New Super Smash Bros. in development!

Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata has announced that a new Super Smash Bros. game is in development for both the Wii U and the Nintendo 3DS. Iwata stated that the game will feature connectivity of some sort between the two systems. However, no further details were shown or discussed.

Nintendo's new console featuring a touch screen controller unveiled!

Nintendo's new console is called the Wii U, and features a touch screen controller. "It can change the way you play personally, and change the way you interact with your friends." The controller features a 6.2 in screen, coupled with a standard control pad. The controller gives gamers the options... Read more...

The 3DS title will also include camera functionality for multiplayer.

Nintendo confirmed in their E3 Press Conference that Star Fox 64 3D will be released in North America in September 2011. The game was also shown to use the 3DS camera in multiplayer, showing video feeds of the faces of opponents during gameplay in order to capture the moments when the player kills or is killed by them.

It's-a him! 

More details on the 3D Mario game have been announced for the 3DS today at the Nintendo Press conference. Mario 3DS will be released "before the end of the year."In the trailer for the game, Mario's famous Tanooki suit was featured.

Luigi's Mansion sequel shown in teaser video.

One of the first game montages that was shown at E3 was for the Nintendo 3DS. In the trailer, we got new some CG teasers for new 3DS games. Including: Mario Kart, Starfox, Super Mario, Kid Icarus and finally Luigi's Mansion.

New courses, new karts, new mechanics!

Mario Kart 3DS is set to allow customizable karts, with additions such as monster wheels and hang gliders.

The new trailer showed additions such as an underwater travel, gliding through the sky, and many exciting new tracks. Classic tracks from previous titles appeared as well, such as Luigi's Mansion and Airship Fortress from the previous DS Mario Kart game.

Gold controller on the way as promotional item for Zelda: Skyward Sword.

Nintendo will release a special gold Wii Remote Plus as a promotional item for The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword for a limited time. 

A release window for Skyward Sword has been confirmed for the holiday season this year. The controller will be available alongside the game release.

Nintendo will make the new 4-player Four Swords Zelda available for free.

Early in Nintendo's E3 Press Conference Nintendo revealed a new Zelda game for DSi owners. The title will be a Four Swords Zelda game and feature 4-player cooperative gameplay. Nintendo announced that the game will be released this September, and will be free to download.

More classic games to download right away.

The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening will be available to purchase from the Virtual Console portion of the eShop starting today. The game will be available in all territories.

This was revealed as part of the Legend of Zelda: 25th Anniversary announcements during Nintendo's E3 press conference. We'll have more information as it comes in.

All four games from the Seminar are available until late June.

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All four titles from the 2010 Nintendo Game Seminar, those being Planetaria, The TENTAI Show, Pull Pull Pullpy and FloWooT are available on the Japanese Nintendo Channel until June 21. Originally, the student-developed titles... Read more...

Nintendo and Jaleco will deliver three more VC titles to 3DS next week in Japan.

Three titles will hit the Japanese Virtual Console on the Nintendo 3DS next week, including Donkey Kong. 

The news comes from a recent update on the official Japanese Nintendo website where it shows that Donkey Kong, Qix and Ikari no Yousai (Fortified Zone in North America) will be released on June 15. The release of the three titles will bring the total number of 3DS Virtual Console games in Japan to nine.

Download your Game Boy games, Excitebike, and Pokédex!

The 3DS eShop is live, so get to downloading the system's latest system update for Nintendo's newest system.

Alongside the update are several games, including Excitebike 3D Classics and Pokédex 3D, both for free. Also, three games for the Virtual Console are available - Super Mario Land, Alleyway, and Radar Mission.

As DSiWare begins to fade into the eShop background, we get some confirmation of its size.

The limit on DSiWare games is 16 megabytes, according to an anonymous developer source who was limited by the restriction.

The news was previously known, but the re-confirmation of the restriction is a reminder of the limitations of the service, which will be available on 3DS systems tonight when the next system update opens up the eShop.

The popular dance series continues. 

Just Dance 3 will be arriving on Wii in October, Ubisoft announced during their E3 press conference.

40 music tracks will be included spanning a number of different genres including pop, funk, and disco. The two prior installments of the series have sold over 10 million copies worldwide. Ubisoft promises that the game will have new features, but did not discuss details.

Dreams and colored gems are the highlights in this week's update.

Even with all the hype surrounding E3 this week Nintendo still updated their downloadable game services, giving us three games on DSiWare and one game for WiiWare. Don't forget that the DSiWare releases will also feature in the Nintendo 3DS eShop, due live any moment!

The first DSiWare is GO Series... Read more...

Fix coming later this month.

A bug in the June 6 3DS firmware update can cause Ridge Racer 3D to hang, according to a notice posted by Nintendo. After updating to the latest firmware version, backing out of Race Select or Machine Select in Ridge Racer 3D results in a frozen game.

Nintendo recommends that players simply avoid those actions, and rebooting if the system hangs. They will upload a new system update in the middle of June that fixes the problem.

Kirby's animated TV series will soon be available via the Wii in Germany.

Starting later this month, Germany will receive a free Kirby TV Channel via the Wii Shop Channel.

This channel features Kirby's animated TV show, which started back in 2004. At launch, 4 episodes will be available, with a new episode being added every two weeks.

It is not known as to whether or not this channel will be released in other European countries.

Tetris goes 3D for the second time (if you include Virtual Boy).

A version of Tetris for 3DS is hitting retail shelves this October, according to Tetris Online.

Tetris Online will publish the game, and it is likely that Majesco could be the North American distributor, as they secured the Wii and DS rights to the series in 2009, and followed it up with a retail... Read more...

Japanese newspaper Nikkei seems to confirm recent rumors.

The Wii successor will include a touch screen and camera, according to Japanese newspaper Nikkei. No source of the information is given.

Seeming to confirm earlier rumors, the upcoming system's controller is said to include a six-inch touch screen, which will allow players to use touch controls to manipulate characters seen on the television screen. It can also be used as a portable game controller, independent of the television.

After Excitebike and Xevious, there are four more to come.

Six 3DS Classics titles have been made for the Nintendo 3DS. Following the release of Excitebike worldwide and Xevious at the Japanese eShop launch, there will be four more titles.

Development on 3DS Classics started at the end of 2009. The latest Iwata Asks has some insight on the process. The... Read more...