Blowing out the 30th anniversary with evil levels and a new Amiibo. UPDATE: Online sharing and some on-disc levels!

A developer spotlight during the Nintendo Digital Event confirmed some new features for Super Mario Maker.

The game will support "compatible Amiibos" with the Mystery Mushroom item that turns Mario into the Amiibo character. During the video, Luigi, Marth, Link, Yoshi and the Wii Fit Trainer were shown.

No gold, but you can still look like a champion.

The clothing website Fifth Sun is selling official Nintendo World Championship 2015 t-shirts.

The shirts come in men's, women's and junior varieties, with sizes ranging from S to XXL. Several designs are available as well, including one badged with "Los Angeles 2015".

A flyer distributed to everyone in attendance at Sunday's Nintendo World Championships states that the shirts are limited editions.

Games in series at E3 for 30% off, with some real heavy hitters.

The eShop is celebrating E3 with a series of discounts for series with games being shown at this year's show.

The sale runs from today to June 23, and each game is 30% off its current price.

The series and games with their regular and discounted prices (US$) is:

A big risk for the 2016 3DS RPG

Fire Emblem Fates will release in two versions outside of Japan as well, as reported by Game Informer.

The dual release was confirmed to Game Informer today in their E3 writeup of the 2016 RPG, who also confirmed that the 3rd campaign as a downloadable content offer.

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Get your paranormal paparazzi on this Fall.

The fifth installment of spooky ghost photography series has been given an official English title: Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water. It will be releasing in North America this fall.

The game uses the GamePad's gyroscope for full camera control, while the action is shown from a third person perspective... Read more...

Let's Super Mario, indeed.

Nintendo is celebrating the 30th anniversary of Mario with a new website devoted to the fans of the Super Mario series.

The website letssupermario.com encourages fans to submit videos showing their love for the franchise, in whatever way they wish. Ad revenue for the videos will be donated by Nintendo to Operation Smile, which seeks to provide aid to children with cleft palates.

Details on Amiibo skins and how the Yarn Yoshi Amiibo came to be.

Yoshi's Woolly World is now slated for release on October 16 in North America.

The game's corresponding Yarn Yoshi Amiibo actually got its origin when a staff member created one on a whim. The Amiibo was so beloved by game staff that they then began to make plans to actually produce the Yarn Yoshi Amiibo for release.

Nintendo has shown off a new title in the Metroid series for 3DS.

Metroid Prime: Federation Force is coming to 3DS. Nintendo announced the 4 player co-op focused title as part of their E3 Digital Event presentation.

In Federation Forces, the player controls a member of a Federation combat team, fighting enemies of peace. Metroid Prime: Blast Ball, which was previously shown during the Nintendo World Championships, will also be included in the game.

Level 5's hit game coming to an English audience!

Yo-Kai Watch has been confirmed for a Holiday 2015 release outside of Japan.

The game appears to be fully dubbed with English voice acting.

No specific launch date has yet been set besides the holiday period. We'll update with specifics as soon as they become available.

First details of the latest Mario Sports game shows some oversize tennis!

Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash has just been announced for the Wii U console, set to come out during the holiday 2015 period in North America. The game is the latest entry in a line of Mario Tennis games that span all the way back to the Nintendo 64, and was represented at Nintendo's Digital Event with the premiere of a gameplay trailer.

The two roads of Mario RPGs collide in a 3DS adventure!

We've got a first view of a new RPG that combines the Mario and Luigi and Paper Mario series.

Releasing Spring 2016, Mario and Luigi Paper Jam sees the brothers teaming up with a Paper Mario to "tear up" their enemies. You'll be able to create large papercraft Mario to fight the larger enemies with.

We knew it was coming to America in 2015, and it makes it just before the end of the year!

Xenoblade Chronicles X is just making it to North America in 2015: Nintendo has just announced that Monolith Software's epic RPG will be coming out in North America on December 4, 2015.

Released in Japan earlier this year in April, NWR has hands-on coverage from the Japanese release of the title here and especially our focus on the giant mecha the characters use in the game (called "Skells") here.

Happy Home Designer and prophetic Amiibo party are both coming this year.

Animal Crossing: Amiibo Festival, a digital board game that expands upon Amiibo Party mode of Mario Party 10, has been announced as part of Nintendo's Digital Event. The board game will be based on a calendar concept, going through all the months of the year with changing seasons and seasonal events. Details are scarce, but apparently players can collect and save "Happy Points" to their amiibo and use them to expand the game.

The digital event gives a localized trailer and a release window.

The upcoming 3DS Fire Emblem title is now known as Fire Emblem Fates, as revealed in a new trailer released during the Nintendo digital event.

The trailer details a storyline of betrayal and choice, and the 2016 release window in the west. This trailer was the first time Nintendo has shown the game not in Japanese.

Three dimensions, three Links.

A new, top-down 3D Zelda game has been revealed for Nintendo 3DS.

Tri Force Heroes allows up to three players to work together in a classic Zelda title similar in design to the previous Four Swords titles. Key features in this title are wearable costumes that provide Link with different abilities,... Read more...

Transforming kings confirmed!

Hyrule Warriors Legends has been officially announced by Nintendo, confirming the leaked Hyrule Warriors 3DS video from last week.

Releasing 1st quarter of 2016, it will include all of the downloable characters from the Wii U version as well as Tetra and the King of Red Lions from Wind Waker.

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Bowser and Donkey Kong will be making appearances in new physical figures that feature BOTH Skylanders and Amiibo functionality.

Nintendo and Vicarious Visions have announced two exclusive Skylander Amiibo figures for the upcoming game, Skylanders SuperChargers.

Hammer Slam Bowser and Turbo Charged Donkey Kong will be made available, both of which will feature unique moves and vehicles for them to utilise.

The two figures can change modes via a twist of the base. This allows the figures to act as either a regular Amiibo, or as a Skylander.

New transforming vehicles, the game's unique perspectives via the Wii U GamePad, and more were revealed in the Nintendo Digital Event.

The Nintendo Digital event kicked off with first details for Star Fox Zero.

The game uses the GamePad to aim in smaller areas and the gyro for camera views, while showing third-person view of the craft on the TV. The game features flying Landmasters, transformable mobile Arwing walkers, and a gyro-copter for exploration based missions.

Drop a dollar and you can use the 3DS as a controller without owning Smash 3DS.

Hidden in Sunday's Smash Brothers update was an option to use a 3DS as a Wii U controller without the 3DS game.

The application, available on the 3DS eShop for $0.99, replicates the functionality of the 3DS to Wii U control option. Owners of the 3DS version do not need to download this application.

The first Western 3rd party announcement for Wii U of the show.

Just Dance 2016 has been announced for the Wii U and Wii today at Ubisoft's E3 press conference.

Coming to "all motion consoles" this fall, the game was demonstrated through a live musical performance by Jason Derulo, and will feature the ability to use a smartphone as an alternate controller for the game.