You will be able to use the DLC online, but there are limitations.

Nintendo has detailed how the upcoming DLC will work in terms of online play for Mario Kart 8.

For online play, you can use both regular and DLC characters to play on the original 32 tracks, and those who don't have the DLC will be able to see the unlockable DLC characters in play. There will... Read more...

Time to get StreetPassing once more!

A Sonic Boom StreetPass Puzzle Swap panel has just launched for US 3DS systems via the Spotpass network.

This puzzle, much like others representing most first-party and hotly anticipated games, features forty pieces, with eight of them being the pink kind only available through StreetPass tags.

Gamers can get a free taste of Square Enix’s upcoming multiplayer Final Fantasy title.

Final Fantasy Explorers Light, a demo version of Final Fantasy Explorers, is coming to the Nintendo 3DS eShop in Japan on November 14. With the Light version, players will be able to play through the early parts of the game, which will take them through the prologue and give gamers a chance to fight... Read more...

Delivering Nintendo's adorable little figures right to your door.

Loot Crate is partnering with Nintendo to bring amiibo figurines to its popular mail-based subscription service.

"Loot Crate has teamed up with Nintendo to bring you an epic amiibo crate!" a post on the company's official site explains. There's no word on when amiibo figurines will be part of Loot Crate's offerings, but you can join the mailing list to stay updated on when it'll be made available to the public.

Now with third party characters!

Several new Super Smash Bros. Amiibo figures have just been revealed, including some third party characters. The new Amiibo figures include Lucario, Rosalina and Luma, Bowser, Toon Link, Sheik, Ike, Meta Knight, King Dedede, Shulk, Sonic and Mega Man.

Sonic and Mega Man mark the first characters... Read more...

Just think of the possibilities!

Nintendo is currently investigating the possibility of partnering with third-party studios to expand the amiibo platform to games beyond its first-party software lineup.

"We’re having those conversations and we’re still early on because amiibo isn’t even going to launch until later this month," Nintendo licensing manager Damon Baker explained.

Enjoy Eden's foray in the role-playing genre slightly later than expected.

Citizens of Earth will now be coming out on January 20, 2015, Atlus announced on Friday.

The RPG, which was originally scheduled to release this month, sees the Vice President of the world on a quest to save it. For this, he will ask help from various members of society. Together, they'll have to complete quests and uncover the strange occurences that have been happening all over.

Will Mario Kart Wii rise from the ashes once known as Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection?

The Electronics Frontier Foundation (EFF) is petitioning the United States government to allow legal modifications of games that no longer function online to do so once again.

Games like Mario Kart Wii that no longer have online support would potentially be playable online again if third-party... Read more...

Smash Bros. figurines only scratch at the surface of what Nintendo has planned for amiibo.

Amiibo, Nintendo's upcoming NFC platform, will extend far beyond figures. According to Nintendo EAD General Manager Shigeru Miyamoto, support for cards and cheaper toys is in the works as well.

"When Amiibo become cards, we can create a game which can be played only by passing several cards over... Read more...

We'll be giving out TEN prize packs to listeners come Saturday, so check out what joining in on the fun could net you! UPDATE: More prizes and ways to win!

The 5th Annual NWR Live Podcast Telethon could be rocking for as long as ten hours, so we're giving away prize packs of free games and gear each hour! This is our way of saying thank you to you, our listeners, for tuning in and lending us your support in our bid to raise money for Child's Play, a charity that brings toys, games, and console to kids staying in hospital pediatric wards.

That's one big turnip.

Lots of big games droppin' this week on the download! Sonic's latest adventure is out in Sonic Boom for both the Wii U and 3DS systems. Harvest Moon is also back in Harvest Moon: The Lost World, so virtual farmers rejoice! On the Virtual Console front, Super Mario Advance (one of the first titles... Read more...

While the Big N is always thinking about new hardware, it's not ready to toss aside Wii U just yet.

Nintendo has no intention of releasing a successor to Wii U until the company has managed to push its tablet-centric console to its absolute limits.

According to Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime, the company is already investigating what its next console will be, but that doesn't... Read more...

Travel far outside of New Los Angeles.

Xenoblade Chronicles X was further detailed during today's Nintendo Direct.

Using "New Los Angeles" as a home base, your character, an explorer, sets out on the strange planet to partake in missions. They include hunting various creatures and doing favors for other characters. The story is about a society of people who crash landed a huge spaceship onto the planet in the game.

Protect the squid species against an octopus onslaught!

Nintendo Showed off the first footage of Splatoon's single campaign mode during a trailer in Wednesday's direct.

In the Campaign mode, players will control a squid character in a 3D action platforming adventure which puts the protagonist squids up against their octopus nemeses.

Splatoon is slated for release in the second quarter of 2015.

Get ready to attack big monsters all over again.

An updated version of Shingeki no Kyojin (Attack on Titan): Jinrui no Tsubasa is coming to the 3DS on December 4 for 4,980 yen. Unlike the original release of the game last year, the new version allows gamers to play with others online as opposed to just locally as well as new characters and voices... Read more...

Pop some popcorn and get ready for some animated Pikmin action.

Shigeru Miyamoto's three Pikmin shorts are now available on the Nintendo eShop on both the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS.

These shorts are being called Pikmin Short Movies 3D, on 3DS, and Pikmin Short Movies HD, on Wii U. The pack of three costs $4.99 on each platform. The short movies also include the original storyboards that Miyamoto created in Flipnote Studio.

Celebrate Duck Hunt's Smash Bros. appearance by playing the game that started it all.

The NES classic Duck Hunt is coming to Wii U Virtual Console according to today's Nintendo Direct.

Originally made 30 years ago in 1984, Duck Hunt is a light gun game where you shoot down ducks and clay discs. If you fail, a dog laughs at you. That dog along with a duck are playable in Super Smash Bros. on Wii U and 3DS.

Now you can buy digital games directly through your web browser.

3DS and Wii U owners can now buy digital games via the official site.

Using the website, you can start downloads without touching your system. The online version of the eShop can be viewed from both normal web browsers and via smartphones and other mobile devices.

The figurine lineup expands as new Amiibo information surfaces.

Nintendo has provided an explanation detailing how Amiibo functionality works with The Legend of Zelda spin-off, Hyrule Warriors. Using the Link Amiibo in the game gives players the Spinner weapon first seen in Twilight Princess. Other figures will unlock a random material in Hyrule Warriors.

The Amiibo support will be added in an update later this month alongside the upcoming Twilight Princess DLC pack.

Get ready to soar through the skies in Nintendo themed planes.

A remade version of Ace Combat: Cross Rumble 3D, known in the West as Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Legacy, is coming to the Nintendo 3DS next year with Amiibo support on January 29. The new game, dubbed Ace Combat: Cross Rumble Plus, is essentially a remake of the Ace Combat title that was released in 2011, but this time, Nintendo themed fighter planes are now available to play in the game. There is currently no word on a Western release.