Still adding onto the inexpensive game pile.

Following last week's announcement of multiple eShop sales, developers in Europe have added more games onto the sale beginning on Christmas Eve.

The new games going on sale are as follows:

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Conception II: Children of the Seven Stars (3DS): €9.99/£7.40 from €29.99/£24.99

The closest we'll ever get to playing as the great, mighty Poo.

A couple of new items will be dropping this weekend, one just in time for a great battle and the other to coincide with a recent Japanese Virtual Console release.

Splatoon will get another addition to the combat roster tonight at 9 p.m. Eastern as the Tri-Slosher Nouveau will be available at Sheldon's. The Slosher variation has a Seeker sub-weapon and the Echolocator as a special.

And they celebrate with a Squid Sisters concert.

Splatoon continues to set sales records in Japan, and Nintendo's throwing a giant party to celebrate.

NCL has announced the title has crossed one million copies sold since tht title's launch on May 28 in Japan. The last MediaCreate figures have the title at apprxoimately 915,000 disc sales, meaning... Read more...

You're a platformer now, you're a shooter now.

The next major update to Super Mario Maker will bring the promised web portal and a few new creation tools.

Launching Monday evening in North America, the update will add Super Mario Maker Bookmark, the online service that allows for searching and tagging of levels. The courses added on Bookmark will go to a special tab in Course World. The update will also show the first person to clear a course, as well as the fastest clear.

The one with the giant blocky elephant in the room.

Well, it finally happened; after six years of development, four years of console releases and a multi-billion dollar buyout by a console competitor, Minecraft is FINALLY hitting the Wii U. Our leading authority on all things Steve Andy Goergen has written a buyer’s guide on the subject, and his review will come soon.

Plus results from the last European Splatfest.

Some news and notes from the world of Splatoon:

A fitting climax to a year of insane additions.

Nintendo showed the final Super Smash Bros video presentation today, with multiple new content announcements for the forseeable feature.

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We also get another look at Dark Mewtwo.

Pokkén Tournament’s Japanese website has been updated to include a Japan exclusive Wii U bundle. The bundle comes with a black 32 GB Wii U system, a copy of Pokkén Tournament, a special booklet, and a Dark Mewtwo amiibo card. The game and the bundle release on March 18th, 2016, with the bundle going for 36,000 yen.

A few days late and a few hundred million dollars short.

November's US sales had a few surprises and some disappointments for Nintendo systems and games.

In terms of hardware, the Wii U sold at about a similar level to the same time last year with Super Smash Bros, selling approximately 240,000 consoles in November largely due to the Smash Splat bundle.... Read more...

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This week's Nintendo downloads in Europe have feature a massive sale in anticipation of the holiday season.

Beginning with the eShop update on Thursday, multiple 3rd parties will have their games on sale, with some deals over 50% off. The full list is below, sorted by publisher with end dates in italics:

Probably girding the eShop for Steve.

Another major Nintendo maintenance will be going on this evening.

The maintenance will begin at 5:00 p.m. Pacific time (8 p.m. Eastern) and is slated to run for approximately 10 hours (until 3 a.m. Pacific/6 a.m. Eastern). "Certain network services" will be affected.

It isn't clear why the maintenance is taking place at the time it is - it's slated for working hours in Japan, and most maintenance sessions are about 12-24 hours later.

After defeating the likes of Ifrit, Bahamut, and series newbie Amateratsu, players can summon them in battle.

Get ready to fight to Bahamut and Shiva in Final Fantasy Explorers and then, when they're defeated, have them join your party as powerful summons. In total, 12 summons, or "eidolon guardians," are featured in the game, including two (Amateratsu and Dryad) that are brand new to the series. See below for the full list:

Pretty sure "zink" refers to color on this one.

It's been a busy week for Splatoon as usual, with a couple of Splatfests to deal with and a new weapon.

The Zink Mini Splatling will be in tonight's 9 p.m. Eastern/6 p.m. Pacific update. The modified Mini Splatling will bring a Disruptor sub and a Bubbler special.

Last weekend's North American... Read more...

May the Ocarina of Time model stay home

The weekly update for Hyrule Warriors Legends in Famitsu has some interesting news for fans of the Great Fairy.

In addition to a Wind Waker-themed Adventure Mode map, the 3DS version will feature a "My Fairy" mode that lets you design fairies and raise them by feeding them with food. The fairies will also provide battle assists.

Not the Hoenn starter most expected.

Pokkén Tournament has added a new fighter who really kicks with grass.

Sceptile, the Grass-typed starter of Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, has hit the roster in arcades and will be playable in the Wii U version of the game. Bandai Namco's Japanese trailer also shows Farfetch'd and Electrode being added to the support roster.

There’s nothing coming out in stores this week, so load up on eShop goodness.

This is the kind of week we love – all kinds of major eShop titles to take a share of $60. As was previously announced, FAST Racing Neo speeds into your Wii U memory at roughly Mach 2, while it’s all about the survival on the 3DS with SteamWorld Heist (with discount until the corks pop) and the port of a PC survival hit… Terraria. (If you’re looking for the other one, it’s next week).

Before the Holidays, we're giving you a full day of content to relax, unwind, and help a great cause! UPDATED 12/10 - ALL PARTS UPLOADED

It's time again for the Nintendo World Report live podcast in support of Child's Play. This year we've set taller goals, have a more ambitious schedule, and are planning more twists than ever before. This all-day marathon serves one purpose: to help kids in pediatric hospitals by providing them the toys and games we all enjoy. We hope you can join us for the best thing NWR does all year.

It might be familiar to those who played Mario Kart 8.

An existing advertising relationship between Nintendo and Mercedes is about to expand again.

A special Super Mario Maker course will drop tonight that will offer a course designed by Mercedes employees and is supposed to recreate automotive-related areas including driving on the autobahn. Completing the course will unlock a Mystery Mushroom for a Mercedes automobile.

WARNING: CHALLENGERS APPROACHING

We now have a date and time for Smash Bros's last hurrah for now.

The presentation, promising details about Cloud "and more" will go live on Tuesday, December 15 at 2pm Pacific, 5pm Eastern and 2200 GMT.

Catch the final presentation dedicated to #SmashBros for #3DS & #WiiU on 12/15 at 2 p.m. PT. https://t.co/B7wm5JXiwL pic.twitter.com/mNvpAUsObg

Hopefully another lorry didn't get nicked.

Originally promised for this Friday in Europe, it appears the Shovel Knight amiibo is being delayed slightly.

Reports from customers who preordered the amiibo from Nintendo's online store or high street retailer GAME are both reporting a one-week delay in dispatch of the Yacht Club-designed figure from 11 December to 18 December.