The wait is finally over.

Fire Emblem: Awakening is due for a North American release, as reported by Nintendo President Reggie Fils-Aime.

He mistakenly revealed the localization in conversation with Kotaku's Stephen Totilo immediately after the Wednesday 3DS software showcase, and only realized the information wasn't in the press kit afterwards.

We hope you didn't have your hopes up for a late E3 unveiling of Metroid Prime 4.

News of whatever project Retro Studios is working on won't be forthcoming anytime soon, according to an IGN interview with Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Amie. 

When asked about the well-loved Texas studio, Fils-Amie responded with "If I disclosed what Retro is doing, I would have... Read more...

A planned Mad Catz Wii U peripheral indicates the Wii U GamePad headset jack will support an external microphone.

On display at the Mad Catz booth were a variety of Wii U peripherals, including a stereo headset with a built-in microphone.

While the preliminary product line on display was a collection of prototypes, the Mad Catz representative claimed that, when plugged in, the headset’s microphone would override... Read more...

More details on it and the recently announced FIFA game for Wii U are coming over the summer.

There will be a Madden game on Wii U this year, EA confirmed today at E3. The company also announced that more details about this game and the recently announced FIFA game for Wii U will be coming later this summer.

The Madden demo EA showed off in their press conference earlier this week focused... Read more...

In addition, Pikmin 3 will run at 60 frames per second.

The first party Wii U games shown thus far at E3 will run natively at 720p. It is unknown if the games will upscale to 1080p. Speaking to Wii U Daily, a Nintendo representative on the show floor confirmed the native resolution of all games shown so far. The system supports video output at 1080p, but none of the first batch of games coming at launch will be running natively at that resolution.

Soon it'll be easier than ever to avoid your friends and family!

Headset designer Turtle Beach has announced a partnership with Nintendo to develop officially licensed gaming headsets for Wii U and Nintendo 3DS. The headsets will be compatible with Wii U, 3DS and even the DS family of systems, with voice chat support for Wii U.

No price is given for these headsets,... Read more...

You and your 11 roommates are about to get the best news possible.

The Wii U system will support up to 12 user accounts per device, according to NIntendo Senior Director of Corporate Communications Charlie Scibetta.

In an interview with GameTrailers, Scibetta said "Nintendo's take on online gaming is Miiverse, and it's a way to be social and to discover things... Read more...

Unlike its granddaddy, the Wii U is meant to lay down on the job.

The Wii U is designed exclusively for horizontal placement. In an interview with Kotaku, Nintendo creative lead Shigeru Miyamoto noted that one of the reasons they have been showing the system horizontally was so people would be clear it wasn't a Wii, which was traditionally shown standing vertically. Miyamoto indicated they could create a stand, but gave no sign that such a thing was in the works.

Unlike the 3DS, we'll get access to the storefront on day one.

The Wii U eShop will be available at console launch, according to the Wii U features list provided by Nintendo's E3 Media site.

The sheet lists one of the features of the Wii U as being the eShop: "The digital storefront for Wii U will be available at launch and offer a variety of content for people to download and enjoy. Consumers will also be able to purchase and download select games that are also available at retail stores."

They aren't doing the 3DS version, but they are still doing stuff with the franchise.

Skylanders Giants was confirmed for Wii U last night, and around the same time, n-Space was confirmed to be making the 3DS version. So where does that leave Vicarious Visions, the developers of Skylanders 3DS?

An Activision rep told us Vicarious Visions is still working on the Skylanders franchise,... Read more...

Could all those Miis from other people on the Wii U home screen have an ulterior motive?

Nintendo's Miiverse social functionality, recently announced for the Wii U, will be able to recommend games to players that they might be interested in buying. As a result, Nintendo is hoping that they will see an improved tie ratio for their Wii U video game console.

Revealed on Sunday, Miiverse... Read more...

The Heroes of Ruin developer is making this year's Skylanders game for Nintendo's portable.

Activision confirmed to us today that n-Space is developing the 3DS version of Skylanders Giants.

This was a shock considering that a few months ago we were told that Vicarious Visions was working on the game. It appears Vicarious Visions is doing other things, though it's still involved in the Skylanders universe, having developed the iOS game Skylanders: Cloud Patrol.

Get ready for a slow stream of updates from the official Nintendo Facebook page.

Noting that E3 is a marathon, not a sprint, Nintendo has promised info on new games every hour from their Facebook page.

The status update reads "E3 is a marathon, not a sprint. So we’re kicking off a marathon of game content! Starting right now, we’ll be delivering info about a new game every hour for the next 26.2 hours. Can you keep up? Don’t get left in the dust!"

However, Nintendo said it would be much easier to add friends. UPDATE: There are conflicting reports, another source claims there won't be Friend Codes at all for the Wii U.

Update:

Shortly after this story broke, another source was found with conflicting claims. GameTrailers.com Editor-In-Chief Shane Satterfield tweeted that he received confirmation that Friend Codes are gone from the Wii U.

Original Story:

It appears Nintendo is planning for Friend Codes to make... Read more...

The Big N believes SmartGlass and Apple TV Airplay can't do everything the Wii U does.

Nintendo made several comments during the E3 2012 Analysts meeting regarding their competitors and how they view the video game marketplace. 

Regarding Xbox SmartGlass, revealed during the Microsoft E3 Media Briefing, Nintendo stated that the upcoming Xbox 360 feature would only be able to... Read more...

We've got the two GamePad support, how awesome would Wii U Madden be?

EA is currently planning several sports titles for the Wii U, but these haven't been announced yet. This was revealed at the "EA Breakfast" Analyst Event that the company hosted this morning at E3. According to tweets from attendee David Gibson, EA also commented that the next console cycle would... Read more...

If your 3DS hasn't gone online yet, you're in the minority.

Over 70% of Nintendo 3DS systems have been connected to the Internet. At the Nintendo analysts meeting at E3 2012, Nintendo gave a few interesting statistics about the 3DS. In addition, the 3DS has sold more software units since launch than the Nintendo DS did during the same amount of time.

Nintendo... Read more...

Nothing says "Welcome to Nintendo Land" like free admission.

Nintendo will be considering pre-installed software on Wii U in some markets. This came up as part of the Nintendo analysts meeting at E3 2012. Although they didn't reveal any specifics, they have mentioned multiple times during the event, most recently during the Developers Roundtable, that they consider Nintendo Land to be to Wii U what Wii Sports was to Wii, making it the obvious candidate.

Wii U will be a Bring Your Own Storage party.

Wii U will support external hard disk storage via USB connection. At the Nintendo Analysts meeting at E3, Nintendo confirmed that the Wii U will not contain an internal hard disk, instead letting users provide their own storage using cheaper external USB drives.

While the Wii U will almost certainly... Read more...

It's obviously no North American release date reveal, but at least there's still room for new stuff.

A new trailer for Pokémon Black and White 2 has been released on the Japanese Nintendo channel.

Although most of the information presented is known, it shows off gameplay of all five of the new Pokémon forms, as well as footage of the recently revealed Fes Mission and Join Avenue. It also features Pokémon Dream Radar, and shows off a capture taking place.