Mario voice actor, Charles Martinet, headlined Nintendo World Store’s Super Mario Galaxy 2 release event. Woo Hoo!

Earlier today, the Nintendo World Store held a special Super Mario

Galaxy 2 launch event. Charles Martinet, the voice of Mario and

Waluigi, was on hand signing autographs. People also had the

opportunity to take pictures with Mario and Luigi.

The event was extremely busy with hundreds of people waiting in line

Red Steel 2 sells according to expectations, downloadable content does well, and the Wii version of Avatar impresses.

In a recent Ubisoft investor call some details regarding software sales were revealed. In the last fiscal year, Ubisoft saw 18 million Euros in revenue generated by digital sales. Due to this fact, Ubisoft plans to include downloadable content right off the bat. Some Wii games will also be included in this plan.

The recently released box art reveals that the game will feature downloadable content.

Dragon Quest Monsters: Battle Road Victory is due to be released in Japan in less than two months. The card based game is a port of the arcade game, Dragon Quest Monsters Battle Road. Not much is known about how the Wii version will be different from the arcade version.

Besides a different... Read more...

The third and final game in the first series of Professor Layton games could be heading overseas in the not too distant future.

After the success of the first two Professor Layton titles, it should not be surprising to see that Level-5 and Nintendo have plans to bring the third game and final game in the first series of games overseas.

Level-5 registered a trademark for Professor Layton and the Unwound Future lately,... Read more...

Another slow week in the Japanese charts results in many games staying in the same position as last week, despite some large sales drops.

As Golden Week concluded last week, game sales in Japan saw quite a large drop, with some games in the top 10 seeing a dip of up to 60%.

Holding onto the top spot for a third consecutive week was Square Enix’s Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2, selling 126,000 copies (down 50%), bringing its... Read more...

Sonic's latest 2D entry is getting more development time to incorporate fan suggestions.

Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode I is now set to come out in fall 2010 instead of the original summer release date, according to the Sega America Blog.

"SEGA has made the decision to ensure that Sonic 4: Episode I is a game worthy of bearing the weight of its name," reads the blog post announcing... Read more...

Sunsoft's character platformer from 1993 might be getting a Virtual Console re-release.

Aero the Acrobat, a 1993 Sunsoft game, has been rated for Wii on Australia's OFLC ratings board, according to Siliconera.

It is assumed that the game will be a Virtual Console re-release of the Super Nintendo or Sega Genesis version of the Sunsoft platformer, which was developed by Iguana Entertainment.... Read more...

The Japanese best-seller will hit North America and Europe this July.

Today Nintendo announced the release date of Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies to be July 11 in North America, and July 23 in Europe.

The game, which pits players on an epic role-playing quest, will launch in North America exactly one year after the Japanese game, which launched July 11, 2009. The game has gone on to sell more than four million copies in Japan.

Another slew of filings raises eyebrows.

With the E3 reveal of Nintendo's 3DS portable system only weeks away, the trademark filing watch has begun. Nintendo has indeed made several recent filings that are sure to get the industry talking.

Specifically, Nintendo has filed the following trademarks in Japan: 3DS, N3DS, 3DSWare, and 3DSPlay.... Read more...

You can look forward to watching Santa fight dinosaurs again when Super Scribblenauts comes out this fall.

Today Warner Bros. Interactive announced Super Scribblenauts, the follow-up to the 2009 hit game, for release this fall.

The new game will focus on improving the formula that made the original title a million-seller, by adding improved touch screen controls and the use of adjectives to modify... Read more...

Bit.Trip Runner, Looksley's Line Up, and Kirby Superstar highlight this week's seven-game haul.

This week in Nintendo downloads, we have seven games across the digital platforms: four on DSiWare, two on WiiWare, and one on Virtual Console.

First up for DSiWare is Looksley's Line Up, published by Nintendo for 500 Nintendo DSi Points ($5). This game has you following Looksley the rabbit... Read more...

The forthcoming announcement will be made by top AHA and NOA executives.

On Monday, May 17 at 10a.m., Nintendo of America and the American Heart Association are set to make a joint announcement at a press event in New York City.

The American Heart Association is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting healthy lifestyles in order to curb conditions such as heart disease and strokes.

You hunters out there can now check out the current online quests...online.

Capcom's Monster Hunter Tri Community Site has been updated with some handy new functionality. Players can now view a live schedule of Arena and Event quests.

For the uninitiated, up to this point players had no way of knowing what the current week's quests were without going online. Now they can simply go to the Community Site, click on the "Gem" icon in the top-right corner of the main dialog, and view a quest calendar.

Tecmo chief offers his opinion on who the new device will appeal to.

In an interview with Nikkei, Tecmo Koei CEO Kenji Matsubara offered his initial thoughts on the Nintendo 3DS.

When asked what group the hardware is targeting, Matsubara unsurprisingly expected it to appeal to early adopters initially. "3D games don't have a sales record yet, so I don't know.... Read more...

European players will experience Commander Video's latest WiiWare adventure ahead of North American players.

BIT.TRIP RUNNER, the fourth game in Gaijin Games' BIT.TRIP WiiWare franchise, has been released in Europe as part of this week's WiiWare downloads. RUNNER will be a rhythm platforming title in which Commander Video, the star of the franchise, runs through the stage. Players must help him avoid obstacles while focusing on rhythmic patterns on screen.

New Art Style game planned for WiiWare later this month.

Nintendo’s Art Style series has been known for its unique gameplay, and their latest addition to the series is certainly no exception. Come May 24, players will be in command of a white beam of light as it races against other colored beams down a dark track, avoiding obstacles and searching for... Read more...

The cause behind Nintendo's battle is the sale of chips that enable piracy on the DS.

Nintendo has filed a lawsuit against Queens, New York based company NXPGAME. According to Nintendo, the company owns several websites that sell illegal copying products. When asked to stop selling the product, the company agreed, but later continued to sell the product under a different website address.

The classic Hudson franchise makes an appearance on Nintendo's downloadable game service.

Famitsu has confirmed that Hudson will be releasing Necromancer 2 on DSiWare. Evil Sacred Sword: Necromancer – Nightmare Reborn originally started its life as a mobile phone game named Necromancer 2, and was later ported to DSiWare.

The DSiWare version features updated graphics and use of the two DSi screens. The game will be released in Japan in mid-June and will be sold for 800 DSi Points ($8).

The latest Dragon Quest spin off reaches a million units shipped, while Nintendo classics return to the charts.

The Media Create sales charts for May 3 through 9 (which covers Japan's Golden Week sales) have been updated, and Square Enix's Dragon Quest Monsters Joker 2 takes number 1 position. The title sold 253,000 copies this week for a total of 876,000 copies sold. Since its release, the DS spin-off title has shipped a million units.

The Nintendo President believes that there's still a future for console gaming.

Nintendo President Satoru Iwata believes that console gaming will not become obsolete despite the advent of streaming services like Gaikai and Onlive. Iwata also feels the same way about social gaming, despite its audience overlapping with the same audience found on the Wii and DS. "We do not think... Read more...