Mario and the gang will be four-sport heroes in early February.

The Square Enix-developed Mario Sports Mix will be coming out in North America on February 7, according to Nintendo.

The Wii title features four sports (basketball, volleyball, dodgeball, and hockey) with single-player modes, unlockable characters, and local and online multiplayer. The online multiplayer... Read more...

It's party time with disco, incubation, time travel, space combat, boss monsters, and karaoke.

While I sometimes contemplate making up the week's downloads on the spot to provide more interesting commentary, on occasion the subjects spanned by the download games have more variety than anything I could come up with, as this week sees a Virtual Console title, two WiiWare games, and four DSiWare entries.

The game will make its stateside debut this February.

Nintendo will publish Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation in North America on February 14.

Originally released on the Super Famicom in 1995, this DS remake marks the first time the game will be released outside of Japan. It is the third in the Zenithia trilogy, which began with Dragon Quest IV and V, both of which had DS remakes in 2008 and 2009 respectively.

A number of retailers have the Square Enix-developed title listed for release during the first week of February.

Mario Sports Mix might be heading to North America during the first week of February if a number of retailers are correct.

GameStop has it listed for a February 1 release, which is a Tuesday, while Best Buy has it listed for a February 6. In addition, other North American retailers have it listed for the same early February window. A recent Nintendo Power cover story also labeled the game with a February 2011 release.

The Wii's next big first-person shooter will be available in the middle of February.

Conduit 2 is coming out on February 15, 2011, High Voltage confirmed to IGN recently.

The sequel to 2009's The Conduit, the game was originally supposed to come out in late 2010, but it was delayed to early 2011 for unknown reasons.

Doctor Lautrec explores the mysterious underground of 19th Century Paris next Spring.

Konami has launched the official website for Doctor Lautrec and the Forgotten Knights, an original adventure game for Nintendo 3DS. 

The story is set in 19th Century Paris and stars Doctor Jean-Pierre Lautrec, the genius archaeologist who loves to solve mysteries, along with his student assistant... Read more...

The largest Nintendo chip manufacturer is ready to supply 1GB to 8GB ROM chips.

The memory size for Nintendo 3DS cartridges will range from one to eight gigabytes, reports major Taiwanese newspaper China Times.

Macronix, the largest worldwide ROM product manufacturer, and also the largest supplier of ROM chips for Nintendo, has completed a production line for 1GB to 8GB ROM... Read more...

The second in Nintendo's party game series is coming out in North America on December 20.

Mario Party 2 is coming to Virtual Console in North America on December 20, according to Nintendo of America's Twitter.

The tweet reads: "Holiday Treat: You’re hearing it here on Twitter first! Mario Party 2 (N64) will be available for Wii via the Virtual Console on Dec. 20!"

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This tower defense game is based around protecting an incubator from attackers.

INKUB, a tower defense game from Spanish developer Cosmonaut Games, is hitting WiiWare in North America on December 20.

The game, available for 500 Wii Points, is all about protecting an incubator from attackers. Using different weapons, players must switch between two different areas of the incubator by shaking the Wii Remote.

A North American demo for the Cosmonaut Games WiiWare title will come soon.

A demo version of Dive: The Medes Island Secret is coming to the European Wii Shop this Friday, according to Cosmonaut Games.

In the coming weeks, the demo will also be released in North America.

The demo includes one full level of the game, and you'll be able to buy upgrades and gain achievments.

The Street Fighter IV team is focusing heavily on the upcoming 3DS version now that the arcade version has launched.

Street Fighter Producer Yoshinori Ono said on the Super Street Fighter IV developer blog that the team is focusing its efforts on Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition, which is set for release on the Nintendo 3DS, according to Andriasang.

Up until recently, the staff had been working on Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition, which recently came out in Japan.

Join Missile to deliver a present on Christmas Eve.

A new Nintendo DS demo for Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective is available for download from the Nintendo Channel.

This demo uses the same characters as a level shown at E3, but it has been cut down to be shorter much simpler so as to demonstrate some of Sissel's abilities without giving away too much of the real level. 

D3 Publisher's first 3DS title is Dream Trigger 3D.

D3 Publisher announced Dream Trigger 3D, an arcade shooter for Nintendo 3DS. The original title will have players using sonar to detect sound and expose colorful enemies, which then explode into 3D patterns when hit.

The game will have over 50 stages set to a dynamic soundtrack that changes as players move through the layered environment, dodging attacks and destroying enemies in arcade action.

Mario, Pokemon, Mario, Kamen Rider and more Mario rule last week's sales charts.

Despite the one-million-plus debut of Capcom's Monster Hunter Portable 3rd for the PSP, several Nintendo titles appeared at the top ten of Japan's Media Create sales charts. At third place was Mario Sports Mix for the Wii, which sold 59,007 units for a total of 143,991 copies sold since its debut on November 25.

Final Fantasy creator and Last Story director will present the game to the world at the end of the month.

Nintendo has announced that they will be hosting a special presentation of the "The Last Story" called "The Last Story Presentation: Seeking a New RPG". The presentation will be hosted by Last Story director and Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi as he details the game's battle engine, story and setting.

Fans will be able to experience the second of Mario's parties as well as Hydroventure, just in time for Christmas.

Announced for Japan in November, Nintendo of Europe has announced that Mario Party 2, released for the Nintendo 64 in 2000, will be available on the European Virtual Console service on December 24, 2010 for 1000 Wii Points ($10).

In addition to the classic Mario title, the Nintendo-published WiiWare title, Fluidity, known in Europe as Hydroventure, will be released along with its demo.

Players can enjoy the last few days of the year exploding chickens.

Tons of bits has announced that their first WiiWare title, Chick Chick Boom, will be released on the North American WiiWare service on December 27, 2010. The title has players battling each other by drawing figures, such as bombs and hammers, and then using them as weapons. 

The title... Read more...

Kirby, Mario and Donkey Kong are the stars of Nintendo's lineup.

Nintendo revealed their lineup of games for Jump Festa 2010, consisting of Mario Sports Mix, Donkey Kong Country Returns, and Kirby's Epic Yarn. All three games are already out in Japan.

Jump Festa will take place next weekend on December 18 and 19, and will feature other exhibitors such as Square-Enix.

The ESRB sheds some light on the company's next DSiWare game.

The ESRB has revealed new information regarding WayForward's next DSiWare title, Mighty Milky Way. 

The game, which has been rated E for everyone, has been described as being the following: "This is an action-puzzle game in which players help a green-skinned alien navigate toward warp portal... Read more...

Two of the One Piece Unlimited Cruise games will be ported to one 3DS cartridge.

In addition to porting other Namco titles such as Ridge Racer and Pac-Man and Galaga, Namco will be porting their two One Piece: Unlimited Cruise games to the 3DS. Both games will be available on one cart. The titles were originally released for the Wii as two different episodes. In the games, players... Read more...