Nintendo's Japanese games-for-goods redemption program has stocked up with some new swag.

Good news for people who happen to live in Japan: there are more goodies to spend your Club Nintendo points on.

If you’re unfamiliar with Club Nintendo, there are cards packaged in every Nintendo-published game that include a long number to input into the Club Nintendo website. Unlike the North American counterpart, you can actually use these points to redeem them for real, Nintendo branded goods.

Pre-order the upcoming Zelda DS game on WalMart.com and get some free swag!

WalMart's online store has a interesting little pre-order bonus for DS Lite owners interested in Phantom Hourglass. Place your order on its website and you'll get a skin for your DS Lite and a new stylus. As you can see below, the skin includes a sticker for the top of the DS that features art similar... Read more...

World Snooker Champion Steve Davis has signed with Koch Media to promote the upcoming DS game.

Snooker Legend picked to promote the pocket-sized potter

Steve Davis signs with Koch Media UK to promote World Snooker Championship

Basingstoke, England – 19th September 2007 – Koch Media UK is pleased to announce signing the snooker legend and six-time World Snooker Champion, Steve Davis, to promote the forthcoming World Snooker Championship™ Season 2007-08 game, which releases on Nintendo® DS on 26th October 2007.

Free Radical’s David Doak discusses the possibility.

In the massive build-up of anticipation surrounding the release of Halo 3 next week, it’s easy to forget that FPS gaming on consoles was originally kicked into hyperdrive on the Nintendo 64 with Rare’s 007 Goldeneye. David Doak, one of the original team members on Goldeneye, has since moved on... Read more...

Yes, you use the Wii Remote as a lightsaber. No, it's not a trap.

LucasArts to Unleash the Force on the Wii in Spring 2008

Star Wars™: The Force Unleashed™ Coming to Nintendo’s Platform with Exclusive Duel Mode

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – Sept. 18, 2007 – LucasArts today revealed that Star Wars™: The Force Unleashed™ will come to the Wii™... Read more...

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SEGA’s SONIC RUSH ADVENTURE for Nintendo DS Speeds Into Stores

DS Gamers are invited on a high-seas adventure on September 18

SAN FRANCISCO (September 18, 2007) – SEGA® of America, Inc. today announced that Sonic Rush Adventure™, created exclusively for the Nintendo... Read more...

You too can be Nancy Drew. Woo-hoo!

The Teen Super Sleuth Makes Her Nintendo DS™ Debut as Majesco Entertainment Ships ‘Nancy Drew™: The Deadly Secret of Olde World Park’

EDISON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Majesco Entertainment Company (NASDAQ: COOL), an innovative provider of video games and digital entertainment products for... Read more...

The new Smash Bros. game will support up to four players online, and you can play with either friends or strangers.

The official blog of Super Smash Bros. Brawl has finally squashed the fears of many fans, confirming online play for the full complement of four players, well over a year after the feature was last mentioned by anyone at Nintendo.

The two main online options are "With Friends" and "With Anyone".... Read more...

We all knew it was coming, but with the confirmation comes a few more details about the game.

SEGA Reveals New Details on NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams

SEGA Europe Limited today announced that NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams, the sequel to the critically-acclaimed hit NiGHTS, will feature a two-player mode and network support at launch. SEGA also unveiled plans to reawaken the Artificial Life (A-Life)... Read more...

Sweepstakes prizes to include trip to Costa Rica, copies of game.

Konami and Nestle Waters North America Announce the ''Green with Envy'' National Promotion for Dewy’s Adventure™ Video Game for the Wii™ Home Video Game System

National Promotion with Nestle Waters’ Aquapod™ Bottled Water and Dewy’s Adventure™ Video Game Offers Grand Prize Trip to Costa Rica and Other Prizes

The official Nintendo community will be without a home for an indefinite period of time.

Nintendo of America has posted a notice on its website that the official Nintendo NSider Forums will be closed indefinitely, effective today. Nintendo is citing a "major overhaul" of Nintendo.com as the reason for the forum shutdown.

In a statement on the former forums front page, Nintendo.com Supervisor of Web Content Andy Hartpence, a.k.a. "NOA_Andy," said:

But just because there will be a lot of them doesn't mean they'll be any easier to get a hold of, says Reggie.

Nintendo of America President Reginald Fils-Aime (call him Reggie) has said that Wii supplies will be at their highest level yet heading toward the holiday season. But that doesn't mean the console will be a cinch to secure in the coming months.

"The amount of Wii hardware that will be in North... Read more...

A character pair that had been rumored to not be returning received confirmation this week.

It wasn't an incredibly eventful week, but the fan favorite character pair of Nana and Popo got return confirmation, and we got to see both a new Pokemon and a new Assist Trophy.

New Pokemon: MunchlaxIt's been a while since a new Pokemon has been confirmed for the Pokeball item. In many ways,... Read more...

The top Nintendo executive has confirmed he will soon be leaving after more than 15 years with Nintendo of America.

Nintendo of America has made it official. Nintendo Senior Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Communications George Harrison will be leaving the company he joined in 1992 by the end of 2007.

"I have confirmed to all employees that I will be leaving at the end of December and not making the move to California," said Harrison to the Reuters news service. Harrison did not mention what he would do after his departure from Nintendo.

Initial availability is scheduled for next month.

Hot on the heels of the Neo-Geo announcement, Hudson has revealed that PC Engine CD-ROM² and Super CD-ROM² (TurboGrafx-CD in the US) games will soon be released on Virtual Console. Starting in October, Hudson expects to release at least five titles this year and an additional ten or more games next year. The planned price is 800 Wii Points (regular PC Engine games cost 600 points).

We're looking for a few good staffers. Details on new job openings inside!

Nintendo World Report wants you! We're looking for some fresh talent to take NWR to the next level in the video game news and information world, and we know there are a lot of people out there who are motivated enough to help make it happen. Are you one of them?

Working at NWR requires the same... Read more...

Not surprisingly, Madden was the biggest selling game... but not so much on Wii.

The NPD Group's August sales figures have been posted at the NeoGAF forums (an official outlet of the NPD), and Nintendo is on top once again. Wii took first place in the hardware race yet again, with just over 400,000 systems sold. Nintendo DS is right behind with over 380,000 units. In its second month of a price reduction, the PS3 sold roughly one third as many units as either Wii or DS, while Xbox 360 split the difference.

Japanese titles are now available... temporarily and at a price. Updated with upcoming games.

Recently, two Japanese titles, Super Mario Bros. 2 (The Lost Levels) and Mario's Super Picross popped up on the OFLC's website. Just two weeks later, they are available for download in Europe and Australia.

It doesn't appear that Nintendo put any effort in localizing the games as Mario's Super... Read more...

High sales for Capcom's Wii titles fuel growth spurt; company doubles number of planned releases for the console.

Japanese publisher Capcom has seen its stock grow by a considerable amount this year, climbing 6.3% to 2,855 Yen ($25.10), a five year high for the company. Over the past few days alone, the company's shares have risen by a total of 14%, with a year-to-date increase of 33%.

Resident Evil 4:... Read more...

It has finally come to pass.

Back in the days of the N64 and GameCube, if you said to some one that Nintendo would once again be back on top, you would be laughed at. If you said it on a gaming forum, you would be laughed at and either given some ridiculous forum title, or be banned.

Well, the impossible has come to pass... Read more...