It's classic Miiverse with an Animal Crossing twist.

A free Animal Crossing-themed Miiverse-integrated application, called Animal Crossing Plaza, is available to download right now from the Wii U eShop.

Unveiled during today's Nintendo Direct presentation, the app functions similarly to Miiverse's WaraWara Plaza, but instead of Miis, the plaza is occupied with hundreds of Animal Crossing characters. 

More information about Link's newest portable adventure inside!

The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds has been officially confirmed to take place many years after its predecessor, A Link to the Past.

As Satoru Iwata mentioned in today's Nintendo Direct, the game will feature an entirely new Link in the Zelda continuity, who is very likely to be a descendant of the hero in the previous title.

Strap on your 3D Maneuver Gear, your handheld has been breached! 

2013's hit horror-action anime Attack on Titan is set to receive a 3DS game this year in Japan, as revealed in a Kodansha-published pamphlet included in the latest manga issue.

The game, being developed by Spike Churnsoft, adapts the popular series depicting a post-apocalyptic village of humans fighting for survival against gigantic zombie-like monsters.

Who doesn't love pumpkin pie?

Even more DLC is coming to Animal Crossing: New Leaf.

The first new piece of DLC, a pumpkin pie, will be available on August 11th at any Nintendo Zone location. New DLC is currently planned be released through September of this year.

This information comes straight from today's Nintendo Direct presentation.

This reminds me of an OBJECTION!

Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney has been announced for a North American and European release in 2014.

As with the Japanese release, Level-5 will be publishing the game.

Ready.... DRAW!

Art Academy: Sketchpad, the latest title in Nintendo's Art Academy series, hits the WiiU eShop on August 9, as revealed in Nintendo Direct just minutes ago.

The drawing application features all of the tools and stationery expected from the series, and allows users to post screenshots of their artwork... Read more...

Who doesn't want to dress up as the legendary brothers?

Mario and Luigi costumes will be available in the Wii U version of Rayman Legends. Rayman will have access to the Mario costume and Globox will have the Luigi one.This news comes from today's Nintendo Direct presentation. Rayman Legends is set to release on September 3rd.

Gamers in Japan can now watch Pokémon on 3DS until their eyes melt. 

An application for Hulu is now available on the Nintendo 3DS eShop in Japan. The free download still requires a monthly subscription fee of 980 yen per month. Unlike Hulu in the United States, to view any content on the service, the monthly fee is required.

While available content is somewhat different... Read more...

The company's CEO promises us more tales from the realm of robots.

More SteamWorld games are on the way according to Image & Form's Brjann Sigurgeirsson.

We recently interviewed Image & Form's CEO Brjann Sigurgeirsson and asked him about the future of SteamWorld, and he assured us that there is more to come following SteamWorld Dig.

Sigurgeirsson said,... Read more...

The offline co-op is not hidden in a dark corner, it is simply not there.

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist on the Wii U will not have offline co-op.

Producer Liu Jun, of Ubisoft Shanghai, said in an interview with Nintendo Life that "In order to ship at the same time as the other consoles, we unfortunately weren’t able to delve into this feature." He does think that "Nintendo gamers will be really excited to get the game at the same time as other consoles." 

Pilotwings could serve as the inspiration for an all new stage in Super Smash Bros.

A Pilotwings stage may be coming to the Wii U version of Super Smash Bros., according to the latest daily image posted on the Smash Bros.' website.

The most recent picture is a map from the original Pilotwings on the Super Nintendo for the Wii U version of Smash Bros. It most likely means a Pilotwings stage is coming to at least the Wii U game. However, it is possible it could be something else like a trophy.

Complete with tear-away clothing!

Senran Kagura Burst will be coming to North America as a downloadable title, courtesy of Xseed Games.

The game is a collection of two games: Senran Kagura and Senran Kagura Burst. The first game has been reworked with gameplay improvements.

Senran Kagura is a game series developed by Tamsoft that... Read more...

The worldwide Nintendo Direct will focus on previously announced games for each of Nintendo's systems.

A new Nintendo Direct will air tomorrow, August 7, at 7 a.m. PT/10 a.m. ET. The subject will be previously announced Wii U and 3DS games, and the Direct will air in North America, Europe, and Japan.

It is very likely that we will hear more details about the major releases on Wii U and 3DS that are... Read more...

Roy Munson would be proud.

Smash Bowling 3D, the next game from the makers of Big Bass Arcade, will be coming to the 3DS eShop August 8.

The game is a bowling simulator and features two control methods: four player pass-and-play multiplayer and shot replays. Developer Big John Games says the development focus was on incorporating accurate pin and ball physics.

Update your handheld now!

The Nintendo 3DS software version 6.2.0-12U is now available for download within the United States.

This update adds the previously announced StreetPass relay functionality to the device, which temporarily stores a player's StreetPass data at any Nintendo Zone the player connects to, and passes it on to the next person to connect to that location. 

You can't say Nnooo to deals this good.

Australian developer Nnooo has announced that escapeVektor will be reduced by 50% over the next two weeks on the Nintendo 3DS eShop.

The sale will be held across the Americas, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Bruce Thompson, Business & Marketing Director at Nnooo had the following to say about... Read more...

Golf and Sudoku are among the activities one can partake in this month's rewards.

Mario Golf, Brain Age Express: Sudoku, Wario's Woods and NES Play Action Football are this month's Club Nintendo games.

The simply titled Mario Golf on the Game Boy Color provides a Golf game with an RPG twist: the ability to level up your characters. Besides Mario and Luigi you can play as new characters with unforgettable names like Kid. For 150 coins you can embark on a golf journey playable only on the 3DS.

Start plotting out your favorite of the 256 different Swap Force variations today!

A poster revealed the names of the 16 Swap Force Skylanders characters, as uncovered on Amazon's UK site.

The 16 characters are part of the Wii U, Wii, 3DS game's hook where you can mix and match the Swap Force characters to create one of 256 different characters. For example, you could take the top half of Stink Bomb and the bottom half of Spy Rise to make Stink Rise.

Hack-'n-slash game Crypt Run may be coming to a Wii U near you!

Crypt Run, a hack-'n-slash game currently being funded on Kickstarter, is now working towards a Wii U stretch goal, as developer Lost Decade Games has become an authorized Nintendo developer.

While the game has hit its funding goal of $5,000, it will need a total of $13,500 to hit its Wii U stretch goal.

I guess it does print money...

Nintendo's recently released StreetPass games have made about $4 million dollars in their first month, according to Satoru Iwata in a recent interview with with Tokyo Keizai Online.

This is shortly after news that the games were selling very well. The paid additions to the StreetPass Plaza... Read more...