Epic Mickey isn't the only retail game available on the eShop this week.

This week, Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion (which releases on November 18) kicks off the eShop release of third-party retail games, but a few surprises sneaked their way into the party as well: Myst, American Mensa Academy, and Hotel Transylvania are each available to purchase digitally today. If it's... Read more...

Yoot Saito's airport sim lets you see the world through the eyes of a baggage handler.

Aero Porter is confirmed to see release on November 29, and will sell for $4.99. The date comes from the title's information page at Nintendo.com.

The second part of Level-5's Black Box collection, Aero Porter, puts you in charge of a growing airport. Sort the luggage to the appropriate plane, deal... Read more...

This will be a treat for all the good lil' Fire Emblem fans.

Yusuke Kozaki, artist of both No More Heroes and Fire Emblem: Awakening, has announced an art book for Fire Emblem: Awakening via his Twitter. The book will be coming to Japanese stores on December 7 and will be priced at 3,990 yen ($50). 

In addition to the announcement, Kozaki also shared the cover artwork. 

More fun from the creator of Cave Story.

Guxt, the vertical shoot-'em-up from Daisuke Amaya, best known as the creator of Cave Story, will release on the 3DS eShop.

Originally released as freeware in 2007, the retro-styled shooter is now being published by Nicalis, as confirmed today on their Twitter account.

In the 3DS version, players can hold the 3DS sideways in order to maintain the game's original, vertical aspect ratio.

Until then, the GamePad is no use for Virtual Console titles.

The Wii U will be receiving its own Virtual Console service in the future, Nintendo's Satoru Iwata confirmed. Until its arrival, however, players cannot expect to be playing Wii and Wii Virtual Console titles on the Wii U GamePad.

As confirmed by our Japan correspondents, a post on NeoGAF's gaming... Read more...

Find out everything you need to know about Wii U USB and Wii U internal storage.

Nintendo revealed details about Wii U USB storage solutions in a Nintendo Direct this evening in Japan.

With the initial Wii U launch firmware, gamers will only be able to use one USB hard drive with a capacity up to 2 TB. Data can be stored and games can be run off of this device. Even if the device... Read more...

Fans of Pit's latest adventure could take home an almost complete set of AR Idol cards.

Club Nintendo is giving out 10 Core Sets of Kid Icarus: Uprising AR Idol Cards in a sweepstakes.

To enter, club members need to register their copy of Kid Icarus: Uprising on Club Nintendo, take the registration survey, and then click the enter sweepstakes button at the end of that survey. Club... Read more...

Now, to focus on egg puns, or bird puns.

Toki Tori 2 has been scheduled for release on December 20, developer Two Tribes has revealed.

While the studio aimed to launch the game alongside the Wii U, Two Tribes decided to delay the title "to make sure the game lives up to our standards."

Tori 2 places you once again in the feathered feet of titular hero Toki Tori. Players take advantage of the environment and its inhabitants to get Toki Tori where he needs to go.

Europeans can choose between white and yellow this Christmas.

Two new Nintendo 3DS XL limited edition colours will be on sale soon across Europe.

The first of the two White 3DS XL bundles launches November 7, and includes Mario Kart 7 installed on the system's internal memory. The second White bundle launches November 30 and comes with Super Mario 3D Land installed.

A puzzler to tentakill some time with.

Art Style: Rotozoa is the latest reward offered through Club Nintendo, and can be claimed for 100 Coins.

Developed by Skip Ltd., Art Style: Rotozoa plunges players into the murky depths. Using the Wii Remote's D-Pad, steer a tentacled, amoeba-like creature and capture surrounding organisms. The... Read more...

It has not even been a full week, but tons of people have bought the latest Animal Crossing in Japan!

Nintendo has shipped 600,000 copies of Animal Crossing: New Leaf, known as Tobidase Dōbutsu no Mori in Japan, to retailers across the country and is reportedly sold out in many locations, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata shared in a tweet earlier today. The game is also selling well digitally, with... Read more...

Here's another reason to go shopping the day after Thanksgiving.

Old Navy will be awarding free copies of New Super Mario Bros. U to customers on November 23 who spend more than $40 on merchandise in their store. The promotion will only be available to a limited number of customers.

When the store opens on Black Friday, wristbands will be handed out to the customers... Read more...

Get freaky with this sneaky update.

An update to Freakyforms: Your Creations, Alive has been released.

The update brings compatibility between Freakyforms and Freakyforms Deluxe, allowing the user to share Formees between both games, though the use of Formees from Deluxe is limited in the original.

Formees can also be shared in Deluxe by loading a picture of a QR code instead of scanning it, similar to upcoming eShop game Crashmo/FallBlox.

You ain't no Pokémon master 'til you fill the Pokédex 3D Pro! You gotta catch 'em all!

While the North American eShop enjoys the brand new Paper Mario: Sticker Star this week, the European downloads update is more standard fare. We've got a new-and-improved interactive Pokédex, surfing, discounted pinball, another batch of art DLC and more.

Pokédex 3D Pro is the centrepiece on the... Read more...

Nintendo launches the Wii U on its own turf for a change.

Nintendo is gearing up to hold its midnight console launch celebration for the Wii U at the Nintendo World Store, located in Manhattan. 

The celebration will take place on November 17 from 6 p.m. to midnight, when systems will officially go on sale. Some of the festivities include Mii costumed characters, item giveaways, and a guest appearance from Nintendo President & COO Reggie Fils-Aime.

Feel the power of falling blocks in just one week's time. 

Fallblox, sequel to hit Intelligent Systems puzzler Pullblox, is coming to the European 3DS eShop on November 15.

Known as Crashmo in North America, Fallblox puts a new twist on the mechanics of its predecessor - the podgy protagonist Mallo still has to climb block-based structures by pushing and... Read more...

Check out the first details on the Wii U eShop straight out of Japan.

The Wii U eShop, available in an update when the system launches, will feature game demos and HD videos, according to Nintendo Co., Ltd.'s official website.

It is unclear if every game will have a demo, but the page does say that demos will be available. The HD-quality videos and images will also be on the eShop, highlighting different games. Those videos and images can be viewed on the GamePad.

It's a pretty expensive update. At the least Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion demo is free.

Hope you're sitting on a pile of e-bucks, because the eShop just got real. No more fooling around guys, Nintendo is playing for keeps. They want all the monies. On eShop, you've got Pokédex 3D Pro, Dress to Play: Cute Witches!, Johnny Hotshot, and Paper Mario: Sticker Star. Over on the DSiWare side... Read more...

Not everything will be available out of box.

Features such as Miiverse, Nintendo TVii, Nintendo eShop, and Wii U Chat will be unavailable on the Wii U until users install an update, which will be made available on launch day.

Systems that are currently out there lack these features, but will have access to them soon. Whether this day-one update will also come with other surprises is currently unknown.

Adding another Japanese term to Nintendo lore in other regions.

The main screen of Miiverse, featuring Miis lingering around icons of games and applications, will be called WaraWara Plaza in all regions, according to recent Nintendo Directs.

At E3 2012, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata revealed the area was called Mii WaraWara during development because of, as Nintendo of America's Bill Trinen put it, "how the crowd of Mii characters murmured and moved about."