Bring on the groupies and prepare to rock the night away once more.

After a five-year hiatus, Guitar Hero will make its return this fall and the Wii U will get to jam along.

Guitar Hero Live will launch this fall for $99.99 with a new guitar that has two rows of buttons in black and white instead of the traditional five-button setup. Unfortunately, this new controller... Read more...

Plus a couple of RPG announcements and some unexpected sales figures.

Today in the Nintendo news, the New 3DS could have a lot of exclusives headed its way.

At an indie game conference in Japan, the Unity game development engine announced support for the New Nintendo 3DS and 3DSXL.

The engine, already in use on the Wii U,... Read more...

Plus some on sale information and an update that at the very least helps a launch game.

More Xenoblade Chronicles X details and some 3rd party Wii U news in the last Nintendo Newsletter of the working week. Are YOU feeling it?

With just a few weeks to go before the game’s Japanese launch, a video was shown earlier today showing off the game’s Doll designs and the ability to have clans of up to 32 people.

Pikmin 3, Kirby and Tomadachi Life headline a large game sale

Nintendo has revealed the list of games that will be 30% off on the North American eShop from April 9 through the 20th.

The games are:

Wii U

Some assembly required for your third portal.

WB Games has announced their entry into the toys-to-life genre with LEGO Dimensions.

Releasing on Wii U on September 27 for the US and 29th for Europe, the game will use characters from The LEGO Movie, Batman, Lord of the Rings and even The Wizard of Oz in an open world adventure title. The starter... Read more...

Space. Space. Space. Gotta go to space. Please, space.

There's a couple of giant games coming to the various eShops this week for North America. On the 3DS side, New 3DSXL owners will get the first New 3DS-only game, Xenoblade Chronicles 3D - and given the delay North Americans had to endure for Xenoblade on Wii, eight days seems almost instantaneous. Just have that extra-capacity memory card handy, because 3.7GB/28,000+ blocks won't fit on the default memory card.

Complete global Satoruation couldn’t come at a better time for StreetPass game owners.

To commemorate the launch of the new StreetPass games, Europe is having a giant StreetPass party.

From 16 April – 27 April, every Nintendo Zone in Europe will be scrambled to produce Miis from all over the world, and StreetPass communities in Europe will be holding special events to coincide with the launch of StreetPass Zombies, StreetPass Fishing and the VIP room.

Now you can get cheesed by the moving birds at LUDICROUS SPEED!

Code Name S.T.E.A.M has been updated to version 1.1 through a patch on the eShop, which includes the faster enemy turns promised in last week’s Nintendo Direct.

The patch, which weighs in at a svelte 27 blocks (432KB), adds a fast-forward button to the screen during enemy turns that will see the speed move at 2x on an original 3DS/XL/2DS, and 3x on the New 3DS.

Sweet Zelda swag and updates from Europe on eShop games in the return of the Nintendo Newsletter!

Today in Nintendo news, we have a new source of Zelda merch and a new game reveal thanks to an efficient German ratings board.

Some of the merchandise from the Zelda Symphony of the Goddess Tour has gone up for sale to the general public.

The... Read more...

Apparently looking to corner the market on monster collecting games that sell like chocolate-covered crack in Japan.

Nintendo is bringing Level 5's massively popular ghost-chasing series to North America, Europe and Australia as "Yo-Kai Watch".

Level 5 announced the deal at their annual Level-5 Vision conference in Japan, along with deals for Hasbro to handle distribution of the toys associated with the series. The toys will begin releasing in the fall, but there is no timeframe for a release of the games as of yet.

North Americans are going to have to act quickly.

Three different Amiibo from the fourth wave of Super Smash Bros. figures have been confirmed to be retailer exclusive in North America. Jigglypuff will be sold only at Target, Greninja at Toys"R"Us, and Ness at GameStop.

Jigglypuff went live on Target's website earlier today and sold out in approximately... Read more...

A week of boxes, nerds, and the Virtual Console being a known quantity

The Nintendo Direct left North America with two new Virtual Console systems, a release date for a really good 3DS eShop game and at least one writer at NWR looking for ways to summon next week's winning lottery numbers. But while we continue to sift through the fallout, let's look at the other goodies that have been left on the eShop for us this week. Updated with Canadian pricing at 8:00 EDT April 2

Enjoy this delightful 3DS eShop game on April 2.

Boxboy, from noted Kirby developer HAL Laboratory, is coming out on the 3DS eShop in North America and Europe on April 2.

Originally announced and released in Japan earlier in the year, Boxboy puts you in control of Qbby, a cute little box who can create boxes in his image to solve puzzles and move around.

Will allow you to swipe Amiibos for Virtual Console demos.

Amiibo Tap: Nintendo's Greatest Hits is coming to the Wii U.

This app allows players to tap Amiibo figures into their GamePads (via NFC) which allows them to play a variety of "highlighted scenes" from Super NES and NES titles. No Amiibo will be assigned to one specific game, it's all random.... Read more...

Wait a bit longer to take out your blade.

New details for the unnamed Fire Emblem game were released in the Nintendo Direct, including a 2016 release date.

The game will allow you to create the min character as either gender, and sets them up as born in one of two warring races but raised by the other. One side will be for new players while the other is for Fire Emblem veterans and focuses on changing the group from within.

Those slow aliens are about to get a bit more speedy.

Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. will be receiving an update in the near future that will speed up enemy turns.

On the traditional 3DS units the update will speed up enemy turns by approximately two times the normal speed. Those playing on New Nintendo 3DS systems will be able to enjoy getting about a three times normal speed boost.

Yoshi's Island DS and Super Mario 64 will be out imminently.

It was confirmed today that Nintendo 64 and Nintendo DS games will be coming to the Wii U Virtual Console.

DS games will be structured differently based on game. Nintendo 64 games will feature different control schemes as well as rumble features.

Super Mario 64 and Yoshi's Island DS will be available after the broadcast ends.

And a whole new update will add a 200CC mode as well.

A new 200CC mode is coming to Mario Kart 8 alongside the new Animal Crossing-themed Mario Kart 8 DLC pack, which is due out on April 23. While the Animal Crossing pack will be $7.99 if you didn't buy the bundle last year, the new 200CC mode is a free update that adds more speed than ever before.

The... Read more...

Amiibo cards will be used in the upcoming title.

A new Animal Crossing title, subtitled Happy Home Designer, will be coming to the 3DS with emphasis on home design and the introduction of Amiibo cards.

No chores will be in the upcoming title. Instead, you'll be in charges of designing houses for neighbors that fit their tastes. Players will... Read more...

Ultimate Angler and Battle Ground Z will bring the StreetPass noise.

A pair of new StreetPass games are coming to 3DS on April 16 alongside the new StreetPass Mii Plaza Premium.

Ultimate Angler has your Mii visting new StreetPass Islands and collecting bait to get new fish. In total, you can catch over 150 fish, including several legendary monsters. The other game... Read more...