One will focus on games, the other on distribution.

Index Corporation, parent company of developer Atlus, will be split into two groups following restructuring after being purchased by Sega Sammy Holdings. The first company will be known as Atlus, which will have 121 employees who will focus entirely on game development. The second company, known as Index Corporation, will work on advertising and distribution, and be comprised of 166 people.

What came first, the party or the fish?

Evofish, a new party game from developer Moving Player, has been approved for release on the Wii U eShop. It will be available “shortly” in Europe, with no announcement so far for other regions.

Evofish includes a solo mode, as well as three multiplayer party modes supporting up to five players using the Wii U GamePad and four Wii remotes. Multiplayer will include the option to play competitively or cooperatively.

Better to have Luigi’d and lost, than to never have Luigi’d at all.

There will be one more month of celebration for the green-hatted hero according to a Miiverse message from Shigeru Miyamoto posted earlier today. “...All good things must come to an end, and the Year of Luigi will conclude on March 18,” he wrote.

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It still has some catching up to get to the sales of DS.

The Nintendo 3DS is currently outpacing Game Boy Advance sales in Japan.

Media Create, a Japanese sales tracker, reports that in its 154th week the Nintendo 3DS has sold around 15 million units. This is up from sales of the Game Boy Advance, which were at 11.64 million units at week 154.

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Live by the sword, die by the sword

Mighty No. 9 director Koji Imaeda and lead character designer Kimo Kimo have unveiled another boss character, Mighty No. 7, the sleek red sword-wielding robot.

Starting out as a bot with scissors on the back of his head, Kimo Kimo designed this character before any backstory was created.

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Get your bargain on.

Teyon's most popular 3DS eShop games will be on sale for a two week period beginning this Thursday.

Starting on February 20 and ending March 6, the Polish developer and publisher will discount games up to 66% on the 3DS eShop. The sale applies to both the North American and European eShop.

Here is a handy list of the games discounted, including their price and a brief description:

Colorful before, but prettier now.

A new HD remake of Flowerworks: Follie's Adventure is being released this quarter, developer Nocturnal Entertainment has announced.

Originally released for WiiWare in 2010, Flowerworks HD is revamped to make use of the Wii U's HD capabilities. Nocturnal attributes the project to Nintendo's kindness; the company lent Nocturnal Wii U devkits in order to complete the port.

Those Red Falcon guys really had it coming anyway.

The trend continues! This Siberian winter on the eShop will come to an end one day. With naught but a single game or two each week to slake our digital hunger we Nintendo gamers may be unable to go on.

But seriously, where are the games? My theory is that Nintendo has them locked in a vault, guarded by Nunchuck Reggie. This week the VC gets the minimal amount of love, a promising RPG hits the eShop, and a Spin the Bottle game gets an update.

We can finally see what this thing looks like.

The Limited Edition Yoshi's New Island 3DS XL hardware has been revealed and has a European release date of March 14.

Earlier this week we reported that a Yoshi themed 3DS XL is also in the works for the North America. At this time we can't confirm if the North American piece of hardware will look the same.

Become a blacksmith on February 20!

Weapon Shop de Omasse will be up on the Nintendo 3DS eShop on February 20.

Deveolped by Level-5, the rythym-based RPG will have you competiing in blacksmith type mini games. It's created by Yoshiyuki Hirari, a well known actor in Japan. It will be the final game in Level-5's Guild[01] project. 

Catch up on the origin story for the crazy soccer RPG series.

The first title in the Inazuma Eleven series is available for purchase right now from the Nintendo 3DS eShop in North America and Europe, excluding the UK.

Developed by Level-5, the game began life on the Nintendo DS, launching as a Japan-only title in 2008, before spawning several sequels across... Read more...

This looks a little familiar.

A new Wii U hardware bundle that comes with the three current Wii Sports Club titles, Tennis, Bowling and Golf, is set to arrive in Japan in late March, Iwata revealed at the latest Nintendo Direct. The new set will come with also come with a Wii Remote Plus and Sensor Bar retailing for 30,000 yen. This bundle is currently exclusive to Japan.

A new trailer showed off the game and confirmed a summer release in Japan, as well as 2014 windows in other regions.

Bayonetta 2 will be out this summer in Japan and later in 2014 in North America and Europe.

A new trailer was shown at the end of today's Nintendo Direct highlighted in-game action sequences. Nintendo President Satoru Iwata noted that she will hold guns on both her hands as well as her legs. He also detailed Witch Time mode, as well as the Umbram Climax mode, which unleashes a flurry of energy when initiated.

More Mecha than you can handle.

A gameplay trailer for Monolith Soft’s X was revealed during today’s Nintendo Direct. The trailer showed a battle system that appeared very similar to the one present in Xenoblade Chronicles. 

Iwata confirmed after the trailer that the battle system was indeed originally based on Monolith... Read more...

More Ace Attorney is on the way, but you'll have to wait.

Capcom is working on a new Ace Attorney title, Iwata revealed at the latest Japanese Nintendo Direct. Currently, there is very little information available, however, we do know that Shu Takumi will again be involved in the project as director. Capcom is set to reveal more about the game at a later date. 

Bowser's raucous offspring will be on the starting grid when Mario Kart 8 rolls in.

Mario Kart 8 will be released for Wii U on May 30, as revealed in the latest Nintendo Direct presentation.

A brand new gameplay trailer revealed that for the first time in the series, all seven of the Koopalings, who originated in NES classic Super Mario Bros. 3, will feature as playable characters.

Hit the links in the Mushroom Kingdom this May.

Mario Golf: World Tour, the new 3DS golf game from Camelot, will release in North America May 2.

Mr. Iwata's presentation in the Nintendo Direct showed off a variety of online and offline game functionality. The game will include online competition for players all around the world, and include the ability to have tournaments. It will also bring back the Communities feature from Mario Kart 7 that will allow groups to customize how they play.

Even more retro goodness, with a twist, is on the way.

NES Remix 2 has been announced and will be released on the Wii U eShop on April 25 in North America and in Japan as Famicom Remix 2 on April 24.

NES Remix 2 will contain remixes and stages from multiple NES games including Ice Hockey, Wario's Woods, Zelda II, Super Mario Bros. 2, Dr. Mario, Kirby's Adventure, Super Mario Bros. 3, Kid Icarus, Punch-Out!!, Metroid, NES Open, and Super Mario Bros. 2: The Lost Levels.

Known as Darumeshi Sports-ten in Japan, this game will have you haggling down the price for additional content.

One of the surprises shown in today's Nintendo Direct was the announcement of a North American release of Rusty's Real Deal Baseball for the 3DS eShop. Known as Darumeshi Sports-ten in Japan, Rusty's Real Deal Baseball has you participating in a multitude of baseball minigames. 

Some of these... Read more...

We got your Metroid Fusion, your Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, and more.

Game Boy Advance games are finally coming to Virtual Console on Nintendo's Wii U platform.

Originally mentioned by Nintendo right back in January at the start of last year, the news comes at long last from today's Nintendo Direct press release.

Initially, the only three games announced have been... Read more...