Time to break out those wallets, JRPG fans!

It's a light week unless you have a pension for strange eShop titles or pets, but there are some quality titles buried in there.

Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl will finally be releasing (which you can read our review of here) on the same day as Rune Factory 4, so RPG fans will have their plates full. In addition to that, if you didn't pick up Shin Megami Tensi IV, then now is your chance. JRPG fans rejoice! This week is for you.

Five DLC packs will be made available via this season pass.

The DLC Season Pass for Batman Arkham Origins has been confirmed for release alongside the main game on Wii U.

Available for $19.99 in North America, the Season Pass will provide access to five pieces of downloadable content. Two of the DLC packs will be single-player content; the first item, Arkham... Read more...

The cel-shaded hero returns, with his giant cat-eyes in full force.

Toon Link will return as a playable fighter in Nintendo's upcoming Super Smash Bros. for 3DS and Wii U.

The star of The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker, Phantom Hourglass, Spirit Tracks and the former title's upcoming HD remake, Toon Link made his series debut in the previous game, Super Smash Bros.... Read more...

Who's that Pokémon! It's... Doublade?

Doublade, the evolved form of Honedge, was announced today via the Official Pokémon Facebook page.

Like Honedge, Doublade is a steel and ghost type Pokémon with the No Guard ability. It has a height of 2’07” and a weight of 9.9 lbs. According to their Facebook page, Doublade can carry out “intricate attacks by telepathically coordinating its two blades to deliver twice the slice in battle”.

The original 3DS isn't dead yet in Japan.

Two new colors for the original Nintendo 3DS line, Pure White and Clear Black, are set to release in Japan on October 10 for 15,000 yen. When they release, that will bring the number of available color variations for the original 3DS to five.

Recently, Nintendo discontinued the Ice White and Cosmo... Read more...

High-end Mario collectables are here.

Today high-end figure manufacturer First 4 Figures started taking pre-orders on a new line of figures based on the Super Mario series. The first figures in this line are based on Tanooki Mario from Super Mario 3D Land.

Two versions of Tanooki Mario are currently being offered. The Standard Edition... Read more...

Now taking bets on type.

A new Pokémon evolution will be announced this Wednesday, as reported by the official Pokémon Facebook page.

Gearing up for the October 12 release of Pokémon X and Y, the official Pokémon Facebook page for North America has been flooded with new Pokémon updates. The last two new Pokémon were... Read more...

Let me show you my multi-cultural Pokémans

In an upcoming NWR interview with Juinichi Masuda that will be releasing later this week, Masuda revealed that Pokémon X and Y will have multiple Pokédex entries corresponding to the language of the game they're from.

While talking about new features in the new games, Masuda said that when players "…trade a Pokémon that comes from a different language in the game [they will] unlock that entry in the Pokédex for that language."

Pokémon Snap on Wii U could be possible.

In a recent NWR interview with Game Freak Director Junichi Masuda that will be releasing later this week, Masuda spoke about the probability of Game Freak making a new iteration in the Pokémon Snap series on the Wii U.

When asked if he had considered a new Pokémon Snap title that uses the GamePad,... Read more...

The makers of Etrian Odyssey and Shin Megami Tensei are being purchased by Sega.

Sega Sammy Holdings (Sega's parent company) is purchasing Index Corporation (Atlus's parent company) for a reported 14 billion yen, $141 million USD.

Sega will reorganize Atlus into its company and, according to Atlus previously, their brands will not change because of new ownership.

Wind Waker! It's here! Again!

It's not enough that Nintendo is releasing the inevitably awesome HD remake of Wind Waker (which you can read our glowing review of here), oh no, they also have to pile on Monster Hunter discounts and tons of eShop games. Seriously, my wallet can't handle releases of this magnitude. I'm considering writing a strongly-worded letter to Nintendo asking them to just slow down a bit so I can catch up!

Vicarious Visions quietly began work on the third game before the first one even launched. Wacky, right?

Preproduction for Skylanders Swap Force began in 2011, according to representatives from developer Vicarious Visions at a recent event at their studio in Albany, N.Y. That means the third Skylanders game was in development before the first Skylanders game, Spyro's Adventure, even hit stores.

To... Read more...

Time to grow up.

Pokémon will no longer have the cries they had in the past generations. All Pokémon, including Pokémon from the first couple generations, will have cries similar to the Pokémon in X and Y. Older Pokémon will have updated cries, especially Pikachu. 

In X and Y Pikachu's updated cry will be from the anime. It is the only known Pokémon whose cry is like this. 

Sweet blades, bro.

Players will be able to ride bikes, ride pokémon and skate around on rollerblades in Pokémon X and Y. After receiving rollerblades in one of the first towns, players will able to equip them and skate around the world. 

Additionally, when players battle other rollerskaters and defeat them the skaters will teach them new tricks they can perform while rollerskating. 

Yet another positive changed in the upcoming Pokémon games.

After capturing a Pokémon in X & Y, the Pokémon the trainer went into battle with will now receive experience points.

In past iterations of the franchise a player’s Pokémon would not gain any experience after capturing a Pokémon. This is yet another positive, although minor, change to the existing formula.

We also found out what happens to stored Pokémon if the annual fee isn't paid.

North America will be getting a free month of Pokémon Bank. After the trial is up, players will have to pay an annual fee. This exact price of this service will be announced at a later date.

Some players may also be wondering what happens to Pokémon stored in Pokémon Bank if their service runs... Read more...

The man who helped make Nintendo a household name is no longer with us. 

Hiroshi Yamauchi, former president of Nintendo, passed away today, Thursday, September 19, at the age of 85. Yamauchi was being treated for pneumonia at a hospital in Kyoto. A memorial service will be held at the company headquarters on September 22.

Hiroshi Yamauchi began working at Nintendo as... Read more...

Nintendo gamers will be able to enjoy Inafune's next game.

Mighty No.9, Keiji Inafune's next franchise from his company Comcept, has reached its $2.2M Wii U stretch goal, and will be releasing alongside other major console versions.

The game is slated to release in April 2015, and currently, there is no word on whether or not it will make use of the GamePad in any significant way.

Wii Sports finally goes online.

Wii Sports Club is hitting Wii U beginning November 7. The enhanced HD version of Wii Sports will be sold piecemeal, beginning with Bowling and Tennis. Each game will be sold for $9.99 each.

In addition to HD graphics, the sports will feature online multiplayer, which will take the form of... Read more...

For $19.99 you can keep it forever.

Wii Fit U will arrive on the Wii U eShop in the form of a free one month trial on November 1.

The free trial will be available until January 31, 2014 and lasts for one month from the day you download it. You can keep the digital copy by buying a Fit Meter in stores for $19.99 and syncing it with your game.