It suddenly got very Norse in here.

CoroCoro magazine in Japan has revealed what appear to be the first new forms of Pokémon for the swan song of the 6th generation.

The magazine lists four alternate forms of Zygarde (#718):

Keeping some things the same, but aiming for long term changes as well.

Nintendo gave an interview with the Nikkei newspaper following the announcement of Tatsumi Kimishima as company president.

Kimishima confirmed in the interview that Nintendo would continue the plans of transition laid out by the late Satoru Iwata, including the transition to new generation hardware... Read more...

Formerly served as president of Nintendo of America.

In a press release statement issued today in Japan, Nintendo has named Tatsumi Kimishima its new president following the death of Satoru Iwata in July.

Kimishima has previously been Nintendo of America's president, reigning from 2002 to 2006 when he was succeeded by the current president Reggie Fils-Aime. He has also served as Chief Financial Officer of The Pokémon Company, as well as the president of the US branch.

It's time for our next RetroActive poll: games not featured in Super Mario Maker!

Super Mario Maker is here, and our panel of supposed experts at Radio Free Nintendo is now knee-deep in Mario Making. We are also delightfully knee-deep in your suggestions for games that feature Mario that are not in Super Mario Maker. In fact, we received so many suggestions we decided we would... Read more...

Comes with a clarification on Splatoon naming conventions.

The week's Splatoon update will go live tonight at the standard time (10 p.m. ET, 7 p.m. PT) and will bring a modified version of an existing weapon.

The H-3 Nozzlenose is a heavier version of the L-3 Nozzelnose family of weapons, which trade a bit more power for slightly less speed. The sub weapon is the Suction Bombs and it has the Echolocator special.

Plus the ability to look like classic Atlus heroes.

Japan will be getting the game known as Genei Ibunroku #FE in North America just under the wire for this year.

The Atlus/Nintendo co-operative project will release on December 26 in Japan, just in time for the massive New Year's shopping season. The game will have a regular edition, a "Fortissimo"... Read more...

Dinosaurs show legs and feathers and the Amiibo train keeps rolling

US sales results have been released by the NPD Group for August, and Nintendo will be looking for a September turnaround.

In the software charts, the only game on Nintendo systems to reach the top 10 was June's Lego Jurassic World at #5 (combined formats). The 3DS and Wii U were the 2nd and 3rd best selling version of the game, while Splatoon is now at 600,000 copies sold (physical + eShop).

Swimming in the vacuum, causing a commotion because they are so awesome

September continues to be a busy month for the eShop as Starwhal will launch on the 24th in North America.

Previously released on Steam and PlayStation consoles, Starwhal is a multiplayer game featuring narwhals engaging in fencing contests in outer space. The Wii U version will feature a brand new mode called Blastopus.

A day -1 patch removes a prominent complaint.

A patch will be available for Super Mario Maker that removes a source of frustration about the game.

The version 1.01 patch is available for the game's release in Japan and Western gamers who got the game early, and includes the following bullet point: "Condition(s) for increasing the amount of... Read more...

Yes, there are things releasing that aren't Mario Maker this week.

Aside from the big, constructive elephant release this week of Super Mario Maker, there's a pretty decent lineup for the Wii U on the eShop. The 3DS has had a retail release since Tuesday with the launch of Hatsune Miku Project Mirai DX, and Alex's review might draw some comparison to chocolate, but you probably went retail on this one anyway for the LE goodies.

Time to get your frog prince on.

Atlus will have a demo for their upcoming RPG Legend of Legacy.

The demo will launch in the North American eShop on September 22, three weeks before the game's release. The 30 play demo will cover the prologue and first two dungeons of the game, and as usual with Atlus demos progress will carry over to the final game.

Partnership with Ingress's Niantic Labs brings Pokemon to the real world.

A new mobile Pokémon game is under development by Niantic Labs in a partnership with The Pokemon Company, Nintendo, and Game Freak to bring an augmented reality game to mobile. A surprise press conference hosted by Pokemon president Tsunekazu Ishihara showed a sneak peak of the game.

Pokémon... Read more...

Rumors of a "new business strategy" for the franchise.

The Pokémon Company will be holding a press conference shortly to discuss "new business strategies".

The press conference will be held at 15:00 JST today (11 p.m. Pacific time, 2 a.m. Eastern), but no indication has been given as to what the announcement will be beyond that. The conference will... Read more...

There's no inoculation for this plague.

Yacht Club Games has announced the release date for the first Shovel Knight expansion.

Plague of Shadows will release on September 17, a week from tomorrow in all regions where the base game is available, for both 3DS and Wii U. The expansion will come as a free update to all Shovel Knight owners.

A dump of 3D Gunstar Heroes may point to planned games from the Sega project.

Hackers may have found a group of planned additions to Sega's 3D Classics line.

A poster on the GBATemp forums allegedly dumped the RAM of a 3DS running 3D Gunstar Heroes and found listings for approximately 30 games, a majority of which are not currently released.

The full listing is pictured,... Read more...

Plus a new challenger from Namco and Capcom.

Project X Zone 2 will have a playable character that absolutely nobody was expecting.

Joining the lineup from the Sega portion of the three way crossover is Segata Sanshiro, the advertising mascot for the Sega Saturn in Japan. Playable as a solo unit in Project X Zone 2, Sanshiro was most famous... Read more...

Sadly, we do not have denial of the Triforce hunt yet.

This week's edition of Famitsu has given some more details about the upcoming Hyrule Warriors: Legends.

The issue outlines the new Legend mode content, which will include Tetra and the King of Red Lions as playable characters. Toon Link will be playable in all other modes of the game, but the regular Hyrule Warriors Link will be the main playable version of Link in Legend mode.

The closest we'll get to having F-Zero bundled with a system.

Nintendo has announced a new Wii U bundle that will start rolling into stores in the United States today.

The bundle retains the standard $299.99 MSRP but includes a preinstalled copy of Mario Kart 8 and a download code for the two packs of DLC. Whether or not this will completely replace the existing Nintendo Land and Super Mario 3D World bundle is to be determined.

But Pikmin is "very close to completion".

A new Pikmin game is in development and according to Nintendo, it's "very close to completion".

Shigeru Miyamoto confirmed the title was in development in a July interview with Eurogamer, and the company confirmed the development with Nintendo in a follow up interview. No release date or platform information is available for the title at this time.

All the splatting power in a cute little package.

Nintendo of Europe has announced tonight's weapon update for Splatoon will bring a modification to an existing weapon that's built for speed.

The Mini Splatling will drop at update time tonight / tomorrow morning (Europe) and will bring a weapon that provides more mobility than its big brother and enhanced range. Suction Bombs will be the sub weapon and it brings an Inkzooka special.