The PAL sales of the Operation Rainfall games will influence localization decisions.

Nintendo of America is closely watching the sales of three highly-requested RPG games in Europe, to gauge their potential for North American localization.

The games in question, Xenoblade Chronicles, The Last Story and Pandora's Tower, have been the cause for much petitioning against Nintendo of... Read more...

Taking a dip into the homebrew waters just got a little bit easier.

A new exploit for the Wii has been uncovered which does not require the use of any Wii game discs, unlike other current methods. The exploit, titled LetterBomb, was developed by hackers known as blasty and tueidj. It uses the Wii Message Board as a conduit to bypass the Wii's security and load the HackMii Installer, which loads the Homebrew Channel onto the Wii System Menu.

Flame Red joins the lineup.

Nintendo 3DS will be available in a new Flame Red color on September 9, the same day that Star Fox 64 3D launches in North America. Currently, the system is only available in Cosmo Black and Aqua Blue. The new 3DS color will be available at the MSRP of $169.99.

This isn't the first time we've seen a flame red handheld from Nintendo: a color of the same name was paired with the Game Boy Advance SP.

The two upcoming 3DS Mario titles may have solid release dates.

Super Mario 3D Land and Mario Kart 7 may have solid release dates in North America – November 13 and December 4 respectively. MTV Multiplayer Blog ran a story earlier in the day that showed both of these dates, however, shortly thereafter, the story was updated, and the two release dates were removed.

Another RPG is set to arrive on the 3DS VC in Japan.

Heracles no Eiko Ugokidashita no Kamigami is coming to the 3DS Virtual Console in Japan on August 24.

Heracles no Eiko, known as Glory of Heracles outside of Japan, is an RPG that was originally developed and published by Data East. The series appeared on several Nintendo platforms in Japan, including the original Game Boy in 1992. The series has made an appearance outside of Japan only once in North America on the Nintendo DS in 2010.

Just in case you were worried.

Madden 12 on Wii, which is coming out on August 30, will have a launch-day roster update to account for all of the roster changes made after the NFL lockout ended last month.

Read our preview and impressions for more information about the latest football game on Wii.

Even with the cancellation of several Mega Man projects, the Blue Bomber is still relevant for Capcom.

Mega Man isn't dead, said Christian Svensson, Senior Vice President of strategic planning and business development at Capcom, in a recent video Q&A.

This has come in light of several cancellations of Mega Man themed projects, such as Mega Man Legends 3, which would have been a 3DS exclusive.... Read more...

The DS version will once again be in the hands of n-Space.

A DS version of the upcoming Modern Warfare 3, with "Defiance" as its subtitle, has been confirmed.

Modern Warfare 3 DS will be developed by n-Space, who has had experience working with the handheld conversions of previous Call of Duty shooters such as Black Ops, World at War and Modern Warfare 1 and 2.

Even with sales drops, the system performed well for the month of July.

Nintendo's 3DS system managed to become a best seller in July, according to the recent sales data by Enterbrain.

For the five-week period, starting on June 27 and ending on July 31, the 3DS topped the hardware sales charts with 148,913 units sold. For two months in a row, the system has topped Enterbrain's hardware charts, and in the weeks of July the 3DS managed to have sales of over 30,000 units sold.

The first run of the game will come with a 24 track CD.

An announcement made by XSEED Games confirmed that the first prints of Solatorobo: Red the Hunter will come with a soundtrack CD featuring 24 tracks from the game. Details on exactly how many copies would be printed with the CD have yet to be revealed.

Solatorobo is an action-RPG developed... Read more...

Focus shall be placed on original titles rather than licensed games.

THQ announced that they have laid off over 200 employees. This was done in order to move focus away from licensed and children's games.

The company closed down two development houses in Australia as well as their development teams based in Phoenix. The rest of their development teams have remained intact, focusing on the development of original titles such as the Saint Row games, Darksiders 2 and inSANE.

Nomura promises that the game's quality is at the level of the console games.

Kingdom Hearts 3D will be playable for the first time at Tokyo Game Show, series creator Tetsuya Nomura confirmed this week to Dengeki PlayStation.

Up until this moment, Kingdom Hearts 3D has only been show through teaser trailers and short snippets of gameplay. Nomura went on to state that the... Read more...

Unlike WiiWare, royalties to developers are not held until a certain sales threshold is reached.

Games published for Nintendo's DSiWare and eShop services are not required to reach a sales threshold before royalties can be paid to the developer. This is in contrast to WiiWare, for which a minimum number of downloads must be reached before royalties are released.

We spoke to Nic Watt, creative... Read more...

Nintendo's upcoming symphony orchestra will include a fan favorite and a medley.

The much-anticipated The Legend of Zelda 25th Anniversary Symphony concert has its first two musical pieces revealed by Nintendo composer Mahito Yokota.

The first song announced is fan favorite Gerudo Valley from Ocarina of Time. Yokota noted, "This was a really popular choice from the surveys. I'm really looking forward to how this passionate, rhythmical song is going to sound coming from a live orchestra."

Some removals likely the result of a studio closure, while others lack explanation.

Various WiiWare titles were recently removed from Wii Shop Channels all around the world.

GameArts' The Magic Obelisk has been removed from the North American Wii Shop Channel. No reasons for its absence have been given by the company or by Nintendo.

In Europe, several more games have been removed.... Read more...

Challenge is the keyword in this week's European downloads.

Nintendo of Europe breaks their normal tradition and doesn't give us a Wii download this Thursday. However on the Nintendo eShop and DSi Store, it is the same business as usual.

Owners of a Nintendo 3DS will be able to download Avenging Spirit from the Virtual Console service. You have just been... Read more...

The third entry in the popular Call of Duty series will hit the Wii after all.

A Wii version of the upcoming Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has been confirmed by Activision during an investor's call. Treyarch is developing the Wii edition.

Despite the most recent game in the series, Black Ops, making an appearance on the system, Activision had yet to confirm if the third game... Read more...

It's rumored that Walmart will drop the price of the 3DS three days prior to Nintendo's official date.

Walmart may be dropping the price of 3DS early. According to the website Cheap Ass Gamer, they have received information from a trusted source that Walmart will be dropping the price to $169.99 on August 9th, 3 days prior to the scheduled date of August 11th.

Those that have been hesitant about... Read more...

Capcom's adventure game, Nazo Waku Yakata gets a paid demo in the eShop.

Last Thursday, Nintendo and Capcom released the first paid demo to the Japanese eShop, Nazo Waku Yakata. The paid demo includes the first chapter of Capcom’s 3DS adventure game and cost ¥200 ($2.55). More chapters may also be under consideration, though they are currently undecided.

Actions like this are worrisome, as they may set a precedent that future eShop demos will follow.

Price drops and possibilities of the Ambassador program drive players towards used systems.

Sales of used 3DS systems doubled after Nintendo announced the upcoming price drop, according to Media Create in Japan.

The report cites several possible reasons as to why the sales doubled. One of these is that players may be eager to participate in the Ambassador program, which will offer free... Read more...