I always get excited for Nintendo Direct—not just because of the possible announcements, but because Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata always makes some adorable or funny thing that's totally unexpected from a company president. Even if it's a video game company.

Fun fact: Nintendo honcho Satoru Iwata was one of the main programmers on Mother 2 (aka Earthbound) for the SNES. Today on Twitter, Iwata uploaded this photo of a badass Mother 2 sukajan. The jacket, Iwata noted, was given out to the game's staff, and it was the thing he treasures most. Heck, I would, too. It's…

Error Code 105-3102. That's apparently what some Japanese users have been running into when trying to access Nintendo's e-shop on their Wii U. Not just the e-shop, but as prolific youtube video poster MEGUMIbernadette (who previously posted a video on the long load times of the Wii U) demonstrates in her video,…

Just in case you didn't stay up and watch the last Japanese edition of a Nintendo Direct presser, Nintendo of America has translated and re-uploaded this opening segment from it. Why? Because at the start it's got Nintendo's two biggest names—president Satoru Iwata and legendary designer Shigeru Miyamoto—messing…

Wonder no more. Part of an Iwata Asks section over on Nintendo's website, celebrating the launch of Google's Wii Street U on the Wii U.

Three hundred bucks, at least. That's hefty for some gamers, who are waiting (and hoping) that Nintendo will slash the Wii U's price. The console, released last fall in North America, isn't quite flying off the shelves like the Wii did. A price cut might be just what the doctor ordered.

Nintendo's current president and regular spokesperson for Nintendo's online press conference, "Nintendo Direct," Satoru Iwata spoke today at an analyst presentation meeting on Nintendo's plans for the upcoming business year. During the presentation, Iwata spoke of his "commitment" to a business profit goal of ¥100…