Rev your engines, 3DS owners!

A new Nintendo Direct focusing on Nintendo 3DS will be broadcasted this Wednesday, April 17 at 7 a.m. PT/10 a.m. ET, as announced by Nintendo of America. UPDATE: The Nintendo 3DS Direct was also confirmed for Europe, too, at 3 p.m. GMT, which is the same time as the North American one.

Though no specifics were revealed, it has been stated that the showing is "focused on the latest information on Nintendo 3DS."

The popular mobile game is creating ties with Nintendo's 3D handheld.

Cut the Rope, the popular mobile puzzle game, will be getting an overhaul for the Nintendo 3DS. The game was announced this past weekend during iDEAME, a gathering for indie development in Madrid, Spain.

The port will be developed by Abylight, which are responsible for various digital titles on... Read more...

You'll be duking it out against a cyborg piranha army!

New gameplay details for Jett Rocket II were unveiled during the iDEAME conference in Spain, where various developers come together and talk games. Jett Rocket II is a 3DS sequel to the Shin'en-developed WiiWare game, Jett Rocket.

Jett's newest adventure will feature three different kinds of levels,... Read more...

Ever wanted to create and edit music on your 3DS? Well, now you can.

KORG M01D, an advanced music creation program based on the KORG M1, has been announced exclusively for the Nintendo 3DS eShop.

The software is described by publisher Detune as a "music workstation", in which users can produce their own music with a synthesiser featuring over 300 sounds and an 8-track sequencer, as well as a swathe of editing tools like including a mixer and sound browser. 

Nintendo's handheld may be getting some randomly generated platforming goodness.

Cloudberry Kingdom, the brutal platformer from Pwnee Studios, may see a 3DS release. The game, which was funded through Kickstarter, was originally announced to be coming to Wii U and Steam for the PC. With UbiSoft's assistance, it will now also see release on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Mac and PlayStation Vita this summer.

Swapnote gains a few key convenience features.

The Nintendo 3DS's handwritten messaging system has been updated to incorporate some new features.

On top of the sorely needed faster load times, the application now allows users to use a different pen color on each page, undo previous pen strokes, and take photos or record audio to attach to their... Read more...

Australians get shafted even further, but can still get access if they want.

Bit.Trip Presents... Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien has now been released on the European eShop, although it is nowhere to be seen on the Australian one.

The game was originally delayed across Europe and Australia due to classification holdups. The European rating system has obviously passed the game, but according to the developer Gaijin Games, the Australian release has been held up even longer due to rating board issues.

After six and a half years, news, weather, contests, and opinion polls will be no more. 

Five channels and a number of online features on the Wii will be discontinued in June, Nintendo announced today.

The Nintendo Channel, Forecast Channel, News Channel, Everybody Votes Channel, and Check Mii Out Channel (known as the Mii Contest Channel in Europe) are all to be taken offline on this date, and will be inaccessible if a user tries to access them from the Wii menu.

Get ready for some crazy platforming action when Cloudberry Kingdom arrives as a downloadable title on the Wii U eShop this summer. 

Ubisoft announced today that it will be publishing Cloudberry Kingdom for release on Wii U later this summer. In the platformer, players will encounter procedurally generated levels, which can scale their level of difficulty based on a person's skill.

We reached out to the game's developer Pwnee Studios to comment about the news and they kindly responded:

Dillon the armadillo? More like armathrillo!

Saddle up, partner, for the sequel to one of the most divisive games at Nintendo World Report; Dillon's Rolling Western: The Last Ranger. Does this game improve upon its predecessor? Wait for our review to find out! The 3DS eShop is also getting Soccer Up 3D, and a digital release of Shin Megami Tensei:... Read more...

A gritty Mega Man? It could have happened. 

A Mega Man X first-person shooter was in development back in 2010 courtesy of Armature Studio, a studio formed by former Metroid Prime leads.

Codenamed Maverick Hunter, the game would have been grittier take on the Mega Man series, taking inspiration from the... Read more...

Michel Ancel talks about the bright side of the game's delay.

Thanks to a pushed back release date, Rayman Legends will have an extra 30 levels plus new boss battles when it finally releases this year. Rayman's creator, Michel Ancel, talked to Official Nintendo Magazine about the delay and the fans’ backlash.

“No, I wasn't shocked, but it was really hard... Read more...

Get ready to hunt monsters with your European and/or American friends.

The update for Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate on the Wii U that enables Off-TV and cross-region play is due to arrive April 16.

Off-TV Play allows the game to be played on the GamePad alone, without the TV. Cross-region online multiplayer lets Europeans play online with North Americans and vice-versa.

Jump! Block! Slide! Jump! Kick! Jump! It's finally coming out! 

Bit.Trip Presents Runner 2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien will at last be released on Thursday, April 11 on the European Wii U eShop, developer Gaijin Games announced today.

Runner 2, the follow-up to the popular WiiWare rhythm platformer starring Commander Video, launched in North America back in late February.

No guts. No glory. No arms.

The Wii U exclusive Challenge Mode demo for Rayman Legends will arrive in late April, Ubisoft has announced. 

The publisher also confirmed that the challenge mode will come with four levels, one of which is called 'Murfy's Dungeon' and will be exclusive to the Wii U version of the game.

Announced... Read more...

Look up in the sky! Is it a bird? Is it a plane? It's...oh, it is a plane.

Disney will release games based on their upcoming animated film Planes exclusively for the Wii U, Wii, 3DS, and DS.

Scheduled to release on August 6, the titles allow players to experience a "flying adventure" as they take control of one of the film's characters. There is currently no confirmation on the developer of these games.

Sam Fisher stealthily returns to Nintendo consoles later this year. 

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Blacklist has been officially confirmed for Wii U, to be released in late August of this year.

Serving as the sixth main instalment in Ubisoft's stealth action series, Blacklist sends protagonist Sam Fisher, now the commander of new intelligence task force Fourth Echelon, on a worldwide hunt for a terrorist group that has outlined a "blacklist" of major terror attacks on the United States.

Aww Yea-uh!!

D3Publisher has confirmed in a press release that it has secured the rights to develop and publish games based on the hit Cartoon Network show Regular Show.

“We’re incredibly happy to continue our partnership with Cartoon Network to bring one of its most popular shows, Regular Show, to the digital... Read more...

GameFly says so, and they have been right before.

GameFly lists Game & Wario's release date as June 30.

Though not confirmed, GameFly has been right about Nintendo release dates before, most recently being Mario Tennis Open. June 30 is a Sunday, which is when Nintendo typically releases games. However, it is also the last day of the quarter, meaning it's a good placeholder date, too.

Miyamoto compares the Wii U's struggles to those of the DS.

Shigeru Miyamoto, creator of Mario and Zelda, feels that the Wii U needs time in order for the general public to understand it.

In an interview with CNN, Miyamoto recalls the feelings people had when the DS came out and expresses his belief that the situation with the Wii U is similar, saying,... Read more...