Going all out this week with a Virtual Console title, and a DSiWare game you may have heard of.

After last week's rather quiet and inconspicuous downloads, this week brings us a Virtual Console title, and a pair each of WiiWare and DSiWare releases.

On Virtual Console this week, fate conspires to arrange the fourth of the Fatal Fury titles, originally released for Neo Geo in 1995. This was... Read more...

The online multiplayer will be rank-based and the Wii Remote and Nunchuk controls will feature lots of options.

A recent conference call with Execute Producer Julian Widdows shed light on the online multiplayer and control of Activision and Eurocom's upcoming GoldenEye Wii game, as well as why Oddjob is the only one with a special ability and what Widdows thinks of the 3DS.

The online multiplayer, which hasn't... Read more...

Toys "R" Us will feature a limited edition bundle.

Tony Hawk: Shred, the sequel to last year's foray into peripheral-based skateboarding games, is coming out on October 26.The game, which adds snowboarding to the mix, is focused on over-the-top gameplay and aims to get "kids off the couch and into the action."There will be training videos available... Read more...

As opposed to simply adding depth, Capcom has added a completely different viewing angle.

In a September interview with revogamers, Yoshinori Ono, Street Fighter IV's producer, teased that Capcom was adding "something that will surprise people" that "requires the 3D function" to the 3DS port of Super Street Fighter IV. 4gamer's Super Street Fighter IV 3D impressions, from Nintendo's press event on Wednesday, have revealed that this "surprise" is a behind-the-shoulder mode.

WayForward are not currently developing this franchise.

Release schedules for the Nintendo 3DS published during E3 2010 listed a title from WayForward, A Boy and his Blob.

A WayForward spokesperson recently stated that the previous announcement was incorrect, and there are no A Boy and His Blob games currently in development for any platform. 

Pokemon Black and White remain at the top in Japan.

Pokemon Black and Pokemon White posts back-to-back weeks at number one in Japan despite experiencing a 68% dip in sales. The games became the fast-selling ever in Japan last week, and there is indeed still indeed plenty of interest for the duo of Pokemon games. From September 20-26, Pokemon Black and White sold just over 828,000, bringing its lifetime-to-date total to just short of 3.4 million.

Muramasa: The Demon Blade may soon be playable in 3D.

In a recent Siliconera interview with Marvelous Entertainment, it was revealed that the company would like to bring Muramasa: The Demon Blade to another dimension with the Nintendo 3DS.

When the Group Manager of Marvelous Entertainment, Tomio Kanazawa, was questioned about what he thought of bringing... Read more...

Automatic firmware updates to combat piracy.

In an investor's briefing following the presentation on September 29, Iwata replied with the following comment regarding a question about Nintendo's anti-piracy measures for the Nintendo 3DS.

"As part of the functionality of SpotPass, we're looking into having automatic system updates via the internet."

Green, blue, and yellow launching next week.

The Nintendo Conference DS software line-up video opened opened by showing several colours of DSi models.

Three of these colours will be available in Europe from October 8. The green, blue and yellow colours will be released additions to the DSi XL range.

Nintendo of Europe also released an updated schedule for the holiday season.

ASCII Media Works brings the gaming world its first 3D fishing experience.

ASCII Media Works has announced Fish On for the 3DS. As the name would imply, Fish On is a fishing game.  It allows players to fish for various real-world fish using a selection of lures.

The screenshots released show underwater images of various fishes, fishermen in boats, and various structures that the player will presumably be able to fish around.

Care for your camels, elephants, and more.

One of the original titles announced for Nintendo 3DS today, Marvelous Entertainment/AQ Interactive will release Animal Resort in spring 2011.

In this zoo life simulation, you find yourself inheriting a zoo from your grandfather. Starting with one elephant, you build up your zoo to attract more and more visitors each day. Eventually, over 100 animal species will be available for your care.

The planned 2010 release for Japan was moved forward.

At their press event Wednesday, Nintendo announced that the 3DS would be launching February 26, 2011 in Japan and in March in Europe and North America. Many analysts had predicted a 2010 release for Japan, and possibly for other regions. Nintendo president and CEO of Nintendo Co. Ltd. said the 2011 date was chosen due to supply constraints.

Dual stylus action for these 3DS sports.

Coming up from Namco is Table Pen Sports, a Nintendo 3DS title that requires you to play with two styluses at the same time and coordinate your actions for sports such as archery and soccer goal shooting.

The action is displayed on the top screen while the bottom screen is used for controlling the action. The double stylus control means that the handheld must be placed on a desk while playing.

More games in development for 3DS.

Konami's announced titles for Nintendo 3DS are now at a total of four for today.

Metal Gear Solid Snake Eater was revealed at E3 2010. In addition to that, Asphalt 3D, Project Love Plus for Nintendo 3DS, and Professional Baseball Spirits were announced for 3DS.

Asphalt 3D is a racing game from... Read more...

Scheme uses the Wii Remote and Nunchuk, and is similar to GoldenEye 64's controls. 

GoldenEye for Wii is going to feature an accessible control scheme that echoes the original game's controls. In the scheme, you use the Wii Remote and Nunchuk, but you don't use the sensor bar.

It works by having all of the character movement done on the Nunchuk. The control stick functions the... Read more...

The Japanese 3DS launch date, price, and titles were finally unveiled at the event.

Nintendo President Satoru Iwata began the event by stating that Pokemon Black and White has reached a new sales record, with 2.55 million copies in its first week, and that based on Club Nintendo register data, adults as well as high school students are enjoying the title.

In honor of Super Mario's... Read more...

Nintendo is partnering with Japanese communications companies to bring connectivity.

Along with the news of StreetPass, the 3DS version of Tag Mode, and SpotPass, which allows for automatically receiving updates from WiFi hotspots, Nintendo have announced partnerships to make these features more widely available.

SpotPass will download rankings, ghost data, new free software, notifications... Read more...

A set of six cards will be included for launching pre-installed software.

The Nintendo 3DS will come packed with the console, a charging cradle and AC adapter, a telescoping stylus, a 2GB SD card, and also a set of six cards that are used to activate pre-installed augmented reality (AR) games from the 3DS.

As seen with the Target Shooting demo at E3, by training the camera... Read more...

The platform game is an original title for 3DS.

Continuing with third party Nintendo 3DS announcements, AQ Interactive are bringing an original platform title, Cubic Ninja, exclusively to the console.

Initial images show a small cube-shaped Ninja navigating obstacles such as spiked floors to reach the end of the level, encountering a large cube-shaped monster with sharp teeth along the way.

Fiscal year hardware forecasts revise sales expectations.

For the fiscal year ending March 31, 2011, Nintendo's hardware forecasts for investors show that they expect to sell a total of around four million Nintendo 3DS consoles. 

The predicted Nintendo DS console sales total 23.5 million systems, revised from the original 30 million forecast... Read more...