It's another robust week as Rayman and four other titles hit DSiWare, four games launch on WiiWare, and Street Fighter Alpha 2 and Shinobi brighten up Virtual Console.

DSiWare is front and center in this latest week of downloads with five titles, including the original Rayman. WiiWare has four new titles, while Virtual Console has two retro hits, one from the arcades and one from the Super Nintendo.

Rayman is the headline title on DSiWare, and is a port of... Read more...

Sunsoft rises from the ashes to deliver the NES classic.

Sunsoft and GaijinWorks have announced that they will be bringing NES classic Blaster Master to Virtual Console in December for 500 Wii Points. An exact release date has yet to be announced.

The release marks the return of developer Sunsoft, best known for Blaster Master as well as several other... Read more...

New Super Mario Bros. Wii a strong performer in its first day of release.

According to the Sinobi Retail Blog in Japan, Wii games are performing well so far this month.

In its first day of release, New Super Mario Bros. Wii sold 422,000 copies, outperforming Super Mario Galaxy's first week of sales (256,000 copies sold). With three more days of release, New Super Mario... Read more...

In addition to bonus costumes, players can now download additional challenges.

In a Creator's Voice Interview, Tales of Graces product manager Shinichiro Okamoto has confirmed that, in addition to Tales of Vesperia costumes, players will also be able to download challenge battles.

Distributed as free DLC, the challenge battles will be similar to the arena battles in previous... Read more...

A French judge rules that users have the right to use flash cards for homebrew projects.

A court in Paris, France has dismissed a lawsuit presented by Nintendo over the use of DS flash cards. Nintendo was attempting to stop their use due to their ability to bypass piracy protection and illegally emulate DS titles.

However, the presiding judge explained that flash cards are often... Read more...

Strap on your handheld boots this winter.

Southpeak Interactive has announced TNA iMPACT!: Cross The Line for Nintendo DS, marking the first time the brand has been available on the platform.

The game, which features the superstars and branding of Total Nonstop Action professional wrestling, will feature wireless head-to-head play. Cross the Line is set to release this winter.

Namco Bandai's wacky WiiWare title will see release this winter.

Namco Bandai has announced that their upcoming WiiWare title, Muscle March, is set to be released in North America this winter.

Muscle March, a game that first started life as an unreleased arcade game, is about a group of muscle men who are chasing a protein powder thief. The object of the game... Read more...

The console has flown off the shelf over six million times.

Nintendo has sold over six million Wii consoles in the U.K. in just under three years, according to GfK Chart-Track. This makes the Wii the fastest-selling video game system in U.K. history.

The system, which launched on December 8, 2006 in the U.K., has recently seen a sales spike due to... Read more...

No matter where you live, Square Enix will most likely have you covered.

Square Enix has filed trademarks for Dragon Quest IX that reveal the English subtitle to be Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies.

The Japanese subtitle, Hoshizora no Mamoribito​, had previously been translated to Defenders of the Starry Sky.

Square Enix also trademarked... Read more...

The Australian ratings board spills the beans.

Q-Games, the developer behind Star Fox Command and Digidrive, is teaming up with Nintendo for an unannounced game titled Starship Patrol, according to Australia's video game rating board. The game was listed with Q-Games as the developer. No platform was revealed for the game.

Q-Games also... Read more...

Galactrix's annoying load screens will not be making an encore appearance.

One of the biggest issues with the last entry in the Puzzle Quest series, Puzzle Quest: Galactrix, was its 4-5 second load times when switching between the inventory and map - even on the cartridge-based Nintendo DS. Thankfully, Infinite Interactive, the developers of the upcoming Puzzle Quest 2, confirmed to Kotaku that these load times are a thing of the past.

Two Japanese companies are facing hard times thanks to a decline in the number of consoles being made.

Japanese news outlet Nikkei is reporting that Nintendo has begun to scale back the number of Wii consoles being assembled.

This news is apparently based on heavy losses reported by Mitsumi and Hosiden, two Japanese companies involved in Wii manufacturing. Both of them are facing a 50 percent drop in net profit, a shortfall blamed on the console's "declining fortunes" and a decrease in orders for more systems from Nintendo.

For the first time, the Japanese series will see a U.S. release.

Nintendo announced today that Glory of Heracles, a DS role-playing game, is coming to North America on January 18.

The game, which was at E3 2009, is the fifth game in the series, but the first to come out to the west. It originally came out in Japan in 2008.

Steeped in Greek mythology,... Read more...

Old and new fans can experience Sonic's first four Genesis adventures on Nintendo's portable next year.

Sega announced that Sonic Classic Collection – featuring Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Sonic the Hedgehog 3, and Sonic & Knuckles – is coming to the Nintendo DS in spring 2010.

Along with the four Genesis games, Sonic Classic Collection will incorporate a save feature for all... Read more...

The sequel will be coming to Nintendo DS in 2010.

Puzzle Quest 2, the sequel to the 2007 multiplatform hit Puzzle Quest, has been officially announced by D3Publisher. It is being developed by Infinite Interactive.

GamePro originally broke the news of its existence, but did not reveal the game's release platform. We now know that its initial handheld incarnation will be coming to the Nintendo DS.

Aonuma talks dungeons, and drops hints that Link may take to the skies.

In an interview with The Guardian, Zelda Producer Eiji Aonuma discussed his early dungeon designs. He also dropped what may be a passing thought, or possibly a portent of things to come.

Aonuma discussed how his original passion was making marionettes, stating that he enjoyed how an audience... Read more...

Both the Wii and DS saw impressive sales in North America.

According to internal tracking numbers at Nintendo, the company sold more than 1.5 million Wii, DS and DSi units during the busy Thanksgiving shopping weekend. Additional sales data confirms that more than 550,000 Wii consoles were sold. More than 1 million DS units were sold, surpassing Game Boy Advance sales from 2002.

The title is coming, but we don't know which platform will get it.

Ubisoft has announced that they will release a new Prince of Persia game called "The Forgotten Sands" in March of 2010. The game will return the series to the "Sands of Time" storyline.

The game is set to be released alongside the Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time movie, although there is no... Read more...

Cammie Dunaway comments on Nintendo's healthy console sales.

In an interview with The San Francisco Chronicle, Nintendo Sales and Marketing VP Cammie Dunaway says that Wii sales have risen 85% on a week-to-week basis thanks to the recent price cut.

Enacted in late September, the Wii saw a 50 dollar price cut, lowering its price point to 200 dollars. It... Read more...

An emulation-filled advertisement for the N900 smartphone may earn Nokia a court date.

Nintendo is investigating a possible lawsuit against cell phone manufacturer Nokia. An advertisement for the N900 smartphone on a Nokia video blog demonstrated how easily the phone could handle NES, SNES and Game Boy Advance emulation. The video stated "There's already a bunch of great retro gaming emulator apps available for you to download" while showing video of Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario World playing on the handheld.