As I play an advance copy of the newest version of Nintendo's beloved Animal Crossing games, I've again been pondering the nature of Tom Nook, a character who could teach Bowser and Mother Brain a thing or two about tormenting a Nintendo gamer.

Nintendo Japan just unveiled a new colour of 3DS. It's not red. It's metallic red.

For quite some time now, the world has been laughing at the name Bravely Default: Flying Fairy, even as we begged Square Enix to bring it out of Japan.

The conflict between Nintendo and Amazon just keeps getting stranger.

Atlus has announced that Shin Megami Tensei IV, for the Nintendo 3DS, will be making its way to the United States in the Summer.

Nintendo is about as family-friendly as video game companies can get. This goes double for the company's merchandise, which normally begins at t-shirts and ends with plush representations of cute little Mushroom Kingdom characters.

So, 3D, huh? Is that what you like? Leaves and papers and stuff hovering in front of you?

Grab your Gushers, kids. This new commercial for the second Luigi's Mansion—out March 24 for 3DS—feels straight out of 1995. That's not a bad thing, of course. Nothing like some good old 90s nostalgia to brighten up your Friday afternoon.

Two years ago, Nintendo was in trouble. The House of Mario had just released a brand new handheld system with impressive 3D graphics, but nobody seemed to care. Sales were sluggish and reception wasn't great.