This one focuses on first-party and third-party software.

Nintendo will host a second Wii U Nintendo Direct for Japan tomorrow at 10 a.m. ET (7 a.m. PT/11 p.m. JST), focusing on first-party and third-party software. This will start at the same time as the North American and Europe events.

This is the second Japan Nintendo Direct announced in the past 24 hours. The first one will focus on the launch details of the Wii U, and is happening at 3 a.m. ET/12 a.m. PT later tonight/tomorrow.

Gamers in Japan get some Wii U love before everyone else. 

Nintendo will hold a special Wii U Launch Presentation tomorrow, September 13 at 4 p.m  (3 a.m. ET, midnight PT in North America) in Japan. The event will reveal information about Nintendo’s next generation console’s price and release date and will be streamed live on Ustream and Nico Nico Video. You can also access on Nintendo’s special Japanese Wii U page here for more details.

The long awaited crossover's debut date will be November 29. 

Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney will be released on November 29, 2012 in Japan, as was revealed in this week's issue of Famitsu.

Last week the magazine had a puzzle from Level-5 on the back cover. The puzzle featured the numbers "6211" with the word 'turnabout' given as a hint. At that time it was speculated this could mean a November 29 release date.

Reggie is finalizing plans with the Super Mario Bros.

Nintendo of America has posted a YouTube video announcing their plans to stream the highly anticipated Wii U Preview event. The video shows Nintendo of America’s President and COO Reggie Fils-Aime discussing the final details of tomorrow’s presentation with both Mario and Luigi.The North American Wii U Preview Event starts tomorrow, September 13, 2012, at 10:00 am EST and can be seen live at: http://www.nintendo.com/wiiu.

Development for the Wii U has been put "on hold" while Ubisoft puts all efforts into the PC launch.

Free-to-play multiplayer shooter, Ghost Recon Online, has ceased production on Wii U, Ubisoft has announced. 

Unveiled and demoed during E3 2011, the Wii U version is no longer in development so that the team at Ubisoft Shanghai can concentrate on the PC version, which launched in August. Although... Read more...

Australia is not being left out of the promise of region specific details.

Australian Nintendo fans will be able to watch the European Nintendo Direct on September 13, at the time of 24:00 (AEST) via the Nintendo Direct website.

Australasian specific details will be made available at nintendo.com.au after the broadcast has finished. We'll be sure to update with all the news as it becomes available.

And half of the musical levels will feature licensed music, such as "Black Betty", as performed by Rayman characters.

Rayman Legends, a the currently Wii U-exclusive sequel to Rayman Origins, will feature a variety of musical levels, to the tune of one per world, according to a comment from IGN's Rich George. Half of those songs will feature licensed music, too.

A trailer was also released that features a musical... Read more...

Hiroshi Iuchi and his company G.Rev show off Kokuga's co-op multiplayer, power-ups and more in their most recent trailer. 

The second promotional trailer for the shoot ‘em up title from G.Rev, Kokuga, was released this week.

The trailer, which can be viewed below, shows off several of the game's unique features, such as the “Card” system, which allows users to touch one of four cards on the bottom screen to enable... Read more...

Nintendo of Europe will be hosting a Nintendo Direct in tandem with Nintendo's NYC Wii U launch info event on Thursday.

A Nintendo Direct for Europe covering Wii U launch information is set to be streamed live on Thursday, September 13 at 3 p.m. (UK). The stream will be taking place at the same time as Nintendo of America's NYC launch information event which is kicking of at the same time in North America at 10 a.m.... Read more...

Club Nintendo continues to celebrate the pink puff's 20th anniversary.

Club Nintendo is currently holding a sale on Kirby Patch Sets in honor of Kirby’s 20th anniversary. Both the Kirby & Prince Fluff, as well as the Saucer & Off-Roader sets are now 175 coins each, 50% off, until Sept. 15, 2012.

The Limited Edition Kirby Medal, which was made available last week, is currently out of stock. Since it was a limited run, it is unlikely to return.

The EB Games Expo is on again and is coming up soon.

The EB Games Expo which started last year in Australia is back in full force. This year the expo is to be held over three days, starting from October 5, 2012.

The expo is to be held at the Sydney Olympic Park with over 25,000 square metres of the latest gaming goodness. Nintendo will be there in full force, however it is not currently known what exactly they will be showing outside of Pokémon Black and White 2.

It's like the sequel to Balloon Kid we never got.

Balloon Trip Breeze is one of the newly revealed Nintendo Land attractions, and Game Informer has a trailer showing it off for the very first time.

We previously reported most of what Game Informer confirmed in the trailer today from early reports from the magazine's October issue, but the new trailer shows off the game in action for the first time. The graphical style appears to of a patchwork-looking nature similar to Kirby's Epic Yarn.

The final demo features all the stuff from the old demos and more rolled up into a neat little package.

The fifth and final demo for Bravely Default: Flying Fairy will be released on the Nintendo 3DS eShop in Japan this week on September 12.

The newest demo will feature elements from the previous demos. with things such as battles, exploration, and also the game’s jobs and abilities. The demo also... Read more...

It's not as cool as Scizor, but it's still pretty cool. 

Genesect, the steel/bug Pokémon will be distributed via a Wi-Fi event to all Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 players starting October 7, Nintendo of America announced. 

Players will be able to download the previously unavailable Pokémon until November 12. Genesect will come with the moves Techno Blast, Magnet Bomb, Solar Beam and Signal Beam but will not come with any hold items. Japan had the same offer earlier this year. 

Pop balloons, solve puzzles, dodge obstacles, and stack goats in last week's digital releases.

This week, the Nintendo 3DS welcomes two interesting puzzle games to the mix while the Wii gets a classic puzzle/platformer on the Virtual Console. There's also another bizarre release on DSiWare.

3DS eShop Games:

Balloon Pop Remix - $7.99Use the stylus to pop balloons in this portable puzzler.... Read more...

With the Mark of Mastery edition included, the latest game in the Disney themed series has sold 200,000 units.

Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance has managed to sell 200,000 units in North America.

While the official numbers by Nintendo put the game at 180,000 units by itself, once the Mark of Mastery edition units are included into the final tally, the game places itself at the 200,000 unit mark.

The... Read more...

Thanks to New Super Mario Bros. 2 and Dragon Quest X, the two companies have seen great profits.

Nintendo and Square Enix lead Enterbrain's software revenue list for the month of August.

Nintendo lead the list with a 28.5% of all software revenues, mainly in part to the release of New Super Mario Bros. 2 for the Nintendo 3DS in July. Following Nintendo is Square Enix, who enjoyed a 26% share of software revenue thanks to the release of Dragon Quest X.

Capcom's Lost Planet spin-off will be Japan exclusive.

Capcom has no plans to bring over the Lost Planet spin-off title, EX Troopers, to western shore, Senior Vice President Christian Svensson recently confirmed. The confirmation came in a response in their "Ask Capcom" forum thread. When a member asked about the game's future in North America, the official response was as follow:

September 20 is the day! 

La-Mulana's website has announced the game's WiiWare release. While Nintendo's site previously confirmed the North American release day of September 20, the game's official site confirms that the European release will occur on the same day. The game's publisher will be EnjoyUp games. 

La-Mulana... Read more...

Two big-name 3DS games could be digital downloads soon.

A look into the European CDN server where Nintendo hosts their downloadable eShop titles hints at some interesting uploads, the data files for Super Mario 3D Land and Mario Kart 7. 

The discovery was made by an avid server scout who posts the specifics here. The files for Super Mario 3D Land... Read more...