Australian street date has been broken, mostly.

Recent circumstances have allowed Australian retailers to sell The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D before the official release date in Australia.

Last week Australian retailer Game Traders began selling import copies of the game from the UK. This prompted other outlets such as EB Games and JB HIFI, to announce that they would be selling stock when it arrived.

Join Operation Rainfall, and request release of Xenoblade, The Last Story, and Pandora's Tower in the States.

A petition campaign known as Operation Rainfall has formed in the hopes of swaying Nintendo of America towards localizing three of the Wii's most hotly anticipated games this year - Xenoblade Chronicles, The Last Story, and Pandora's Tower.

In March, Xenoblade Chronicles was announced for European... Read more...

Iwata Asks reveals new insight into Ocarina's development.

In the first of two Iwata Asks interviews about everyone's favorite musical time-traveling adventure, Ocarina of Time, original development team members Toshio Iwawaki, Eiji Aonuma, Takumi Kawagoe, Yoshiaki Koizumi and Toru Osawa assembled to discuss the ins and outs they went through while making the game, various problems and ideas that evolved into core gameplay mechanics, and other fascinating facts. 

Mistwalker RPG will be released in 2012.

The Last Story will be coming to Europe in 2012, confirms Ludovic Amouroux, product manager of Nintendo France.

The RPG from Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi's development studio, Mistwalker, was released in Japan in January. It includes gameplay mechanics similar to third-person shooters, including a cover system, and online multiplayer for up to six players.

Ubisoft is bringing Wii owners The Black Eyed Peas Experience later this year. 

Ubisoft will bring The Black Eyed Peas Experience to the Wii later this year. Ubisoft has also brought several dancing games to the Wii, including the Just Dance series as well as Michael Jackson: The Experience. Just Dance 3, the next announced game, is slated for an October release.

The... Read more...

Pinball Pulse, Art Academy, and Domo games are missing and cannot be transferred from DSi systems.

Pinball Pulse: The Ancients Beckon, two Art Academy titles, and five Domo games remain missing from the eShop over two weeks after the store's launch, and their status is "in limbo" according to Nintendo Customer Service.

These Nintendo-published titles are part of a group of games that were initially... Read more...

The Wii and 3DS games will be coming to North America this September.

Bit.Trip Saga for Nintendo 3DS and Bit.Trip Complete for Wii will be released on September 13. The Wii edition will include a soundtrack sampler CD with 18 full songs, including music from all six games in the series. 

We reported on the details of the Wii edition of the game during E3, now... Read more...

The 3D action RPG arrives this fall.

Xseed Games is publishing Solatorobo: Red the Hunter in North America. The CyberConnect2-developed action RPG for Nintendo DS will be released in fall of this year.

The game is a spiritual successor to Tail Concerto, and third in the Little Tail Bronx series. It features a land populated by anthropomorphic dogs and cats.

New details and screenshots of the Blue Blur's upcoming 3DS game emerge. 

Sonic Generations will feature online two-player competitive play and StreetPass Support, Sega revealed today. A Sonic Heroes-like special stage will also be included.

The 3DS and console iterations (appearing on Xbox 360 and Playstation 3) both feature stages that are exclusive to each version of the game. Starting yesterday, PS3 and Xbox 360 owners can download demos of Sonic Generations.

The Last Story and Pandora's Tower could be on the way as well.

A September release is set for Xenoblade Chronicles, according to Mathieu Minel, Director of Marketing for Nintendo France. The game was previously confirmed for a 2011 European release. Mr. Minel went on to say in an E3 interview with Gamekyo that he is hopeful that two other big name titles on the Wii, The Last Story and Pandora's Tower, will also be localized for European audiences.

A light week filled with hidden objects, tennis and fighting game mascots.

Nintendo's downloadable games services sees five games today, four for the eShop/DSiWare and one for WiiWare.

For DSi/3DS owners, the first title of the week is Pro Jumper! Guilty Gear Tangent?!, a platforming adventure game from Aksys Games starring Chimaki from Guilty Gear 2 in a game where he must collect as many apples as possible. The title is priced $4.99.

Nintendo of Europe wanted to show it at E3, but Nintendo of America didn't want to show products they won't sell.

Europe will be getting a special Classic Controller alongside the release of Xenoblade Chronicles, and North America will likely not get the game at all, according to Mathieu Minel, marketing manager of Nintendo France, who appeared on Nolife, a French television station for "geeks, nerds, and otakus."

Orchestral music reconfirmed for the next Zelda game.

Hajime Wakai will be the main composer of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, according to renowned Nintendo composer Koji Kondo. Additionally, Kondo aided with some of the music.

Wakai is best known for his work on Star Fox 64 and Pikmin, and has previously worked on the Zelda series in The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker.

Developer Project Sora was planning to make Smash Bros. 3DS after Kid Icarus all along.

Kirby and Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai hasn't given too much thought to what the next Smash Bros. game, announced for both Wii U and 3DS by Nintendo Global President Satoru Iwata at E3 2011, will be like.

The head of Project Sora, currently working on Kid Icarus: Uprising, talked about the... Read more...

Looks like there was some miscommunication.

Contrary to previous reports, Square Enix is merely doing technical tests on Wii U in addition to making Dragon Quest X on Wii, according to the blog who originally made the claim that DQX could be coming to Wii U.

The blog said "Wada was absolutely not saying 'Dragon Quest X on Wii U.'"

While the news is somewhat disappointing, it does show that Square Enix is working with Wii U, and could potentially be working on a launch title.

Kirby TV episodes will be coming to Europe, Australia, and New Zealand via the Wii.

Starting 23 June, 2011, Nintendo of Europe will be launching a new Wii channel that will let users view over 50 episodes from the Kirby TV series.

The channel will be updated twice a week over a six month period. New episodes will be available every Monday and Thursday, the episodes will be able... Read more...

The new, free TV service is region locked, even on Japanese consoles.

Players who imported their 3DS from Japan are unable to view the new exclusive TV shows from Fuji TV, as the SpotPass TV application is region-locked to only those within the Land of the Rising Sun, according to a report by SiliconEra.

The report states that videos that are ad-supported by Nintendo... Read more...

Questing on two different platforms might be a real possibility. 

Dragon Quest X might include Wii U feature support, according to Square Enix CEO Yoichi Wada. The company had already announced that Dragon Quest X is coming to Wii.

In a shareholder’s meeting yesterday, Wada was questioned on the motivation behind delivering the game for Wii when the system is... Read more...

The saucy half-genie's original adventure may be shakin' its thing onto the 3DS.

WayForward Technologies, developer of smash-hit Shantae: Risky's Revenge on DSiWare, hopes to bring her original Game Boy Color debut back for a second run on the 3DS Virtual Console download service.

While they cannot make any solid promises or confirmations, they announced on their Facebook page that they are "actively pursuing" the re-release and will give new information as soon as they have anything to report.

Fans finally have a release date for the favorite space-fox.

Star Fox 64 3D will be released in the United States on September 11, and Europe on September 9, Nintendo has announced. 

Japan's July 14 release date had already been announced.

Star Fox 64 3D is a new and updated version of the classic 1997 Nintendo 64 game for 3DS.