Nintendo's first party 3DS titles perform well at the system's launch.

The sales numbers of the 3DS's Japanese launch titles have been revealed, courtesy of Media Create. Overall, six titles appeared on the list of the top 20 best-selling titles.

The best-selling title during the launch was Level 5's Professor Layton and the Mask of Miracle, which sold 119,591 copies, placing it at number three on the charts behind Phantasy Star Portable 2 for the PSP and SD Gundam G Generation: World, also for the PSP.

The Zelda remake will be with us this summer.

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D will be released in North America in June 2011. The game and the release month were mentioned in Nintendo's GDC keynote earlier today.

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Short entertainment videos will be viewable by 3DS owners.

A short-form video service, in the style of the previously announced SpotPass, will be available in late May when a system update will be available for the Nintendo 3DS.

The service acts much like a portable Nintendo Channel and will bring exclusive content to 3DS with Nintendo-moderated selections such as comedy clips and music videos.

These platforms join the handheld download service. Updated.

During Iwata's keynote, it was announced that Game Gear and TurboGrafx-16 (through the TurboExpress handheld, which played the same games) would be joining Game Boy and Game Boy Color games on the 3DS Virtual Console when the service launches in late May.

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As part of his GDC keynote address, Satoru Iwata announced the new game is being designed to "take full advantage" of the system's 3D display.

During his Game Developer's Conference keynote address today, Satoru Iwata announced that Nintendo EAD Tokyo, developers of the Super Mario Galaxy games, are currently working on a new Super Mario title for Nintendo 3DS.

The game is being designed to take full advantage of the 3D display on the 3DS.

Wi-Fi access will be available across the US.

Following a system update in late May, over 10,000 AT&T Wi-Fi hotspots will be accessible to Nintendo 3DS owners nationwide across the US.

Players will be able to access Wi-Fi features for SpotPass content delivery and eShop connectivity in restaurants, book stores, airports, and more.

Nintendo also announced the 3DS would have a 3D movie trailer service, a short-form 3D video channel, and 3D video recording.

Nintendo announced a partnership with Netflix to bring content to the Nintendo 3DS this summer. Netflix members will be able to resume videos from other devices such as the Wii. Viewing will be in 2D.

In terms of 3D content, movie trailers will be viewable following the May system update.

A short-form video service acts like a portable Nintendo Channel exclusive to 3DS with Nintendo-moderated content such as comedy clips and music videos.

Nintendo offers functionality fixes and a 3D video with the first Nintendo 3DS update. 

Nintendo of Japan has issued the first 3DS firmware update. The update includes improved system stability, an update to Street Pass which extends the data received notification feature and improved network connectivity. Nintendo has also added a 3D video featuring the Super Mario Bros theme song as performed at Nintendo World 2011.

The 'HD' remake of the arcade classic was revealed in an ESRB listing.

A listing on the ESRB website has revealed MonkeyPaw Games' first multiplatform title to be BurgerTime HD.

A remake of the Data East arcade classic, BurgerTime has the player build burgers by walking over ingredients, causing them to fall from platforms towards the bottom of the screen. In the... Read more...

Junichi Masuda discusses why 2D was best for the latest generation of Pokémon.

Many people wondered as to why Nintendo decided to release Pokémon Black and Pokémon White on the Nintendo DS as opposed to the Nintendo 3DS. When questioned on the matter, Junichi Masuda, the director of the most recent generation of Pokémon games, explained why his team decided to go with the Nintendo DS instead of the Nintendo 3DS.

Will Super Meat Boy finally grace a Nintendo platform?

Team Meat announced via their Twitter page that they are signed up as Nintendo 3DS developers. Although they did not specifically state that they would be developing any games, let alone Super Meat Boy, for Nintendo 3DS, one can speculate that they might be interested in bringing their only product to date to the new handheld.

Tecmo Koei are bringing Samurai Warriors: Chronicles Down Under later this month. 

Samurai Warriors: Chronicles has been confirmed for a release Down Under alongside of the Nintendo 3DS on March 31, thanks to Twitter and various retail listings.

Samurai Warriors: Chronicles has already been announced as a launch title in both North America and Europe, but the game had no specific release date in Australia until today. 


Another Nintendo 64 game is on the way to the European Virtual Console. 

Come this Friday, European Wii owners will be able to download the game for 1,000 Nintendo Points. The game has recently been rated by the ESRB, hinting at a North American release in the future.

It is always an exciting event when a Nintendo 64 game hits the Virtual Console, especially considering... Read more...

The new handheld will not be using Opera's browser as the Nintendo DS did.

Access, a company who develops embedded software, will be providing a version of the NetFront browser for the Nintendo 3DS. The Internet browser will be available for download through a software update in May.

The Internet browser is currently in use in over one billion devices including mobile phones. Notable versions are those produced for Sony's PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable.

Nintendo hires new Corporate VP for Corporate Affairs.

Nintendo of America recently announced that public relations veteran Cynthia Gordon, will be the new Vice President of Corporate Affairs. She will take over the position on March 14, and brings twenty years of experience working with consumer brands.

She replaces Denise Kaigler, who left the company in November 2009, after working with Nintendo for only two years. She left to work as Chief Marketing Officer for 38 Studios.

Pokémon returns to the Nintendo DS this April in Japan.

During the January investors meeting, Nintendo announced Pokémon Typing Tutor would be released in April. Today Nintendo announced a specific release date for the game. Along with some new details on the upcoming title.

Pokémon Typing Tutor comes bundled with a Bluetooth Keyboard, and will launch... Read more...

Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata says the Wii is here to stay for the time being. 

Even though sales of the Wii continue to decline as it heads into its fifth year on the market, Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata has, once again, told Japanese newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun that the Wii is here to stay.

During the interview, Iwata remarked, "It's just four years since release. It's selling... Read more...

Iwata laughs and hints about Mario on 3DS.

Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata gave an interview to the Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun. During the interview he expressed the desire for the Nintendo 3DS to exceed the 140 million units that the DS has currently sold through.

A key factor in Nintendo’s plan to increase their dominance over the portable... Read more...

The official Twitter accounts for the games confirm additional content.

According to the official Twitter accounts for the DJ Hero and Guitar Hero series, the games will be receiving additional downloadable content. This contradicts earlier reports stating that the flow of DLC would cease in February.

Although both the nature of the content, and they platforms it will be available for, remain unknown, it represents a ray of hope for fans of the music genre that Activision will not completely abandon them. 

Commander Video's final adventure is unleashed on WiiWare.

Today's update features a noteworthy release, the final game in the BIT.TRIP series, BIT.TRIP FLUX. Published by Aksys and priced at 800 Wii Points ($8), FLUX returns to the paddle based gameplay  seen in BEAT, the first game in the series. FLUX promises to have new challenges and additions such as full screen paddles and Avoid Beats.