Which dog goes with which game in the Japanese releases.

Nintendo opened their Japanese website for Nintendogs + Cats recently, showing a summary of what is known about the game so far, videos of the Japanese commercials, intriguingly cute pictures of cartridges, and a breed list for each game. There are lists of different dogs for each version of the game, and a summary about the cats.

Bring action figures into a video game in Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure.

Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure is coming to consoles, handhelds, and more later this year with an augmented reality twist, as revealed by Activision right before Toy Fair next week.

The game will allow players to bring Spyro-themed action figures into the game by using a plastic stand,... Read more...

NIS America will be publishing the Pixel and Nicalis-developed 3DS game. UPDATED with video.

Cave Story, the critically-acclaimed indie title, will be coming to Nintendo 3DS, NIS America announced at a press event today. Cave Story, a Metroidvania-style game, was originally developed in 2004 by Daisuke "Pixel" Amaya as freeware for the PC and received a large cult following. Nicalis remade and published the game on WiiWare and DSiWare last year.

Nothing more will be released beyond the tracks already announced.

An FAQ page posted on the official DJ Hero website confirms that no further downloadable content for the Guitar Hero and DJ Hero series will be released beyond the track and mix packs already announced for February.

It also re-iterates yesterday's news that work on both series of games has stopped... Read more...

Head on over to the Wii Shop this upcoming Monday for a demo of this time-twister.

Chronos Twins DX will receive a free demo in the Wii Shop Channel on Monday, February 14 2011. The game, which originally launched in January 2010, features unique gameplay where you control both the present and the past simultaneously.

The platformer was created by Barcelona, Spain developer EnjoyUp games, who was also responsible for Little Red Riding Hood Zombie BBQ, among other games.

The creator of the series will be on hand at the Dragon Quest VI launch event.

On February 12 in Palo Alto, California, fans can meet Yuji Horii, creator of the Dragon Quest series. Horii will be attending the Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation release party. Fans of the series are invited to GameStop flagship store to celebrate the North American release of Dragon Quest VI.

Guitar Hero team among 500 layoffs confirmed in a financial report.

The Guitar Hero team at Activision has been disbanded, and the 2011 game release has been cancelled. The series will continue only through downloadable content. This is due to declining sales in the music game genre. The DJ Hero series meets the same fate, as the entire music division will close down.

Nintendo gets a little retro and reversible with these new reward items.

Nintendo has announced two new items will be available from Club Nintendo. The first of these is a replica of the Game & Watch handheld, Ball. For 1,200 coins, members can obtain the handheld replica of the game, which was originally released in 1980 and was the first Game & Watch game released. The handheld, however, has yet to be added to the Club Nintendo database.

Just Dance 2 claims the number one spot, while Epic Mickey and uDraw Studio saw solid performances.

The NPD Group has released their lists of the best selling new Wii and DS games for 2010, and they show strong performances of third party titles across both systems. The list only includes titles that launched last year.

On the Wii, Ubisoft's Just Dance 2 was the best selling title in 2010, moving... Read more...

Hudson Entertainment, the US subsidiary, is shutting its doors after seven years.

Today it was announced the Hudson Entertainment is closing down. Hudson Soft, the parent company, is located in Tokyo, Japan. Recently, the entirety of Hudson Soft was acquired by Konami, and the publisher intends to boost its social gaming division through Hudson's mobile and online gaming experience.

Fans Down Under will get the new system a little less than a week after Europe and North America.

The 3DS is coming out to Australia on March 31 for a price of AUD $349, according to a Nintendo event today. The system, launching a few days after North American (March 27) and Europe (March 25), will come in Aqua Blue and Cosmo Black, just like the other regions. 

The price is roughly the equivalent of $350. For comparison, the DSi is approximately AUD $250 and the DSi XL is approximately AUD $300.

With 13 games in total, the 3DS will launch with two games from Nintendo.

Nintendo announced the European 3DS launch line-up today, which includes 13 titles total, including Pilotwings Resort and Nintendogs + Cats from Nintendo.

Check below for the full list:

Pilotwings Resort (Nintendo)

Nintendogs + Cats: Golden Retriever & New Friends (Nintendo)

Nintendogs + Cats: French Bulldog & New Friends (Nintendo)

Ryu belt lanyard if you pre-order from the official online shop.

Pre-orders for Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition for Nintendo 3DS are open in Capcom's official store. A free gift will be available exclusively through the store for pre-ordered games.

The below item, a "Ryu's Belt" lanyard and collectible lenticular card will be included with each order. It also includes a strap for the 3DS, or anything else you wish to attach to it.

Miyamoto thought it would be fun to raise a pet on the television.

The latest Iwata Asks is all about Nintendogs + Cats and interviews Shigeru Miyamoto and Hideki Konno about the title.

The trio explained why cats are secondary to dogs in the title, yet doubled the amount of work.

Nintendogs was intended for GameCube and Miyamoto said that he thought it would... Read more...

Europe provided more sales than the US or Japan and Sonic was a success.

From the financial results up to the end of the third quarter for this financial year, Europe was the biggest Sega market with 5.95 million unit sales of home video game software. US sales were 5.77 million and Japanese sales totaled 1.9 million.

Of the 56 titles released over the same period, nine... Read more...

There's no shooting your way out of downloads this week.

This week brings six new titles to the download services: one WiiWare title, one NES Virtual Console title, and a staggering four DSiWare tittles. Two new WiiWare demos round out a very busy week full of shooting, puzzles, unfortunate names, and gymnasts.

The only new WiiWare title this week is... Read more...

The popular mobile game is headed to the third dimension.

Rovio Mobile has confirmed via their Twitter account that they will be bringing Angry Birds to Nintendo 3DS via the eShop. When asked which versions of the game would be making their way to the handheld, they replied "we would bring all 3 current Angry Birds games over..." referring to Angry Birds, Angry Birds Seasons, and Angry Birds Rio.

The process of porting the Conduit 2 version of their Quantum3 engine has gone 'pretty darn well'.

In an interview with Eurogamer, High Voltage Software's Eric Nofsinger quietly announced that there is a title in the Conduit series under development for 3DS.

Nofsinger, the chief creative officer at High Voltage, spoke well of the process of porting their Quantum3 engine to 3DS. While still early... Read more...

Wi-Fi competitive play will be included for puzzler Puyo Puyo.

Sega announced that a Wi-Fi enabled Virtual Console version of the puzzle game Puyo Puyo will be released in Japan for the service this spring. The 1992 arcade version will be released for the download service and will support competitive multiplayer over Wi-Fi, enabling one-on-one matches. The title will be priced at 800 Wii Points.

A list that has been circulating the Internet is coming true so far.

In recent days, a complete list of English names for the 150 Pokémon introduced in Pokémon Black & White has been making the rounds on the Internet.

So far, each name on the list has matched exactly with Nintendo's official reveals through mediums such as episode announcements for Cartoon... Read more...