Games, prizes, cosplay, and more will be at Mario's latest game launch.

Nintendo Australia has announced that on August 18, 2012, they will be hosting a New Super Mario Bros. 2 launch party in Melbourne.

Where: The Nintendo Experience, EB Games, 67 Swanston StWhen: Saturday 18th August, 12pm - 3pm

The afternoon will include the chance for Nintendo fans to win prizes,... Read more...

Nintendo commemorates their upcoming 3DS game release with a new puzzle panel to collect. Cross your fingers that you got a free purple piece!

A new panel is available for 3DS owners to collect in their 3DS StreetPass Plaza. This time the new 40-piece panel commemorates the upcoming New Super Mario Bros. 2.

Check your 3DS Swapnote notifications! 3DS owners who have SpotPass activated for their StreetPass Mii Plaza software and an active... Read more...

The black Wii U may be available at launch.

Nintendo will share details about Wii U color variations when they finally announce the launch date for the console.

Rich George of IGN tweeted a response given by Nintendo when asked about the availability of a black Wii U at launch. The company commented: "When we announce the launch date, price and specific components to be included in the package, we will also discuss the color variations."

All that glitters can now be plugged into a Wii Remote.

The Gold Nunchuck Wii accessory that was previously offered in both the Japanese and Australian Club Nintendo reward catalogs has now become available in North America.

Interestingly, unlike the Australian listing which ignored any actual relevance to The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword and its golden... Read more...

Get your Solange on this coming October.

Code of Princess, the Atlus-published 3DS brawler, is hitting stores on October 9, 2012.

Like most Atlus games, this one will come with a CD soundtrack and an artbook, so get yours reserved before they're all lapped up. Atlus also put up an official website for the game where you can watch trailers and learn more about the game itself.

The Wii U's box art design is finalized and ready to be implemented. 

Nintendo issued an official statement regarding the box art images that were leaked on several retailer websites in the past few days.

“Nintendo has finalized the design of the Wii U game box art, and many of our publishing partners have already incorporated it into their own game packaging. We... Read more...

Community Night returns to Tuesdays with another week of player-chosen games.

By popular demand, this week the NWR Community Night returns to Tuesdays, kicking off August 14 at 10 p.m. Eastern/7 Pacific (2 a.m. UTC if anyone abroad is still up and wants to join in). Like last week, we're letting the players call the shots, so join us in the chat and recruit players for your favorite Nintendo online game!

The formerly Midway-made Wii party series is coming to Wii U later this year.

Game Party Champions is coming to Wii U later this year. Published by Warner Bros., the party game's announcement also comes with a picture of the game's box art, which features the same look as the Ubisoft box art revealed earlier.

The fourth title in the Game Party series, which began on... Read more...

It would require a lot of "begging," though.

Characters from the Tales series could make an appearance in the upcoming Super Smash Bros. title, according to Tales producers Makoto Yoshizumi and Yoshito Higuchi, who are both working on the next Super Smash Bros. game.

They "would love" for Tales characters to make an appearance In Super Smash... Read more...

The RPG giant wants to give you new content for ten years.

Square Enix has laid out a plan to support Dragon Quest X with new content every ten weeks for ten years. Although it was revealed by game producer Yosuke Saito on Twitter recently that the game would receive updates every ten weeks, it was further revealed by Nikkei that these updates would continue on for ten years.  

Amazon and Target leak the Wii U game cases.

The first images of a Wii U game case have been leaked to the internet by Target and Amazon. The case features a blue curve across the top, reminiscent of the GameCube case designs. Beneath the curve is a yellow bar, which doesn't appear to have any color significance in relation to the Wii U console or GamePad.

Producer Matt Prior also talks about Online Seasons, friend messaging, non-twitch game modes, and how people instantly "get" the Wii U GamePad's touch screen.

"Someone asked me 'Are the graphics on par?'"

At the recent EA Summer Showcase event, FIFA 13 Wii U Line Producer Matt Prior explained recent statements that the Wii U version of EA's soccer franchise will be the "best looking" compared to other consoles. "And they are on par," he continued, "and there are a couple of features that we have been able to graphically enhance."

Grab you very own Keldeo this fall. 

Fans of the Pokémon series can download a special Keldeo to their Black and White games, game retailer GameStop announced. The offer will be available at GameStop stores from August 27 through October 6.

This Keldeo will be able to learn the special move 'Sacred Sword,' which will allow it... Read more...

Tsujimoto talks about Monster Hunter in other forms of media as well. 

Monster Hunter 4 is 60% complete, producer Ryouzou Tsujimoto said in an interview with Weekly Famitsu.

After this, Tsujimoto went on to talk about the future of Monster Hunter in other forms of media. He said that as Monster Hunter was originally online, it placed an emphasis on story, but it wasn't... Read more...

Play against your friends in Sega's classic puzzler if you have a Japanese 3DS. 

The Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console handheld Game Gear version of Columns will feature a 2-player local multiplayer mode.

In order to play, gamers will each need to have a copy of the game and a 3DS. Columns is being released on the eShop in Japan next week on August 8 for 300 yen.

Mega Man, Columns, and more Kunio-kun are on the way!

Rockman 2 (Mega Man 2) for the Famicom, Columns for the Game Gear and Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-kun Bangai Randō-hen (Double Dragon II: The Revenge) for Game Boy will be released on the Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console in Japan this week on August 8.

Rockman 2 will retail for 500 yen, Columns for 300 yen, and Double Dragon II for 400 yen.

The pack will include three new figures exclusive to Skylanders Giants.

GameStop is currently taking preorders for their exclusive Skylanders Giants Golden Dragonfire Cannon Battle Pack.

Unlike previous retailer exclusives that were largely slight color variations on existing Skylanders figures, the Golden Dragonfire Cannon Battle Pack includes three new Skylanders Giants exclusive figures, the series 2 version of Chop Chop, Shroomboom, and the Golden Dragon Fire Cannon, which unlocks an in-game battle arena.

EA reveals when the game will release and what we can expect on the disc.

Mass Effect 3 will be a Wii U launch title.

During their summer showcase, EA revealed that Mass Effect 3, first shown running on the Wii U during a sizzle reel at E3 this year, will indeed release at the launch of the Wii U. According to Michael Gamble, one of Mass Effect's producers, the game will also include the extended ending and multiplayer DLC. It isn't clear if the just-announced Leviathan DLC will be included, as well.

The little hardware revision that could gets a makeover.

Two new color variants of the DSi are coming to America.

From its official Twitter account, Nintendo of America tweeted a picture of the Matte Red and Matte Blue systems. Along with the picture, the company also indicated that the systems could arrive on store shelves "as early as this week."

This news comes just a few weeks ahead of the launch of the 3DS XL in America.

Ghostlight has plenty of news for European 3DS owners.

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2, Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor Overclocked, and the recently announced Crash City Mayhem are all coming closer to being released in Europe.

In a recent blog post, Ghostlight gave a briefing on several of its current projects. Included was an update on both... Read more...