The 3DS re-release of Dragon Quest VIII, once expected for a late 2016 release will now be out in 2017, according to Nintendo. Not a huge surprise, given that the 3DS verion of DQVII is just coming out this month.

Picross 3D Round 2 is finally coming to 3DS... now (or so Nintendo said in a Nintendo Direct... any minute now?). A puzzle game we’ve been dying for here in these Picross-loving parts. It’s all about finding shapes inside cubes by pecking at it based on numerical clues. Amiibo support, too.

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Nintendo is back with another hype-filled 3DS-focused Nintendo Direct. Will they announce Picross 3D 2 for North America? Dole out more Pokémon Sun & Moon news? Declare next year to be the year of Wario? Watch and find out.

In its first week on sale in Japan, Nintendo 3DS title Metroid Prime: Federation Force only sold 4286 copies, according to Famitsu’s sales data. The game came in at number 20 in the weekly sales ranking. Read more

An upcoming Nintendo Direct focused on 3DS games will take place this Thursday, September 1st at 10AM Eastern Time. Nintendo’s press release notes that “NX will not be discussed or revealed in this broadcast.”

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