Nintendo is bringing Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 to North America, but without the Professional edition's extra content.

The North American release of Dragon Quest Monsters Joker 2 will not include content from Japan’s re-release, Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 Professional. 

The Professional edition was released in March of this year in Japan as an improvement on the original, including new monsters and abilities.

3DS video download service is now available on Nintendo eShop.

Nintendo Video, a free 3D video service for Nintendo 3DS is now available in North America. The service was announced earlier in the day as "coming soon".

Once the application is installed, videos are downloaded automatically in the background through SpotPass. Videos are stored on SD card, but are permanently replaced each week with new content. The Nintendo Video player takes up 39 blocks, while the first four videos take up 2,439 blocks.

Afterwards, it will tour the US throughout 2012.

The Legend of Zelda 25th Anniversary Symphony Will start its North American tour at the Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles, California on October 21, 2011.

Tickets for the event will be go sale on August 1st. Prices for the tickets start at $35.

Originally announced at E3 2011, the concert will feature... Read more...

Yet another Nintendo character is making their 'return.'

Kirby's next Wii outing has a title: Kirby's Return to Dream Land. The game has been know under its working title, Kirby Wii. 

The title, which launches this fall, will be a multiplayer platformer similar to New Super Mario Bros. Wii. It features the titular Kirby, King DeDeDe, Waddle Dee, and Meta Knight as playable characters.

A classic game gets remade in 3D, and a bunny steals some carrots.

This week Nintendo's downloadable services sees six new games spread across its services, including the latest 3D remake of a classic game.

3D Classics: Xevious is the exclusive highlight of the eShop. The game retains the classic arcade gameplay, but adds 3D visuals. It is available for $5.99.

Fox and crew will invade the 3DS a couple days earlier than expected.

Star Fox 64 3D has a new September 9, 2011 release date.

Previously, the title was set to be released on September 11, 2011. No details were given as to why the game's release was moved up.

Alongside the new release date, Nintendo released a new trailer for the game, which highlights the graphically updated levels as well as re-recorded character dialogue.

The full soundtrack is available from the game website.

Saturnine Games have released a soundtrack for the upcoming Nintendo DSiWare title Antipole and it is available for download free of charge from their website. The soundtrack was composed by Zack Parrish and features a guitar performance from Anthony Morgan. There are a total of nine songs. 

The company's European head also implies that a 3DS Monster Hunter will be coming.

Capcom may have a Wii U game to show at the Tokyo Game Show this year, says Capcom Europe COO David Reeves. As part of an interview covering several different platforms, he also indicated it was likely that there would be an installment in the Monster Hunter franchise coming to the 3DS. 

No specifics were given about the games, and Mr. Reeves did not confirm the existence of either title, framing his comments as his own speculation.

The classic Chinese game will be re-invigorated with online play and StreetPass features on the 3DS.

Mahjong 3D will feature online play as well as StreetPass features when it releases sometime in the fall.

Developed by DTP Interactive, Mahjong 3D will recreate some imperial battles through several mahjong matches, placing players in the role of the emperor Qin Shi Huanngdi as they defeat several armies across the land.

For the first time, Comic-Con attendees will be able to play Skyward Sword among other games.

A demo of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, will be playable to the public for the first time at this year's Comic-Con, starting on July 21st and running till the 24th.

Alongside the Skyward Sword demo, attendees will be able to try out Rhythm Heaven, Captain America, Kirby Wii, Fortune Street... Read more...

Come October, Pokémaniacs will take their Pokémon on the road thanks to the 3DS.

Pokémon Rumble Blast has been given an October 24, 2011 release date.

The title, a sequel of the WiiWare game Pokémon Rumble, marks the first time the Pokémon franchise sees a retail 3DS game. Pokédex 3D was the first application to be released on the handheld via the eShop. In Pokémon Rumble Blast, players control toy Pokémon as they confront other toy Pokémon in various levels in real-time battles.

Six of the most famous developers in Spain promise new offerings for the 3D handheld.

Six different development houses established in Spain have confirmed support and expressed interest in developing for the 3DS at the meeting of young developers called iDEAME, an event that took place in Spain on the 14th and 15th of July.

The first of these is Abylight, from Barcelona, best known... Read more...

An interview with the developer provides some insight to the punch that Wii U will pack.

Darksiders II will look as good, if not better, on Wii U than its counterparts on Xbox 360 and Playstation 3, according to an interview with Vigil.

The Darksiders II developer states that based on the developer kit that they've received, the Wii U hardware will be plenty powerful enough, but they clarified that nothing is final as of yet.

Bundle up for Shinobi and CRUSH3D this winter.

Shinobi and CRUSH3D will be released for Nintendo 3DS in North America on November 15, 2011 and February 21, 2012, respectively.

Shinobi for 3DS will be the 12th game in the series, and the first since 2003's release of Nightshade on Playstation 2. The game will feature some sort of not-as-of-yet detailed StreetPass functionality. You can check out early impressions of the game here.

A post on Capcom Unity's Devroom blog announced the tragic news.

Mega Man Legends 3 has been canceled. Capcom announced the news on their Capcom Unity Devroom blog, where they had been chronicling the development of the 3DS title. This not only includes the retail title, but also the standalone Prototype version that was to be released on the 3DS eShop. The reason... Read more...

A programmer named smealum is working on porting the popular PC game to the DS.

A programmer going by the name smealum has begun work on porting Minecraft to the Nintendo DS. Those with a flashcard can go to the website DS-Scene and download an early build of the port of the popular PC game.

Currently, the demo is little more than map viewer. If it is developed further and... Read more...

Block puzzles and anthropomorphic cats might be hitting the eShop soon.

Catrap, a little-known Game Boy puzzle game made by Asmik, was rated by the Australian ratings board (the OFLC) recently. Since Asmik no longer deals with video games, Nintendo is set to publish the game on the 3DS Virtual Console.

The game, called Pitman in Japan, is based around side-scrolling... Read more...

Nintendo sold more than 283,000 copies of Ocarina of Time 3D during its first month in the US. 

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D is doing rather well. The game has sold more than 283,000 copies in the United States during its first two weeks, making it the number two best-selling individual platform game (and number five overall) for the month of June, according to this month's NPDs.

You're becoming more and more like your father.

Nintendo Australia announced that Star Fox 64 3D will be coming to Australian shores on September 15, 2011. The remake includes remastered graphics and a revamped local multiplayer.

The game will be priced at AU $69.95 and NZ $99.00.

Netflix finally makes its debut on the 3DS, and classic Game and Watch games invade the eShop.

The Netflix app has finally been added to the eShop, allowing 3DS users to stream movies on the handheld. The app is free to download. Check out our detailed impressions of the service.

In terms of games, seven new ones were added to the various downloadable services. Exclusive for the eShop is... Read more...