The bundle includes a blue shell statue so you can terrorize your friends.

A Mario Kart 8 limited edition bundle is launched alongside the game on May 30 in Europe.

The bundle comes with the game as well as a statue of the series staple blue shell item. Images of the statue and bundle are below.

Mario Kart 8 is currently scheduled to be released on May 30 in Europe, and pre-orders for the bundle are up now. There is no word on a release of the bundle for Japanese or North American markets.

Buy it and get a discount on Mario Kart 8 on the eShop.

Super Mario Kart is coming to the Wii U Virtual Console in Europe on March 27.

Those who purchase the game will be able to save the cost of the SNES game off of a digital purchase of Mario Kart 8 when it arrives on May 30. There is no word on such a deal for the North American or Japanese markets.

The Wii U version hit technical setbacks delaying it past the other versions.

Watch Dogs for Wii U is still in development and is slated for a possible release in 2014. It is being delayed past the other versions, which are due out in late May, because of some technical issues and a desire for using the GamePad effectively.

Watch Dogs is still in development at Ubisoft Romania, according Senior Producer Dominic Guay in a Polygon interview. The game is being developed by Ubisoft Montreal on other platforms.

Get a taste of the giant death robots, complete with goodies and a rollover save.

The Conception II: Children of the Seven Stars demo will be available to download on March 25 in North America for the 3DS and PS Vita.

The demo will let players carry over their save file to the full version when purchased, so no dungeons will have to be re-crawled. Players can also earn a set... Read more...

Get revved up, and feast your eyes.

Screenshots of new Mario Kart 8 tracks have been posted on the Wii U UK Facebook page over the past week. The photos display six new courses, with most having a couple different views.

The courses include:

Check out the rest of the pictures in the gallery below.

The lucha-inspired Metroid-style platformer is coming soon!

Guacamelee: Super Turbo Championship Edition, the well-received previously PC/PlayStation exclusive, is coming to the Wii U.

Developed by Drinkbox, this edition of Guacamelee will include all DLC from previous versions of the game in one package as well as expand the story with new levels and boss battles. The playable characters in the game will also be able to obtain new abilities.

Wii U Call of Duty players are in shock.

A new patch has just been released for Call of Duty: Ghosts on Wii U. The patch fixes several bugs and, more importantly, adds the Free Fall multiplayer map to the game.

The addition of this map is significant since it marks the first time any Call of Duty title on the Wii U has received any sort of DLC.

But no DLC for us...

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 will be coming to the Wii U and 3DS on April 29 in North America, and to the UK on May 2 to coincide closely with the film’s release.

Although the game is based off of the upcoming movie, developers stated late last year that the game won’t simply be a rehash of the film and will give an alternative perspective to the story instead.

You'll have to wait a bit more to get the swashbuckling adventure in your hands.

Shantae and the Pirate's Curse, the 3DS eShop title previously set for launch by the end of March, is pushed back a few months for some finishing touches.

Providing a update, developer WayForward revealed that "[the game] will be in development for a couple more months while we add a few finishing touches. Almost there!"

The Caped Crusader's latest tale might not be making its way to Nintendo consoles.

Batman: Arkham Knight, the latest in the Arkham game series, will not be making its way to the Wii U.

Revealed today by Game Informer, Batman: Arkham Knight will be coming to PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 later this year, but will be skipping the Wii U despite getting a port of Arkham City and Arkham Origins over the past two years.

Get your green thumbs ready once again, Mama is back!

Majesco has announced that Gardening Mama 2: Forest Friends will be coming to the 3DS this April.

The sequel to the DS original, which itself was a spin-off of the successful Cooking Mama series, showcases more than 50 new types of plants to nurture.

No release date has been announced for regions outside North America.

Developer Saturnine Games submitted the 2D platformer to Nintendo for release.

Turtle Tale, a platformer coming to the 3DS eShop, is set for a spring release, as long as the game gets through Nintendo's internal testing without any hitches.

The 2D platformer follows Shelldon, a mean-looking, water gun-wielding turtle who is on a quest to reclaim Turtle Island from Captain O'Haire and his gang of pirates.

Is an oil change mini-game in the works for Mario Kart 8?

Nintendo of America and Pennzoil are working on a cross-promotion of Mario Kart 8 for the Wii U and Pennzoil's Platinum Motor Oil.

There will be a go-karting event inspired by Mario Kart 8 at the South By Southwest festival, March 7, called “Mario Karting Reimagined.”

A promotional website, motoroilremagined.com will be launching on March 5.

Picture yourself playing more picture puzzles.

Picross e4 is heading to North America and Europe in April, according to publisher/developer Jupiter.

It was first released on the Japanese eShop last November, and will join the three previous games in the series, which are all currently available worldwide.

Get ready for a brand new Metroidvania title filled with action, puzzles and secrets to uncover!

forma.8 will be coming to the Wii U eShop and other systems in the third quarter of 2014. The developer, MixedBag, described the title as a take on the Metroidvania formula.

In forma.8, players take control of a small exploration probe, which mysteriously parted ways with its companions. The ship... Read more...

Fix 'em up.

A USB Memory Repair Program is being offered to fix errors in Dragon Quest X via the Wii Shop Channel in Japan.

It has been rolled out to fix problems with the game's installation error code DQ-100-822-X. When updating from the Internet or installing from additional packages, error messages stating there is insufficient USB memory are possible, when that may not be the case.

Strap on your space boots, it's time to explore.

A Wii U exclusive, Affordable Space Adventures, has been announced and is making its way to the eShop.

The game is being co-developed by Nifflas (Knytt Underground) and KnapNok Games (Spin the Bottle: Bumpie's Party) and is expected to be released this autumn.

The flighty puzzler follows a... Read more...

What is the famed studio working on next?

Retro Studios has begun work on their next project.

Speaking with gaming website GameSpot, Nintendo producer Kensuke Tanabe stated that the studio, developers of the recent Donkey Kong Country games, Mario Kart 7, and the Metroid Prime series, has begun work on their next project. While this project has been in development for the last few months, Tanabe would not comment further on the specifics of the game.

Keeping things runnin’ smoothly.

The Wii U and 3DS received system updates earlier this week. Changes were small, and both focused on improvements to system stability and software compatibility.

Released on February 24, Wii U upgraded to version 4.0.3 U. The console hasn’t seen an update since mid-November last year, which closely followed the system’s major upgrade to version 4 in late September.

Free the Virtual Console games, Nintendo! We want games!

Hopefully you’re still busy with Bravely Default because this week’s releases won’t exactly knock your socks off. A discount on Knytt, a promising new puzzler, and a Kunio Kun game are the highlights. At least the Virtual Console got something, even if it is just a dusty ‘ol brawler.

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