We need 20,000 CCs of GamePad, stat!

Japanese retail is seeing something perhaps unprecedented: A shortage of Wii U systems.

According to Japanese retail sources, the system's holiday success caused Nintendo to dip into system supply that was earmarked for early 2016, including the highly sought after Splatoon bundle selling out before... Read more...

Gotta catch - and splat - 'em all!

The 20th anniversary celebration for Pokémon will include a new event course for Super Mario Maker and the first worldwide Splatfest for Splatoon.

The new Super Mario Maker course called "I Choose You!" has players pick one of three starter Pokémon and take the journey from Professor Oak's lab... Read more...

A streak hits the big 5-0.

You might have heard that there’s a game for North America this week that supports every amiibo, amiibo card and even the Mega Yarn Yoshi. Let me save you a click: It’s Word Puzzles, the POWGI-developed word game that has you using amiibo to create puzzles. (Pokken Tournament will have all-amiibo... Read more...

The previously unreleased GBA game that's all about the helicopters.

UPDATE: Kuru Kuru Kururin is now live on the eShop, however the price was corrected to $6.99, a standard GBA price. Original story follows.

The Nintendo game list has added a new game to the list for tomorrow: Kuru Kuru Kururin.

Previously unreleased in North America, the game will launch tomorrow... Read more...

Sequel hype intensifies.

The German ratings authority USK has spilled the beans on a Picross 3D 2 localization.

First spotted by Nintendo Everything, the USK assigned "Picross 3D: Round 2" a rating following a petition on 18 November of last year.

The sequel to one of NWR's most beloved DS titles launched in Japan last October. No equivalent rating from the ESRB has emerged yet.

Several indie developers have banded together for a big Wii U sale.

Wii U owners looking for some inexpensive indie titles are in for a treat soon.

A group of indie developers have come together for the 2016 "Nindies Love You" sale, which will begin with this week's eShop updates and run for two weeks. The titles in the sale are all 50% off.

The games on sale, with sale prices in parentheses:

The participation reward has issues dealing with ice, fairies, and all-terrain vehicles.

After twenty years, a longstanding ingame hacked Pokémon will be legal.

The Pokémon Global Link has announced the Kanto Classic wi-fi battling tournament for Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire. Registration for the event opens on February 25 at midnight UTC and runs through March 3, and only Pokémon 1 through 149 are allowed to participate with no hold items. The battles will take place the weekend of March 5.

A high-def version of the shining beacon of DSiWare.

The greatest - and most expensive - DSiWare title is about to get some extra definition.

In the most recent update to the Kickstarter for Shantae: Half-Genie Hero, WayForward announced that Shantae: Risky's Revenge Director's Cut has been submitted to both Nintendo of America and Nintendo of Europe, meaning a release could follow quickly provided the game passes lotcheck.

The biggest Nintendo store gets a major Nintendo anniversary

Pokémon will be having anniversary celebrations at Toys 'R Us, GameStop and Nintendo's flagship store.

The relaunching Nintendo NY store will be hosting a special Pokémon anniversary event on February 27th, with "fun activities planned for attendees" and celebration of the franchise.

The Pokémon Company is promising more details on the celebrations in the days ahead.

The petting is literally the only thing removed.

The North American version of Fire Emblem Fates has arrived in the hands of reviewers, and with it new details about the removal of a controversial feature.

There was some concern when it was revealed that the "petting" minigame was removed from My Castle mode, specifically that conversations and... Read more...

Starring the walking dead and heavily muscled fish.

The shortest of months kicks off for North America with a light round of new releases. The big releases for the Wii U are the intriguing 3D platformer FreezeME, which has a good launch discount and features an attempt to save the dogs of the world from an evil fat cat. If you prefer your adventures aquatic, check out Shütshimi, which crosses steroids (allegedly), fish and bullet hell with WarioWare. (It makes sense in context.)

Bring on the chainsaw swords!

The final DLC and updates for Super Smash Bros on 3DS and Wii U are now live.

The 3DS update is 2635 blocks/325 MB and the Wii U update is 883MB, which covers Corrin, Bayonetta, new Mii costumes and several balance changes.

As a reminder, the prices are:

Timing tied to Miitomo registration

Already live in Japan, the Nintendo Account will come west in two weeks.

Nintendo of America, Europe and Australia confirmed in separate statements today that the Nintendo Account will open with Miitomo registration on the 17th. As previously promised, existing Nintendo Network IDs, emails or social networking accounts (Twitter, Facebook) to create the account.

Following a maintenance week, we're getting some brains in this outfit.

Super Mario Maker is getting back on the event stage bandwagon following last week's maintenance.

The new event stage will launch this Thursday (North American time) and will allow players to use an 8-bit sprite of Professor E. Gadd, the assistant/inventor in the Luigi's Mansion series.

Registration to get on the train begins soon.

You'll be able to get hyped for Miitomo in a couple of weeks, but the app will be waiting a month.

During tonight's shareholder briefing, Nintendo confirmed that pre-registration for Miitomo is expected to open February 17, with a full rollout for both iOS and Android in mid-March. The application will launch in eight languages: Japanese, English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Dutch and Russian.

And some new details about the expanded service.

The My Nintendo loyalty program will be launching before the end of the quarter.

Nintendo announced the details of the program at a shareholder's meeting following last night's release of their 3rd quarter financials. The program will launch in all major territories this March, and will feature two classes of points:

Thankfully, this is a standalone adventure.

For the first time ever, a 7th Dragon title will leave Japan.

SEGA has announced the turn based dungeon crawler 7th Dragon III Code: VFD will come to North America this summer for US$39.99/C$54.99. The game features dungeon crawling in three kingdoms, dating sim elements and of all things, a cat cafe.

"Two of the world's most popular brands" covers LEGO and Star Wars, presumably. *UPDATED*

UPDATED: WB has confirmed Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens for a June 28 release. As of 9:15 am Eastern, Amazon Prime members received 40% off the preorders for Wii U and 3DS, but the offer was pulled about an hour later. Original story follows.

An Amazon listing in Italy may have spoiled an announcement planned by WB Games tomorrow.

Did Nintendo's balance sheet have a happy holiday season?

Despite a less than stellar holiday lineup, Nintendo managed to maintain profitability in their 3rd fiscal quarter on the back of strong performance of evergreen titles and amiibo.

Financial Indicators

Nintendo recorded an operating profit of 33.5bn yen (approximately US$277m) in the quarter,... Read more...

"What're you buyin'? What're you sellin'?"

Following its European release in October, Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition will be shooting up North American Virtual Console this week.

The 2007 re-release includes all of the content from the 2005 PlayStation 2 port of the most infamous member of the Capcom 5, in addition to supporting pointer controls for aiming. The game will launch at standard Wii download pricing: $19.99 US, $24.99 Canadian.