Emphasis on "panic".

Although Nintendo did cross a milestone with hardware, May was a historically weak month overall for the company in US stores.

Nintendo announced with the sales results that the 3DS family of systems (including 2DS, which had a price drop this month) had crossed 60 million units sold. However,... Read more...

Not shipping a new big box this year

In lieu of shipping a new game this year, LEGO Dimensions will instead stick to adding new franchises, including some Nintendo fan favorites.

WB Games has announced the next wave of play sets will launch on September 27 and work with existing copies of LEGO Dimensions:

You will be sucked.

The biggest release of the week in all territories is Kirby: Planet Robobo(bobobobobobobo...)t hitting 3DS at midnight local tonight. Neal reviewed the game a couple of weeks ago, practically an eternity in review terms, and we're all waiting to hop in the power armor and blast some fools.

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Further things to waste time and money next week.

Nintendo has announced a sale and some new mobile promotions for next week.

There will be a big E3 eShop sale beginning at 2 p.m. Eastern time (11 a.m. Pacific) on Tuesday featuring "some of its (the eShop's) most popular games". My Nintendo members will also receive additional rewards for buying the sale games, but the nature of the rewards hasn't been announced.

The friendly farm wars continue on the 3DS

XSEED's E3 lineup has rounded out with an anticipated localization announcement.

The newest Story of Seasons/Bokujō Monogatari title, known roughly in Japan as "Good Friends of Three Towns" was announced for a North American release today as Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns. Releasing next year, the new farm simulation will set your farm in the middle of three towns and set you to exploring them to grow your farm.

Here's hoping North America RSVPs in time.

The 5th anniversary eShop sale that recently began in Japan will be moving to the old PAL regions, but with a slight twist.

Beginning with this week's eShop updates in Europe and Australia, a large number of 3DS and Wii U titles will be on sale - unlike Japan, where the offer is only for 3DS games.

Refining the googly eye engine requires time.

Playtonic Games will need a few more months of prep time before Yooka-Laylee emerges.

The company announced today that the N64-inspired platformer would release in Q1 2017 (January - March) instead of the promised October 2016, citing a desire to add some more polish time to the schedule.

The announcement was accompanied by the release of the game's E3 trailer, which you can see below:

A big day for physical releases of digital titles.

XSEED will be handling distribution titles for an upcoming eShop title as well as the disc version of a Kickstarter success.

The company announced today that they would be the distributors for the physical release of Shantae: Half-Genie Hero. The Wii U game will come with a 20-track soundtrack CD, and will retail as the "Risky Beats Collection" for $29.99 US.

They promise the nine-player running will come across, apparently.

A new Amazon listing suggests that one of the most loved Wii U indie exclusives is about to grab the 3DS trophy.

The listing, which was found today has the game releasing for $29.99 ($23.99 with Amazon Prime) on September 6. Nighthawk Interactive, who published the PS4 physical version of The Talos Principle, is listed as the publisher.

So much for all Zelda, all the time.

Nintendo's E3 plans will include a lot of Zelda, but a lot of other things as well..

The first sign came when the Japanese Twitter account for Pokémon sent a message today confirming both Pokémon Sun and Moon as well as Pokémon Go, would have a presence at Treehouse Live.

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The long dark tea time of the soul.

While Europe has a very light week, North America has a couple of interesting titles on the eShop this week. The big one is previous PlayStation Plus instant game collection member Kick and Fennick crossing over to the other platforms, bringing some more fun platforming action to the eShop. If you're... Read more...

Pretty close to a trademarked name

The Pokémon Company has released a new video naming the version legendaries and some of the characters in Pokémon Sun/Moon.

Sun's mascot will be Solgaleo, a Steel/Psychic type. Its Full Metal Body ability blocks stat changes, and its trademark move is Sunsteel Strike. Moon will be helmed by Lunala,... Read more...

The farm is moving back to the portable realm

The 3DS will continue to be a leader in the farming space for the foreseeable future.

Natsume has confirmed that Harvest Moon: Skytree Village will release this fall and be playable in two weeks at E3. Joining River City: Tokyo Rumble in the 3DS lineup, the new Harvest Moon sees the player (either a male or female farmer) working to revive seven Skytrees and save the Harvest Goddess from a total power drain.

Tons of titles going on sale to celebrate the creation of Nintendo's digital store.

Celebrating the fifth year of the launch of the Nintendo 3DS eShop, Nintendo is having a sale on 100 select titles between June 7 (10 a.m.) to June 13 (11:59 p.m.) in Japan. Titles include full retail, downloadable and Virtual Console games with discounts up to 50 percent off. Additionally, users... Read more...

This time, you're designing the new Chop Chop.

The newest Skylanders adventure will only land on Wii U this fall.

Activision has announced this year's Skylanders title will be called Skylanders Imaginators and will release on October 16 for the Wii U, along with PlayStation 3/4 and Xbox 360/One. The game will come with a Creation Crystal that will allow players to create their own Skylanders, that can learn new skills from "Skylanders Senseis".

For those in need of classic run-and-shoot man action.

Most of Capcom's catalogue is on deep discount this week on the eShop.

Until June 6, the following Capcom games will be available for up to 75% off. They are:

The Ironfall developers team up with an "anti-supercar maker" on major consoles including a stunner.

The developers of IronFall Invasion have announced a new title that has a very interesting set of target platforms.

VdDev is teaming up with Jannarelly, a maker of sports cars, to produce RISE: Race The Future. Not many details are available about the title, but it appears to be a realistic racing game for Wii U, 3DS, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, mobile platforms and the Nintendo NX.

Some super beats will be coming to Nintendo systems soon via Rising Star Games.

A long running rhythm game series is about to make its debut on Nintendo hardware.

Rising Star Games is demoing DJ Max Encore at this weekend's London MCM Comic Con. The DJ Max series, which was originally developed by Pentavision Studios for Asian PCs, has had several releases on PlayStation handheld systems, and a PlayStation 4 "greatest hits" title called DJMax Respect was recently announced.

A much-needed Saturday release for one of Japan's biggest franchises

The long-awaited traditional RPG take on Monster Hunter will be hitting Japan this October.

Monster Hunter Stories will release in Japan on October 8, and will also have amiibo support that unlocks new monsters in the game. The designs in the first wave, launching day-and-date with the game, are... Read more...

It's kind of hard to get what you're looking for when Googling “Dual Core Wii U”.

It's a very busy day for the North American eShop with a full slate of indie releases for both the Wii U and 3DS – and there's a pretty common price for most of them. Your $9.99 will get Futuridium EP Deluxe or Dual Core, a couple of different takes on the shooter, or Rynn's Adventure or Dragon Fantasy: The Black Tome of Ice, which put their own spin on fantasy adventuring.