Two mid-2000s classics coming tomorrow

Nintendo's game page has revealed tomorrow's Virtual Console titles, and you'll be running and exploring the weekend away.

Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 and Zack and Wiki: Quest For Barbaro's Treasure will release with tomorrow's eShop update. Mario will be $7.99, while Zack and Wiki will be $19.99 US/$24.99 in Canada. Mario will include the e-reader levels directly from the title screen.

From exploration to dragon slaying, 2016 is the year of the RPG on the 3DS.

Some other announcements came out of tonight's 3DS RPG Showcase in San Francisco, aside from the Fire Emblem and Bravely Second news.

If you're not spending enough on the limited edition...

Nintendo has confirmed the DLC plans for Fire Emblem Fates as well as a New 3DSXL with Fates badging.

The hardware will launch at standard New 3DSXL pricing on February 19, and will not include the game as a result. The season pass will be available on day 1 that will give 11 new maps at a price of $17.99, with each map coming out weekly. The Revelations (3rd) version will launch on March 10.

Just don't go into Default paying for the limited edition.

Bravely Second will land in Spring, and North America will get the giant limited edition.

The sequel to the 2014 surprise hit will release in North America on April 15, with the demo from Japan Releasing shortly before. The limited edition with the soundtrack and 250pg artbook will also be releasing on the same day, though Nintendo later clarified that the North American edition will not have the statue the European edition had..

Famitsu confirms some of the rumors of last week

More Twilight Princess HD information has emerged from this week's edition of Famitsu, including confirmation of last week's rumor.

The magazine confirmed that the Wolf Link amiibo can be tapped at a certain time to unlock a new dungeon whose name roughly translates to "Thorough Battle: Trial of the Beast". The reward for clearing the dungeon is a "bottomless" wallet with a 9999 Rupee capacity.

To quote one observer, Marie may be too popular for her own good.

Following a weekend of Splatfest action in North America, Splatoon will be receiving a maintenance update tomorrow night to fix a few stage glitches.

The update will launch tomorrow night at 9 p.m. Eastern (6 p.m. Pacific) following a brief maintenance, and is largely focused on repairing glitches... Read more...

Telltale is back on Nintendo consoles after a few years away.

Following last month's Wii U debut of Minecraft, its highly successful adventure game spinoff will launch this week on Wii U in North America.

The game will launch with Thursday's eShop update, at a MSRP of US$4.99 for one episode or $19.99 for a five episode season pass. The remaining episodes will release shortly after, and based on release patterns from other platforms the full season should be available in short order.

It barely lasted a week.

One of the more infamous eShop developers has had their newest title pulled from the eShop.

Bigley's Revenge, the latest title from Meme Run developers Ninja Pig Studios, was removed from the store today, after only being on sale for eight days as found by NintendoLife. The game's Miiverse page... Read more...

So you can beat suckers DOWN with the killer light fixture.

The Pokémon Company is continuing its pattern of worldwide releases with Pokkén Tournament.

The Wii U fighting game will launch worldwide on March 18 (19th in Australia). The date was confirmed for Japan in last November's Nintendo Direct, but the date was originally given as "Spring" for the rest of the world.

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Super Mario Maker has added two new event courses this week with oft-requested characters.

The two event courses added a pigeon named Yamamura, who is legendary as a level creation tutor, and Super Mario Land star Princess Daisy to the roster. Both event courses to unlock the characters are live now.

So do you want the magician girl, the landshark or the killer chandelier?

Four new fighters have been revealed for Pokkén Tournament, bringing the playable field for the title to 16.

In addition to confirmation that Mewtwo is playable outside of its dark form, the new fighters are the brutal melee fighter Garchomp, magical master Braixen and killer ceiling fixture Chandelure joining the roster.

The software ended the year on a high note.

Nintendo ended the year with some decent holds in the December NPDs year over year.

On the hardware front, approximately 464,000 Wii Us and 550,000 members of the 3DS family were sold over Christmas. The 3DS is down approximately 32% over last year, while the Wii U fell about 100k with a less attractive November/December lineup compared to 2014 having Smash Bros and the surprisingly lucrative Captain Toad.

74 weapons covering every playstyle.

Tomorrow night's Splatoon update will feature the last free weapon update for the game.

The 74th and last free weapon (not counting those unlocked in the amiibo challenges) is the Custom Hydra Splatling, which is known for its abilities at long range. It has a Sprinkler subweapon and a Bubbler special.

Clearly learning the lessons of the first

Previously promised for the first quarter, Bravely Second will be ready in Europe and Australia a little earlier.

The sequel to the 2013 RPG hit will launch in Europe on 26 February and Australia on 27 February. The special collector's edition with a 250 page artbook, figure, and soundtrack CD was also priced in Australia at a suggested retail price of AU$169.95. European pricing is not provided per Nintendo policy.

"Play as Bayonetta before you play her in Smash", they say.

Nintendo is re-releasing Bayonetta 2 in order to get the hype train rolling for Bayonetta's Smash Bros appearances.

A new release of Bayonetta 2, without Bayonetta 1 included, will be released in stores on February 19 for US$29.99. Nintendo did not identify if the digital version would be lowered to match on the same day. Currently, Bayonetta 1 and 2 as a package is under $37 at GameStop in the US.

Digital buyers may get it in the pants.

A since-pulled line item in Amazon France's listing for Twilight Princess HD may have shed light on the remake's amiibo functionality.

According to the listing, the existing amiibo in the Zelda line (Link, Toon Link, Zelda, Sheik, Ganandorf) would provide health refills, while tapping the Wolf Link amiibo bundled with retail versions of the game would unlock a dungeon called the Twilight Cave created exclusively for the game.

The last Metroid is in captivity. The forums are temporarily at peace.

Now that we’re dead in the cold, black heart of winter the downloads are slowing back down. The big release (especially in terms of price) is Space Hulk, which was delayed several months and finally hits Wii U to bring it a dose of Warhammer 40k action. On the low end, there’s the interesting... Read more...

The second best Metroid game to release in 2016.

Following a delay of several months, North America will finally get its Zero Suit on tomorrow.

2004's Metroid Zero Mission will release on the North American eShop tomorrow at $7.99. One of the first games to feature Zero Suit Samus, the game is a modern reimagining of the original 1986 Metroid title.

The newest Mario and Donkey Kong title is way cheaper than the last one.

A new promotion will be launching in Japan at the end of the month that rewards amiibo buying with a completely new game.

Beginning on the 28th of January, purchasing an amiibo from select Japanese retailers will qualify you to receive download codes for the brand new "Mini Mario & Friends Amiibo Challenge". Should the game come out in English, it will be a part of the Mario and Donkey Kong series.

And a Super Bowl ad, so you know they're all in

Pokémon Company has announced details of plans for the 20th anniversary of the series, including some interesting looking hardware.

Following the announcement of 2DS units preloaded with the games in Japan, the same 2DS bundles (less the green one) will release in Europe on 27 February. Each 2DS will come with the matching game preinstalled. New 3DS cover plates celebrating the anniversary will release on the same day.