Six games populate Nintendo's downloadable landscape this week with the highlight being a BlazBlue game for the DSi.

This week sees two release for WiiWare, and four for DSiWare. Virtual Console is barren again.First up are the two games for WiiWare. From Big John Games, the developers of Thorium Wars on DSiWare and Mouse House on WiiWare, comes Fantasy Slots: Adventure Slots and Games. For 700 Wii Points ($7),... Read more...

An altogether less harrowing experience at discount gaming.

In this, the third installment of The Deal Machine, we have the first appearance of DS titles!  For those of you who are unaware, The Deal Machine is a tool I built back in May to generate a list of "good" games that are affordable.  For consideration the game has to be cheap (under $20... Read more...

Spidey's creator speaks highly of the new game and the character.

Players will be able to watch the story's cutscenes in a two-hour movie-like presentation.

Metroid: Other M will boast a lengthy film as a special feature when it hits stores on August 31.

The film, unlocked after the game's completion, features all of the game's cut scenes and a few pre-recorded sections of gameplay in a two-hour presentation split up into DVD-like chapters. The pre-recorded... Read more...

Huge drop in profits compared to this time last year.

Capcom have reported a net income of 216 million yen ($2.4 million) for the quarter ending June 30, 2010. Compared with the same period in 2009, this is a 94.8 percent drop. While profits are down, net sales are similar to last year, with just a 2.4 percent drop to 19,037 million yen ($219 million).

The guns look bigger, and there's more text!

Sega released the official box art for Conduit 2 today, and it is saddled with prominent text that says it has "single, split-screen, and online combat."

Alongside the release of the box art, Sega also teased that more exciting information about the game is on the way. This could be anything from new content or a specific release date.

Lots of videos showcasing the early parts of Metroid: Other M.

As well as yesterday's trailer, a series of video clips from Metroid: Other M reveal the early areas of the game. There are seven gameplay trailers showing a mini-boss, the biosphere style "Sector 1", visor battling, and fighting in corridors. Cutscenes from the beginning of the game have also been released, showing the events that happened prior to the beginning of Other M.

European Q4 releases include Donkey Kong Country Returns, but Kirby's Epic Yarn is due 2011.

Nintendo's Japanese release list from their financial forecast has confirmed the European release timeframes for several upcoming Wii games from Nintendo.

While no specific release dates were given, Donkey Kong Country Returns, Flingsmash, and Wii Party are due before Christmas. Kirby's Epic Yarn is set for release in the first quarter of 2011, with Mario Sports Mix and The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword also listed for 2011. 

Slowing DS sales and stronger yen are contributing factors.

For the first time in more than two years, Nintendo has posted a loss for the quarter ending June 30 2010. Net loss was 25.2 billion yen ($289 million), a 42 percent drop compared to the same period in 2009. Sales revenue dropped 26 percent to 188.6 billion yen ($2.1 billion).

The large drop in... Read more...

Launch information for 3DS expected in September.

Bloomberg's Japanese division has confirmed that Nintendo will reveal price and release date details on September 29 in Japan. This follows a telephone conversation between Bloomberg and Yasushi Hiroshi Minagawa, Nintendo spokesperson. Shipment targets for the fiscal year are expected to be part of the announcement.

Get ready to meet the cast.

Nintendo has released a new Metroid trailer on the game's Japanese website.  It features a rundown of the game's characters, as Samus docks aboard a space station and runs into some old friends.  The soldiers that she talks to are, in the order of their introduction:

The new RPG features time-travel gameplay and staffers from the PS2 RPG Radiata Stories.

Atlus unveiled a new DS RPG in Famitsu called Radiant Historia.

Hitting Japan on November 4, the game's story is focused on a hero named Stok, who is on one side of a war that broke out because people in the world are suffering from "Sand Person Disease." In a fight, he is wounded, and is then transported to an alternate world. From then on, Stok must travel between the past and future of two worlds and try to create one good timeline.

Another country deems the DS storage devices illegal to sell.

The popular R4 cards, which are widely used to play retail DS games illegitimately, are now illegal to be imported, sold, or advertised all throughout the UK, according to a recent ruling by a British high court judge.

The official decision is that the card is illegal because it thwarts Nintendo's... Read more...

The Virtual Console looks to be getting another 16-bit Final Fantasy game.

Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest recently appeared on the website of the Australian Classification Board, meaning that it will likely soon appear on Virtual Console as well.

Mystic Quest, a simplified take on the Final Fantasy formula, was originally released by Squaresoft in North America in 1992 for... Read more...

A website registration hints at a name change for the North American release.

Square Enix's DS remake Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Reverie, previously unreleased in the West, might be updated with a new name when the game arrives on North American shores.

The website "realmsofrevelation.net" has been tied to Square Enix CEO Yoichi Wada, leading to speculation that "Realms of... Read more...

The game's producer says it will be a pure Street Fighter game through and through.

This week's Famitsu features an interview with Yoshinori Ono, the Producer of upcoming 3DS title Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition.  He revealed some interesting tidbits about the game's development.

Ono states that while the PSP and DS systems were considered for a port of Super Street Fighter... Read more...

Players of Nintendo's rhythm title can once again download new songs.

Starting around July 7, players began to experience problems with Jam with the Band's Song Download feature.  When working properly, this mode allows game owners to download up to 50 user-created renditions of licensed songs over Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection.  The problems were finally resolved on July 26.

Eiji Aonuma is excited to bring The Legend of Zelda to 3DS.

In an interview from the latest issue of Official Nintendo Magazine UK, Eiji Aonuma speaks on the possible enhancements that 3D technology could bring to the Ocarina of Time remake for 3DS.

Aonuma states that 3D, in combination with the 3DS's other new elements, are a perfect fit for the Zelda... Read more...

n-Space returns to the series on DS for the fourth year in a row.

The latest game in the Call of Duty series, Call of Duty: Black Ops, is also coming to DS, according to IGN.

Developed by n-Space, who worked on the past three Call of Duty DS titles and are also working on GoldenEye DS as well, Black Ops boasts tons of new features, including a new two-player co-op mode, a Perks System in online multiplayer, and a new button-focused control scheme.

Connectivity-related "CrossPass" and E3 tech demos are included.

A number of trademarks registered by Nintendo in Japan have been uncovered, with the majority expected to be related to 3DS connectivity. 

CrossPass, CrossPass Mode, CrossPass Network, and CrossPass Connection are the registered terms that have been discovered. It is speculated that these terms... Read more...