With a new title, and Nintendo signed on to help distribute, Solatorobo: Red the Hunter is headed to Europe.

Nintendo of Europe and Namco Bandai have announced a plan to bring the Nintendo DS RPG Solatorobo to Europe. Nintendo will distribute the title and will be responsible for sales and marketing.

Solatorobo tells the story of Red Savarin, an anthropomorphic dog who pilots a mechanized robot as he travels across the floating islands of the Shepherd Republic. Beyond the use of his "mecha" Red can also transform into a human.

Analysts weigh in on the system's first month sales.

Since its release on March 27, sales of the 3DS have slowed down in North America, according to Lazard Capital Markets. This is despite the system seeing one of the best first-day sales in any handheld release to date.

Colin Sebastian, the group's senior analyst, explained that, "Based on our recent checks, we believe that sales of the 3DS have slowed considerably since the initial launch window."

Tattoos and birds lead the way in this week's selection of downloadable games.

Today's Nintendo Downloads update has five new titles, three for DSiWare and two for WiiWare.

The first title is Art of Ink by Sabarasa. This is a tattoo parlor simulator where players use the stylus and Nintendo DS touch screen in order to draw onto a person, all while making sure they are pleased. The tattoo game can be downloaded for 800 DSi Points ($8).

The British boy band team up with Nintendo to shoot adverts for the new duo of Pokémon games.

Earlier this week Nintendo UK announced that they are partnering with One Direction, from The X Factor series, to promote Pokémon Black and Pokémon White.

The boy band recently attended the launch for the duo of games in the UK last month and have filmed commercials for the games. The adverts will premiere on British TV this Monday, April 11.

The new game in the series is penciled in for a July release in Japan.

Over the past few days, many Japanese retailers have listed Class of Heroes 3D for a July release in the region.

The retail listings also revealed some new details on the game, such as the game's inclusion of the SpotPass feature. By taking advantage of this mode, you can obtain information on other player's parties.

The Nintendo producer wishes to develop relationships with other studios of the same caliber as Retro Studios. 

Nintendo's Kensuke Tanabe revealed that Nintendo is on the lookout for more developers at the same level as Retro Studios in a recent interview with Edge.

When questioned on the importance for Nintendo to have strong relationships with its external developers, Tanabe responded by saying:

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The upcoming Nintendo 3DS will arrive early next month in North America.

Earlier this week, D3Publisher announced that its first Nintendo 3DS game has gone gold and is due out on May 10.

Dream Trigger 3D is an arcade shooter in which players must expose enemies using a sonar and shoot them into multicolored patterns.

Adventure Island II arrives on the Virtual Console service this Friday.

Adventure Island II will be arriving across Europe this coming Friday for the Wii's Virtual Console for 500 Nintendo Points.

Adventure Island II was originally released for the NES in 1991. The game has been available on the Japanese Virtual Console since late last year.

No release info has been given for North America.

Capcom's debut Nintendo 3DS title is set to become a best-seller.

Since the launch of Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition a little under two months ago, Capcom has shipped over one million copies of the game to retailers worldwide.

This figure means that SSFIV 3D is set to become one of Capcom's most successful handheld titles in recent times, second to the Japanese phenomenon known as Monster Hunter.

Poor sales in Japan cause Nintendo's stocks to drop for five consecutive days.

Yesterday, the investment services company Fisco issued a report about Nintendo's stock prices, which have continually dropped for five consecutive days.

One of the largest factors in the decline are the current underwhelming sales of the Nintendo 3DS. While it had a strong debut in Japan, sales tapered off, and the system was outsold by the PlayStation Portable last week by over 15,000 units.

Square Enix's new Dragon Quest game appears to have exceeded their own expectations.

Square Enix released an upgraded version of the million-selling Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 last week. In its first week, the re-release managed to shift 163,008 copies.

Surprisingly though, the game was sold out in most of the country. According to Media Create, the game saw an incredibly high sell-through of 96.1%.

Sony's PlayStation Portable outsells the Nintendo 3DS by a considerable margin.

After narrowly beating out the PlayStation Portable last week Japanese sales, the Nintendo 3DS fell below its competition this week by a considerable margin.

The Nintendo 3DS managed to shift 43,000 handhelds in Japan last week, 15,000 last than Sony's leading handheld.

The PlayStation 3 also continues to outsell the Wii. The former console managed to shift 27,000 units last week as opposed to the Wii's 10,000.

Level-5's upcoming Nintendo DS game has been delayed once again.

After being delayed from its initial 2010 release, Level-5's Mystery Room for the Nintendo DS was expected to launch in Japan this Spring. Earlier this week, however, the publisher announced the game would be released some time later this year.

As for the reason for the delay, Level-5 explained that it needed more development time in order to release a quality product.

Namco Bandai's upcoming Nintendo 3DS game has a new release date.

Following the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan last month, Namco Bandai delayed One Piece Unlimited Cruise Special for the Nintendo 3DS.

There are reports circulating that the game will arrive in Japan on May 26. No pricing has been announced for the game.

The first Wi-Fi compatible Virtual Console game arrives in Japan this Tuesday.

Two new classic games are scheduled to release on the Virtual Console next week in Japan.

The first of the two games arriving on the service is the arcade conversion of Puyo Puyo from Sega. This version of the game is also the first Virtual Console title to use the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection for online play. The game will be available for 800 Nintendo Points.

The Michael Jackson tribute game is an international success.

Ubisoft has announced that Michael Jackson: The Experience has sold 3 million copies worldwide.

Ubisoft's UK marketing director, Murray Pannell, said in a comment to the MCV that, "We're delighted with the sales success of Michael Jackson: The Experience..."

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Not to fear, the project isn't canceled. Hopefully.

In wake of the recent natural disasters in Japan, the Mega Man Legends 3 Project was feared by many to be delayed, or even canceled.

In a recent blog post, however, producer Tatsuya Kitabayashi stated that the game has been given the green light and production has restarted. He posted up a group image of the cast supporting the quake recovery, signed with the Japanese title as "From the Rockman Dash 3 Project Staff".

Level-5's first game in the series has reached a new threshold. 

Level-5 CEO Akihiro Hino revealed today via a tweet that Professor Layton and the Curious Village has sold more than one million copies in Japan.

Professor Layton and the Curious Village is the first game in the series and was released in Japan of February 15, 2007.

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The Tale of Two Towns will be released for the two handhelds this summer.

Natsume announced today their newest Harvest Moon game, Harvest Moon: The Tale of Two Towns for both 3DS and DS.

The game focuses on two neighboring towns that have become bitter rivals. The player will get to pick which town they want to live in, either the "animal-loving" European hamlet of Bluebell... Read more...

Earthbound fans will get to enjoy a live performance of Eight Melodies from the comfort of their homes.

A live performance of Mother's theme, "Eight Melodies", will be streamed live from Japan to fans all over the world.

Shigesato Itoi, creator of the Mother/Earthbound series, will be streaming a special live performance of Eight Melodies by musician Masakatsu Takagi, which will include a special appearance by Keiichi Suzuki, one of the men behind the music in the Mother/Earthbound games.