Sadly, we don't get the U.S. Acres DLC this week.

Despite 3D Gunstar Heroes being delayed a week, and Freedom Planet being delayed due to a hard lock bug in the final build for retail Wii Us, there's still a decent amount of new content for the stores this week. The headliners are the second week of Nintendo's "games for hardcore gamers in August" Virtual Console program with Pandora's Tower, and the first game published by Unity in the form of Wind-Up Knight 2.

If you take the plunge digitally, you'll still get the design booklet.

Super Mario Maker is now up on the Wii U eShop for digital preload, and a new option has become available for those who want the booklet that comes with physical copies.

After prebuying the game - note payment of the $59.99 (US)/$69.99 (Canadian) +tax upfront would be required - a toll free number... Read more...

The last of the Rainfall trio has a few firsts associated with it

Nintendo's game listing has updated to announce tomorrow's Virtual Console release will be Pandora's Tower.

The late-era Wii game, the last of the three major Operation Rainfall games, originally came out in North America in April of 2013. The game will launch on Wii U with tomorrow's eShop update at $19.99 US or $24.99 Canadian.

Sound blocks, available tools and Amiibo confirmation

Nintendo has released a video showing off Super Mario Maker, including some features that have been unannounced.

Among the tools announced were a frog that can trigger sound and graphical effects, and the GamePad's microphone can be used to record new effects (such as "Happy birthday"). Shaking... Read more...

Both pushed back to fix bugs.

A couple of Wii U titles and a 3DS game have been delayed in order to resolve nagging issues.

Freedom Planet, which was originally slated to come out this week, has been delayed to resolve an issue that caused system hard locks on retail Wii Us. GalaxyTrail is hoping for a quick patch before a new release date is announced, though the forum post lists August 20.

Game known to be a vector for unauthorized software.

The VD-Dev shooter Ironfall Invasion has been temporarily removed from the eShop in Europe and North America.

The pulldown was announced by Nintendo of Europe on their Twitter feed earlier today:

IRONFALL Invasion is temporarily unavailable on Nintendo eShop. Apologies for the inconvenience. Stay tuned for more information.

NWR has it first - Runbow launches before the end of the month!

We have a release date and price for Runbow straight from 13AM Games.

The nine-player runner with the all-star casts of Nintendo indie characters will launch on the eShop in North America August 27 (three weeks from Thursday). The game will launch at $14.99, with a 15% discount ($2.25 off) if the Nindie @ Home demo was downloaded during E3 week.

The oddest crossover since Archie met KISS.

The latest issue of CoroCoro magazine has announced Level 5's first Wii U title and the newest game in the ungodly popular Yokai Watch series for Japan in association with Ubisoft.

Yokai Watch Dance: Just Dance Special Edition features the characters dancing to the music from Yokai Watch. No pricing or release date has been announced for the title in Japan, and its odds of localization are infinitesimal at best.

SquareEnix would be all over the place if they could get concrete details

Following SquareEnix's announcements of NX support being considered for Dragon Quest X and XI, the RPG titan may be considering bringing their other key MMO to the platform as well.

In an interview with DualShockers, producer Naoki Yoshida expressed interest in releasing Final Fantasy 14 on the... Read more...

Some of the Wii U's finest, unreleased characters and even code mascots join the all-star race.

The cast of characters previously announced for 13AM's Runbow has expanded even further with nine new characters joining the fray.

As first reported by NintendoLife, the nine characters cross the Nintendo indie spectrum, including characters from 3DS exclusives and even unreleased games.

The full list of newcomers is as follows:

Sheer love of marshmallows prevents hot dogs from mustarding victory.

Results from this weekend's Splatfest action, the first to be held under the new Splatfest weighting rules from the version 2 update:

Marshmallows 256, Hot Dogs 244 At Camp Triggerfish, the campfire duel was settled early as the Marshmallow side took a 64-36 win in the popularity poll. Team Hot Dog fought valiantly, as the Marshmallow side was run to exhaustion by a succession of civil turf wars, but the comeback fell 2% short at 52-48.

The truth stings a little bit, especially when it comes to Captain Rainbow.

A recent interview with a Nintendo Treehouse localization writer has shed more light on what goes into a game localization.

Chris Pranger of the Treehouse appeared on a recent episode of the Part Time Gamers podcast and discussed the process of localization, including the cost decisions that Nintendo of America has to make.

Someone needs to hit the hug button, and you may get another chance.

Majesco has completed a major reorganization and announced a sequel to one of their beloved franchises.

The company, which has battled stock delisting for several years, recently replaced their CEO and has reduced to five full-time employees. Other company ventures have been shuttered as the company... Read more...

"We have failed to curb the scalper's violent tendencies..."

Two new product announcements have come out of Nintendo of Europe in recent days.

The first is a listing on the Nintendo UK store of a Super Mario Maker Wii U bundle. The bundle contains the system, game, a Classic Colors Mario Maker Amiibo, a t-shirt, artbook and a plush toy. The bundle is listed with a price of £259.99, but this could change if the bundle is sold in other stores.

A monster catching sim with possibly some unfortunate timing.

Aksys Games has announced a new monster collecting RPG for the 3DS, to release on November 17.

Moco Moco Friends will feature 120 different monsters to befriend in the land of Dreamtopia, and will include battling and evolution mechanics. The main storyline will feature multiple side quests as you use the Moppets to help people out in town.

New places to build, new things to ink

An update to Cube Creator 3D is now available on the 3DS eShop.

The v1.1 update has added two new environments and a host of new enemies as a result, plus new music and texture painting abilities. For those who wish to reach new heights, ladder functionality has also been added. Also, various performance tweaks and the ability to choose worlds in the game's Survival mode, including user created ones are included.

Insert your "over 9000" joke of choice here.

Usually North America gets more love on the Wii U end of things, so this week's a little strange in that the 3DS has a couple of big ones on the way. One's actually arrived, as it turns out - Etrian Odyssey Untold 2 launched on Tuesday, and Zach loved it like it was a top-heavy dinosaur. If you prefer... Read more...

Oddworld is still coming to Wii U.

Beloved remake Oddworld: New and Tasty was announced for Wii U over two years ago. Today, Oddworld Inhabitants released the first eight screenshots of the Wii U version. This confirms that the game is still coming to Wii U after quietly missing last year’s release on other platforms.

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And yes true believers, Stan Lee is playable in this game.

Miss Marvel and Squirrel Girl will take over the Wii U this January.

To coincide with Gamescom, WB announced today that the next licensed LEGO game based on the Avengers will launch January 26 in North America and January 29 in Europe. A silver Centurion Iron Man mini-figure will be available as a preorder bonus at GameStop in North America.

Remember: If someone asks you if you are a god, you say YES.

LEGO Dimensions will show you how we do things downtown this fall, as the Ghostbusters will be joining the lineup.

The playsets for the Ghostbusters are focused on the classic movies, as Slimer, the ECTO-1, and LEGO-lookalikes of the classic four Ghostbusters will be usable in the game. You'll... Read more...