3DS owners can receive 3D Classics: Kid Icarus at select retailers, game will come with 3DS stand. 

Pre-ordering Kid Icarus: Uprsing at GameStop, Best Buy, or Amazon will earn North American customers a download code for 3D Classics: Kid Icarus, a remastered version of the NES original. The remake, though faithful to the original, contains new backgrounds and 3D graphics. 

Download codes for 3D Classics: Kid Icarus were previously given away in Europe as part of a Club Nintendo promotion.

The strangest Pokémon crossover game yet was almost even stranger.

Pokémon was originally going to crossover with Dynasty Warriors, an interview on Weekly Famitsu revealed.

In the interview, president and CEO of The Pokemon Company Tsunekazu Ishihara and Tecmo Koei producer (and creator of the Nobunaga's Ambition series) Yoichi Erikawa explained that the game... Read more...

A special edition bundle and a 10th anniversary set are also on the way.

Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance will be released in Japan on March 29, Square Enix recently announced. Previously Square Enix had only said that it would come out in March of this year.

Square Enix also announced a special edition 3DS bundle to go along with Kingdom Hearts 3D's release. The 3DS will feature decals based on the series. Price for this bundle has not been announced.

The holidays are over, which means that sales have gone down.

Japanese sales data from January 9 through January 15 show a drop in sales due to the end of the holiday shopping season.

Despite this drop the 3DS and its games remain strong performers for the week. The first game to appear on the Japanese sales chart is Mario Kart 7 with 52,266 copies sold for... Read more...

The secret ending will contain a shocking revelation.

Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance will feature a secret ending, series creator and director Tetsuya Nomura revealed in an interview with Famitsu.

According to Nomura, the secret ending will be tied to the next game in the series, much like previous games in the series. In addition, it will have... Read more...

The Final Fantasy musical game will have more songs beyond the initial set of tracks.

Theatrhythm: Final Fantasy will feature downloadable songs, character designer Tetsuya Nomura confirmed in an interview with Famitsu.

It is not clear if the additional songs will be added to the rhythm game for free, but paid downloadable content will not arrive on 3DS until the spring. The game is set to be released in Japan on February 16, with a new demo showcasing some new songs coming in early February.

The Hudson brand will continue to live on, however.

On March 1, 2012, Konami will be dissolving the entirety of Hudson Soft.

A notice posted by the developer revealed that the company, as well as all of their intellectual properties will be absorbed by Konami. The agreement was reached during a board meeting on January 12, part of an effort by Konami to pool all of its development resources into one company.

Japanese players in need of some last minute supplies can also pick up a new quest for their game.

Japanese Monster Hunter 3 fans will be able to download a new quest at 7-11 convenience stores.

The new five star quest, which can be downloaded between January 17 and January 30, takes players underwater where they can fight Royal Ludroth, Lagiacrus, and Gobul one after the other. When the quest... Read more...

An unsuccessful streak lead to Ubisoft closing the studio.

Ubisoft's Vancouver studio has been shut down, the company recently confirmed.

The studio, known for titles like Pure Futbol and Academy of Champions: Soccer on the Wii, was originally known as Action Pants before Ubisoft acquired it in 2009. A spokesperson told Game Informer the following regarding the closing of the studio:

A Resident Evil: Revelations demo hits both regions, while Europe gets an exclusive Cooking Mama 4 demo.

Playable demos are coming to the eShop in North America and Europe starting tomorrow, more than a month after demos launched in Japan.

The debut demos are Resident Evil: Revelations (North America and Europe) and Cooking Mama 4 (Europe). Resident Evil: Revelations hits shelves in both regions in the next few weeks. Cooking Mama 4 has been in stores since November.

Turn your cool 3D photos into prizes thanks to Nintendo!

Nintendo is holding three 3D photo contests for Nintendo 3DS users in Japan. Part one of the contest starts January 18 and runs until February 18 and is based on the theme, “Interesting when put in 3D!” The winners for part one will be decided on February 24 by the Japanese celebrities and photographers Pe and Pako-san. The prizes are as follows:

This 3DS Fatal Frame spin-off is coming stateside with a new name.

Spirit Camera: The Cursed Memoir is coming to North America on April 13, Nintendo of America announced today.

Spirit Camera, referred to in Japan as Shinrei Camera, is a spin-off of the Fatal Frame series and was developed by Tecmo Koei. 

A horror game that uses both the system's... Read more...

Gotta catch 'em all...at the arcade!

A new Pokémon arcade game has been released by Namco Bandai. The game, titled Pokémon Medal World, is a simple medal game (games which trade real money for medals used to "gamble" for prizes), aimed at players of all ages.

The game allows up to four players on one machine thanks to the large benches around the unit, and features original video to accompany the gameplay.

Japanese gamers will get the chance to play the game this April.

Code of Princess is set to release on the Nintendo 3DS in Japan on April 19.

This side-scrolling brawler, developed by Agatsuma Entertainment, features 4 playable characters as well as characters designed by Kinu Nishimura (Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors). Fans of Guardian Heroes should also rejoice because the game is designed by the same team. 

The rhythm game is finished and heading to Japanese store shelves soon.

The development of Sega's Hatsune Miku and Future Stars: Project Mirai is complete, according to a post on the series' official Twitter.

The vocaloid-starring rhythm title, which will see release in Japan on March 8, concluded its year and a half development time according to the Project Diva's Twitter page. Whether the game will ever come to the west is unknown.

An unannounced game appears to be in development.

An unannounced game is in development for Wii U, according to the LinkedIn profile of Ubisoft employee Damien Bernard. The game is somehow tied in with cards.

Damien Bernard, a level designer for Ubisoft has updated his LinkedIn profile to include a listing for an unannounced Wii U game. It is not... Read more...

A Wii Sports Resort themed exploit may be ignored entirely.

A frequently-exploited glitch in Mario Kart 7 for the 3DS will not be fixed, as confirmed by Nintendo.

The glitch occurs on the track Maka Wahu, and at one point while racing, players may drive off of the track and respawn about one third of the course further in the race.

Although Nintendo... Read more...

In others words: run for your lives! The Wii Virtual Console is getting an update!

Ubisoft's Prince of Persia outings for the Super Nintendo and Game Boy Color will make their way to Nintendo's respective download services this Thursday.

The classic SNES version of the franchise marks the end of a 32 week absence of Wii's Virtual Console service in Europe. The game features 20... Read more...

The trade association demands a public response regarding the issue.

Trade group The Independent Games Developers Association (TIGA) has called upon Nintendo to explain its position on publishing game data in a recent press release.

TIGA is typically known as the representative of game developer interests (business and commercial) in the UK. On January 9th, TIGA... Read more...

New tables are waiting for DLC support from Nintendo.

Zen Pinball 3D will receive new tables in approximately two to three months, according to a Zen Studios representative posting on the company's forums. The availability of DLC is dependent on Nintendo support through the eShop.

In response to a customer question regarding the upcoming tables, the representative stated, "We'll be adding more tables when Nintendo implements the functionality to do so...should be in 2-3 months, last I heard."