A big name from the days of the Mega Drive is coming back home.

Sega has acquired the rights to the games from one of the Mega Drive's biggest boosters.

During a stage show at the Tokyo Game Show, Sega announced that they have purchased the rights to games developed by Technosoft. Technosoft is known for the Thunder Force series of space shooters, as well as the early real-time strategy series Herzog Zwei.

UPDATED: North America AND Europe are on the case!

The 3DS will be getting a dash of mystery in October.

Chase: Cold Case Investigations ~Distant Memories~ will release in the eShop on October 13 for North America and Europe. The game will retail for US$5.99/€5.99.

@aksysgames This will be out in North America AND the EU! WOOHOO! $5.99 in NA and equivalent throughout the EU~

Repeat after me, I need a vocation

The biggest deal of the week is the triumphant return to North America after a five year absence for mainline Dragon Quest. We talked Dragon Quest VII heavily in Bryan's review earlier this week if you need any of the details. The Nindies Summer Jam also returns to the spotlight this week with both the 3DS and Wii U versions of Noitu Love: Devolution, and my review for that should be up later today.

Some minor fixes for Blast Ball mode.

Some complaints about the Blast Ball mode in Metroid Prime: Federation Force have been addressed in a just-released patch.

The version 1.1 update is now available from the eShop and will be required for online play, whether in the main game or Blast Ball. The issues addressed include errors when... Read more...

Version exclusive ones, to boot.

A brief trailer has been released showing two more of Pokémon Sun and Moon's Ultra Beasts.

The beasts are both known as UB-02, but are version exclusive: Sun has UB-02 Absorption, while Moon has UB-02 Beauty. The trailer shows the Beasts facing off against a Tapu Koku in both versions.

CoroCoro... Read more...

A worldwide debut for the latest intergalactic game system.

The Galaxy New 3DS isn't the only solar system-based hardware Nintendo is releasing this year.

A Pokémon Sun and Moon themed New 3DSXL will launch for standard retail prices ($199/$249) on October 28 in the US and November 11 in Canada. The system is an all black system with outlines of the two version mascot Pokémon Solageo and Lunala on the back.

The specter of death hangs over this one.

The next Shovel Knight expansion will drop in 2017.

Yacht Club Games tweeted the expansion's logo today showing the Specter Knight campaign will be next - "Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment" will launch next spring.

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One date, one new trailer

A couple of independent titles have had announcements in recent days.

Soul Axiom from Wales Interactive, which was previously slated to launch in October, has had its release date bumped to September 29 for both North America and Europe. The game will launch for US$14.99/€14.99/£11.99, with the 15% discount available for those who downloaded its event preview during E3 last year.

A one-time amnesty from hay fever.

The Animal Crossing UK Twitter account has given good news for those who stepped away from New Leaf for a long time, but want to get in with the Amiibo update.

According to the posting, done in character as Isabelle, booting the game after the update will remove all of the weeds from the village.

The downloading is sustained.

There's two major games on this week's release schedule, and by the time the eShop updates we'll have reviews for both of them. The biggest monetary cost goes to Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney - Spirit of Justice because let's face it, lawyers are expensive. Alex has our review, which you can check out... Read more...

South America has to wait for a bit.

Niantic has just dated the Pokemon Go+ accessory.

According to the Pokémon Go blog, the accessory will launch on September 16 (a week from this Friday) in "much of the world", with some South American countries getting the device later this year.

The Go+ will allow for both capture of Pokémon and Poké Stop access without looking at the screen.

Plus news of My Nintendo interaction

Nintendo is scaling back their mobile plans slightly for the fiscal year.

In an interview with Time Magazine, Shigeru Miyamoto discussed Nintendo's mobile strategy. A follow-up email from Miyamoto confirmed that a combination of development time and "market conditions" would mean only four mobile titles would release by March 2017. The four titles would be Miitomo, Super Mario Run and the unnamed Animal Crossing and Fire Emblem projects.

PokeStops, nearby Pokemon, and egg hatching are coming to your wrist.

Niantic CEO John Hanke stopped by Apple's Apple Watch Series 2 announcement to show off Pokémon Go on Apple Watch.

The app allows users to track nearby Pokémon, hatch eggs, and gather items from PokéStops. The update should be available later this year.

Hanke also said that Pokémon Go Plus is still coming soon, and that Pokémon Go has been downloaded 500 million times since its debut.

A premium experience for mobile.

A historic first will mark Mario's debut on mobile phones.

Shigeru Miyamoto appeared at Apple's iPhone 7 announcement conference today to debut Super Mario Run. The base game is designed to play in a similar fashion to an endless runner, but offers different levels and timing-based platforming challenges. There is also an option to race friends, and the ability to build courses using coins collected in the other modes.

You got your Snap in my Pokémon RPG!

The newest Pokémon Sun and Moon trailer has added some new Pokémon as well as a couple of the game's key sidequests.

Among the debuting Pokémon are:

So what came out this week besides Picross 3D Round 2? EVERYTHING. But most importantly, Axiom Verge.

For the second time in three weeks, the eShop list for North America is brought to you by Longcat - and we knew this BEFORE the Direct dropped some major bombs. There's another 14 games between the two platforms, with 11 on Wii U and six from one publisher (and one of them is a five game bundle).... Read more...

Nintendo and Capcom are teaming up for additional costumes, weapons and more in the upcoming 3DS RPG.

Content based on The Legend of Zelda will be making its way to way to the upcoming RPG from Capcom, Monster Hunter Stories. Details currently remain sparse, but the main character can be shown wearing Link’s outfit, wielding the Master Sword and riding Epona. The Felyne companion is also seen wearing... Read more...

The 3DS family of systems expands in Japan (this time without Pokémon).

The Nintendo 2DS is getting a stand-alone release in Japan retailing for 9,800 yen( plus tax) on September 15. The system will be released in five colors - Blue, Red, Black, Pink and Lavender.

This isn’t the first time the 2DS has been released in Japan. Earlier this year, the 2DS came out with special bundles including the Virtual Console versions of the Game Boy Pokémon games. You can see the Japanese trailer for the system below.

Gonna wipe some scrubs and ride this train.

The next wave of Hyrule Warriors Legends DLC will be out today.

Phantom Hourglass and Spirit Tracks are the focus of the update, which includes a new Sand Wand and Train weapons for Toon Link and controllable Toon Zelda. Zelda will use the Phantom as her method of attack.

A new Adventure Mode map is also included with the update, which is available on the eShop today and also available for the Wii U version.

Six player multiplayer combat in tanks.

Nintendo announced a new eShop only title in today's Nintendo Direct called Tank Troopers.

The game lets you customize your tank with different offensive abilities such as freezing or shocking opponents, or blocking them with paintballs. Download Play is supported and matches can have up to six combatants.