Level-5’s ghost catching battler has been selling like crazy!

Yōkai Watch, the Nintendo 3DS ghost catching RPG from Level-5, has shipped one million units in Japan.

Released on July 11, 2013, sales for the title have increased since the airing of the anime this past January. In 2013, the title sold nearly 300,000 units over the period of roughly five months and has sold over 400,000 units this year alone. Although rumored, there is currently no official release dates for Western markets.

Whoever said love couldn't kill you clearly wasn't Japanese.

Now available on the Japan eShop for Wii U is the dating-sim you’ve all been waiting for: Death Match Love Comedy.

Kemco’s new visual novel takes the traditional dating-sim formula and turns it into the exact opposite. The game’s protagonist, Kei Yagi, must actually avoid romance at all... Read more...

The next Skylanders game lets you trap and then play as the villains, including the vile Kaos.

The next Skylanders game, called Skylanders Trap Team, lets you play as the villains in addition to the heroes, adding more than 50 new characters.

Developed by series creators Toys for Bob and due out on Wii U, Nintendo 3DS and Wii on October 5, Trap Team is focused on the heroes called the Trap... Read more...

The in-progress Kickstarter game will come to 3DS, too, in addition to six other platforms.

Cult County is coming to 3DS if their Kickstarter is funded, developer Renegade Kid confirmed in a recent Kickstarter update.

After a load of retweets and favorites of the tweet below, the 3DS will be available to choose as your platform of choice, so long as the minimum goal of $580,000 is reached.

The new game features more than 200 songs and 60 characters, encompassing nearly every inch of the Final Fantasy series.

Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Curtain Call is slated to come out in North America and Europe later this year.

The sequel to the 2012 3DS release came out this week in Japan and features a brand new versus mode in addition to 200 songs, a big increase over the original's 70+ track list. Games such... Read more...

Smile for the camera sometime soon (at least in Japan)!

A new Fatal Frame game is coming to Wii U in Japan from Nintendo and Tecmo Koei.

Like most of the recent entries in the series, Nintendo will publish and Temco Koei will develop. The series will also branch out into several other types of media, including a live-action movie and a original novel due later this year in Japan.

Spend $15 and nearly double the content in Nintendo's upcoming 3DS golf game.

Three DLC packs are coming to Mario Golf: World Tour after launch that will add six 18-hole courses and four playable characters. The packs will be sold separately for $5.99 each or in a season pass that will be $14.99.

The first pack, called the Mushroom Pack, launches alongside World Tour on... Read more...

One we know, one we don't.

Two Nintendo devices have recently been approved by the Korean Radio Research Administration.

The first was certified on April 18, and is described as a small video player. No details were announced of this new device other than its new model number, WIS-009.

The second, registered April... Read more...

Which will run out of juice first, your robot’s light or your gamepad’s battery?

Abyss has been announced for release on the Nintendo Wii U eShop by developer EnjoyUp Games.

In the year 3024 the Earth’s natural resources have become scarce and the human race’s survival is in danger. To search for new resources a biomechanical robot, Nep3no, has been created to explore the extreme depths of the earth.

Get your practice swings in.

Nintendo is hosting regional and worldwide tournaments in Mario Golf: World tour, starting May 22.

The tournament is in collaboration with golf gear manufacturer Callaway, and participants will receive in-game, stat-enhancing Callaway Golf items, such as clubs and balls. Aside from the Callaway... Read more...

One step closer to catching them all.

The legendary Pokémon Diancie will be distributed in movie theaters across Japan.

Otherwise unobtainable in the Pokémon X and Y games, Diancie will be distributed in theaters for the newest Pokémon movie, Diancie & the Cocoon of Destruction. The Pokémon is level 50 and knows the moves Diamond Storm, Reflect, Moonblast and Return, and will also be holding a Normal Gem item.

Canadian songwriter Cœur de Pirate ties it all together with an enchanting score.

Ubisoft has partnered with Cirque du Soleil for the upcoming release, Child of Light.

Ubisoft released a behind-the-scenes video detailing their partnership with Cirque du Soleil, as well as songwriter Cœur de Pirate. Their aim is to develop the game "into a well-rounded work of art". Creative... Read more...

Yes, Super Mario Bros. 3 is finally out!

This week's focus seems to be squarely on Virtual Console releases. After months of being mum on the subject, April seems to be the month that a bunch of major games are making their Wii U and Nintendo 3DS debuts. For example, there's a little art house title called Super Mario Bros. 3 making it's solemn, low key debut this week. There's also a batch of new Game Boy Advance games coming out today as well. Check out the titles below!

Using carrot guns to win a carrot trophy only makes sense.

Machete Brawl, the follow-up to q-bit's Machete, is expected to release later this year on the Wii U.

The game is about an islander family who sets up a rather interesting tournament. The prize? A Mighty Golden Carrot Trophy! Players will fight their way to the golden carrot through a variety of stages, with different weapons and bonuses included throughout. The game will also support up to 5 players for some fact-paced multiplayer action.

Own Famicom Remix? You can get a discount on the sequel!

Gamers in Japan who own Famicom Remix on Wii U will be able to receive a discount from 1,543 yen to 1,300 yen for Famicom Remix 2 on the eShop between April 24 and April 30.

The sale works the other way around, too. For gamers that purchase Famicom Remix 2 in during the campaign and do not yet have a copy of Famicom Remix, they can then purchase the original game for 1,300 yen. The sale is currently exclusive to the Wii U eShop in Japan.

Slice 'em and dice 'em.

DrinkBox Studios has announced their next game, Severed.

A non-linear action-fantasy with a warrior heroine, it's explained as a cross between Mega Man, Infinity Blade, and Mike Tyson's Punch-Out. The game seems to rely on a couple of core features, including world exploration and a control scheme reliant gesture-based inputs. For example, swiping will perform both magical spells and physical attacks.

Expiring licenses means no more Peter Pepper.

BurgerTime World Tour, the WiiWare sequel to the classic game, will soon be removed from the Wii Shop Channel due to expiring licensing agreements, according to publisher MonkeyPaw Games.

Unlike other versions of the game, World Tour will not be discounted on the Wii. The publisher stated that owners of World Tour "should still" be able to download the game even after it is removed from the shop.

Yup, again.

Both Nintendo Co. Ltd. and Nintendo of America, Inc., along with a slew of other companies, are being accused of patent infringement by Secure Axcess, LLC,

The patent in question was issued February 18, 2003, and is for "a computer providing multiple display capability where one display presents the current document and another display may show a true display of a previously opened document."

Buy a new 3DS XL, get a voucher for a free game!

Nintendo is set to start a new campaign on April 26 in Japan that will give purchasers of new Nintendo 3DS XL units a voucher for a free game. The campaign, roughly translated as the Nintendo 3DS XL Monthly Recommended Software Campaign, gives new 3DS XL owners the choice of two games to download... Read more...

Peach joins the Mario Bros. color-coded Wii Remote Plus variations.

A new Peach Pink Wii Remote Plus is scheduled to hit North American stores this month.

This new remote joins two other character-themed versions released last year, a red Mario and green Luigi Wii Remote Plus. The Mario Bros. remotes have themed colors to match the iconic characters they represented,... Read more...