashita no Kamigami is coming to the 3DS Virtual Console in Japan on August 24.

Heracles no Eiko, known as Glory of Heracles outside of Japan, is an RPG that was originally developed and published by Data East. The series appeared on several Nintendo platforms in Japan, including the original Game Boy in 1992. The series has made an appearance outside of Japan only once in North America on the Nintendo DS in 2010.

Just in case you were worried.

Madden 12 on Wii, which is coming out on August 30, will have a launch-day roster update to account for all of the roster changes made after the NFL lockout ended last month.

Read our preview and impressions for more information about the latest football game on Wii.

Even with the cancellation of several Mega Man projects, the Blue Bomber is still relevant for Capcom.

Mega Man isn't dead, said Christian Svensson, Senior Vice President of strategic planning and business development at Capcom, in a recent video Q&A.

This has come in light of several cancellations of Mega Man themed projects, such as Mega Man Legends 3, which would have been a 3DS exclusive.... Read more...

The DS version will once again be in the hands of n-Space.

A DS version of the upcoming Modern Warfare 3, with "Defiance" as its subtitle, has been confirmed.

Modern Warfare 3 DS will be developed by n-Space, who has had experience working with the handheld conversions of previous Call of Duty shooters such as Black Ops, World at War and Modern Warfare 1 and 2.

Even with sales drops, the system performed well for the month of July.

Nintendo's 3DS system managed to become a best seller in July, according to the recent sales data by Enterbrain.

For the five-week period, starting on June 27 and ending on July 31, the 3DS topped the hardware sales charts with 148,913 units sold. For two months in a row, the system has topped Enterbrain's hardware charts, and in the weeks of July the 3DS managed to have sales of over 30,000 units sold.

The first run of the game will come with a 24 track CD.

An announcement made by XSEED Games confirmed that the first prints of Solatorobo: Red the Hunter will come with a soundtrack CD featuring 24 tracks from the game. Details on exactly how many copies would be printed with the CD have yet to be revealed.

Solatorobo is an action-RPG developed... Read more...

Focus shall be placed on original titles rather than licensed games.

THQ announced that they have laid off over 200 employees. This was done in order to move focus away from licensed and children's games.

The company closed down two development houses in Australia as well as their development teams based in Phoenix. The rest of their development teams have remained intact, focusing on the development of original titles such as the Saint Row games, Darksiders 2 and inSANE.

Nomura promises that the game's quality is at the level of the console games.

Kingdom Hearts 3D will be playable for the first time at Tokyo Game Show, series creator Tetsuya Nomura confirmed this week to Dengeki PlayStation.

Up until this moment, Kingdom Hearts 3D has only been show through teaser trailers and short snippets of gameplay. Nomura went on to state that the... Read more...