GameStop and EB Games Team up with Nintendo for an exclusive early release.

Nintendo will be offering Pikmin 3 digital copies a day early to customers who pre-order it during a hands on event at select GameStop locations on July 20 and 21.

Announced by Reggie Fils-Aime in a video on YouTube, these hands-on events will be happening in GameStops in North America and EB Games in Canada spread out in over 250 locations. Pikmin 3 releases on August 4 in North America only on the Wii U.

Large scale warfare? Yes, please.

Soul Saga’s Kickstarter has reached its $150,000 stretch goal: Guild Battles.

After reaching $125,000 in pledges, the Guild Master function was introduced, allowing Soul Saga’s main character, Mithos, to expand his team with more playable characters. Now, this new combat mode will allow you to split your guild into teams for large scale battles against hordes of enemies.

Olimar returns for another round.

Captain Olimar and his trusty Pikmin will return in the next incarnation of Super Smash Bros.

This news comes directly from the official Super Smash Bros. site. In the pictures released with his reveal, Olimar appears to use red, yellow, blue, white and purple Pikmin. There is no mention of any other types of Pikmin, but his character page does suggest players check out Pikmin 3.

Download the new DLC games and use your StreetPasses and Play Coins to get more hats!

The four new games in the StreetPass Plaza are now available for purchase in North America. The update and games were first made available in Europe and Japan last month.

In North America, the games are called Mii Force, Flower Town, Warrior's Way, and Monster Manor. Each one is available for $4.99, or as a four-game bundle for $14.99.

Free money, Japanese RPGs, and some NES gems!

No, it's not the biggest week for the eShop, but it's a quality one. Where last week was mostly a wimpy tidal wave of mediocrity, this week Nintendo is hitting us with some old classics and new gems. We're still a few days out on some of them, but rest assured: they're coming!

Plus, if you happen... Read more...

Next stop, Duckburg! 

DuckTales: Remastered will be releasing on the Wii U eShop on August 15 for $14.99.

This announcement was accompanied by a "Duckumentary" that takes a behind the scenes look at developer WayForward.

Shantae (finally) wiggles her way onto the 3DS next week!

The highly-anticipated Virtual Console re-release of Shantae will be added to the North American Nintendo 3DS eShop catalogue on July 18. The news comes via WayForward's Facebook page.

Originally planned for a release on June 20, the digital title was delayed for undisclosed reasons. Shantae was... Read more...

The big summer update has also been pushed to the fall.

A new Wii U system firmware update, Version 3.1.0 U, is now available for download.

The update has the usual stability and performance updates, but now allows the SpotPass functionality to operate even while the system is powered down – similar to WiiConnect24. The update also allows the... Read more...

UPDATE: All characters have been announced.

Seven new characters are being added to Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien through the "Good Friends" DLC pack.

Gaijin Games will be revealing the characters up until the launch of the DLC pack on Steam this Thursday. The console version of the pack has been confirmed, but no date has been set.

Supermen and Batmen as far as the eye can see...

Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comic Adventure has been confirmed for a September 24 release on Wii U and 3DS in North America, confirming a rumor from earlier this year.

Scribblenauts Unmasked will feature over 2,000 DC characters for players to summon, including 14 Superman variations and 33 Batman variations.

It's Super Smash Bros Melee all over again...

Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem will, at least partially, take place in modern times, according to producer Hitoshi Yamagami.

Yamagami spoke about the upcoming RPG, being co-developed by Atlus and Intelligent Systems, to Hobby Consolas earlier this week, revealing his thought process: “For a... Read more...

You may want to buy multiple copies of this one. 

An entry of the Fire Emblem series on Wii U would need to sell at least 700,000 units according to Hitoshi Yamagami, a manger and producer from Group No. 2 of the Software Planning & Development Department.

In comparison, Fire Emblem Awakening on 3DS sold 900,000 copies globally while the Wii entry sold 460,000 units. No Fire Emblem game for the Wii U has been announced yet.

Update: Nintendo reverses its position and Smash Bros. will still be streamed.

Update (7/9 8:34 P.M. PDT): Nintendo has officially reversed its position on the preventing the stream of Super Smash Bros., as reported by a notice on SRK:

"I’ve just receive[d] word from Nintendo that the Evo Smash Bros. Melee stream will be allowed to proceed. We will be restoring the original... Read more...

Remember the Wii Vitality sensor? So does Iwata.

The Wii Vitality sensor was never released because it was "insufficient as a commercial product."

During Nintendo's shareholders meeting, President of Nintendo and CEO of Nintendo of America Satoru Iwata was asked for an update on the Wii Vitality sensor. In his response, Iwata revealed that... Read more...

UPDATE: Official confirmation! Free money for buying games? Finally!

If you buy Fire Emblem: Awakening and Shin Megami Tensei IV, you are eligible for $30 eShop credit through Club Nintendo in the United States and Canada.

It doesn't matter if you get the games via digital or retail, or even if you bought the limited edition Fire Emblem 3DS. Just make sure you register the games by August 31, and you will receive the credit starting as early as July 16, which is the day Shin Megami Tensei IV comes out.

Ubisoft's support is dwindling.

ZombiU was "not profitable," and there "are no plans (or even desire) for a sequel," according to Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot.

In a report by Gamesindustry International, he went on to cite the poor profitability of ZombiU as the reason behind making Rayman Legends multiplatform.

He also stated... Read more...

E-books and video games living in harmony.

At the Tokyo International Book Fair, Dai Nippon Printing revealed that they will be working with Nintendo to bring out a new e-book reader for children on the Nintendo 3DS this fall.

Like many publishers, Dai Nippon has recently been focusing on its e-book market, so in order to expand, they’re teaming up with Nintendo to bring the downloadable reader named honto to Japan later this year.

Nintendo's president responds to concerns regarding publishers' wavering support for Wii U.

Nintendo President Satoru Iwata acknowledged concerns over Wii U third party support, and conveyed that Nintendo believes its upcoming first party titles and successful new third party releases are critical to building healthy third party lineup for Wii U.

During the Nintendo General Meeting of... Read more...

Still no word on a North American release.

Over 200,000 3DS owners have purchased at least one of the new games released as DLC in the StreetPass Mii Plaza.

This information was revealed by Iwata in a recent shareholders Q&A. He went on to emphasize that Nintendo "employed no mass-media advertising so we think we are off to a good start."

Intelligent floating sword? Yes, please.

A new Pokémon has been announced: Ghost-type/Steel-type Honedge.

Honedge, the first Ghost-type/Steel-type Pokémon, takes the form of a sword, and is able to remove its sheath (using its cloth-like arm) to attack opponents.

Check out some screenshots of Honedge in action in the gallery below!