Victory is his destiny!

The Meta Knight Amiibo will be exclusively sold at Best Buy stores next February in North America, presumably alongside the other Wave 3 Amiibo figures.

Meta Knight is the second confirmed Amiibo to have a retailer exclusive release. Previously Shulk, the protagonist of Xenoblade Chronicles, was confirmed to be a GameStop exclusive.

The iconic princess will offer a nifty unlock for owners of her NFC figure.

Nintendo has revealed how the Zelda amiibo will function in Hyrule Warriors.

Those who own the plastic princess will be able to unlock a weapon with a rating of at least three stars by tapping the toy to the Wii U GamePad's NFC reader. Meanwhile, tapping any other amiibo will get you a either a weapon rated three stars or lower, a crafting material bonus, or a rupee bonus. These functions can both be used once each day.

A boss is being tweaked and new fishing locations are being added.

The Legend of Zelda series Producer Eiji Aonuma has shared a few new details regarding the upcoming The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask remake for Nintendo 3DS.

Speaking to Famitsu in a recent interview, Aonuma made it clear that the game will be modified in ways that accommodate new players. "Specifically... Read more...

Without a prior warning, these are now available for you to purchase!

Eight new themes appeared out of nowhere on the European version of the Nintendo 3DS Theme Shop. This came after an inspection on the shop today.

Europeans will be able to get their hands on four seperate Super Smash Bros. themes as well as four Nintendogs + cats ones. The Smash themes have all... Read more...

The Twilight Princess takes her true form on the battlefield.

Twili Midna will be a playable character in the upcoming Twilight Princess DLC Pack for Hyrule Warriors according to a recent Miiverse post.

While Midna in her most notable form already appears in Hyrule Warriors, this human form of Midna will be a totally new character that uses the Mirror of... Read more...

Update: It's over! Come watch the hypertrolling, uncut!

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Famicast-a-what now? This will be episode 44 of NWR's Japan podcast, all about Nintendo games in Japan!

Famicast-a-where now? This will be a live show broadcast on Google Hangouts, join us!

Famicast-a-who now? Hosted by Danny Bivens, who just picked up Captain Toad, and hypertroll overlord, JC who has been playing Final Fantasy Explorers Light!

Got any Doduos?

Slow week for Nintendo releases, but there's a few things here that should be worthy of a look. On the indie front, Tengami has finally made its way to the Wii U, and on the 3DS we have I've Got to Run: Complete Edition. On the Virtual Console, we have Mario Kart: Super Circut, as well as the Pokémon... Read more...

More details on the next entry in the Zelda franchise will be revealed at E3 2015.

The Legend of Zelda Producer Eiji Aonuma shared a few new details on the series' first original entry for Wii U, noting that the game's visuals are even more impressive than what was teased earlier this year.

“Now it looks more amazing than what was shown at E3,” he told Famitsu in a recent interview.

We know Link will give you the Spinner, but what will Zelda, Shiek, and Toon Link do?

The Zelda, Shiek, and Toon Link Amiibo will add some sort of additional content to Hyrule Warriors when they become available in the ensuing months.

Following the announcement that the Link Amiibo will add the Spinner weapon to Hyrule Warriors, it was confirmed that the other Zelda characters... Read more...

Here's the exact day in February this Wii U game is coming out.

Kirby and the Rainbow Curse will be hitting Wii U in North America on February 13, according to Nintendo of America's Facebook.

The post was accompanied by a variety of new screens for the upcoming Wii U game, which is a follow-up to the beloved DS game Kirby and the Canvas Curse. Rainbow Curse was first revealed at E3 2014 and was given a February 2015 release window in last week's Nintendo Direct.

Nintendo's multiplayer brawler is expected to sell incredibly well.

Pre-order numbers for Super Smash Bros. for Wii U are at a record high, surpassing those of Mario Kart 8, Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime confirmed.

“The launch of Mario Kart 8 has essentially doubled our Wii U sales year-on-year,” Fils-Aime told Bloomberg. “Our expectation... Read more...

His body is ready!

Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime will be making an appearance at The Game Awards 2014, a new awards show produced by GTTV's Geoff Keighley.

The Game Awards will be held on December 5 at the AXIS Theater in Las Vegas, and promises to come loaded with exciting game announcements and world premieres. The event will be live streamed over various online video services.

Ever wonder what the inside of a 2DS looks like? You'll soon find out!

Two new 2DS models, Crystal Red and Crystal Blue, will be making their way to North America for the holiday season.

They will be launching on November 21, the same day as Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, for a suggested retail price of $99.99. Check out the pictures below!

Monado lend us your power, and also maybe your wallet.

Certain amiibo figures will be exclusive to different retailers, starting with Wave 3.

Wave 3 figures, slated for a February 2015 release, will be the first to be available as specific retailer exclusives. This info comes from a video on Nintendo of America's YouTube channel, which says that a... Read more...

You might have to erase data if you plan on using Amiibos with multiple games.

Amiibo games that require the ability to both write and read data on an Amiibo figure will have to erase data on a previous game in order to be used again, according to Nintendo of Japan.

For example, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U requires writing and reading save data on each figure. If you take... Read more...

Find out how to obtain your pass to Southern Island!

Using Streetpass will enable you to obtain the Eon Ticket, according to both the US and UK Pokémon branches.

For the UK, the Eon Ticket will be distributed via Streetpass to those who go to the London launch event on November 29. Those who obtain the Eon Ticket will be able to distribute it to... Read more...

Remember Fantasy Zone? OutRun? You will soon!

Five more Sega 3DS Classics are coming their way to North America.

Due for release next year, After Burner II, Fantasy Zone, OutRun, Fantasy Zone II and Thunder Blade will all be making their way to the 3DS eShop in early 2015. These are Sega titles originally released on arcade systems, and will... Read more...

You will be able to use the DLC online, but there are limitations.

Nintendo has detailed how the upcoming DLC will work in terms of online play for Mario Kart 8.

For online play, you can use both regular and DLC characters to play on the original 32 tracks, and those who don't have the DLC will be able to see the unlockable DLC characters in play. There will... Read more...

Time to get StreetPassing once more!

A Sonic Boom StreetPass Puzzle Swap panel has just launched for US 3DS systems via the Spotpass network.

This puzzle, much like others representing most first-party and hotly anticipated games, features forty pieces, with eight of them being the pink kind only available through StreetPass tags.

Gamers can get a free taste of Square Enix’s upcoming multiplayer Final Fantasy title.

Final Fantasy Explorers Light, a demo version of Final Fantasy Explorers, is coming to the Nintendo 3DS eShop in Japan on November 14. With the Light version, players will be able to play through the early parts of the game, which will take them through the prologue and give gamers a chance to fight... Read more...