Isabelle is now on Twitter! #DogsOnTwitter #lolwut 

Nintendo of America started a new Twitter account for Animal Crossing: New Leaf today. Isabella, who will assist new players in the game, will be tweeting from @AnimalCrossing.

The announcement appeared on both the new Animal Crossing and Nintendo of America’s Twitter feed in the form of a digital letter. In it, Isabelle introduces herself and the new account which will be used to tell viewers about life in an Animal Crossing town. 

Get ready for some serious nostalgia.

Capcom have announced on their blog that three classic games are headed to the Wii U Virtual Console this month.

The NES game that started it all, Mega Man, became available on May 2. Super Ghouls ‘n Ghosts will arrive on May 16 and Ghosts ‘n Goblins (the NES version) is slated for May 30.

Let your bodies remain ready.

Before the E3 show floor opens, Reggie Fils-Aime and Shigeru Miyamoto will host a presentation to the media prior to E3.

Previously, Nintendo had announced that it would not be holding its regular, worldwide-focused pre-E3 press conference, instead hosting two smaller presentations, and using the... Read more...

Will EA be the one to make that Holiday Special game we have all been wanting?

Electronic Arts signed a deal with The Walt Disney Company, the owners of Lucasfilm and the Star Wars license, to exclusively develop and publish Star Wars games.

This is a multi-year deal that will see three development studios, Visceral, DICE, and Bioware making Star Wars games, though Bioware... Read more...

Also prepare to visit an arcade, ride a bike, and do whatever Art Style has you do.

This month's Club Nintendo reward games are Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, Maboshi's Arcade, 3D Classics: Excitebike, and Art Style: AQUIA.

The SNES classic, Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, is the first of four in this month's games. Go on an adventure with Mario to save... Read more...

Could another collection of 3DS games from Level-5 be on the cards?

Guild03, the third in a series of game compilations produced by Level-5, may be on its way to Nintendo 3DS in the near future.

Although nothing has been announced as of the time of writing, the Japanese publishing giant recently simultaenously registered trademarks for three titles. Translated into English, these titles are Wonderflick, Rare Drop Adventure Note and Earth Devastating B-Rank Girlfriend.

Join the hunt with NWR staff in Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate.

Nintendo World Report is holding a Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate Community Night, Monday, May 6.

The hunt begins at 10 p.m. EST and 7 p.m. PST, so turn on your Wii U and have your best gear ready to team up with NWR staff to hunt some monsters.

The event will be coordinated through our chat room. You can also connect using a dedicated IRC client. Server: irc.browsingtheinternet.com Channel: #nwr

Shadow of the Eternals, a proposed 12-episode game, will use CryENGINE 3 and is slated for a 2014 release.

Shadow of the Eternals, the spiritual successor to Eternal Darkness, has now been officially revealed. From Precursor Games, it is an episodic Wii U/PC title, using CryENGINE 3, seeking $1.5 million for its first episode, due out in Q3 2014. Through other sources, we can confirm that this project originally started as the Eternal Darkness 2 demo that Silicon Knights was rumored to have been showing to publishers.

Nintendo is supposedly offering smartphone to Wii U software to help expedite the process.

Nintendo may be offering up smartphone-to-Wii U  conversion software to application developers in an effort to bring apps to Wii U, according to The Japan Times.

The goal would be to increase sales of the system by having more popular titles available for download. The story also states that Nintendo is developing new games/software for the Wii U and making that a focus.

WayForward's cult classic is finally arriving on Virtual Console this June!

Shantae, the Game Boy Color game featuring a spunky young half-genie on a quest to retrieve a stolen steam engine from the notorious pirate Risky Boots, is heading to the Nintendo 3DS eShop towards the end of June this year.

The news was posted on WayForward's official blog, stating that the release is confirmed not only for North America, but for the first time the game has been seen in Australia, New Zealand and Europe.

Pun definitely intended.

EB Games Australia has offered up two interesting pre-order bonuses for those who put money down on Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D and Animal Crossing: New Leaf.

The first is an exclusive DK logo tie, matching the one worn by the titular ape himself. The tie measures 148cm in length and comes with DKCR when it launches on May 25. 

Hot Damrey does this look good.

Starship Damrey, one of the three upcoming titles belonging to the Guild02 series, is due May 16 in North America.

The 3DS eShop title puts players in the space boots of an individual who has just woken up in a cold sleep capsule. With no knowledge of your surroundings, players explore the Starship... Read more...

Plus, the game makes its way to Australia and New Zealand!

WayForward Technologies has finished an update for Mighty Switch Force! Hyper Drive Edition and will be expanding the game's distribution to Australia and New Zealand as well.

According to WayForward's official blog, the free update will include mainly game performance improvements. Audio levels will be rebalanced, improved headphone support, and a new file compression that will reduce the game’s size by 40 percent.

Keyboard Cat and Nyan Cat are now relevant again.

Warner Bros. and 5th Cell, the companies behind Scribblenauts, are being sued for their use of two popular internet cat memes in the Scribblenauts games.

Keyboard Cat and Nyan Cat are the two memes in the Scribblenauts games that are the basis for the copyright infringement suit. The creator... Read more...

The proposed episodic series, called Shadow of the Eternals, is looking for crowdfunding. And yes, Dyack is involved.

UPDATE: IGN confirmed most of the information we reported earlier, though some of the finer points have been shifted. Precursor Games is looking for $1.5 million, and Denis Dyack is in the position of chief creative officer. The episodic plan, Wii U release, and plot description were all confirmed to be totally legit. The original story follows below:

Coins! Coins! Coins!

Tank! Tank! Tank! on the Wii U's eShop still gives you 60 Club Nintendo coins, despite adopting a free-to-play model. The game launched with the Wii U back in November of last year for $49.99, but was reworked as a free download in Japan, Europe, and most recently North America. Despite the game being... Read more...

Tank! Tank! Tank! goes Free! Free! Free! Also 3DS eshop sales, Wii U VC, and more!

Sometime between last week and now, Nintendo decided they didn't want your money. No, they wanted all the money. Your cat's money, your dog's money, even the money you give to your daughter when she loses a tooth. Lots of sales, lots of new stuff, lots of old stuff. Nintendo is pulling out all the stops, and it's not going to get any easier for your wallet.

Patty's next adventure has begun its testing process.

Mighty Switch Force 2 is complete, according to a brief but noteworthy post on WayForward's official blog.

The developer team has finished the game, and the title is now in product testing.

The game takes the puzzle platforming aspects from the first and tweaks them with a new story involving Patricia Wagon becoming a firefighter to stop a massive city-wide blaze.

On 3DS and one on Wii U!

Multiple eShop titles from Nintendo are on sale now on the 3DS eShop.

Discounted games are: Tokyo Crash Mobs for $4.99 (usually $6.99), Dillon's Rolling Western for $6.99 (usually $9.99), and Fluidity: Spin Cycle for $7.99 (usually $10.99). 

Not to be outdone, Shin'en has discounted all of their eShop games by 30% with Nano Assault EX, Fun! Fun! Minigolf TOUCH!, and Art of Balance TOUCH! on 3DS and Nano Assault Neo on Wii U.

Truly, Nintendo and EA have an unprecedented partnership.

The Madden series will not be appearing on Wii U in 2013, according to an EA Sports representative.

After speculation that the system would miss out on this year's Madden NFL 25, it is now confirmed that the series will skip Nintendo platforms for the first time since 1991.

Last year, a version... Read more...