Even Nintendo isn't safe from pre-order incentives.

Hyrule Warriors will have special costumes if you pre-order the game from select retailers.

At the end of tonight's Nintendo Direct for Hyrule Warriors, Nintendo revealed various costumes for Link and Zelda, only accessible through pre-ordering the game. The costumes are taken from various 3D... Read more...

The only game to kill more friendships than Mario Party gets a new Legend of Zelda theme!

As of September 15, GameStop will be selling an exclusive version of the new Legend of Zelda themed Monopoly from game publisher USAopoly. It is currently available for pre-order through GameStop's website.

This special GameStop edition will include all of the standard game features, such as a... Read more...

What's up with Treasurenauts and the Razor games in development?

In a developer blog detailing Renegade Kid's latest game, Xeodrifter, founder Jools Watsham gave details on other projects in development at the studio.

The biggest change comes to a game featuring the Razor line of scooters that seems to be dead due to "publisher issues outside of our control" according to Watsham.

Explore planets in this new metroidvania platformer!

Xeodrifter has been announced for the Nintendo 3DS eShop.

Developed by Renegade Kid Studios, Xeodrifter is a metroidvania-esque plaformer that puts players in a role of a space traveler who finds his warp drive damaged. After landing on a cluster of four planets, players must search for the right tools needed in order to repair the drive and send him back into space.

Another month of Mega Man releases on the Wii U Virtual Console.

Four additional classic Mega Man titles are scheduled to be released during the month of August, as announced by the the Capcom Unity blog this past week.

A new title will be added to the Wii U Virtual Console in North America every week in August. The titles included are Mega Man 5, Mega Man 6, Mega Man X3 and Mega Man Battle Chip Challenge. It has not been announced in which weeks we can expect a certain title.

It's a great month for free Pokémon!

Pinsir and Heracross, powerful bug type Pokémon, will be distributed via the Internet, with their Mega Stones being available at Gamestop later this month.

On August 13, players can receive their Pokémon via the Mystery Gift option in Pokémon X and Y. Those who have Pokémon X will receive... Read more...

More details regarding the big release will be revealed then.

A Nintendo Direct on the upcoming release Hyrule Warriors will air Monday, August 4..

It will be streamed on Nintendo's YouTube page at 8 PM PT. Nintendo's tweet mentioned that it will give new details on the game, which is scheduled for release in North America on September 26.

Stay tuned to Nintendo World Report for all the information coming out of the Direct.

Luigi joins this year's Mario S.H.Figuarts line, with a new play set to boot!

S.H.Figuarts Luigi action figure and Play Set C are coming to Japan this December, manufacturer Bandai announced just days ago, the news flying low under the Western radar. Both the figure and play set are now available for pre-order on online retailers for 3,300 yen and 2,600 yen, respectively.

Luigi... Read more...

Do you know what a Justice Beaver is?

Indie game developer/publisher Collectorvision is releasing two games onto the Wii U eShop along with cartridge copies for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

Not much has been said about these games other than their titles: Justice Beaver and Sydney Hunter & The Caverns of Death. Their... Read more...

Attempt to connect into this week's Downloads...successful!

Not necessarily a slow week, but nothing completely stands out, either. The big release this week is the Virtual Console re-release of Mega Man Battle Network. Hope you guys like a lot of Battle Network as there are five sequels to go before the Virtual Console collection is complete. With so many... Read more...

Stream times included, as well as a special gift for those who attend!

The Pokémon World Championship schedule has been released, and those who attend the event will receive a special pokémon.

Those who go to the event, which runs August 16-17 in Washington, DC, will receive a level 50 Aegislash. This special event pokémon will know Wide Guard, King's Shield, Shadow Ball and Flash Cannon. Furthermore, it will be holding the Sitrus Berry when distributed.

Europe will just have to wait to track this treasure.

Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker has been delayed to January 2015 in Europe, Nintendo confirmed today.

They confirmed this news via their financial report, which also came out today.

The game originally had a Winter 2014 release date in the region before being delayed. That is still the release date for North America and Japan as of this writing.

That little electric mouse really gets around.

A new Pikachu distribution event will take place next month in Yokohama, Japan’s Minato Mirai 21 Park. The Pokémon Company is calling the event ‘Pikachu Outbreakchu.’

From August 9 to 17, visitors to the area can download Pikachu to Pokémon X or Y. This special Pokémon will have a different nickname depending on what part of the park it was downloaded in.

Curve Studios is bringing the survival horror game to Wii U, along with a friend.

Lone Survivor, the survival horror game with PC and PlayStation roots from Curve Studios, is heading to Wii U later this year. The studio, which announced it was bringing Stealth Inc. 2 to Nintendo's console in the coming days, also teased an unannounced game which it has in the works.

Lone Survivor... Read more...

The Toki Tori developer will deliver this new 2D shooter/platformer to “all current consoles.”

Developer Two Tribes has a announced its latest project, a 2D shooter/platformer titled Rive. The game is planned for an early 2015 release on PC and “all current consoles.”

It’s not confirmed to be coming to Wii U, though Two Tribes noted in a tweet that an eShop release on the platform is a “definite possibility.” A 3DS version is not in the cards, though. The developer said the handheld “can’t handle” the game.

The original Trine is getting a facelift and a new home.

Trine Enchanted Edition is coming to Wii U at an unspecified point in the future. The Enchanted Edition of Trine is a facelift of the original Trine which includes added features such as online multiplayer and mid-level saving. These features were present in Trine 2, which was one of the original launch titles for Nintendo's Wii U eShop.

Square Enix’s 3DS JRPG is a bona fide sales hit.

Bravely Default, the 3DS role-playing game published by Square Enix, has sold a million units worldwide since first hitting Japanese store shelves back in October 2012, according to a report from Dengeki Online.

The sales figures take into account versions of the game across all territories and... Read more...

The makers of Mutant Mudds and Moon Chronicles are up to something new.

Renegade Kid's latest project for the 3DS eShop will be unveiled Monday, August 4, exclusively via GoNintendo.

The development studio was responsible for one of the early indie success stories of the eShop, Mutant Mudds, along with a handful of other titles on the platform. Their most recent release was the initial installment in the ongoing episodic first-person shooter Moon Chronicles.

The first new Metroid product from the company in nearly four years.

Two new Light Suit Samus statues have just been put up for pre-order from high end figure manufacturer First 4 Figures. The figures are part of a new 1/4th scale line and are the first Metroid figures produced by First 4 Figures in nearly four years.

The standard version of the Light Suit Samus... Read more...

Want both versions? Activision has just the deal for you!

Customers who purchase Skylanders Trap Team for the Wii will receive a download code for the game on Wii U at no additional cost. This comes from the official Skylanders Twitter account, via a Tweet released on July 23.

The series was incredibly successful for Wii, and is likely to be one of the... Read more...