If you're going to kick it old school, you're going to be out of luck for 3D

Some new details were announced for Hyrule Warriors Legends in the game's Tokyo Game Show stream.

During the stream, KoeiTecmo announced that due to technical limitations, the ability to run the game in stereoscopic 3D will only be available on the New 3DS. All of the Wii U version's DLC up to release will be included, and most of the content of the Wii U game will be present except for the Challenge Mode.

A couple of walking spoilers will have a run in with Segata Sanshiro

Nintendo characters will be coming to Project X Zone 2 as the crossover continues to get crazy.

Fiora from Xenoblade Chronicles will team with her fellow Xeno character KOS-MOS (Xenosaga Episode 1), while Chrom and Lucina from Fire Emblem Awakening will be a controllable pair in the game. It appears the Fire Emblem pair's ultimate double team move is a reference to the Fire Emblem Awakening cover.

Yeah, Zygarde too.

Hey everybody! This week, Alex, Donald, and Zach talk about the Star Fox Zero delay, Tatsumi Kimishima becoming the new Nintendo president, the new Zygarde forms, and our impressions of Super Mario Maker. We also probably talk about the Persona 5 delay.

eShop titles will now be available on a major independent code retailer.

Nintendo fans in the UK have a new option for eShop titles as PC game seller GreenManGaming has added Nintendo titles to the catalogue.

The agreement, announced today with the help of Charles Martinet, will cover the UK for now but could apply to other territories eventually. Games are sold at... Read more...

Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto confirms the delay of the major Wii U holiday title to early 2016.

Star Fox Zero is no longer due out on November 20, 2015 as the marquee Wii U game is being pushed back to Q1 2016 according to Nintendo.

Shigeru Miyamoto made the decision to delay the game last week, as per a statement posted on Facebook. Miyamoto explained that they "have already reached the... Read more...

Something to watch with Wii U and New 3DS console sales.

It appears that a new GameStop policy introduced as of this quarter may force changes to Nintendo's sale policy for systems.

First announced during the chain's last quarterly results and reported by GiantBomb, the policy mandates that all console bundles be sold with physical copies of games instead... Read more...

Here's hoping its big lift is actually completed

The map rotation for Splatoon will expand tonight / tomorrow with the addition of Hammerhead Bridge, just in time for use as a potential Splatfest map.

The bridge is a two-level area, with many spots covered by grating to allow for splatting of those above or below you. There are also some deck areas on the bridge that allow for some true splat from above.

It’s the week of the long walk.

The big games of the week for North America provide an interesting contrast. On the 3DS, you have the eternally bouncy ninja brawler Senran Kagura 2: Deep Crimson, which should provide more than your daily allotment of combat. Of course, we let Zach review this one. The Wii U’s biggest gun this... Read more...

The company will bring news directly to you - eventually.

Despite fears following the passing of former president Satoru IwataNintendo will continue the Direct format for news distribution in their own time.

In a statement to IGN, Nintendo said "Nintendo Directs will continue, but we have no details to provide now on who will be featured or the topics that will be covered" indicating there are no plans for a video soon.

The previously paid DLC adds four new characters

The new issue of Game Informer magazine has provided an update on some of Xenoblade Chronicles X's optional content.

Four recruitable characters who were paid DLC in the Japanese version of the title will be free for North America and Europe. Each character will be recruitable after completing three missions, and will provide either a weapon or Skell blueprint.

Master Hand, Crazy Hand, move over for Maker Hand.

The next Smash Bros stage has been announced, and it will be themed around Super Mario Maker.

The Super Mario Maker stage will release on September 30 for both Wii U and 3DS, and will feature a randomly designed stage that will be drawn in as soon as the match starts. The stage elements will be random, with blocks that are broken being replaced within a couple of seconds. All four of Super Mario Maker's games will be represented.

Capcom seeks to crowdsource challenge levels from all six games.

The Mega Man Legacy Collection is coming later to the 3DS, but it will have support for the Mega Man Amiibo.

Capcom announced on the Capcom Unity blog that the Amiibo would unlock ten special challenge stages, which will be created by fans. The contest asks for timestamps from Mega Man playthroughs in order to create the special stages, which can cross multiple games in the collection.

A couple of abstract concepts to throw down with.

Following a Japanese Splatfest this past weekend, North America, Europe and Australia will have their fifth rounds this weekend.

North America's Splatfest will see the battle of Da Vinci's two careers as Team Art (captained by Callie) will take on Team Science (Marie). The battle will begin at midnight Eastern time Saturday (9 p.m. Pacific time Friday).

It suddenly got very Norse in here.

CoroCoro magazine in Japan has revealed what appear to be the first new forms of Pokémon for the swan song of the 6th generation.

The magazine lists four alternate forms of Zygarde (#718):

Keeping some things the same, but aiming for long term changes as well.

Nintendo gave an interview with the Nikkei newspaper following the announcement of Tatsumi Kimishima as company president.

Kimishima confirmed in the interview that Nintendo would continue the plans of transition laid out by the late Satoru Iwata, including the transition to new generation hardware... Read more...

Formerly served as president of Nintendo of America.

In a press release statement issued today in Japan, Nintendo has named Tatsumi Kimishima its new president following the death of Satoru Iwata in July.

Kimishima has previously been Nintendo of America's president, reigning from 2002 to 2006 when he was succeeded by the current president Reggie Fils-Aime. He has also served as Chief Financial Officer of The Pokémon Company, as well as the president of the US branch.

It's time for our next RetroActive poll: games not featured in Super Mario Maker!

Super Mario Maker is here, and our panel of supposed experts at Radio Free Nintendo is now knee-deep in Mario Making. We are also delightfully knee-deep in your suggestions for games that feature Mario that are not in Super Mario Maker. In fact, we received so many suggestions we decided we would... Read more...

Comes with a clarification on Splatoon naming conventions.

The week's Splatoon update will go live tonight at the standard time (10 p.m. ET, 7 p.m. PT) and will bring a modified version of an existing weapon.

The H-3 Nozzlenose is a heavier version of the L-3 Nozzelnose family of weapons, which trade a bit more power for slightly less speed. The sub weapon is the Suction Bombs and it has the Echolocator special.

Plus the ability to look like classic Atlus heroes.

Japan will be getting the game known as Genei Ibunroku #FE in North America just under the wire for this year.

The Atlus/Nintendo co-operative project will release on December 26 in Japan, just in time for the massive New Year's shopping season. The game will have a regular edition, a "Fortissimo"... Read more...

Dinosaurs show legs and feathers and the Amiibo train keeps rolling

US sales results have been released by the NPD Group for August, and Nintendo will be looking for a September turnaround.

In the software charts, the only game on Nintendo systems to reach the top 10 was June's Lego Jurassic World at #5 (combined formats). The 3DS and Wii U were the 2nd and 3rd best selling version of the game, while Splatoon is now at 600,000 copies sold (physical + eShop).