Get your penmanship on with these cool new notebooks!

Two new Nintendo-themed notebooks are available for Club Nintendo members in Japan starting today. The notebooks feature designs from the Mario series, with one of the notebooks being red and sporting the beloved plumber on the cover, and the other being pink and featuring Princess Peach. Both notebooks are A5 (21x15cm) ring notebooks and contain 44 pages (88, counting both sides).

Two MSX titles bite the dust.

Two MSX titles, Aleste and Eggy, were removed from the Wii Virtual Console service in Japan today. Aleste is a shoot-‘em-up-style title originally released on the MSX in 1988. Eggy, a side-scrolling shooter, was originally released in 1985.

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The Motion Picture Association of America snatches up a former Nintendo employee.

The Motion Picture Association of America has hired former Nintendo of America Anti-Piracy Counsel Marc Miller for the position of Senior Vice President of Content Protection, Internet. "At Nintendo, Miller successfully implemented content protection enforcement programs addressing P2P, cyberlockers, e-commerce, and action sites," the MPAA said in a statement sent to reporters.

After nearly a year and on the brink of its death, eShop commercials find their way to the free 3D television service. 

Three Nintendo 3DS eShop commercials have appeared on Itsu no Ma ni Terebi, also known as SpotPass TV, in Japan. The commercials are for Tobidasu Purikura, Dillon’s Rolling Western, and Denpa Ningen no RPG. During each of the 15-second commercials, 3DS users can tap a link on the touch screen to... Read more...

The games and unlockable content are detailed.

More details have surfaced about Guild 02, the recently announced sequel to Guild 01 from Level-5. 

Similar to Guild 01, Guild 02 is a collaborative effort of four Japanese game developers: Keiji Inafune (formerly of Capcom), Kazu Ayabe (Mini’s Kitchen) and Takemaru Abiko and Kazuya Asano from Chunsoft.

The new title will feature games by Keiji Inafune, Kazu Ayabe, Takemaru Abiko, and Kazuya Asano.

Level-5’s 3DS game compilation, Guild 01 is getting a sequel. According to a recent issue of Famitsu, the sequel will feature games from former Capcom developer Keiji Inafune, Mini Kitchen’s Kazu Ayabe, and Takemaru Abiko and Kazuya Asano known for the ChunSoft game, Otogiriso. The compilation is titled Guild 02, continuing the first game’s numerical naming trend.

Get ready to balance some objects in early June.

Art of Balance TOUCH! is coming to the North American eShop on June 7, according to the game's developer, Shin'en.

We have known that Art of Balance TOUCH! was coming out in Europe on May 24. The release date of a North American version was previously given for as early June. Now it is officially releasing on June 7 for $6.99.

Keiichi Ono's LinkedIn profile reveals both this and his departure from the company.

Keiichi Ono's LinkedIn profile revealed Monolith Soft's involvement in The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, as well as his departure from the company after almost 12 years.

Ono worked on many projects while at Monolith Soft, including Disaster: Day of Crisis and The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. During... Read more...

Folks who donate to Pwnee Studios' Cloudberry Kingdom Kickstarter will be in line to get a copy of the game when it comes to Wii U.

If you donate to New York-based developer Pwnee Studios' Kickstarter for Cloudberry Kingdom, you could get the chance to shore up the acquisition of your first Wii U game.

Cloudberry Kingdom is a 2D side-scrolling platformer in which levels are randomly generated and the difficulty is altered by... Read more...

The free update adds new levels, a retry button, and an enhanced stereoscopic effect.

WayForward confirmed that the free update for Mighty Switch Force, revealed last month, is coming this Thursday in North America and Europe.

The update adds five new levels in addition to a much-requested retry button. Additionally, the 3D effect will be bolstered on every level.

Beat the staff at Kid Icarus on Tuesday night.

Come join the Nintendo World Report community this Tuesday, May 22, for a night of Kid Icarus: Uprising beginning at 9 p.m. Eastern/6 Pacific (1 a.m. UTC for those outside North America who want to join in). You can exchange friend codes in the Talkback below, or go stock up in the NWR 3DS Friend Code thread in the Handheld Discussion section of our forums.

The release was the result of a Facebook vote.

Blue Yoshi has become available in Mario Tennis Open as the result of a recent Facebook poll determining favorite Yoshi color.

Available as a QR code, players can scan in the character by pressing up and start while on the Profile Select screen. Although treated as a totally separate character on the character select screen, Blue Yoshi carries the same focus on speed as the already-available green version.

UPDATE: Konami kind of 100% confirms 2D 3DS Castlevania game, and the name is slightly different. 

UPDATE 2: N1ntendo.nl was contacted by Konami and asked to remove the story. Additionally, the site discovered links to domain registrations from Konami revealing the title to be Castlevania: Mirror of Fate instead of Castlevania: Mirror of Faith. The domain, which is not active, resolves to the same server as the site of Castlevania: Lords of Shadow.

QR codes appear to be region locked.

Nintendo released the first QR code for Mario Tennis Open in North America, unlocking a Yoshi Costume for your Mii in the game.

To unlock the costume, you have to press up on the D-pad and the Start button at the same time while on the Profile Select screen. Then, take a picture of the QR code on this page and the costume will unlock in every existing profile.

We won't be reporting back about Wii U motion tracker controls at E3.

The Wii U version of Aliens: Colonial Marines will not be playable at E3 2012, according to representatives from Sega.

This follows earlier news of a delay to February 12, 2013 for other versions of the game. The Wii U version wasn't given the same solid release date, with Sega saying that that version's release date would be announced later.

The other versions are all delayed until February 2013.

Sega was coy about the Wii U release date of Aliens: Colonial Marines in a press release that announced a February 12, 2013 release date for other platforms.

"A release date for the announced Wii U version will be revealed at a later time," read the official release.

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These fun facts should explain the basics behind the AR Cards!

Due to the popularity of the Idol Cards in Kid Icarus: Uprising, Nintendo of Europe has detailed the cards, as well as how the mini-games work.

First is the value of the cards themselves. Some cards come with a wing symbol that details just how rare that card is. If a card has a gold, silver or... Read more...

If you're a Canadian Wii owner who missed some of these games, now is the time to buy!

Walmart Canada is offering the Nintendo Selects lineup of Wii Games at $14.83 each.

The lineup of games is as follows:

- Animal Crossing: City Folk

- Mario Super Sluggers

- Wii Sports

- The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

- Punch-Out!!

- Super Mario Galaxy

- Super Paper Mario

- Mario Strikers Charged

Australian 3DS owners may be in luck.

Marvel Pinball 3D has been rated by the Australian Classification Board.

Although the game's release has been known of for a few months, an Australian release has not been reported until now. The game has been given a PG rating.

Marvel Pinball 3D is developed by Zen Studios, who also recently released Zen Pinball 3D on the eShop.

Only one thing is known about the game—it will have crude humor.

The Australian Classification Board has leaked the existence of a new Rabbids game called Rabbids Rumble.

The listing for the game, however, only confirms that it will have crude humor. It lists Ubisoft as the developer, with no date of release. The game was classified on May 2, 2012.

While the... Read more...