The social goals are done, just bring money.

As teased last week, Koji Igarashi's spiritual successor to the Game Boy Advance and DS Castlevania games Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night will come to Wii U if the project reaches US$3m before June 13.

The project is currently funded to the tune of $2.75m between Kickstarter and PayPal pledges,... Read more...

A major Japanese release is locked in for a trip across the Pacific and more!

Today’s Nintendo news brings word of an anticipated localization, and the Wii U gods giveth and taketh away.

According to Bravely Second’s producer Tomoya Asano, the second Bravely default game being localized is not an “if” but a “when.”

In... Read more...

A whole bunch of indie hits at a low price.

Through June 9 at 1pm ET, North American eShoppers will be able to pay what you want for a group of eShop games and support charity as well through the Humble Bundle.

The bundle offers a pay-what-you-want system where by paying the minimum (at least $1 US), you receive a bundle of games with the... Read more...

Plus good sales news and download information for our European friends.

As the working week begins for the US and UK, some quick news items that broke over the weekend.

The last Splatoon Global Testfire this past Saturday did not go according to plan, although a full hour of inking was completed.

During... Read more...

Some of the puns near the end are ink-onceivable.

Nintendo has posted an Iwata Asks article for Splatoon ahead of the game's release.

Satoru Iwata sat down with five members of the Splatoon development team to discuss the game's development. The article mentions how the game's director Yusuke Amano designed the E3 reveal trailer from the ground up in order to ensure the vision came directly from the team, and the game originally played with the map on the TV and all action on the GamePad.

Plus some game and public service announcements

Today’s Nintendo News includes an unexpected yet appropriate hire and some game announcements.

Proving that the economy can affect us all, Nintendo has hired Bowser as a vice president of sales.

Former Electronic Arts executive... Read more...

Starring puzzles, dragons, and a most unwanted return.

Clearly, the big release of the week for the 3DS eShop is Puzzle and Dragons Z/Super Mario Edition. In fact, the game's been available for preload for a couple of weeks, so you might already have it. For those on the fence, check out the demo and Zach's review to see if it's worth dropping $30/$35 on.

The dark side of the Pokémon franchise will release later this year.

Nintendo has announced the newest Pokémon spinoff, Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon, will release later this year.

The fifth set of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon games promises a "sweeping tale of adventure and mystery", and based on the previous games will include direct control over the Pokémon.

PSMD... Read more...

Disney turns over a very unpopular policy and more!

Today's Nintendo news includes a big policy change and a lot of Japanese game information, so let's roll.

One of the most irritating aspects of the toys-to-life genre will be eliminated this year, at least for Disney Infinity.

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Who will be the Elite Eight to join the Sweet Sixteen in Los Angeles?

The format and locations have been announced for qualification to the 2015 Nintendo World Championship.

The qualifiers will be based on performance in a special Championship Mode of Ultimate NES Remix for the 3DS, specifically using Super Mario Bros, Super Mario Bros 3 and Dr Mario. Eight Best... Read more...

Iwata's plans and more eShop release dates are all included.

Despite an apparent holiday in the Great White North, the news train rolls in the rest of the world.

Although his presence will likely be felt during the Digital Event, Satoru Iwata will not be attending E3 in his capacity as Nintendo president and CEO of Nintendo of America.

T-shirts, plushes and squirt guns! Oh my!

A whole host of Splatoon merchandise is hitting as we approach the game's May 29 release date.

The biggest one for North American fans comes from Target, who are offering a Splatoon-branded squirt gun with their preorders. This joins the Splatoon Mii costumes for Super Smash Bros which are available at Gamestop (US)/Best Buy (Canada) as far as preorder incentives.

Not one, but two special amiibos will come to the land down under!

The Gold Mario Amiibo figure is set to release in Australia and New Zealand within the coming months.

The extremely limited edition and highly sought after version of the Super Mario Series Amiibo will be exclusive to Target stores, with an unconfirmed release date. The news comes from a Nintendo press release that promises to update with new details soon.

Not something you should wear in combat.

Enterplay will soon be shipping a new series of Super Mario Dog tags to retailers in a variety of formats.

The full set will include 24 standard dog tags, 6 gold dog tags, 4 mini dog tags, 6 deluxe dog tags, 30 trading cards, 12 decals, 2 lunchbox tins, and a binder. These collectables will be available in a variety of formats.

One last shot to snipe roller using fools

There will be one more shot at trying Splatoon before launch.

Nintendo has announced a round of the Splatoon Global Testfire will happen on May 23/24. As with the previous events, there will be one hour of testing of the Turf War mode.

The key times for the event:

Limits in place, let's see if they hold.

Australia will be getting the Silver Mario Amiibo around the time North America does.

The special figure will be available from 30 May, and is an EB Games exclusive. It will retail for the standard Amiibo price of AUS$17.95.

The EB Games announcement indicates the figure is only available in limited quantities and will have a strict 1 per person limit.

Software all right, hardware not so much.

The NPD Group has released their US sales figures for April, and although a few surprising software numbers have been released, Nintendo hardware struggled with only one major release to buoy it.

In the combined software charts, Smash Bros for Wii U and 3DS combined to be the 9th best selling set... Read more...

Sadly not made of actual metal to bash scalpers with.

Nintendo has announced that the rumored Silver Mario Amiibo will launch in North America on May 29.

A part of the Mario series, the specially designed Amiibo will launch at "all participating retailers and their online stores". The metallic Mario joins the Splatoon series and Wave 4 of the Smash Bros series in launching on Splatoon day.

Wah wah!

I honestly don't recall the last time we've been able to say this; there's three Virtual Console games on the Wii U this week. The main event of the three is of course, New Super Mario Bros, a game so evergreen it was showing up in NPD Top 10 lists after the 3DS launched.

OK, yes, I'm well aware... Read more...

Digital Event, more Best Buy demos, Nintendo World Championships, and more!

Nintendo has revealed their full E3 plans including a return of the Nintendo World Championship after 25 years.

To start things off, Nintendo will continue their tradition of having a Digital Event in order to make their big game announcements. This event will take place on June 16 at 9 a.m. PT.