The Epic chief theorizes that the Nintendo 3DS falls below the Unreal Engine minimum specifications.

Mark Rein, vice president of Epic Games, said today that he believes that the Nintendo 3DS will not be able to run the Unreal Engine 3, making the handheld system incapable of running games using the popular engine.

Rein stated that unless the 3DS exceeded his suspected specifications, there would... Read more...

Club Nintendo US will have this prize available tomorrow.

The Mario Galaxy and Animal Crossing-themed paper fans previously seen on the Club Nintendo Japan website are coming to Club Nintendo US.

One fan will come to a total of 300 coins, with four designs to choose from. Check the catalog tomorrow to order yours.

These are in fact no longer listed in the Japanese Club Nintendo catalogue, so for now, the US pages are the only place to order one.

Ubisoft's Raving Rabbids will star in a new series of animated shorts.

In partnership with Aardman, Ubisoft is producing a pilot and several episodes of an animated short feature based on the Rabbids characters.

"When the opportunity arose to work with Ubisoft on the Rabbids we leapt at it, we absolutely love the characters and can’t wait to help bring them to a television audience," Miles Bullough, head of broadcast at Aardman, said. The company created the Wallace and Gromit series.

Play the games, get some swag, and meet some producers.

Capcom confirmed their New York Comic Con lineup today, and it will include Ghost Trick and Okamiden for DS, and Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes for Wii.

The company will also be doling out lots of swag. There are Okamiden headbands, silly bands, and limited edition t-shirts. Fans of Sengoku Basara can take place in a march through the show floor by becoming one of the 100 fans who wear a Basara clan t-shirt.

A new Captain America game based on the movie.

Sega announced today that they'll be releasing a game to tie in with the upcoming Captain America film from Paramount Pictures, in conjunction with Next Level Games.

Captain America: Super Soldier will have a script penned by Christos Gage. Set within the same world as the movie, Marvels Sentinel... Read more...

Expects them to be in line with current Nintendo DS prices.

At the recent investors' Q&A, Satoru Iwata mentioned that games for the Nintendo 3DS will be pretty much in line with the current price of Nintendo DS games.

He later went on to comment, "We don't believe that the world is in a state where high priced software will sell well, so we don't believe it will be in a price range too far off from current DS software."

There are new Dragon Quest IX maps and a full roster of past and future releases.

Nintendo is bringing eight games to New York Comic Con, which is taking place this weekend (October 8, 9, and 10) at the Jacob K. Javits Center in New York City.

Donkey Kong Country Returns, Kirby's Epic Yarn, Wii Party, and Metroid: Other M headline the Wii side of things, in addition to Activision's GoldenEye, which is the lone non-Nintendo-published title available.

One in three homes with Wiis, and more with a DS owner.

Nintendo have announced that based on Chart Track (UK) sales figures, one in three households owns a Nintendo Wii. 8.3 million consoles in total have been sold across the UK. The one in three figure is based on National Statistics figures that show there are around 25 million households in the UK.

Going all out this week with a Virtual Console title, and a DSiWare game you may have heard of.

After last week's rather quiet and inconspicuous downloads, this week brings us a Virtual Console title, and a pair each of WiiWare and DSiWare releases.

On Virtual Console this week, fate conspires to arrange the fourth of the Fatal Fury titles, originally released for Neo Geo in 1995. This was... Read more...

The online multiplayer will be rank-based and the Wii Remote and Nunchuk controls will feature lots of options.

A recent conference call with Execute Producer Julian Widdows shed light on the online multiplayer and control of Activision and Eurocom's upcoming GoldenEye Wii game, as well as why Oddjob is the only one with a special ability and what Widdows thinks of the 3DS.

The online multiplayer, which hasn't... Read more...

Toys "R" Us will feature a limited edition bundle.

Tony Hawk: Shred, the sequel to last year's foray into peripheral-based skateboarding games, is coming out on October 26.The game, which adds snowboarding to the mix, is focused on over-the-top gameplay and aims to get "kids off the couch and into the action."There will be training videos available... Read more...

As opposed to simply adding depth, Capcom has added a completely different viewing angle.

In a September interview with revogamers, Yoshinori Ono, Street Fighter IV's producer, teased that Capcom was adding "something that will surprise people" that "requires the 3D function" to the 3DS port of Super Street Fighter IV. 4gamer's Super Street Fighter IV 3D impressions, from Nintendo's press event on Wednesday, have revealed that this "surprise" is a behind-the-shoulder mode.

WayForward are not currently developing this franchise.

Release schedules for the Nintendo 3DS published during E3 2010 listed a title from WayForward, A Boy and his Blob.

A WayForward spokesperson recently stated that the previous announcement was incorrect, and there are no A Boy and His Blob games currently in development for any platform. 

Pokemon Black and White remain at the top in Japan.

Pokemon Black and Pokemon White posts back-to-back weeks at number one in Japan despite experiencing a 68% dip in sales. The games became the fast-selling ever in Japan last week, and there is indeed still indeed plenty of interest for the duo of Pokemon games. From September 20-26, Pokemon Black and White sold just over 828,000, bringing its lifetime-to-date total to just short of 3.4 million.

Muramasa: The Demon Blade may soon be playable in 3D.

In a recent Siliconera interview with Marvelous Entertainment, it was revealed that the company would like to bring Muramasa: The Demon Blade to another dimension with the Nintendo 3DS.

When the Group Manager of Marvelous Entertainment, Tomio Kanazawa, was questioned about what he thought of bringing... Read more...

Automatic firmware updates to combat piracy.

In an investor's briefing following the presentation on September 29, Iwata replied with the following comment regarding a question about Nintendo's anti-piracy measures for the Nintendo 3DS.

"As part of the functionality of SpotPass, we're looking into having automatic system updates via the internet."

Green, blue, and yellow launching next week.

The Nintendo Conference DS software line-up video opened opened by showing several colours of DSi models.

Three of these colours will be available in Europe from October 8. The green, blue and yellow colours will be released additions to the DSi XL range.

Nintendo of Europe also released an updated schedule for the holiday season.

ASCII Media Works brings the gaming world its first 3D fishing experience.

ASCII Media Works has announced Fish On for the 3DS. As the name would imply, Fish On is a fishing game.  It allows players to fish for various real-world fish using a selection of lures.

The screenshots released show underwater images of various fishes, fishermen in boats, and various structures that the player will presumably be able to fish around.

Care for your camels, elephants, and more.

One of the original titles announced for Nintendo 3DS today, Marvelous Entertainment/AQ Interactive will release Animal Resort in spring 2011.

In this zoo life simulation, you find yourself inheriting a zoo from your grandfather. Starting with one elephant, you build up your zoo to attract more and more visitors each day. Eventually, over 100 animal species will be available for your care.

The planned 2010 release for Japan was moved forward.

At their press event Wednesday, Nintendo announced that the 3DS would be launching February 26, 2011 in Japan and in March in Europe and North America. Many analysts had predicted a 2010 release for Japan, and possibly for other regions. Nintendo president and CEO of Nintendo Co. Ltd. said the 2011 date was chosen due to supply constraints.