First 4 Figures is at it again with another premium Nintendo collectible.

A new diorama based on a memorable battle in The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword is now available for pre-order from First 4 Figures. The diorama features Link battling Scervo on the edge of the Sandship.

Those who follow Nintendo collectables might recognize the Link and Scervo figures present... Read more...

Barely sneaking in under the self-imposed deadline.

Following a year of speculation, My Nintendo and Miitomo will launch outside of Japan this Thursday.

The communication app quickly rose to the top of the App Store and Google Play rankings for its category upon its Japanese launch. An update is planned for the app to add additional features, but it appears the 1.0 app will launch first.

No word on seagull transformation.

Nintendo has made the first announcement for a DLC character for Hyrule Warriors Legends.

Marin from Link's Awakening will be the included character in the second Link's Awakening pack, due for release this summer. The announcement was made during a Hyrule Warriors Legends panel at the WonderCon gaming convention.

It hits some of the tennets of a main Pokémon game.

Some new details about the upcoming Pokémon Go game have been announced.

The Pokémon will be found in specific areas - Water types in lakes, Grass types in forests - and finding the same Pokémon multiple times will trigger evolution. There will also be PokéStops which will hand out Eggs, and various amounts of steps will be required to hatch them just as in the portable console games.

At times like this, kids like you should be at home playing Nintendo games!

It’s quite a heavy week for North America on the New 3DS downloads front. The headliner is Hyrule Warriors Legends (with all of its DLC fun later on), which sounds like a good way to destroy the Easter weekend. (If you have an original 3DS or 2DS, well… go read Neal’s review before jumping in.)... Read more...

A new challenge awaits the brave or obsessed.

The first major update to Pokémon Shuffle for 3DS was released overnight, with several new tweaks and features.

Version 1.3 includes a new Survival Mode, which uses three hearts (in game plays) and lets you challenge various in game stages with a set number of moves for special rewards. Mission cards, which give rewards for accomplishing certain tasks in the game's existing stages.

How much will it cost to maybe slap people around as The Wind Fish?

Following the European DLC's release on Friday, Nintendo has posted pricing for the North American release.

The season pass will be US$14.99/C$21.19 for just 3DS, $9.99/$14.09 for Wii U or $19.99/$28.19 for both 3DS/Wii U. The four packs will have the following cost:

Doesn't mean a replacement is this year, though. UPDATED: Nintendo has responded.

The Nikkei newspaper has published a report that may shed light on Nintendo's console plans for the year.

According to the report (original story: Japanese text) and translated by Tokyo game consultant Serkan Toto, Nintendo would wind down production of the Wii U this year and may have already stopped production of some accessories.

A disappointing result for those looking to the future.

This weekend's Splatfest action saw a streak end and a small amount of civil warring.

North America: Sand Castles 359, Snowmen 341 (47-53, 52-48) At Arowana Mall, North America's first 2.6 Splatfest ended with a narrow win for the soldiers of the summer. The Snowmen appeared to have recency on... Read more...

Plus an announcement of an anniversary convention.

Sonic's first 25th anniversary game will be hitting before the end of September.

At a celebration panel at the South by Southwest music/tech festival in Austin, Sega confirmed that the 3DS sequel will release on September 27 in North America. It was originally slated for a Q4 2015 release before being delayed into the anniversary year.

Players felt that empathy crossed the line into scolding.

Changes to the ending of sidequests in the European version of Bravely Second were made by SquareEnix and Silicon Studio due to fan feedback.

Originally, the endings to sidequests in the Japanese version would cause what Japanese players felt was "undue regret". In a statement to NintendoLife,... Read more...

Developer cites strength of Wii U as "party platform"

Hive Jump is confirmed for amiibo support, but its multiplayer will be a party event.

The indie game, which is coming to both PC and Wii U, will have online and local play on the PC but only local play on Wii U. In an interview on the Fragoments of Silicon podcast, Matt Raither described the reason... Read more...

Europe will be musou-ing the night away for most of the year.

Nintendo's European website has announced details on how the Hyrule Warriors Legends season pass will work for both Wii U and 3DS..

Launch day (24 March in Europe, March 25 in North America) will see the 3DS season pass go on sale, as well as a 3DS and Wii U season pass. This pass includes:

Tragic circumstances take the life of a longtime Pokemon designer

A windstorm last week in the Pacific Northwest has taken a young life.

Eric Medalle, a creative director at The Pokémon Company International, was killed in the Sunday storm when a 60+ mile per hour wind gust caused a Douglas fir tree to snap and fall on his vehicle in Seattle's Seward Park. He was traveling with his young daughter, who suffered minor injuries and was pulled from the vehicle by an unidentified woman.

It’s stunning they’re letting Knuckles in the Olympics following his positive PED test in 2014.

There’s a heavy retail presence for both Wii U and 3DS this week, with two of the most prominent releases being Pokkén Tournament for Wii U and Mario and Sonic’s biannual crossover sport competition on 3DS. I reviewed Pokkén – note the day one patch, which is part of the reason why we haven’t... Read more...

Prepare to clean another fridge.

Radio Free Nintendo has predicted it for a few years, and now it's finally come to pass through My Nintendo: DS games will be available to download on 3DS.

The first applicable title is WarioWare Touched, which is in the initial batch of My Nintendo rewards at a cost of 1000 Platinum points. The DS WarioWare launched in North America in 2005, and was one of the first DS titles to be downloadable on Wii U.

Including the first set of rewards.

Miitomo has officially launched on both iOS and Android in Japan, and with it the Japanese MyNintendo website has gone live with its reward list.

Both the Gold and Platinum rewards provide different rewards, with categories including Miitomo rewards, game discounts, themes and free games. Perhaps... Read more...

The "Decision Game" is about to begin.

The final chapter in the Zero Escape saga is coming June 28.

Aksys Games posted a trailer for the game on their Youtube channel, confirming the structure of the game will see nine characters taking part in a "Decision Game" in which the fate of the world is at stake.

The trailer can be viewed below (contains extreme blood and Zero Escape spoilers):

Multiple playable characters and a potential 3DS first

Last week's edition of Famitsu contained new details about the upcoming Zero Time Dilemma in the game's first acknowledgement in Japan.

The article confirms that Zero Time Dilemma will feature three playable characters, with probable switching between different teams where you control the leaders. There will be five new characters in addition to returning cast members from the previous two Zero Escape games.

The Professor Layton series wouldn't exist if it wasn't for him.

The man whose puzzles were cited as the inspiration for the Professor Layton series has died.

Akira Tago, the "Puzzle Master" in the credits of the Professor Layton games, passed away on March 6 due to pneumonia. Tago was the author of the "Atama no Taisou" series of quiz books that sold multiple millions of copies in Japan, with the puzzles adapted into Level 5's adventure series.