Oh hey, look, Shantae! UPDATED: And North America gets it too!

North American and European Wii U owners who are looking to fill out the library will have a chance to grab big discounts on Wii U indie games starting Thursday.

Nintendo announced the Epic Indie Sale in today's European download update. Running from 9 July to 23 July, the sale will give 60% discounts... Read more...

As long as you order from Amazon.

North American Dragon Ball Z fans will get access to a 3DS port of the Super Famicom's Dragon Ball Z Super Butōden 2, so long as you preorder from Amazon.

An image posted on BandaiNamco's Facebook confirmed the port, which was first revealed for the European limited edition, will come to North... Read more...

They're going to sell functional Amiibo with a Wii game.

Activision has released details of the returning Dark editions of Skylanders, and there will be exclusive content for Nintendo consoles.

The console versions of Skylanders Trap Team came with a Dark edition, which will be returning for Superchargers this fall. The Wii U and Wii versions of the... Read more...

Sadly, a Metroid outfit will not come along for the ride.

The weapon train keeps rolling in Splatoon, as two new ones will drop tonight.

The Sploosh-O-Matic is a very short range weapon with a rapid fire, as Squid Research indicates "Take them by surprise and there’s no escape!". Squid Beakon is the subweapon and Killer Wail the special.

For those... Read more...

On both Wii U and New 3DS.

After many months, delays and a potential kill due to content, Binding of Isaac: Rebirth finally has a release date for Nintendo platforms.

The highly controversial dungeon crawler will launch on Wii U and New 3DS on July 23, along with the game's release on Xbox One. The New 3DS version is the second game exclusive to the upgraded handheld after Xenoblade Chronicles 3D.

Unseen64 digs deep into the cancelled Wii project and the findings are troubling.

A new video has been produced and posted by Unseen64 that examines in great detail the cancelled Wii game Project H.A.M.M.E.R and the issues that led to the game being sacked.

Project H.A.M.M.E.R was in development at Nintendo Software Technology beginning in late 2003, with the aim of being developed... Read more...

If you want the angelic anti-hero, you're going to need to show up day 1.

A small burst of Amiibo will be releasing in North America on July 31, and Best Buy will have you in the store to get one in particular.

Dark Pit will be exclusive to Best Buy, and the US stores will not be taking online orders or in store preorders for the Amiibo. The figure will only be sold in store beginning on July 31, with a strict 1 per customer limit.

Un slime approachment! Ton command?

It turns out Fire Emblem Awakening wasn't the last 3DS RPG localization to spill out unintentionally.

In an appearance at Paris's Japan Expo, Dragon Quest series creator Yuji Hori confirmed that the games would be localized for France, at least:

Yuji Horii has just announced DQ7 and 8 will be released "in French"...?! Apparently a last minute announcement here at Japan Expo.

After months of speculation, the Zero Escape series will finally have closure.

After months of speculation and a mysterious countdown timer, we have an official announcement of the third Zero Escape game.

Announced at the 2015 LA Anime Expo, the title will be the follow-up to 2012's Virtue's Last Reward and should resolve the many cliffhangers the game presented.

Aksys... Read more...

The console that served as a turning point for gaming itself finally emerges.

A series of photos and a Youtube video point to the existence of a Nintendo Play Station Superdisc - one form factor of the SNES CD-ROM - in the wild.

The prototype system has a cartridge slot, two SNES controller ports, and a tray loading disc slot. The photos show a prototype cartridge, and a... Read more...

At least this time when you get screwed by the Water Temple, you can yell about it on Miiverse.

Unlike last year, when it seemed like ten indie games got released on the same day about this time, the first July update of 2015 is light in North America. The biggest Wii U release is, of course, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. For those of you who can't find a retail version of Ocarina 3D... Read more...

And that bundle has some strange contents.

The newest 3DS Dragon Ball Z will be coming to the west later this year.

Arc System Works's fighter will release in Europe/Australia on 16 October, with a North American release to follow on October 20th. The game will feature 24 playable fighters once all are unlocked, and several dozen assist characters.

Nintendo's little social network will be seeing some big changes.

Sometime this summer, Miiverse will get a dramatic overhaul.

Among the changes detailed are a new private page that will allow you to save up to 100 screenshots, as well as a Play Journal that replaces the current Activity Feed and encourages writing about things as they occur in game.

The game... Read more...

Over the past several years, Nintendo of America hasn't released many games in the summer. We finally got an answer about it.

Over the past few years, you might have noticed that Nintendo of America avoids releasing games in the summer. As a matter of fact, they've only released one retail game in the month of July since 2007, and that was a bundled version of all of the Wii Sports Club games. When we interviewed Charlie Scibetta, Nintendo's Senior Director of Corporate Communications, he let us know why that is.

Also sales numbers and a Plague Knight update. For shovelry!

Beloved indie game Shovel Knight is getting a physical release.

Although originally a 3DS version was the only one rumored, Yacht Club Games will be self-publishing the game on both Wii U and 3DS October 13, at a MSRP of $20. The physical will have a full color instruction manual similar to the ones given to Kickstarter backers.

Come on and ride the... tower?

Splatoon's patch may launch today, but the newest Ranked Battle mode will launch tomorrow.

Set for the usual update time (10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT), Tower Control will have your squidkids battling for control of an object in the middle of the map. Once a team takes control of the tower, it will move... Read more...

If you have coins left, get them spent now.

A reminder to those who still have Club Nintendo coins remaining: All purchases must be made by midnight Pacific time tomorrow night.

At this time, the remaining rewards on the Club Nintendo page are all game rewards, as the physical prizes have all shipped and are no longer listed. Codes purchased on the site must be redeemed by July 31 or they are lost forever, and all accounts will be closed going into July 1.

As the Wii U game enters lotcheck, some good news for those who bought in on 3DS.

Some statements from Renegade Kid head Jools Watsham bring good news for existing owners of Xeodrifter.

In separate Twitter posts, Watsham confirmed that the recently revealed Wii U version of Xeodrifter has entered Nintendo lotcheck. He would later confirm to Nintendo World Report's Zach Miller that current owners of the 3DS version would get the Wii U version free, as it would be joining the Nintendo crossbuy program.

The Pokémon Company brings their free-to-start puzzler to mobile

The Pokémon Company's latest app for mobile has been announced, and it's a port of an existing 3DS title.

Pokémon Shuffle will come to iOS and Android later this year according to a trailer posted below, with Japan getting first access this summer. The game appears to be identical to the existing 3DS title, with the Pokémon at the top of the phone screen and the playfield on the bottom half.

With all the E3 goings on we decided to consolidate our podcast offerings into this article. Latest Podcast: 6/28 11:00 PM Pacific

E3 spreads our resources a little thin, so for the time being we've decided to list our podcasts in a single place. Every podcast, from home and show teams, will be listed here. Of course you can subscribe to our AAC feeds or MP3 feeds and have them delivered to you via the magic RSS.

Newest Episode: 6/28 23:00:00 Away Team - Interviews and Final Thoughts