Shuffle up and deal!

UPDATE April 20: The demo is now live in the North American eShop.

The Grand National may have passed, but Europe's about to get its horse race on soon.

This week's Nintendo download announcement for Europe confirmed that Pocket Card Jockey, the GameFreak developed horse racing / solitaire crossover, will have a demo with this week's eShop update and will release on 5 May.

They come with the ability to play it loud.

Although there won't be a system bundle, Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE will have a limited edition for all territories.

The package will be known as a limited edition in North America, but will be known as the "Fortissimo Edition" outside. The package will contain stickers, a soundtrack sampler, an art book, and costume DLC (which will be sold separately for US$1.99 ea).

A couple of extra months to ensure the 2016 Game of the Year award.

Originally tabbed for late spring, Next Level's project has landed in the slot most expected.

Metroid Prime: Federation Force will launch first in North America on August 19, Japan on the August 25, and in Europe/Australia following on September 2/3. The game was tabbed for a June release in Japan and a "late spring" release in the West previously.

Friend of the site Damon Baker is an Axiom Verge slow-player.

Following a brief hiccup of Youtube privacy, Nintendo released a video spotlighting some of the games coming to Wii U and 3DS in the coming months.

The video, hosted by Nintendo 3rd party relations chief Damon Baker, gave special spotlight to the upcoming Tumblestone and Axiom Verge. Both games received updated release windows: summer for multiplayer puzzle game Tumblestone, and by the end of June (Q2) for Axiom Verge.

Remove us from the shackles of the search engine optimization god

After 17 years, we've finally sold out - to you.

Starting today, Nintendo World Report has launched crowdfunding through Patreon. For as little as $1 a month, you can see exclusive Nintendo World Report content, as well as have influence on the site at higher tiers.

Depending on your generosity,... Read more...

Get pumped for the latest adventures of the Lylat System

Nintendo has announced a special animated short and Treehouse Live presentation ahead of Friday's Star Fox Zero release.

The short will air on Wednesday (April 20) at 6 p.m. Eastern, 3 p.m. Pacific and 2300 BST, and is a co-production of WIT Studios and Production IG, with Shigeru Miyamoto producing.

The two big Wii U releases of March hit the charts in a big way.

March's two big Wii U releases were the big winners in the monthly physical US sales according to the NPD Group.

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD was the #3 best selling game of the month both as a single game/system combo and overall, selling over 300,000 copies. Pokkén Tournament also... Read more...

Getting a physical release with extra goodies as well

After the ESRB announced it, XSEED is inviting 3DS owners to a Corpse Party.

The horror game will release this summer on the eShop for $29.99, or with a limited physical edition for $49.99 that includes a full soundtrack and two miniature character figures. The "Back to School" edition is similar to how XSEED released Senran Kagura 2 last year.

Some big numbers for a big title

Yacht Club Games has revealed updated sales figures for Shovel Knight, and the Nintendo numbers are quite strong.

The game has sold 1.2m copies since its June 2014 release, with the 3DS version selling 29% of that figure (approximately 348,000) and the Wii U version making up 17% of sales (approx.... Read more...

The sequel to 2013's surprise hit has a North American name and window.

Finally, Atlus has announced the next Shin Megami Tensei IV game outside of Japan.

Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse will release in North America this summer, for US$49.99/CA$64.99. The story, which overlaps the original Shin Megami Tensei IV story, promises over 450 demons and several human partners.

Just make the cheque out to “Cash”, it’d be easier.

To say that this is a busy week would be an insult to the tax preparers of America. It’s hard to say what the big release of the week is for North America – is it the 3DS Year of the RPG continuing with Bravely Second, with hopefully none of the first game’s repetition? (See Bryan’s review... Read more...

Will they play "Sweet Victory" when the shells are handed out?

History has been made with the first cross-region Splatfest.

The Splatoon event will allow players from Europe, Australia and North America to compete against each other, and as such the times will be different than a typical event. April's Splatfest will launch at 9 a.m. Eastern on April 23rd, and run until April 24 at 3 p.m. Eastern.

As you'd expect from the name, this game's a killer.

The ESRB is indicating XSEED plans to bring a well-known adventure series to North American 3DS owners.

The horror adventure title Corpse Party, which released in 2010 for the PlayStation Portable, received a port to the 3DS last year in Japan with an additional chapter. An ESRB rating has emerged showing that XSEED has intentions of localizing this version.

Filling in that last blank on the title screen

Runbow is getting a major update this week that brings a major expansion and a mix of free and paid additional content.

Thursday's update will bring Lilac from Freedom Planet into the game's cast, as well as add additional content options. The biggest part is Runbow's first expansion, "Satura's Space Adventure". New costume and music packs will also be available including a "Professionals", "Steampunk", "Winter" and "Anime" pack.

Players may have some difficult choices to make

Rumors have begun to emerge about Zelda Wii U from sources close to the matter, who previously identified the existence of Paper Mario: Color Splash.

The following things are rumored:

One adds weapons, one takes a really broken one away.

In addition to the usual Monday maintenance next week, two major games will have maintenance ahead of game updates.

Splatoon will have a maintenance Tuesday at 8:50 - 10:30 Eastern time to prepare for the version 2.7 update. The update, announced in last month's Nintendo Direct, will bring eight new weapon sets to the game. The Squid Research Lab has announced four of them:

Presenting a couple of future RFN Now Playing stars.

So in this first download launch of the quarter, the releases tend toward the weird. The big gun on Wii U is Lovely Planet, the trippy first person shooter that copped a Tuesday release in the eShop and gets the Nindies@Home discount to go along with it (until May 5). But the other... interesting…... Read more...

A reliable source of information seems to suggest more than the DSi Shop is ending.

According to a since-deleted tweet from a Canadian retailer, production of DS cards may be winding down.

The tweet indicates that VudeoGamesPlus. may have "exclusive reprints" as a result of the change. VideoGamesPlus also outed North America's recent Nintendo Selects additions weeks before their eventual release.