Slowing DS sales and stronger yen are contributing factors.

For the first time in more than two years, Nintendo has posted a loss for the quarter ending June 30 2010. Net loss was 25.2 billion yen ($289 million), a 42 percent drop compared to the same period in 2009. Sales revenue dropped 26 percent to 188.6 billion yen ($2.1 billion).

The large drop in... Read more...

Launch information for 3DS expected in September.

Bloomberg's Japanese division has confirmed that Nintendo will reveal price and release date details on September 29 in Japan. This follows a telephone conversation between Bloomberg and Yasushi Hiroshi Minagawa, Nintendo spokesperson. Shipment targets for the fiscal year are expected to be part of the announcement.

Get ready to meet the cast.

Nintendo has released a new Metroid trailer on the game's Japanese website.  It features a rundown of the game's characters, as Samus docks aboard a space station and runs into some old friends.  The soldiers that she talks to are, in the order of their introduction:

The new RPG features time-travel gameplay and staffers from the PS2 RPG Radiata Stories.

Atlus unveiled a new DS RPG in Famitsu called Radiant Historia.

Hitting Japan on November 4, the game's story is focused on a hero named Stok, who is on one side of a war that broke out because people in the world are suffering from "Sand Person Disease." In a fight, he is wounded, and is then transported to an alternate world. From then on, Stok must travel between the past and future of two worlds and try to create one good timeline.

Another country deems the DS storage devices illegal to sell.

The popular R4 cards, which are widely used to play retail DS games illegitimately, are now illegal to be imported, sold, or advertised all throughout the UK, according to a recent ruling by a British high court judge.

The official decision is that the card is illegal because it thwarts Nintendo's... Read more...

The Virtual Console looks to be getting another 16-bit Final Fantasy game.

Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest recently appeared on the website of the Australian Classification Board, meaning that it will likely soon appear on Virtual Console as well.

Mystic Quest, a simplified take on the Final Fantasy formula, was originally released by Squaresoft in North America in 1992 for... Read more...

A website registration hints at a name change for the North American release.

Square Enix's DS remake Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Reverie, previously unreleased in the West, might be updated with a new name when the game arrives on North American shores.

The website "realmsofrevelation.net" has been tied to Square Enix CEO Yoichi Wada, leading to speculation that "Realms of... Read more...

The game's producer says it will be a pure Street Fighter game through and through.

This week's Famitsu features an interview with Yoshinori Ono, the Producer of upcoming 3DS title Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition.  He revealed some interesting tidbits about the game's development.

Ono states that while the PSP and DS systems were considered for a port of Super Street Fighter... Read more...

Players of Nintendo's rhythm title can once again download new songs.

Starting around July 7, players began to experience problems with Jam with the Band's Song Download feature.  When working properly, this mode allows game owners to download up to 50 user-created renditions of licensed songs over Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection.  The problems were finally resolved on July 26.

Eiji Aonuma is excited to bring The Legend of Zelda to 3DS.

In an interview from the latest issue of Official Nintendo Magazine UK, Eiji Aonuma speaks on the possible enhancements that 3D technology could bring to the Ocarina of Time remake for 3DS.

Aonuma states that 3D, in combination with the 3DS's other new elements, are a perfect fit for the Zelda... Read more...

n-Space returns to the series on DS for the fourth year in a row.

The latest game in the Call of Duty series, Call of Duty: Black Ops, is also coming to DS, according to IGN.

Developed by n-Space, who worked on the past three Call of Duty DS titles and are also working on GoldenEye DS as well, Black Ops boasts tons of new features, including a new two-player co-op mode, a Perks System in online multiplayer, and a new button-focused control scheme.

Connectivity-related "CrossPass" and E3 tech demos are included.

A number of trademarks registered by Nintendo in Japan have been uncovered, with the majority expected to be related to 3DS connectivity. 

CrossPass, CrossPass Mode, CrossPass Network, and CrossPass Connection are the registered terms that have been discovered. It is speculated that these terms... Read more...

One for Virtual Console, to the depths with Dive: The Medes Island Secret, and up in the air with Face Pilot.

As Nintendo described, this week's Virtual Console/Ware takes us high up into the air, back onto solid land, and deep into watery depths. All this and more, from the comfort of your own home.

As we have a sighting of a Virtual Console release, what better place to start? The rumoured Aero The Acrobat,... Read more...

In his online blog, Hironobu Sakaguchi posts about his visit to Nintendo in Kyoto.

In his latest entry on the development of Last Story, Hironobu Sakaguchi talks about a four-day training camp held at Nintendo's old office buildings in Kyoto.

He writes of nostalgic feelings returning to the company's offices after 20 years have passed (his early days in game design were sometimes... Read more...

Nintendo employees are enjoying the highest summer bonuses across Japanese industry.

For the second year in a row, Nintendo has awarded the largest summer bonuses to their employees compared to all other Japanese companies. In a survey by Nikkei (Nihon Keizai Shimbun), on average for Japanese industry in general, summer bonuses are up 0.75 percent from last year, while for Nintendo,... Read more...

The legendary Pokemon #000 will be distributed in stores and at kiosks.

Pokemon Sunday, the Japanese television broadcast, recently revealed a Phantom Pokemon with the Pokedex number #000, the first to use this number in the index.  This new Pokemon has been named Victini, and is a legendary Pokemon only available by download, similar to others in the series.  More... Read more...

Previously listed as a retail release, Koichi Ishii's next title is now slated for WiiWare.

The last time Line Attack Heroes was shown to the public was over a year ago, at Nintendo's E3 2009 booth.  Today, Nintendo launched a new website for the title, where they announced that it will be released on WiiWare in Japan on July 27 for 1,000 Wii Points.

Previously a retail release,... Read more...

Attendees can download a new map for the game at the event.

Attendees of this week's San Diego Comic-Con have a surprise in store for them if they bring a DS and Dragon Quest IX.  They will be able to download a new treasure map.When players set their games to tag mode, passing by Nintendo’s booth (which features Dragon Quest IX and Metroid: Other M)... Read more...

Both titles see strong debuts on their respective systems.

According to last week's Media Create sales charts (week of July 12-17), Nintendo’s Fire Emblem remake and Square Enix’s latest Dragon Quest Monsters title saw impressive debut numbers. Each title entered the rankings with 136,000 copies sold. Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem Hero... Read more...