The video-on-demand service will end in Japan this October. 

Fujisoft announced today that it will be discontinuing its 'Everyone's Theatre Wii' channel this October. Due to the cancellation of the service, the ability to purchase the channel will be removed from the Wii Shop Channel on April 30.

This video-on-demand service launched in Japan in January... Read more...

Nintendo 3DS owners can pick up the zoo simulator this May. 

Today Marvelous Entertainment announced that Animal Resort for the Nintendo 3DS would launch in Japan on May 19 for ¥4,980.

The game, known as Zoo Mania 3D elsewhere, will release in North America in June, with Ubisoft taking care of publishing.

The new Pokémon game will feature over 400 different creatures.

Battle & Get! Pokémon Typing DS, a typing trainer game for the Nintendo DS, is set to release in Japan later this month. Today Nintendo opened the official site for the game, which reveals new details.

Pokémon Typing DS features over 400 Pokémon as well as a handful of human characters,... Read more...

Keiji Inafune's Intercept is ready to develop games.

Keiji Inafune has announced the second of his new companies that he will be running, following his departure from Capcom. Intercept is his latest creation and will operate solely as a game production company. In a messge from the CEO on the website, Inafune calls it "my new challenge for consumer game development."

Fighting words and actions in the worlds of Cartoon Network.

The first images from Cartoon Network Punch Time Explosion for Nintendo 3DS from Crave Games have been released.

Fighters shown from the title include Ben and Vigilax from Ben 10, Billy and Mandy from The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, Blossom and Buttercup from Powerpuff Girls, Dexter from Dexter's Laboratory, and Samurai Jack.

A cryptic message from Aksys either hints at an announcement or is part of a cruel April Fool's prank.

A message from Aksys Games, publisher of the Bit.Trip series, hints at major 3D-related announcement for the series.

The message was titled "A Message from CommanderVideo" and contained the image to the right with the filename "BTS3D.jpg." The image shows Bit.Trip mascot, CommanderVideo, with the... Read more...

Namco-Bandai's upcoming compilation is more than just a collection of game-modes.

The Nintendo 3DS title Pac-Man & Galaga Dimensions features more than just the extra game-modes revealed earlier this week. A preview posted by Weekly Famitsu revealed two new features in the compilation. Each mode will feature 16 medals that can be unlocked by completing challenges, and the title will feature online leaderboards.

The SNES reboot of the Mega Man franchise is the only VC game listed on the week's upcoming games.

Mega Man X (Rockman X in Japan) is coming to the Japanese Virtual Console April 5, according to the recently updated Japanese Virtual Console list. The SNES classic will retail for 800 Wii Points.

Square Enix's Chrono Trigger and SNK's King of the Monsters 2 were both recently announced for Virtual Console, along with Mega Man X. Both of those games are still without a release date.

Arcade-goers can earn medals while playing mini-games featuring Mario, Bowser, Yoshi, and the rest of the cast of New Super Mario Bros. Wii.   

Nintendo's latest collaboration with Capcom, New Super Mario Bros. Wii Coin World, was made available today at arcades all over Japan. Developed by Capcom, New Super Mario Bros. Wii Coin World is a medal game machine where the ultimate goal is earn more medals by playing slots and other gambling inspired mini-games.

Pi Studios' closure does not bode well for the title.

UPDATE: It has since come to our intention that this story is incorrect, and that Pi Studios has not closed. We apologize for the confusion this may have caused.

Pi Studios, developer of Wii versions of titles such as Call of Duty: World at War and Rock Band, have reportedly shut their doors.

The... Read more...

The 3DS title will include the enhanced versions of the classic arcade titles.

The enhanced versions of Pac-Man and Galaga, Championship Edition and Legions respectively, will be included in the upcoming Pac-Man and Galaga Dimensions game.

According to the most recent issue of Famitsu, Namco's 3DS title Pac-Man and Galaga Dimensions will include several games in addition to... Read more...

Rovio's Vesterbacka believes that it's a 'good sign' that Nintendo and others are worried about smartphone gaming.

In a recent interview, Peter Vesterbacka, holder of the ‘mighty eagle’ job title at Angry Birds developer Rovio, had some combative things to say about Nintendo and the console business in general. 

Near the close of his GDC keynote, Satoru Iwata voiced his fears about smartphone gaming... Read more...

Earthbound creator Shigesato Itoi briefly talks about the non-existent sequel. 

The creator of the Mother series (known as Earthbound outside of Japan) is on the record to once again stating that there will be no Mother 4.

Shigesato Itoi is the subject of a four page article in an upcoming issue of the Japanese magazine, Brutus. At one point during the two months that the magazine... Read more...

The highly-anticipated Wii RPG is finally getting a localization.

Today Nintendo of Europe announced that Xenoblade would be receiving a localization under the name Xenoblade Chronicles.

This Wii RPG, released in Japan in June of last year, follows the strife between Bionis and Mechonis worlds. The game will feature both English and Japanese voice-overs and will feature subtitles in English, French, Italian, German and Spanish.

The new dungeon-crawler is near completion.

Recently it was revelaed that Class of Heroes 3D will be coming out later this year. In this week’s Famitsu, the magazine stated that the game was 80% done and was slated to be released later this year. It was also reported that the pricing was set at ¥5,880.

Class of Heroes 3D was announced in Septemeber and is being developed by Zerodiv.

Beenox returns to the character to make a time-traveling game starring Amazing Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2099.

Spider-Man 2099 will return to gaming this fall with Activision and Beenox's next Spider-Man game, Spider-Man: Edge of Time.Starring the future Spider-Man and the classic Amazing Spider-Man, players go between two different timelines, affecting the outcome of the future Spider-Man while trying to... Read more...

After taking apart the 3DS, the RAM chip has been identified.

The Nintendo 3DS contains two 512 megabit FCRAM memory dies inside a Fujitsu RAM chip, for a total of 128 MB of RAM.

A repairs blog recently disassembled the 3DS, revealing the component parts. The RAM chip was identified to be a Fujitsu MB82M8080-07L chip, an alias for part number MB82DBS08645,... Read more...

The building will bring R&D closer to main headquarters to increase efficiency.

A new research and development facility for Nintendo is planned in Kyoto, in the same part of the city as the main office. Construction is set to begin in January 2012 with completion expected in 2013.

The new building will be the main research facility and will eventually house 1,500 employees... Read more...

Reggie Fils-Aime explains once more the difference between indie and garage developers.

Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime believes that the difference between a garage developer and an independent developer is talent and experience.

In an interview with Joystiq at the launch of the 3DS last Sunday, Fils-Aime elaborated on his comments regarding the independent developer... Read more...

The 3DS has set a new high for handheld launch sales. 

A representative from Nintendo has confirmed that the Nintendo 3DS broke sales records when it launched this past Sunday. Although no specific figures were revealed, the representative stated "U.S. day-one sales numbers for Nintendo 3DS were the highest of any Nintendo hand-held system in our history".