Your 3DS has never looked fancier.

An update to the Nintendo 3DS System Menu has been released, which adds new features such as themes and pop-out notifications.

The new theme options are located in the upper left Home Screen icon, where the brightness and power-saving mode options currently reside. Some themes simply change the... Read more...

The atmospheric title has come a long way since then!

The Wii U eShop game Tengami is currently going through certification and will have a release date soon according a recent tweet from Nyamyam, the game's developer.

The game, featuring a colorful pop-up narrative, puts players in control of a samurai. Using the Wii U GamePad's touch screen, players will help guide the samurai as he navigates various puzzles and landscapes.

Another legendary third generation Pokemon gets a Mega Evolution.

The latest Pokémon to get a Mega Evolution is none other than Rayquaza, another Pokémon that was introduced in the Ruby and Sapphire games.

Mega Rayquaza, like others, comes with a few new twists. It's ability, Delta Stream, negates all weather effects in the game and protects flying type Pokémon... Read more...

Super Smash Bros. for 3DS finally makes its long awaited arrival!

Guess what, guys? Super Smash Bros. for the 3DS is out! I reviewed it and I enjoyed it quite a bit. A few issues, but not enough that will put a damper on the overall Smash Bros. experience. Beyond the big release though, there's only a few other games out this week including the Virtual Console release... Read more...

The reason for splitting Zelda/Sheik and Samus/Zero Suit Samus into separate character slots? 3DS wasn't up to it.

Super Smash Bros. director Masahiro Sakurai revealed in a recent interview with Famitsu that limitations in the capabilities of the 3DS hardware prevented the inclusion of characters who transform into alter egos with completely different appearances and move sets.

That's why Zelda and Sheik now... Read more...

Best-selling indie platformer is coming to Nintendo's console.

Curve Digital announced today that indie platformer Thomas Was Alone will be coming to Wii U in November 2014. Although originally created and developed by Mike Bithell, Curve was responsible for developing PS3 and Vita versions of the game and will be reprising their roles as developers of the new versions for Wii U and other consoles.

Plus a spooky new online competition!

Get your copies of Pokémon X and Y ready for the Halloween season with a shiny Gengar and super-sized Pumpkaboo this month.

GameStop will be distributing cards with a code to download Gengar from October 13 to 26. Gengar will be holding Gengarite, a Mega Stone, which will turn it into a bright... Read more...

Get your poké on.

The Pokémon Trading Card Game Online on iPad is now available on the iTunes App Store in the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, France, and the United Kingdom.

The free-to-play title is feature identical to the version already available for download on PC and Mac; with all of the... Read more...

Sakurai speaks the words you did not want to hear.

Super Smash Bros. for 3DS does not support the Circle Pad Pro due to hardware constraints, specifically, the amount of processing power the add-on requires.

Smash Bros. and Kid Icarus: Uprising director Masahiro Sakurai explained the problem in a recent issue of Famitsu magazine: "Supporting the... Read more...

A live action film, no less.

Threshold Entertainment announced today that video game classic Tetris will be making it's way to the big screen.

Partnering with The Tetris Company, Threshold is set to turn the puzzle series into a live action, sci-fi epic.

"Everyone knows that Tetris is one of the best known, most beloved... Read more...

New details emerge about the strange history of Super Mario Bros. 2.

The notoriously difficult Japanese version of Super Mario Bros. 2 nearly came to North America as a giveaway to Nintendo Power subscribers.

In his book, “Super Mario Bros. 2”, author Jon Irwin chronicles the sequence of events that led to the creation of two very different versions of Super... Read more...

Fight as Epona, wage war as Cia, and play through a harder Master Quest.

Specific details about the first paid DLC pack for Hyrule Warriors have surfaced in Japan, showing off the upcoming pack's new adventure map, scenario, weapon, and more.

The new adventure map presents another version of the classic Legend of Zelda map with new challenges. Dubbed the Master Quest... Read more...

All you need to know is...folders!

The latest update to the Wii U brings the inclusion of folders, among other interface changes.

The design and layout of the HOME Menu has been updated. Folders can now be created in the Wii U Menu to hold and organize software icons. A Download Management icon has also been added to the Wii U Menu.

There will be a Smash Bros. 3DS tournament at Nintendo World Store in New York City that weekend, though.

Nintendo of America will not have a booth at New York Comic Con, a company representative confirmed to us today.

In lieu of their appearance at the event, which runs from October 9 to October 12, the company will be hosting a Super Smash Bros. 3DS tournament at Nintendo World Store in New York... Read more...

Two Tribes' 2D shooter / platformer will come to Nintendo hardware after all.

Two Tribes has confirmed that its "metal wrecking, robot hacking shooter" Rive will be available to Wii U owners via the eShop.

When the game was announced back in July, a Wii U version was considered a "definite possibility," but developer Two Tribes remained noncommittal on the issue. Now, after... Read more...

The dynamic duo will ride again.

On October 16, Epona will be appearing in Hyrule Warriors as part of the Master Quest DLC pack. Eiji Aonuma announced via Miiverse that Link's loyal steed would be in the new Dynasty Warriors/Legend of Zelda crossover as a weapon that can pair up with Link to decimate hordes of enemies.

It was... Read more...

With a special box logo for the Amiibo figurines to boot.

An image of a Super Smash Bros. for Wii U bundle appeared on Amazon last week.

The picture shows the previously announced package of the game, a GameCube controller and the special GameCube Controller Adapter. It also boasts a special Amiibo logo in the upper right corner, which might indicate how costumers will recognize figurine-supported games.

The Wii U version will now be released one week earlier.

Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric for Wii U has been slotted for November 11, as reported by the official Sonic the Hedgehog Twitter.

There was no reason given for the early launch, but speculation seems to be that the announcement of Grand Theft Auto V on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, which was recently also given the 11/18 release date, might have spurred Sonic Boom's new date.

Just in time for Halloween!

Castlevania: Circle of the Moon, as well as Castlevania: Dracula X will be arriving on the Wii U Virtual Console in October.

Nintendo's press release for this weeks downloads indicated the new releases. Dracula X will be released on October 2, while Circle of the Moon will be out October 9.

Dracula... Read more...

Hyrule Warriors slashes its way onto the Download!

Not the biggest week in Download history, but there is one game making the rounds that a lot of people are talking about: Hyrule Warriors! And while any Zelda game is going to be big news, Mario Golf: Advance Tour is also making its way to the Wii U. While not as high profile as a new Zelda game,... Read more...