Make a wish to find that last red property in McDonald's Monopoly.

The US distribution has been announced for Pokémon #720, the mysterious genie Hoopa.

The mischevious genie will be made available at McDonalds restaurants in the US from November 27 to December 23. No word on how it will be handed out in Canada, but it has been distributed in some Asian countries including Japan and some European countries, including France from 2 - 22 November at Micromania stores.

Also news of Japan's most unusual Splatfest yet.

After taking a week off for the 2.2 update, the regular Splatoon weapon drops have resumed, and you'll have a full day to test the equipment before the Hallowe'en Splatfest.

The new weapons are the Luna Blaster Neo (Splat Bomb sub, Bomb Rush special) and the H-3 Nozzlenose D (Point Sensor sub, Inkzooka special). Both weapons became available tonight at 10pm Eastern, to allow a day of practice before the Splatfest.

After last week I'm not sure we have time to download anything anyway!

Following last week's insane release schedule, a bit of slowdown is called for. And for the most part, it's true for North America – but a couple of little big releases with Octodad: Dadliest Catch and Tomorrow Corporation (Little Inferno)'s next project, Human Resource Machine repping the eShop this week. Natsume's Harvest Moon: More Friends of Mineral Town is the Virtual Console release of the week.

Covers both of the old Nintendo loyalty programs.

Slides from today's Nintendo shareholder's meeting have revealed the DeNA-powered loyalty program will be known as "My Nintendo".

The program will include benefits for playing games on both Nintendo systems and with mobile apps such as Miitomo, which the service will launch alongside in March.... Read more...

Miitomo uses Miis to communicate with other users, and it will work with your new Nintendo Account.

Nintendo's first mobile game, called Miitomo, will launch this fiscal year, as opposed to the calendar year.

Set to debut worldwide in March 2016 alongside the company's new loyalty program called My Nintendo, Miitomo is a free-to-start mobile game with optional add-ons. The title focuses on communications... Read more...

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We have a timeframe for the return of the Nintendo Direct.

In a note from Nintendo's recent financial results release, CEO Tatsumi Kimishima confirmed to the Wall Street Journal that in addition to an update on their mobile plans tomorrow, the Nintendo Direct will return in the next couple of months.

That's a lot of people staying fresh.

Nintendo has released their second quarter financial results for this fiscal year, and it's another profitable quarter for the company.

For the 2nd quarter (July 1 - September 30) Nintendo had net sales of 113.959 billion yen (approx. $947m US: all conversions at current market rates via xe.com),... Read more...

Two of the most demanded features are coming soon.

A software update to Super Mario Maker will launch on November 4 that adds two highly demanded features.

The update will add mid-level checkpoints to stages (shake the arrow) and the ability to have progressive powerups by attaching the Super Mushroom to the higher-leveled power.

The update... Read more...

Pink pieces are like full size candy bars; rare but much appreciated.

Nintendo is throwing a spooky surprise in for those who visit Nintendo Zones this weekend.

Much like last year's Hallowe'en event, there will be a National StreetPass weekend this weekend in North America. As usual, Nintendo Zones across the continent will be configured to give visitors six StreetPass tags from across the continent in rapid succession.

After a long hiatus, the collectathon resumes.

Nintendo has launched a new StreetPass puzzle in North America, the first new one to launch since March.

A 40-piece Yo-Kai Watch puzzle has begun to filter out via SpotPass for those who have the function enabled. The puzzle launches just ahead of Yo-Kai Watch's North American launch on November 6.

The ride never ends!

Following last week's Nintendo Network maintenance, it appears there will be a second round tomorrow.

The Nintendo Network status page lists online play and leaderboards as down from 2 p.m. PT/5 p.m. ET tomorrow to 7p.m. PT/10 p.m. ET, and the eShops, Wii Shopping Channel and DSiWare Shop as all down from 1 p.m. PT/4 p.m. ET to the same end time.

A battle of real ultimate power will be coming soon.

Nintendo has announced the next Splatfest for North America, and the first post 2.2 competition will feature an important scoring change.

The competition will take place beginning at roughly 11:57 p.m. Eastern time on October 30 and cover all of Hallowe'en before ending at just after midnight Eastern on November 1. The teams will consist of pirates (Callie) against ninjas (Marie).

One of the best versions of a classic game releases as a download in time for Hallowe'en.

Resident Evil 4's Wii edition will come to Europe next week as a downloadable title.

Originally announced on the Nintendo of Europe Twitter feed this morning, the 2007 Wii re-release of the 2005 PlayStation 2/Gamecube title will launch for €19.99/£17.99 with a 20% discount for launch week.

The... Read more...

Great Scott! Can you beat Marty’s score?

In honor of Back to the Future Day, Nintendo has released Wild Gunman on the European Wii U Virtual Console. You might remember this as the game Marty McFly destroys when he travels to the distant and techno-heavy future of 2015 in Back to the Future Part II.

In place of the NES Zapper gun, players can use the Wii remote to play this “baby’s toy”.

Costumes and spooky games get you in the spirit of All Hallow's Eve.

North America’s got some big games on the menu this week, even if some of them aren’t on the eShop. The Wii U gets two Just Dance titles, Guitar Hero Live (though technically off-topic for our purposes since it's only available in stores) and Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water, while the 3DS will... Read more...

So the Nintendo Network logo was legit after all.

Nintendo has announced the upcoming Mario Tennis Ultra Smash will feature online play and Amiibo support.

A recent fact sheet from Nintendo confirmed that the November 20 release will have support for online in both Mega Matches and standard tennis. Doubles matches will be supported with two players on the same Wii U, or with an Amiibo partner.

Looks like Europe is getting a baby's toy in time for Back to the Future Day.

Europe is adding to the Zapper love on the Wii U Virtual Console this week, while North America may be picking up a new platform soon.

The European downloads for this week include both Hogan's Alley and Wild Gunman, both NES games, for the Wii U. These would be two of the other Nintendo published... Read more...

Super Mario Maker off to a flying start.

Following a slight delay for database upgrades, the September US sales estimates are out from the NPD group and Super Mario Maker performed up to expectations.

The early September release sold approximately 445,000 copies in the US during the NPD reporting period (Sept 11 - Oct 3), and has sold... Read more...

At this point, they're giving it away.

Nintendo has announced a Yo-Kai Watch bundle just prior to the game's launch.

Starting on November 6, a bundle of a Nintendo 2DS and a preinstalled copy of the Level-5 developed RPG will launch for US$99.99, the current MSRP of the system.

Be sure to check out Josh Max's hands-on preview of the game from New York Comic-Con as well.

And a new hub for Nintendo developers opens.

Although Nintendo will not be talking about the NX platform until next year, sources indicate devkits are in the wild.

A report in the Wall Street Journal (subscription required; reproduction) has announced that the dev kits for the NX have been distributed to key partners. The article claims that the NX devices would use "industry-leading chips" for their processors, and that a mobile (handheld) and a TV console are both in development.