Win big, or at least listen to some hot tunes while waiting in line to play Switch.

Both a Nintendo Switch giveaway and live music are coming to the Nintendo Switch public event being held at Tokyo Big Sight on January 14 and 15. Two music arrangements, a big band/jazz arrangement by Masanori Sasaji and a rock arrangement by Tetsuya Oyama, will both be at the show. The rock arrangements... Read more...

Get your grub on with your pals from the Mushroom Kingdom at locations all across Japan.

Super Mario themed Happy Sets (Happy Meals) are coming to McDonald’s across Japan starting on January 6. Twelve toys in total will be available ranging from characters like Mario, Luigi and Bowser to items like question blocks and the iconic block staircase. There will also be a special series of stage stickers and a booklet that will only be available on January 7, 8 and 9. For a full look at the toys, be sure to check out the video below.

The business models will depend on the game.

Following two internal titles this year, Nintendo intends to increase their mobile pace in 2017.

In separate Japanese newspaper interviews, CEO Tatsumi Kimishima confirmed the plan to release at least four mobile titles in calendar 2017 and onward. An interview with the Kyoto Shimbun paper originally... Read more...

Tower defense, action and strategy - what's next for the robots?

If all goes according to plan, the next SteamWorld series game will launch in 2017.

Image & Form released their latest "Engine Room" update video today, in which it was announced that the next SteamWorld title will release in 2017 as part of the company's 20th anniversary celebration. No platforms were identified, nor the new game's title.

It's too cold. Thankfully, Shantae's around to heat things up.

The big game of the week is what may be the second-to-last time we use the "Wii U Retail" heading for North America - Shantae: Half-Genie Hero. And even then, the disc launches next week. Still, Matt seemed quite smitten with the game, while noted Shantae fan Zach Miller will have his own analysis soon. And a tropical adventure is just the thing to warm up the world on a cold winter's day.

Conversion rate information unavailable until January.

Super Mario Run is seeing a lot of downloads, and adding new features to go along with it.

A new "Friendly Run" mode became available today, allowing players to do a daily run of Toad Rally mode without using a Rally Ticket item. If the full version of the game has been purchased and World 2 completed, this expands to five runs a day.

The Khronos Group has officially listed the upcoming console as conforming to several of the graphical API standards it's responsible for.

The Nintendo Switch is officially compliant with the new Vulkan graphics application programming interface (API). The Khronos Group, which creates and manages a collection of industry standard APIs, has officially placed the upcoming console on lists of hardware tested and verified to be compliant with Vulkan's requirements, as well as lists showing compliance with OpenGL 4.5 and OpenGL ES 3.2.

Some conventions and one north of the 49th parallel.

Nintendo has revealed more Switch preview plans, including two major events in March.

The new console will be present both at PAX South in San Antonio, TX from January 27 - 29, as well as PAX East in Boston from March 10 - 12 and South by Southwest (SxSW) in Austin, TX from March 17 - 19.

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The NES Classic number isn't a typo, or surprising.

The NPD Group's monthly US sales survey shows strong performance for Pokémon and the difficulty of obtaining the NES Classic Mini.

Pokémon Sun and Moon finished #3 and #4 in the combined revenue charts, with a unit performance that was the biggest in the history of the series topping Pokémon... Read more...

Run, don't walk, to this week's downloads.

It's another one of those odd weeks for a Nintendo download report where the biggest deal isn't on an eShop. In this case, it's Super Mario Run for iOS (sorry fellow Android owners, we have a wait ahead of us). It could come out at any time, but if you signed up to be notified by Apple you'll probably find out before we do.

The futuristic racer will likely debut early next year.

Lifespeed, a 3D racer inspired by F-Zero, will debut exclusively for the New Nintendo 3DS early next year.

Johh Owens, the CEO of Wee Man Studios, told Nintendo World Report that Lifespeed is finished and that the developer is currently waiting for the game to pass Nintendo's internal lot check. He further explained that a January release is very likely for the title.

Nintendo's competitive tank combat title will be hitting digital shelves very soon.

Tank Troopers, the third person action shooter for Nintendo 3DS, is set to release in Japan on December 21 on the 3DS eShop for ¥800 (roughly $6.95 USD with current rates). Nintendo also opened up the official Japanese website for the game today.

While the main draw of Tank Troopers is its competitive... Read more...

Exact details of where to use the golden ticket will be forwarded.

Some demo weekends have been announced for the Switch, and My Nintendo members will have some choice as to when to try the system out.

Communication was sent to some My Nintendo members today announcing Switch demo weekends in major US cities. The Friday and Saturday events are invite only while Sunday will be open to the public. Those entering on Friday and Saturday are permitted to bring one guest with them.

Joining Stardew Valley on the upgrade train.

Following Stardew Valley's move to the Switch of a couple of weeks ago, a Kickstarrter success will soon be joining it.

Playtonic Games has announced that the Wii U version of Yooka-Laylee has been cancelled. According to the company's announcement, which included PlayStation 4 and Xbox One release... Read more...

A couple of staff will be pulling all-nighters.

Nintendo has confirmed the time for the Switch launch event.

The new system will be revealed on January 12 / 13 as promised, with the stream live from Japan beginning at 11 pm Eastern time (8 pm Pacific) on the 12th for North America, 4 am GMT / 5 am CEST / 1 pm JST / 3 pm AEST on the 13th for the rest of the world.

Get cracking, trainers.

The first Johto-native Pokémon and a special Pikachu are coming to Pokémon Go today.

Starting from today, Pokémon including but not limited to Pichu and Togepi will occasionally hatch from eggs. According to Niantic, more 2nd generation Pokémon will be available over the next few months.

As well, a Christmas promotion will see a Pikachu wearing a special holiday hat from today through the 29th of December.

Let's a-go there!

Universal Studios Japan has released financial information and images for Super Nintendo World.

The Japanese park will cost over 50 billion yen ($431 million US) and be completed before the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. It is expected to bring 11.7 trillion yen ($101 billion US) in economic activity to Japan along with 1 million jobs within ten years of opening. Costs and dates were not announced for the Orlando and Hollywood locations.

A very slight delay for physical copies.

Shantae's latest adventure will be arriving just before Christmas.

XSEED, publishers of the physical edition of the game, confirmed an earlier report from developer WayForward that the Wii U version would launch on December 20. The "Risky Boots Edition", which includes the game on a disc and a soundtrack CD, will launch on the 27th for Wii U.

And Miyamoto played with The Roots.

Reggie Fils-Aime and Shigeru Miyamoto helped steal the show last night on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.

In addition to showing footage of Super Mario Run and announcing demos for the game at Apple stores, Fils-Aime also produced a Nintendo Switch which showed The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild playable.

iam8bit's package to bring the melodic heat of Hyrule.

A new orchestral soundtrack recording for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time will be opening preorders shortly from iam8bit.

The $40 package will feature the music of Ocarina of Time recorded with a 64-piece orchestra, stamped onto a 180g colored heavyweight vinyl. The art for the package will feature art from noted Zelda fan artist Ryan Brinkerhoff, as well as a diecut Ocarina window, gold foil Triforce stamps and gatefold vista artwork.