A pre-trial hearing will occur a couple of weeks before.

The latest trials of Phoenix Wright and company will happen early in September.

Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: Spirit of Justice will launch digitally in North America and Europe on September 8 for US$29.99 / €29.99 / £24.99, the same price as the previous two 3DS entries. A demo for the new game will be available on August 25.

There's a Capcom game that prominently involves the Hadouken.

There's a couple of interesting eShop titles that may be worth a look this week. On Wii U, Tadpole Treble steps to the stage - a music game where you guide a tadpole around a musical staff - and it was designed by Matthew Taranto of Brawl in the Family fame. On the 3DS there's Ambition of the Slimes,... Read more...

A leak on the darker parts of the web forces the Pokémon Company to jump the gun.

The newest Pokemon Sun and Moon trailer has released early following the content leaking ahead of time.

A new Pokémon and a new Alola form have been announced: the new Pokémon is Lorelull, a mushroom-styled Pokémon with Grass/Fairy typing and Illuminate or Effect Spore abilites. The new Alola... Read more...

There's always a bigger fish.

The newest issue of CoroCoro Magazine has introduced five new Pokémon and two Alola Forms, as well as revealing the force of evil in Alola.

The five new Pokémon are:

Build up your library with some inexpensive games

The Nintendo Selects line will be gaining some new members in North America, along with new hardware bundles.

Beginning on August 26, the following games will be reduced to US$19.99/C$29.99 both in stores and on the eShop where applicable:

Some free, some will require negotiation with your wallet.

Shin Megami Tensei IV Apocalypse will have plenty of options for expansion.

Atlus released the DLC schedule for the game yesterday, with lore related information and game functions being no charge while quests and cosmetics will carry small fees. The DLC will release on a four week schedule, as follows:

Two Shantae games in one day is not out of the realm of possibility.

Shantae and the Pirate's Curse will soon be appearing in retail stores.

Rising Star Games has picked up the 2014 eShop title for physical publication on September 27 in North America and 30 September for Europe. The game will release for US$29.99 / C$39.99 / €29.99 / £29.99, and the announcement includes a mention of brand new content for the physical release.

That European kid sure plays a mean pinball.

The last full month of summer opens with a bit of a quiet week for the eShops - in fact, Europe's only getting two new games this week. They're just getting a lot of pinball sales - of both the Star Wars and Zen variety - to make up for it. With the Olympics somehow managing to start in Rio tomorrow, both North America and Europe will get to wear out their 3DS buttons with Stickman Super Ahtletics.

Along with the next date for the hype train.

The Pokémon Company will be selling some special merch to go with Pokémon Sun and Moon this fall.

A special Z-Ring, modeled after the one used in the games, was put up for preorder at GameStop and Amazon, among other locations, yesterday. Worn on the wrist, the band will use some method of wireless... Read more...

A rare Q1 2017 release for Wii U

One of the Wii U's best cliffhangers will be resolved early next year.

2014's mysterious action-adventure The Fall will see its sequel - The Fall Part 2: Unbound release on Wii U next year along with PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Although the sequel is intended to work as a standalone title, it will contain references to the original title.

Plus new challenges, handicap matches and more

The latest Pokémon Sun and Moon trailer has confirmed major changes to the game, including new forms of classic Pokémon and the addition of high-power type exclusive attacks.

Among the old Pokémon shown to be receiving new forms with variant types are Exeggutor (Grass / Dragon), Vulpix and Ninetales (Ice, Ice/Fairy), and Sandshrew/Sandslash (Ice / Steel). Other Alola Form Pokémon may be announced at a later date.

Once again, we have a game with a Nintendo World Report connection.

The eShop in North America has a couple of interesting items this week, mostly due to the involvement of prominent musicians. Gotta Protectors on the 3DS is directed and scored by Yuzo Koshiro (7th Dragon, Etrian Odyssey) for those that want some retro tower defense. BLOC is a 4 player Pong-like where... Read more...

A big swipe taken in foreign exchange, but a light quarter overall.

Nintendo had an operating loss for the first quarter of the 2017 fiscal year caused by an underperforming lineup and foreign exchange changes.

For the quarter ending June 30, the company had an operating loss of 5.134bn yen (US$48.596 million at current market rates) on sales of 61.969bn yen (approx.... Read more...

And mobile, and the manga rack, and the cereal shelf.

Level 5 held their annual "Vision" event earlier today and several new 3DS titles were announced as part of the company's massive cross-media blitz strategy.

A recent trademark that appeared in Europe was confirmed as Lady Layton: The Conspiracy of King Millionaire Ariadne was announced for 3DS... Read more...

Aiming for late July but clearly they missed.

With no shipments in sight and only a couple of days left to ship it, Nintendo has officially delayed the release of Pokémon Go Plus.

The Bluetooth Low Energy accessory was tabbed for a late July release at E3, but the various national Nintendo Twitter accounts announced around the time of Nintendo's financial report that the device would ship in September.

You will be sucked.

It appears launching a bunch of Kirby games on Virtual Console at the end of July is a new tradition for Nintendo of America.

Matching last July's release of Kirby Return to Dreamland, Squeak Squad and Kirby 64 on the Wii U Virtual Console, this week will see Kirby's Epic Yarn and Kirby: Mass Attack... Read more...

If you missed them last year, you can get a physical copy soon.

Two of last December's indie hits will soon get disc releases on Wii U.

Nintendo of Europe and Nintendo of Australia announced this morning that the "Selects" branding would be extended to eShop titles, with SteamWorld Heist and FAST Racing NEO being the first games to benefit. Both games will... Read more...

Nintendo still isn't confirming anything, but multiple sources point to the ultimate evolution of the Wii U.

The NX codename may refer to a dockable portable console, according to multiple sources via Eurogamer.

The main processing power of the unit will be contained in a standalone portable system. The unit will dock into a connector hooked up to the TV for home use, and local multiplayer is handled by detachable control units on the side. Games will run either digitally or in a cartridge that can store up to 32GB.

Two Tribes still wants to do right for Nintendo fans.

RIVE has been pushed back on Wii U again, and may end up on the NX depending on the platform.

In a wide-ranging interview with NintendoLife, Two Tribes co-founder Colin van Ginkel cited issues with getting the game to run at full framerate on Wii U: "The Nindies demo in 2015 was specifically optimized... Read more...

Based on history, it'll blow up in China.

The success of Pokémon Go has spurred the signing of a live action Pokémon movie franchise, and the first result will be a hardboiled noir.

Legendary Pictures has reached an agreement to develop a live action film based on the Great Detective Pikachu eShop game. No voice or acting talent have... Read more...