Get a taste of Rayman, pile up junk, and power up that Mega Buster!

Did you feel slighted by Rayman Legends delay? Perhaps you took to Twitter and threw shade at Ubisoft all day. Maybe you went ham on the UPlay Miiverse community. Well, Ubisoft listened, and today you get your consolation prize, the Rayman Legends Challenges App. It's free, but if you've got some... Read more...

The latest 3DS life simulator is already doing pretty well for itself after only a few days on store shelves.

Tomodachi Collection: Shin Seikatsu (Friend Collection: New Life) for Nintendo 3DS sold 405,000 physical copies in just four days of being on the market. The sales numbers do not reflect digital sales.

Internally developed by Nintendo, Tomodachi Collection has players' Mii characters perform everyday tasks, make friends, get married, and just live another life.

Couple the maintenance in with the rumor mill, and your Wii U might be quicker by the end of the day.

With extended maintenance being done on the Wii U and its eShop between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. PT (8 p.m. and 10 p.m. ET), it is very likely that the Wii U's inaugural system update will debut sometime after that, which falls in line with the Thursday launch for the eShop we reported earlier in the week.

Alongside the free app on Wii U, Ubisoft confirmed a September release date for the delayed game.

Rayman Legends is coming to Wii U (and other systems) on September 3 in North America and August 30 in Europe, according to Ubisoft. Additionally, the free Challenge App for Rayman Legends is available today for the Wii U on the eShop in North America and Europe.

The Challenge App will only... Read more...

Finally!

Miiverse will be integrated into the 3DS by the end of this year, Satoru Iwata has announced in the recent Nintendo financial results briefing. While you can now access a limited version of Miiverse through the web, Nintendo plans to flesh it out specifically for the 3DS.

"This will facilitate... Read more...

Nintendo is aiming to host several smaller events in place of a large one.

Nintendo revealed during their financial results briefing that at this year's E3, the company plans to host several smaller events in lieu of a large presentation.

During the event, Nintendo Satoru Iwata explained "Unlike previous years, we will not have a large-scale [E3] presentation directed... Read more...

The Wii U might finally get some games!

The Wonderful 101, Wii Fit U, and the new Wii U entry in the Wii Party series are all slated for a summer release in Japan, Europe, and North America, as reported by Nintendo's recent financial briefing.

Specifically, the use of the term "summer" implies that the games are releasing between the end of June and the middle of September. However, no further details have been provided.

While it might not launch until 2014, it seems to be a safe bet for release within a year.

Yoshi's Island 3DS appears to be a late fiscal year 2013 release, meaning that it should come out on the 3DS before March 31, 2014. This appears to confirm the release window for the game, which wasn't given during the reveal on last week's Nintendo Direct.

Judging by Nintendo's previous track record... Read more...

They might have a release date of "TBD," but hey, at least they might come out in each region.

Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem and the untitled Monolith Soft Wii U game, dubbed X courtesy of its debut trailer, are both scheduled to be released in North America and Europe, according to Nintendo's latest financial briefing. However, the current launch date is to be determined, which is the same as the Japan schedule.

Enjoy Miiverse on your PC starting right now.

Nintendo has now made the web-based Miiverse service available to all Nintendo Network users. The release of the service came during Nintendo's financial results briefing.

Upon signing into your account, you are greeted with options to visit your activity feed, your own profile, your notifications, and the various communities. You can access all of your favorite communities and even comment on other Miiverse posts.

Nintendo reports a small net profit after last year's larger loss.

The latest Nintendo financial results revealed the company has returned to profitability. Nintendo posted a 7.09 billion yen (around $71 million) net income for the fiscal year ending March 2013. This small net gain follows last year's net loss of 43 billion yen (around $430 million).

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New Super Mario Bros. U and Nintendo Land both crossed two million since November 2012.

Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon surpassed more than a million units worldwide in about a week and a half, while Nintendo Land and New Super Mario Bros. U both cracked two million sales across the globe, according to Nintendo's recent end-of-the-year financial briefing. Also, Kid Icarus: Uprising and Mario Tennis Open both sneaked past a million units since their early 2012 launches.

Iwata to dual-wield regional CEO positions.

In a recent press release, Nintendo has announced that Satoru Iwata will be taking over duties as Nintendo of America's CEO, alongside his current position. Iwata will be taking over for Tatsumi Kimishima, the current NoA CEO, as he will be transferring to Nintendo's Kyoto offices to act as NCL's... Read more...

Which brand new 20+ year old games will you be playing on the Wii U?

Nintendo revealed its Wii U Virtual Console launch lineup today on their official Facebook page.

Coming to the Wii U Virtual Console on day one are: Balloon Fight (NES), Donkey Kong Jr. (NES), Excitebike (NES), F-Zero (SNES), Ice Climber (NES), Kirby's Adventure (NES), Punch-Out!! Featuring Mr. Dream (NES), and Super Mario World (SNES).

UPDATE #2: Our sources say Thursday is the day.

UPDATE (4/23 at 3 p.m. ET): The system update is most likely launching on Thursday, according to our source close to the eShop. That means that the Virtual Console will likely launch Friday, as Nintendo President Satoru Iwata said that it was hitting the day after the update.

UPDATE (4/22 at 11... Read more...

The studio's Mike Roush teases what could be their take on Metroid.

Gaijin Games is currently deciding on its followup to Runner2, and mentions laserlife and a mystery title going by the name Bitroid.

In our interview with Gaijin Games, Mike Roush tells us that the studio may move away from the BT.TRIP series. In addition to the previously discussed laserlife, Roush... Read more...

Star Wars may be included in Disney Infinity as hinted at in the ESRB posting.

More details on Disney Infinity 3DS have recently surfaced including potential Star Wars accessories and its name Disney Infinity: Toy Box Challenge.

Blasters and droids, two things right out of the Star Wars universe, are both mentioned in the ESRB posting, meaning that Star Wars items could... Read more...

The Wii U's karaoke application gets an update allowing off-screen play and more.

Nintendo x Joysound Wii Karaoke U, the free karaoke application on the Wii U in Japan, has received an update in Japan that adds new costumes for Mii characters and allows for off-screen play on the Wii U GamePad. The most recent update to the application also made small fixes to the game, such as correcting display lag for songs.

The system update is coming this week along with Virtual Console, but who knows when.

Nintendo of America will reveal the full launch Wii U Virtual Console lineup tomorrow, according to a Facebook post. This is likely what the tease two days ago meant, instead of signifying the launch of the service.

According to Nintendo Force Contributor Emily Rogers on Twitter, the system update... Read more...

Finally!

The Wii U and 3DS may be getting the ability to gift games to other users, as well as the ability to play Virtual Console titles on both systems, later this year. Both were hinted at in tweets from Nintendo Force magazine contributor Emily Rogers.

The ability to gift games was added to the Wii Shop... Read more...