The Wii U might finally get some games!

The Wonderful 101, Wii Fit U, and the new Wii U entry in the Wii Party series are all slated for a summer release in Japan, Europe, and North America, as reported by Nintendo's recent financial briefing.

Specifically, the use of the term "summer" implies that the games are releasing between the end of June and the middle of September. However, no further details have been provided.

While it might not launch until 2014, it seems to be a safe bet for release within a year.

Yoshi's Island 3DS appears to be a late fiscal year 2013 release, meaning that it should come out on the 3DS before March 31, 2014. This appears to confirm the release window for the game, which wasn't given during the reveal on last week's Nintendo Direct.

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They might have a release date of "TBD," but hey, at least they might come out in each region.

Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem and the untitled Monolith Soft Wii U game, dubbed X courtesy of its debut trailer, are both scheduled to be released in North America and Europe, according to Nintendo's latest financial briefing. However, the current launch date is to be determined, which is the same as the Japan schedule.

Enjoy Miiverse on your PC starting right now.

Nintendo has now made the web-based Miiverse service available to all Nintendo Network users. The release of the service came during Nintendo's financial results briefing.

Upon signing into your account, you are greeted with options to visit your activity feed, your own profile, your notifications, and the various communities. You can access all of your favorite communities and even comment on other Miiverse posts.

Nintendo reports a small net profit after last year's larger loss.

The latest Nintendo financial results revealed the company has returned to profitability. Nintendo posted a 7.09 billion yen (around $71 million) net income for the fiscal year ending March 2013. This small net gain follows last year's net loss of 43 billion yen (around $430 million).

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New Super Mario Bros. U and Nintendo Land both crossed two million since November 2012.

Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon surpassed more than a million units worldwide in about a week and a half, while Nintendo Land and New Super Mario Bros. U both cracked two million sales across the globe, according to Nintendo's recent end-of-the-year financial briefing. Also, Kid Icarus: Uprising and Mario Tennis Open both sneaked past a million units since their early 2012 launches.

Iwata to dual-wield regional CEO positions.

In a recent press release, Nintendo has announced that Satoru Iwata will be taking over duties as Nintendo of America's CEO, alongside his current position. Iwata will be taking over for Tatsumi Kimishima, the current NoA CEO, as he will be transferring to Nintendo's Kyoto offices to act as NCL's... Read more...

Which brand new 20+ year old games will you be playing on the Wii U?

Nintendo revealed its Wii U Virtual Console launch lineup today on their official Facebook page.

Coming to the Wii U Virtual Console on day one are: Balloon Fight (NES), Donkey Kong Jr. (NES), Excitebike (NES), F-Zero (SNES), Ice Climber (NES), Kirby's Adventure (NES), Punch-Out!! Featuring Mr. Dream (NES), and Super Mario World (SNES).

UPDATE #2: Our sources say Thursday is the day.

UPDATE (4/23 at 3 p.m. ET): The system update is most likely launching on Thursday, according to our source close to the eShop. That means that the Virtual Console will likely launch Friday, as Nintendo President Satoru Iwata said that it was hitting the day after the update.

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The studio's Mike Roush teases what could be their take on Metroid.

Gaijin Games is currently deciding on its followup to Runner2, and mentions laserlife and a mystery title going by the name Bitroid.

In our interview with Gaijin Games, Mike Roush tells us that the studio may move away from the BT.TRIP series. In addition to the previously discussed laserlife, Roush... Read more...

Star Wars may be included in Disney Infinity as hinted at in the ESRB posting.

More details on Disney Infinity 3DS have recently surfaced including potential Star Wars accessories and its name Disney Infinity: Toy Box Challenge.

Blasters and droids, two things right out of the Star Wars universe, are both mentioned in the ESRB posting, meaning that Star Wars items could... Read more...

The Wii U's karaoke application gets an update allowing off-screen play and more.

Nintendo x Joysound Wii Karaoke U, the free karaoke application on the Wii U in Japan, has received an update in Japan that adds new costumes for Mii characters and allows for off-screen play on the Wii U GamePad. The most recent update to the application also made small fixes to the game, such as correcting display lag for songs.

The system update is coming this week along with Virtual Console, but who knows when.

Nintendo of America will reveal the full launch Wii U Virtual Console lineup tomorrow, according to a Facebook post. This is likely what the tease two days ago meant, instead of signifying the launch of the service.

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Finally!

The Wii U and 3DS may be getting the ability to gift games to other users, as well as the ability to play Virtual Console titles on both systems, later this year. Both were hinted at in tweets from Nintendo Force magazine contributor Emily Rogers.

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The colour is much stronger than the previous pink editions.

A brand new pink Nintendo 3DS XL will be launching in the UK on May 31st.

A pink and white  3DS XL had previously been available in both Japan and the U.S, this new model features the colour for the entire system however. Apparently Nintendo will be bringing this colour to other European regions, but cannot confirm dates as of yet.

The online shops of all four Nintendo systems will be affected.

Nintendo's online services will undergo an extended period of maintenance from 1-7pm PST (3-9pm EST) today.

During this period, the Wii U eShop, 3DS eShop, Wii Shop Channel and DSi Shop will all only be available in a limited capacity or inaccessible entirely.

This maintenance occurs in preparation for the major Wii U system update on April 23, which will improve the firmware's overall performance and add the Virtual Console to the eShop.

With the Wii U system update slated for today, the classic games service goes up for North America tomorrow.

UPDATE (4/23 at 3 p.m. ET): The Wii U Virtual Console is likely launching Friday, according to our source who claims the system update will go live Thursday.

Original Story (4/22): The Wii U Virtual Console service will launch tomorrow, Tuesday, April 23, as confirmed by an image on Nintendo's Facebook page.

Go beyond the waves in this dungeon-crawling sequel.

Denpa Men 2: Beyond the Waves is coming to the 3DS eShop on May 2, according to IGN.

The sequel to last fall's Denpa Men: They Came By Wave, Denpa Men 2 adds to the basic dungeon-crawling experience by adding an overworld, towns, and more. The towns feature all sorts of interaction, even fishing. It even adds a StreetPass mechanic where you have to StreetPass other players to light up a dungeon.

Share all the moments from games like Animal Crossing and Tomodachi Collection with your online friends!

A special web based tool to upload photos to Twitter and Tumblr for the Nintendo 3DS was released today in Japan by Nintendo.

The tool currently only allows gamers to share photos from Animal Crossing: New Leaf and Tomodachi Collection: Shin Seikatsu (New Life) on the services. After uploading, hashtags will be automatically added to the post so that other users can see photos that others have uploaded.

If you love the music in Toki Tori 2, you can now own the soundtrack!

The soundtrack to Toki Tori 2 is now available for download via the bandcamp website.

The album contains 31 tracks from the game, a digital poster that is signed by the development team, and a build-it-yourself hermit crab. The company behind the music, SonicPicnic, had the following to say on the creation. “We’ve incorporated many different themes from the Toki Tori legacy, going back as far as its Game Boy Color roots sometimes.”