Junichi Masuda discusses why 2D was best for the latest generation of Pokémon.

Many people wondered as to why Nintendo decided to release Pokémon Black and Pokémon White on the Nintendo DS as opposed to the Nintendo 3DS. When questioned on the matter, Junichi Masuda, the director of the most recent generation of Pokémon games, explained why his team decided to go with the Nintendo DS instead of the Nintendo 3DS.

Will Super Meat Boy finally grace a Nintendo platform?

Team Meat announced via their Twitter page that they are signed up as Nintendo 3DS developers. Although they did not specifically state that they would be developing any games, let alone Super Meat Boy, for Nintendo 3DS, one can speculate that they might be interested in bringing their only product to date to the new handheld.

Tecmo Koei are bringing Samurai Warriors: Chronicles Down Under later this month. 

Samurai Warriors: Chronicles has been confirmed for a release Down Under alongside of the Nintendo 3DS on March 31, thanks to Twitter and various retail listings.

Samurai Warriors: Chronicles has already been announced as a launch title in both North America and Europe, but the game had no specific release date in Australia until today. 


Another Nintendo 64 game is on the way to the European Virtual Console. 

Come this Friday, European Wii owners will be able to download the game for 1,000 Nintendo Points. The game has recently been rated by the ESRB, hinting at a North American release in the future.

It is always an exciting event when a Nintendo 64 game hits the Virtual Console, especially considering... Read more...

The new handheld will not be using Opera's browser as the Nintendo DS did.

Access, a company who develops embedded software, will be providing a version of the NetFront browser for the Nintendo 3DS. The Internet browser will be available for download through a software update in May.

The Internet browser is currently in use in over one billion devices including mobile phones. Notable versions are those produced for Sony's PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable.

Nintendo hires new Corporate VP for Corporate Affairs.

Nintendo of America recently announced that public relations veteran Cynthia Gordon, will be the new Vice President of Corporate Affairs. She will take over the position on March 14, and brings twenty years of experience working with consumer brands.

She replaces Denise Kaigler, who left the company in November 2009, after working with Nintendo for only two years. She left to work as Chief Marketing Officer for 38 Studios.

Pokémon returns to the Nintendo DS this April in Japan.

During the January investors meeting, Nintendo announced Pokémon Typing Tutor would be released in April. Today Nintendo announced a specific release date for the game. Along with some new details on the upcoming title.

Pokémon Typing Tutor comes bundled with a Bluetooth Keyboard, and will launch... Read more...

Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata says the Wii is here to stay for the time being. 

Even though sales of the Wii continue to decline as it heads into its fifth year on the market, Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata has, once again, told Japanese newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun that the Wii is here to stay.

During the interview, Iwata remarked, "It's just four years since release. It's selling... Read more...

Iwata laughs and hints about Mario on 3DS.

Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata gave an interview to the Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun. During the interview he expressed the desire for the Nintendo 3DS to exceed the 140 million units that the DS has currently sold through.

A key factor in Nintendo’s plan to increase their dominance over the portable... Read more...

The official Twitter accounts for the games confirm additional content.

According to the official Twitter accounts for the DJ Hero and Guitar Hero series, the games will be receiving additional downloadable content. This contradicts earlier reports stating that the flow of DLC would cease in February.

Although both the nature of the content, and they platforms it will be available for, remain unknown, it represents a ray of hope for fans of the music genre that Activision will not completely abandon them. 

Commander Video's final adventure is unleashed on WiiWare.

Today's update features a noteworthy release, the final game in the BIT.TRIP series, BIT.TRIP FLUX. Published by Aksys and priced at 800 Wii Points ($8), FLUX returns to the paddle based gameplay  seen in BEAT, the first game in the series. FLUX promises to have new challenges and additions such as full screen paddles and Avoid Beats.

Japanese gamers can now program their own games. Updated.

Next month, Japan's DSiWare store will see the release of a creative application called Puchikon, short for PetitComputer. Using the touch screen like a keyboard, players can write up their own BASIC language game scripts to test, play and share their own games.

The software features three... Read more...

Nintendo's new handheld saw enormous sales during its first two days. 

The Nintendo 3DS launched in Japan over the weekend, and despite being available for a mere two days, the new handheld managed to shift 371,326 units.

These numbers put the Nintendo 3DS as the second biggest launch for Nintendo, just behind the Game Boy Advance, which shifted 611,504 units. It is, however, worth noting that the Game Boy Advance had five days on the market as opposed to the two that the Nintendo 3DS was available.

First combine your game with AR cards, then marvel at the cute results.

The AR Cards included with the Nintendo 3DS can be used with Nintendogs + Cats to provide adorable results. While we already know that you can use the "question block" card to display your pet in 3D wherever you please, each character card adds a hat to your Nintendog.

The Link card adds his signature... Read more...

Be careful where you put it!

Ubisoft recently revealed a new Wii and PlayStation 3 title for the European market called We Dare. The game features an array of different mini games for players to compete in but with a spicy twist. The genre marker on the official website describes it as a "Sexy Party Game".

On the surface it... Read more...

The console tennis title has a confirmed release date.

Virtua Tennis 4 will be released across North America on May 11, 2011 and on April 29, 2011 in Europe. The game is coming to Wii and other home consoles, with motion compatibility across the board.

The game features a refreshed World Tour mode where decisions made on and off court affect your career... Read more...

Download this preview version now before it's too late.

A playable demo of Okamiden is available to download from the Wii's Nintendo Channel to a Nintendo DS from today, for a limited period of time.

The demo lets you try the celestial brush on the DS touch screen, battle enemies, meet some of Chibiterasu's partners, and see a small part of the world of Okamiden.

The special edition DSi units match the color of the game they're bundled with, and are etched with legendary Pokémon.

Special edition Nintendo DSis, bundled with Pokémon Black or Pokémon White will be released with the games on on March 6, the same day as the release date for the games. 

Retailing at $179.99 (the DSi's regular retail price is $149.99 without a game), the black DSi will come with Pokémon... Read more...

Besides Target Shooting, there are plenty more games ready to play.

The Nintendo 3DS is set to launch with six augmented reality titles, activated by printed cards included in the box.

Besides Target Shooting, which has been demonstrated extensively, a shooting, fishing, graffiti, Nintendo character display, and Mii display games are said to be built into the system,... Read more...

Mario and his friends should be racing in stereoscopic 3D this year.

A new entry in the Mario Kart series will hit 3DS this year, according to today's Nintendo of America launch games announcement.  

The game has only been shown off in brief videos at various 3DS events, and no concrete details have been revealed outside of the fact that a new iteration in the series is coming out in 2011.