Tomorrow night, we dine on Pikmin soup.

A Pikmin 3 Direct will be airing in Japan, starting June 26 at 8 pm JST (7 am EST, 4 am PST, 12 pm BST.) 

Shigeru Miyamoto and Japanese comedian Hitoshi Matsumoto, a self professed Pikmin lover, will be playing the game together, while Matsumoto interviews Miyamoto about the game. You can watch the stream through Nintendo's event page, Nico Nico Video, or Ustream.

If you like music that goes "Wah Wah Wah Wah," then I have a game for you.

Pilotwings is coming to the Wii U Virtual Console in North America this Thursday, June 27. 

Available for $7.99, Pilotwings is the first game released in the series of the same name, and is a launch title for the Super Nintendo. 

Pilotwings is a flight simulator that lets players... Read more...

Could we see more rare titles in the future?

The ESRB has recently rated Mega Man for Game Gear.

Though nothing is confirmed by this, the recent rating given to such an old game could suggest that the title is making its way to the 3DS Virtual Console.

The Game Gear version of Mega Man, developed by Freestyle, combines features from both Mega Man 4 and Mega Man 5, and was originally noted for a lukewarm reception.

His body is ready, is yours?

An Animal Crossing: New Leaf SpotPass featuring the in-game house of Nintendo President Reggie Fils-Aime is now available for U.S. New Leaf players. 

Upon getting the SpotPass, Reggie joins the collection of homes gained through StreetPass and SpotPass in the Happy Home Showcase. Like other homes in the HHS, players will be able to go inside Reggies' house as well as place an order to purchase certain pieces of his furniture.

Imperial troops have entered the Wii U.

Star Wars Pinball will come to the Wii U eShop on  July 11.

For $9.99/€9.99 Star Wars Pinball brings 3 Star Wars themed tables to the Wii U; Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, Boba Fett and Star Wars: The Clone Wars.  Multiple online leaderboards are included,... Read more...

But Reggie Fils-Aime says we may see more special edition 3DS bundles!

The reason North American markets haven't seen more 3DS colors is due to the "nuts and bolts of how [North American retailers] manage [their] SKUs at retail," according to Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime in an interview with IGN.

According to Fils-Aime, Japanese retail differs from... Read more...

Luigi and Wario battle for your wallet!

I'm convinced: Nintendo hates me. Last week we got Animal Crossing: New Leaf. This week we get a new Luigi game, a new Wario game, and a new farming simulator. Somehow I'll have to find it in my heart to only choose two of those, but which two? Bust out those credit cards my friends, because there's something for everyone this week.

Head over to the Capcom-Unity forums to chime in!

Due to a number of requests for a physical release of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies, Capcom has "mobilized [their] US team to put together possible options that may address the concerns," according to Producer Motohide Eshiro.

What this means is that anyone who wants a physical... Read more...

Check out off-screen gameplay footage of Sonic Lost World on the 3DS and Mario Kart 8.

Watch the videos below.

Nintendo is giving fans a bigger reason to go digital with New Super Luigi U.

Club Nintendo is celebrating the launch of New Super Luigi U with two promotions. First, Club Nintendo will give members double the coins for taking the New Super Luigi U registration survey, after they purchase the game, earning 40 coins instead of 20. Second, every Club Nintendo member that downloads New Super Luigi U will be entered in a random drawing to win one of 980 Luigi pins.

Join other NWR readers for online fun in Animal Crossing: New Leaf.

Come join other members of the Nintendo World Report community for Animal Crossing: New Leaf. Visit each other's towns, play island minigames and corner the stalk market along with us.

Visit this thread in our forums for general discussion and to find people to play online with, or visit this thread specifically devoted to the high stakes world of buying and selling turnips.

No word on when NA will receive the Mii Plaza games.

Nintendo has released system software version 6.0 worldwide, giving North American 3DS owners access to save data backup and new features for the 3DS camera app.

The save data backup feature allows users to backup save data for download titles to the SD card. The utility can be found in the System Settings, and allows users to backup one title at a time, for up to 30 titles.

Mewtwo may return in Smash Bros., possibly with his new X and Y form.

Masahiro Sakurai is considering having Mewtwo return in the next Smash Bros. games.

During last week’s Pokémon X and Pokémon Y Developer Roundtable at E3 there was a Q & A session with Tsunekazu Ishihara, President and CEO of the Pokémon Company, and Junichi Masuda, Director at Game Freak. I was fortunate enough to ask the men the following question:

Nintendo enters the free-to-play market with Steel Diver.

Nintendo's first free-to-play game is going to be Steel Diver.

First talked about during Nintendo's E3 Analyst Briefing, Shigeru Miyamoto, creator of Mario and Steel Diver, revealed to IGN that Nintendo's first venture into the realm of free-to-play gaming would be Steel Diver. Not a direct port, this Steel Diver game will feature a new four player battle mode, and in his words, "It’s going to be very fun."

Are you a fan of magnets? This game has got you covered.

Teslagrad, a 2D Metroid style puzzle platformer, will arrive on the Wii U eShop later this year.

Originally announced for PC and Mac, Teslagrad is the debut project of Rain Games, an independent outfit based in Norway, that is built entirely on the Unity engine. The game places you in the shoes... Read more...

European and Japanese Mii Plazas are bursting with new content!

Japanese and European 3DS owners can now enjoy a complete overhaul of the StreetPass Mii Plaza as part of the 6.0 system update, which includes four new games and two new puzzle panels, in addition to other features photo filters and save data backup.

The new games have been made available for purchase in the new Mii Plaza Shop. They are as follows:

Amazon and GameStop are now taking accepting pre-orders.

Pre-orders for Sonic Lost World for Wii U and 3DS are now open at Amazon and GameStop. Both titles are currently slated for a holiday 2013 release exclusively on Nintendo platforms.

During E3 NWR had the opportunity to play the game on the show floow; check out our impressions of the Wii U version of the game here and the 3DS version of the game here.

In the Hero Bank world, the keyword is "money." Just like the real world, then.

Hero Bank, a "battle life RPG" from Sega that centers around building an enormous financial fortune, has been announced as a Nintendo 3DS exclusive.

The prime component of this game is the Hero Battle, a hugely popular cyber sport in which competitors enter one-on-one fights with virtual avatars... Read more...

Is the Wii U a next generation platform? Reggie Fils-Aime says it is.

Reggie Fils-Aime, Chief Operating Officer of Nintendo of America, had a recent interview with CNNMoney about the Wii U as a next-gen platform saying “Nintendo is next generation, Wii U is next generation.”

Since the launch of the Wii U there has been some debate over whether or not it... Read more...

Show off your town to all your jealous friends!

3DS owners can now take advantage of Nintendo's Image Share service in English by going to http://i.nintendo.net in their 3DS browser and following the instructions.

This service, which has been available in Japanese for a few months already, allows users to upload screenshots from Animal Crossing: New Leaf to Twitter or Tumblr. The service automatically tags Tweets sent from this service with #ACNL.