Dragon Quest IX is one of many Black Friday deals.

According to a leaked Target Black Friday ad, Dragon Quest IX for the DS will be available at a bargain price. Players who have not obtained the RPG title will be able to do so at $17. Another Square Enix title, Final Fantasy XIII for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, will be sold at the same price.

The sequel to last year's zombie title could be underway.

According to Nintendo Life's sources who are close to Sega, the sequel to House of the Dead: Overkill is in development. The original title was developed by London-based development house Headstrong Games, and they were pitching the sequel to Sega some months ago. As previously reported, the title could be a multi-platform one, appearing on the Wii as well as the PlayStation 3, using the PS Move controller.

Five Final Fantasy characters and Mii support will be in the final version of the game.

The Japanese Mario Sports Mix website has been updated to reveal five new characters. The game is being developed by Square Enix, and the new characters come from the Final Fantasy series. The characters are Black Mage, White Mage, Ninja, Cactuar, and Moogle. Each character has their own play... Read more...

Miyamoto speaks on the possibility of a Wii Music sequel.

In an interview with Techland during Mario's 25th birthday celebration on November 7, Shigeru Miyamoto spoke a little about potentially including Mario in a follow-up to Wii Music, and went on to say that changes were in progress to improve the game, specifically mentioning a new interface.

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Nintendo's water action game coming to WiiWare in December.

The Nintendo-published water physics puzzle game has been renamed from Fluidity to Hydroventure for its European WiiWare release.

The title is set inside an illustrated magical book, Aquaticus, and navigating the chapters will rid the world of the "Influence", a corruptive goop that has spread through... Read more...

From EA's North Carolina studio, Madden 3DS will feature a season mode, a 5-on-5 mode, and 3D effects.

Madden NFL Football will be a 3DS launch title, according to publisher EA Sports.

The latest iteration of the popular football title will feature every NFL team in 3D graphics. Utilizing the different play call modes, ranging from conventional to GameFlow, popularized in Madden NFL 11, the title... Read more...

Sonic, Zelda, and Space Invaders will also receive street naming honors.

Future residents of a Spanish neighborhood have voted for the name of their street. The winning choice is "Avenida de Super Mario Bros". The celebration included a Mario mascot dancing to a violin and cello version of the Mario theme, while onlookers sported fake mustaches and interacted with the... Read more...

Super Kong will help players through DK's latest adventure.

It has been revealed that Retro Studio's Donkey Kong Returns will feature a Super Guide-like feature called "Super Kong". Much like the Super Guide feature in last year's New Super Mario Bros. Wii, when players have failed to pass a stage they are given the option of completing the stage with the... Read more...

Gods, pinball, and music reign supreme in this week's update.

Today's update sees five titles, two for WiiWare, three for DSiWare. The first title of the week is Gods vs. Humans from Zallag, a title in which you take the role of a god from a different region (Japan, Egypt, and Rome), whose servants have decided to go against you and build a tower to confront you. Gods vs. Humans can be downloaded for 1,200 Wii Points ($12).

Super Mario Collection and Pokemon Black and White make way for two new chart toppers. 

After top position last week, Super Mario Collection finds itself down the charts as it dips from 1 to 3 in its second week. This drop is due to a 61 percent decline in sales. Still, it logs a larger second week than both Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Galaxy 2, which really shows how popular the 2D Mario games are, as it is a port of SNES game. It finished the week with sales of 119,485.

Who is the most popular Pokemon in Japan?

In September, The Pokemon Company announced that they would be hosting a poll so players in Japan could vote for their favorite Pokemon prior to the release of Pokemon Black and White. The winning Pokemon would be hailed as the most popular, and players would be able to download it free via Black and White's Dream World features.

First six months were still profitable, but sales below forecasts.

In their earnings announcement, Square Enix announced that they saw a drop in sales and earnings for the first six months of 2010. Figures provided for the second quarter show that sales went down to 68,056 million yen ($836 million) from the 90,561 million yen ($1.11 billion) from the year prior. Income fell from 13,091 million to 5,712 million yen ($161 million to $70 million).

Six of the ten games are Nintendo titles.

In honor of their ten-year anniversary, Amazon Japan has released their list of the top ten best-selling games of the decade, starting from October 1, 2001 and ending on June 30, 2010.

Out of the top ten titles, six of them are Nintendo titles. In first place is Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the... Read more...

Pre-order to get Ghost Trick and the first Phoenix Wright title together.

The Capcom Store is now offering pre-orders for a bundle of two Nintendo DS games. The Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective New Classic Bundle includes Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective and Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney together for $39.99, $10 more than Ghost Trick alone.

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney is the first game in the Ace Attorney series; this title is currently difficult to obtain as it is out of print. 

Posting pictures of a Chaoboo, the man was caught by cyber patrolmen.

A fan who intended to "show everyone the characters that haven't been made public yet" might be in trouble (one could even say double trouble) after revealing six pictures of a Chaoboo and two other new pokémon online on September 1st, a full 17 days before they made their appearance in Black and White, the latest Japanese releases of the franchise.

Going forward, the mega-publisher will be paying special attention to 3D gaming, including the 3DS.

Electronic Arts is embracing 3D with open arms. Not only are they future-proofing recently released and upcoming games to be played on 3D-capable televisions, they're also very interested in the Nintendo 3DS. During an investor's call this morning, they expressed serious interest in the upcoming handheld, saying, "[3D will be] a little more interesting next year, certainly very interesting on the 3DS which has 3D built into it."

The incomparable prosecutor comes to life as a figurine.

While a US release of the second Ace Attorney Investigations game has yet to be announced, today a Japanese release date was set for February 3, 2011.

The game will be available in three packages. Firstly, the game alone will be sold at standard price, ¥5,040. For a premium, there is a selection of a special edition box sets.

Smaller loss than last year, but huge drop in Wii software sales.

Electronic Arts has posted a net loss of $201 million for the three months ending September 30, the second fiscal quarter. This is a better result than expected, with the same period in 2009 recording losses of $391 million.

Wii software sales dropped dramatically, with 82 percent fewer sales compared to the same period in 2009. Wii games accounted for only six percent of EA's total output. Nintendo DS game sales were one percent. 

Nintendo's famed creator believes that 3D will give Mario "a great feeling of existence."

Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto told investors that the company plans to make 2D and 3D Mario games for the upcoming Nintendo 3DS, according to Andriasang.

"When asked 'what will we do on 3DS,' the answer is, of course, we'll make both," Miyamoto said. "They both have their own appeal."

He also talked... Read more...

The DS sequel is coming to a handheld near you in March 2011.

Capcom announced a March 15, 2011 release date for Okamiden today.

The sequel to Okami, the critically acclaimed PlayStation 2 and Wii game, Okamiden takes place months after the original, putting players in control of Chibiterasu, the son of the original game's protagonist.

GameStop will have an exclusive pre-order bonus, including a paint brush stylus and a screen cleaner featuring art from the game.