Can we interest you in a $200 deal for two similarly looking handhelds?

Target will be offering a special Buy One and Get One 40% deal on the Nintendo 2DS deal. This is what video game deal hunter Wario64 posted on his Twitter page.

The deal on the third iteration of the Nintendo 3DS-family will start on August 17. If you interested in this offering, you will be looking at spending roughly $200. For more information and impressions on the handheld, check out this article from last year.

Various balance issues will be addressed, according to the developer.

Developer Dakko Dakko is currently working on an update for their title Scram Kitty and His Buddy on Rails. This is what Rhod from the development team announced on Miiverse.

With the update, they hope to fix a few stage progression issues as well as fixing the balance further in a number of stages.... Read more...

Characters from the classic film will participate in the Toy Box hopping.

Aladdin and Jasmine from the classic animated movie Aladdin will be joining the Disney Infinity cast. This is what the team behind the title announced last Thursday.

The two characters can only be used in the Toy Box mode, where you can create, build and play whatever your heart desires. There are no plans announced for more dedicated Disney sets in any form as the focus seems currently on Marvel in the future.

The development house is committed to supporting the Wii U.

Zen Studios will have big Wii U news coming very soon. This is what the studio said after a fan shared some concerns about the lack of updates.

One of the administrators, named crackervizzo, had the following to say on the matter: ''Actually, we will have some very big Wii U news very soon. This... Read more...

Race your way into some great 3DS and Wii U games, or just blast your way in!

We enter August on a...well...not a hot streak. Maybe a mild streak? Not a ton of games out this week, but there is one interesting item of note. Normally there’s maybe one virtual console game a week, but today we get 3! On the Wii U, anyway. Some great titles released today on both systems, however, along with some intriguing sales so check them out!

Mega Man gets some StreetPass love.

"Mega Man," one of Japan's newest Puzzle Swap panels in the StreetPass Mii Plaza, has been released in both North America and Europe.

The puzzle, being the 36th in North America and 34th in Europe and Australasia, features forty pieces, eight of them being the pink StreetPass-only variety. The... Read more...

Pokémon X and Y players only have a short period of time to get this one.

A Poké Ball Pattern Vivillon in now being given away to North American Pokémon X and Y players over the game’s Mystery Gift Internet option. Those interested better hurry though, as the promotion will end on August 12.

This rare Vivillon variety is being given out to players in honor of the re-launch of the Pokémon Center online store.

Celebrating 22 years of Kart action.

Super Mario Kart is now available on the Wii U Virtual Console in North America. The Super Nintendo classic costs $7.99.

Super Mario Kart has been released on the Wii U Virtual Console in honor of the game’s upcoming 22nd anniversary. It's already been released in Japan back in 2013, and in Europe this past March.

Gotta Buy’em All!

The Pokémon Center online store has reopened today after being closed for over six years.

The store, found at PokemonCenter.com, features Pokémon items and merchandise separated into various categories such as Apparel, Accessories, Plush, Home & Decor, Video Game, and Trading Card Game. Pokémon fans interested are encouraged to take a look at the site immediately since some items are already selling out.

Three Mercedes-Benz karts and minor improvements are on the way.

Mario Kart 8 will get a free update on August 27 bringing three new Mercedes-Benz karts and several additional tweaks to the game.

Karts modeled after classic Mercedes-Benz automobiles--specifically the Silver Arrow from the 1930s and 300 SL Roadster of the 1950s--will join the previously-announced... Read more...

Rowan? More like growin'!

A new Harvest Moon game means more characters, and the first to be revealed is Rowan, a seemingly chipper Harvest Sprite. He's the first Harvest Sprite players will cross paths with in Harvest Moon 3D: The Lost Valley, as he'll guide you in the first part of the game.

Throughout the game, Rowan... Read more...

If you can't find something you like, maybe you just don't like Nintendo?

There are eight games up as rewards this month for Club Nintendo, a nice change of pace from the usual four.

First up is the Mario game that really wasn't originally a Mario game. Super Mario Bros. 2 was a bit of a departure from its fellow 2D titles because of this, but it wasn't necessarily a bad thing and many gamers are still big fans. You can get it for 200 coins on the Wii U Virtual Console.

With new and better features!

Dragon Fantasy Book I is on its way to the 3DS eShop, Muteki has announced. This episodic RPG series (reminiscent of original Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy titles) originally launched for iOS in 2011, and has since been improved and released on other platforms.

In this new 3DS version, developer... Read more...

A key figure in bringing indies to Nintendo platforms goes indie himself.

Dan Adelman, Nintendo of America’s Head of Digital Content and Development, has left the company in order to work directly within the independent game scene he so vigorously championed at Nintendo.

Adelman was involved in the launches of both the original Xbox hardware and Xbox Live Arcade before... Read more...

The Demon King is set to slay the battlefields in the upcoming Zelda title.

Ganondorf, Zant, and Ghirahim have been confirmed to be playable characters in Hyrule Warriors, which is due out September 26 in North America.

The Direct mentioned that many of the settings, characters and items seen in the game were from Ocarina of Time, Skyward Sword, and Twilight Princess.... Read more...

Even Nintendo isn't safe from pre-order incentives.

Hyrule Warriors will have special costumes if you pre-order the game from select retailers.

At the end of tonight's Nintendo Direct for Hyrule Warriors, Nintendo revealed various costumes for Link and Zelda, only accessible through pre-ordering the game. The costumes are taken from various 3D... Read more...

The only game to kill more friendships than Mario Party gets a new Legend of Zelda theme!

As of September 15, GameStop will be selling an exclusive version of the new Legend of Zelda themed Monopoly from game publisher USAopoly. It is currently available for pre-order through GameStop's website.

This special GameStop edition will include all of the standard game features, such as a... Read more...

What's up with Treasurenauts and the Razor games in development?

In a developer blog detailing Renegade Kid's latest game, Xeodrifter, founder Jools Watsham gave details on other projects in development at the studio.

The biggest change comes to a game featuring the Razor line of scooters that seems to be dead due to "publisher issues outside of our control" according to Watsham.

Explore planets in this new metroidvania platformer!

Xeodrifter has been announced for the Nintendo 3DS eShop.

Developed by Renegade Kid Studios, Xeodrifter is a metroidvania-esque plaformer that puts players in a role of a space traveler who finds his warp drive damaged. After landing on a cluster of four planets, players must search for the right tools needed in order to repair the drive and send him back into space.

Another month of Mega Man releases on the Wii U Virtual Console.

Four additional classic Mega Man titles are scheduled to be released during the month of August, as announced by the the Capcom Unity blog this past week.

A new title will be added to the Wii U Virtual Console in North America every week in August. The titles included are Mega Man 5, Mega Man 6, Mega Man X3 and Mega Man Battle Chip Challenge. It has not been announced in which weeks we can expect a certain title.