Swimming in the vacuum, causing a commotion because they are so awesome

September continues to be a busy month for the eShop as Starwhal will launch on the 24th in North America.

Previously released on Steam and PlayStation consoles, Starwhal is a multiplayer game featuring narwhals engaging in fencing contests in outer space. The Wii U version will feature a brand new mode called Blastopus.

A day -1 patch removes a prominent complaint.

A patch will be available for Super Mario Maker that removes a source of frustration about the game.

The version 1.01 patch is available for the game's release in Japan and Western gamers who got the game early, and includes the following bullet point: "Condition(s) for increasing the amount of... Read more...

Yes, there are things releasing that aren't Mario Maker this week.

Aside from the big, constructive elephant release this week of Super Mario Maker, there's a pretty decent lineup for the Wii U on the eShop. The 3DS has had a retail release since Tuesday with the launch of Hatsune Miku Project Mirai DX, and Alex's review might draw some comparison to chocolate, but you probably went retail on this one anyway for the LE goodies.

Time to get your frog prince on.

Atlus will have a demo for their upcoming RPG Legend of Legacy.

The demo will launch in the North American eShop on September 22, three weeks before the game's release. The 30 play demo will cover the prologue and first two dungeons of the game, and as usual with Atlus demos progress will carry over to the final game.

Partnership with Ingress's Niantic Labs brings Pokemon to the real world.

A new mobile Pokémon game is under development by Niantic Labs in a partnership with The Pokemon Company, Nintendo, and Game Freak to bring an augmented reality game to mobile. A surprise press conference hosted by Pokemon president Tsunekazu Ishihara showed a sneak peak of the game.

Pokémon... Read more...

Rumors of a "new business strategy" for the franchise.

The Pokémon Company will be holding a press conference shortly to discuss "new business strategies".

The press conference will be held at 15:00 JST today (11 p.m. Pacific time, 2 a.m. Eastern), but no indication has been given as to what the announcement will be beyond that. The conference will... Read more...

There's no inoculation for this plague.

Yacht Club Games has announced the release date for the first Shovel Knight expansion.

Plague of Shadows will release on September 17, a week from tomorrow in all regions where the base game is available, for both 3DS and Wii U. The expansion will come as a free update to all Shovel Knight owners.

A dump of 3D Gunstar Heroes may point to planned games from the Sega project.

Hackers may have found a group of planned additions to Sega's 3D Classics line.

A poster on the GBATemp forums allegedly dumped the RAM of a 3DS running 3D Gunstar Heroes and found listings for approximately 30 games, a majority of which are not currently released.

The full listing is pictured,... Read more...

Plus a new challenger from Namco and Capcom.

Project X Zone 2 will have a playable character that absolutely nobody was expecting.

Joining the lineup from the Sega portion of the three way crossover is Segata Sanshiro, the advertising mascot for the Sega Saturn in Japan. Playable as a solo unit in Project X Zone 2, Sanshiro was most famous... Read more...

Sadly, we do not have denial of the Triforce hunt yet.

This week's edition of Famitsu has given some more details about the upcoming Hyrule Warriors: Legends.

The issue outlines the new Legend mode content, which will include Tetra and the King of Red Lions as playable characters. Toon Link will be playable in all other modes of the game, but the regular Hyrule Warriors Link will be the main playable version of Link in Legend mode.

The closest we'll get to having F-Zero bundled with a system.

Nintendo has announced a new Wii U bundle that will start rolling into stores in the United States today.

The bundle retains the standard $299.99 MSRP but includes a preinstalled copy of Mario Kart 8 and a download code for the two packs of DLC. Whether or not this will completely replace the existing Nintendo Land and Super Mario 3D World bundle is to be determined.

But Pikmin is "very close to completion".

A new Pikmin game is in development and according to Nintendo, it's "very close to completion".

Shigeru Miyamoto confirmed the title was in development in a July interview with Eurogamer, and the company confirmed the development with Nintendo in a follow up interview. No release date or platform information is available for the title at this time.

All the splatting power in a cute little package.

Nintendo of Europe has announced tonight's weapon update for Splatoon will bring a modification to an existing weapon that's built for speed.

The Mini Splatling will drop at update time tonight / tomorrow morning (Europe) and will bring a weapon that provides more mobility than its big brother and enhanced range. Suction Bombs will be the sub weapon and it brings an Inkzooka special.

Time to get your shootin' on there, pardner.

After Vs Excitebike came out on Monday, there's more goodness on the eShops today for your hard earned money. North America and Europe both have the Gunman Clive HD Collection, which is enhanced versions of the two 3DS run and gun classics in one package, for a really good price (especially for our Canadian friends).

There's a ghost of a chance you'll be playing it by the end of the month.

Ripstone Games has announced the release date for the next Nindies @ Home title to release.

Extreme Exorcism will launch on Wii U on September 23, with a regular price of US$12.99 / €12.99 and a 15% discount for those who downloaded the demo during E3. The unusual Wednesday release is due to the game releasing on all of its target platforms on the same day, including the Xbox One.

North American and European gamers can now play on Android and iOS

Pokémon Shuffle Mobile, the port of the free-to-start 3DS game, is now available on Android and iOS platforms. The title first appeared on Japanese stores on August 24th and North American and European stores on September 1st. The game is almost identical to the 3DS version with minor tweaks to the game’s currency.

After a trip to the 1800s, it looks like a return to "California" is in order.

The next issue of Famitsu has announced a new game in the Ace Attorney series for 2016, and Capcom USA has confirmed it will be localized.

The Famitsu teaser has announced Gyakuten Saiban 6 will be playable at Tokyo Game Show this month, and teases an upcoming six page interview. The game will be handled by the same producer and director who helmed Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Dual Destinies in 2013.

So maybe we'll get something special on Prime Day next year.

Amazon has added Nintendo to their digital game offerings, with Wii U, 3DS and even Wii download codes available.

The listing is composed of first party titles for now, with a focus on retail and Virtual Console games. After completing the purchase, buyers will be able to log into a special page with their Nintendo Network ID and redeem the code, which will start downloading to the system.