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Wario Land has finally made its way to North America, and it is joined by a slew of other games.

8-Bit Summer continues this week with two 3DS Virtual Console games as well as two eShop games, a DSiWare title, and even a Wii Virtual Console game. It has been quite a month of downloadable games, and Nintendo seems to be showing no signs of slowing down.

3DS eShop Games:

Planet Crashers - $9.99As... Read more...

The Wii is not in stock at major internet retailers such as GameStop.

Update: Wii is back in stock at the websites for Target and Best Buy.

Brand new Wii consoles are currently not in stock at a number of popular online retailers including Best Buy and GameStop.

On the websites for Target and GameStop, the Wii is listed as backordered, and Best Buy has disabled... Read more...

Grab the WiiWare game now for 150 coins.

Bonsai Barber is available as a Club Nintendo downloadable reward for 150 coins until August 5.

Replacing Mario Tennis 64, Bonsai Barber, developed by Zoonami, places players in control of cutting, styling, and coloring the "hair" of various vegetables. Get medals and rewards while you unlock different hairdos to use.

The famed Nintendo creator's 1997 puzzle game is the newest addition to 8-Bit Summer.

Mole Mania, a 1997 Game Boy game worked on by Shigeru Miyamoto, is coming to the 3DS Virtual Console tomorrow, according to Nintendo of America.

Mole Mania is part of Nintendo of America's 8-Bit Summer initiative, which began at the beginning of July. It is a puzzle game in which Muddy Mole... Read more...

The first Fire Emblem title arrives next week on Japan's eShop.

Fire Emblem: Ankokuryū to Hikari no Ken (Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light) is coming to the Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console on August 1st for 500 yen. The title, which is the first in the Fire Emblem series was originally released in 1990 for the Famicom. The game has been remade a few different... Read more...

Prepare for Dragon Quest overload.

Nintendo will be holding a Dragon Quest X Direct in Japan next week on Monday, July 30 at 8 p.m. JST (7 a.m. ET, 4 a.m. PT in North America). The event will highlight various aspects of the game including general gameplay and online play. Dragon Quest X Direct is being broadcast on Nico Nico Video, Ustream, and Nintendo of Japan's Direct homepage.

As of today, the hardware isn't selling for less than the price of manufacturing it.

Nintendo is no longer selling the Nintendo 3DS for below manufacturing cost starting July 25, according to the company's first quarter financial results.

Nintendo began selling the hardware at a loss following the drastic price cut the system received last fall. Nintendo did not specify how much they were losing per hardware unit.

A new 3DS XL model with a transparent casing? Color us interested. 

A transparent Nintendo 3DS XL prototype was shown off in the Iwata Asks for the 3DS XL.

The transparent casing was the demo model for the new system. The model was used to help show the new system's inner workings during the segment.

The 3DS XL comes out on July 28 in Japan and Europe, and August 19 in North America.

And Tezuka exclaimed "Everything must be gold" and then, it was gold.

"This is great," Mario Producer Takashi Tezuka said to New Super Mario Bros. 2 Director Yusuke Amano when he first saw the coins emitting from Mario's block-adorned head. "You can make all kinds of stages like this!"

And that's how the gold influence became a focus, according to Amano in the latest... Read more...

Mario gets shot out of a cannon and then can't stop running!

New Super Mario Bros. 2 will introduce new special stages called Dash Mario that basically transforms Mario into something like Canabalt or Bit.Trip Runner.

Mario is shot out of a cannon, and then will continue to dash until the end of the level. You have to time your jumps to collect coins and dodge obstacles.

A new, slightly-less-bashful Boo will try to spook Mario and Luigi.

Boohemoth is a new enemy in New Super Mario Bros. 2 that represents the designer's wishes to capture a sense of something unusual.

The character changes up the Boo formula by sneaking after Mario even when he faces it. In past games, Boos would chase Mario when his back was turned, and then cover their faces when he turned around. Boohemoth, on the other hand, will be shy, and then slowly crawl forward.

Check out your local retailers to play a demo of New Super Mario Bros. 2 soon.

New Super Mario Bros. 2 will be playable at select North American retailers starting in early August, according to the latest Iwata Asks.

You can check this Retail Kiosk Locater to see where one near you is. It's unknown when exactly the kiosks will switch to New Super Mario Bros. 2.

New Super Mario Bros. 2 is coming out at retail stores and on the eShop on August 19.

Nintendo is offering more eShop sales during the Month of Mario. 

Nintendo of America is celebrating the launch of New Super Mario Bros. 2 for the 3DS and 3DSXL by discounting the price of four Mario games available on the eShop in what they are calling the "Month of Mario."

The four games available are Super Mario Bros. ($3.99 instead of $4.99), Super Mario Land... Read more...

It is now officially legal to resell licenses to digital products in Europe.

The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled that software publishers can't prevent consumers from reselling licenses for digital products.

The court's decision was that, contrary to what software publishers have claimed in license agreements, when a customer buys software they own a copy of the software, and that regardless of the license agreement, that means they can't oppose the consumer's ability to resell that copy.

Sales outlets are selling download cards starting July 23, and let us know about how many blocks the titles take up.

Various retailers across Japan have revealed release dates for download cards, as well as the size of New Super Mario Bros. 2 and Oni Training downloads on the Nintendo 3DS. 

The first outlet to release the download cards is Seven-Eleven, which will do so on July 23. The game and rental shop... Read more...

Get 50 extra Club Nintendo coins when you download New Super Mario Bros. 2 off of the eShop.

Club Nintendo members in North America will receive double the coins when they opt for the digital download version of New Super Mario Bros. 2 on the 3DS eShop when it releases on August 19.

The deal is similar to the Japanese bonus for buying the New Super Mario Bros. 2 and Oni Training on the eShop, but North America isn't getting Donkey Kong: Original Edition as a Virtual Console bonus.

Purchase digital copies of NSMB2 or Oni Training and get bonus goodies from Nintendo.

Nintendo is hosting a campaign for users who purchase the digital versions of either New Super Mario Bros. 2 or Oni Training for the Nintendo 3DS in Japan.

Players who purchase the digital versions from the Nintendo eShop or from a retailer will be eligible to receive a 3DS Virtual Console version... Read more...

One of the hardest Mario titles in history hits the 3DS VC next week.

Super Mario Bros. 2, known as Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels outside of Japan, will be released on the Nintendo 3DS eShop in Japan on July 25 for 500 yen.

This marks the second first-party non-Ambassador program Famicom game to be released on the eShop in Japan. Last week, gamers saw the first... Read more...

Australia and New Zealand get some good news on the AC adapter front.

An AC Adapter will be included with all Nintendo 3DS XL systems sold in Australia and New Zealand, Nintendo Australia revealed on their website.

This situation is the same as in North America, but contrasts with Europe and Japan, where the adapter will not be bundled.

The Nintendo 3DS XL will be launching in Australia and New Zealand on August 23, 2012 for AU $249.95.