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Nintendo’s New Wii Remotes Are Hot

The classic colour scheme on Toad’s is nice, but that Bowser one just screams “Mario Kart night with tacos maybe”. These will be out in Japan in March.

There’s Also a Limited Edition Monster Hunter New 3DS XL

In addition to the Major’s Mask 3DS and a slew of other Nintendo announcements today, there’s also a Gamestop exclusive New Nintendo 3DS XL with Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate pre-installed. [Gamestop] The Majora’s Mask 3DS is already sold out, so we’ll do our best to keep you up to date if/when it comes back in…

Hatsune Miku Charms Western 3DS Owners This May

Drunk on the success of its virtual idol rhythm games on North American and European PlayStation 3 and Vita, Sega prepares to conquer Western 3DS owners in May with Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai DX. The result of a partnership between Sega and Good Smile Company’s Nendoroid line of figures, the Project Mirai series offers all…

How Amiibo Work In Nintendo’s New Games, And At What Cost

This morning’s Nintendo Direct was chock full ofnew Amiibo toys and Amiibo-enable games. Here’s how the colorful pieces of plastic will work in Nintendo’s upcoming titles, including the one you might have to delete existing Smash Bros. Amiibo data to play. First off we’ve got the toys: a newly-announced third wave of Smash Bros. Amiibo…

A new Rhythm Heaven game is headed to the Nintendo 3DS this summer in Japan. It will feature in excess of a hundred rhythm games, over thirty of which are new to the series.

New Majora’s Mask 3DS XL Announced, And It’s Beautiful

If you were planning on holding out on the New 3DS XL for a Zelda special edition, then Nintendo’s got you covered. Not only is Majora’s Mask 3D coming out on February 13—same day as the New 3DS XL—it’s also getting a gorgeous special edition that will be out the same day. Guess I need…

Woo, Xenoblade 3DS Is Actually Coming To North America

Good news: the upcoming New 3DS exclusive remake of Xenoblade Chronicles is actually coming to North America this April, Nintendo announced this morning. No petitions necessary!

Code Name: S.T.E.A.M., is coming out for the 3DS on March 13th, Nintendo just announced during its Nintendo Direct stream. It’s a turn-based strategy game that pits Abraham Lincoln against space aliens, because why the fuck not? They also said that it will work with the Fire Emblem Amiibos being made for Smash Bros.

New 3DS XL Coming To America In February, Smaller One MIA

The New 3DS is coming out on February 13, Nintendo just announced. This release date is no surprise given yesterday’s leaks, but now it’s official. It looks like we’re only getting the New 3DS XL—no smaller version. In a video presentation this morning, Nintendo America president Reggie Fils-Aime gave us a walkthrough of all the…

Nintendo’s experimenting with cross-buy using Mario vs. Donkey Kong Tipping Stars. Buy a copy on Wii U, get a code for 3DS and vice versa. Mario vs. Donkey Kong Tipping Stars is the latest in Nintendo’s series of simple puzzlers. It doesn’t look much different this time, but at least Nintendo’s catching up with Sony…

Tingle’s Coming to Blow Up Hyrule Warriors on February 5

A new Majora’s Mask-themed DLC pack for Hyrule Warriors will be arriving in a few weeks, giving the beat-em-up its most unlikely combatant yet. That’s right, Tingle. Zelda’s weirdest rupee-lover is here to kick butt. Just revealed during today’s Nintendo Direct, Tingle will be battling hordes of enemies with a giant bag of money as…

New Wave Of Amiibo Coming Soon

Nintendo offered up some news about its newly-minted Amiibo toy line during its Nintendo Direct stream this morning, including a few new models they said are coming this Spring. Pac-Man! The next round of Super Smash Bros.-centric Amiibo (there are 11 in total) are coming out in February. But we already knew about those. The…

Nintendo’s got a new free-to-play downloadable 3DS Pokémon puzzle game (with microtransaction support, it sounds like) coming this February. It’s called Pokémon Shuffle and might remind you of Pokémon Trozei. It was announced in this morning’s Nintendo Direct by Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata. Here’s some footage from the Direct, capped by Gamexplain….

Two flavors of Puzzle & Dragons comes to the North American 3DS in May 2015. Nintendo is bundling two 3DS versions of the popular mobile game — Puzzle & Dragons Z and Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition — in on package this spring.

New Fire Emblem Announced For 3DS

The team behind Fire Emblem Awakening is making a new game for 3DS, Nintendo just announced. Though this game will be developed by Intelligent Systems, Nintendo says it’ll play differently than the last one, including challenges “the likes of which have never be seen in the series up until now.” No word on a name…

Watch Today’s Nintendo Direct Right Here [UPDATE]

Ready for a new Nintendo Direct? We’re expecting to officially hear the U.S. release date for the New 3DS, along with a whole bunch of other news from the folks behind the 3DS and Wii U. This one’s gonna be a whopping 46 minutes, so we’re expecting a lot of info on Nintendo’s plans for…

The Best Handheld Zelda Game

Ask people to name their favourite Zelda games and they’ll invariably start with console titles. Link to the Past, Ocarina of Time, Majora’s Mask, Wind Waker, Breath of the Wild. The handheld Zelda games, most of which are excellent, are often left off the list. From the old Oracle games through to Link Between Worlds,…

Looks Like The New 3DS Is Coming Out Next Month

Rumor suggests Nintendo’s New 3DS—a poorly-titled yet excellent hardware revision of the Old 3DS—will be officially announced for North America tomorrow, and that it’ll come out on February 13. Though nothing is official yet, there’s a lot of compelling evidence. The above flier, via NeoGAF, showing a “2.13” release date. A report from the fan…

Ten Things You Might Not Know About Mario Kart

You can never get enough of Mario Kart trivia, if you ask me. Thankfully, the internet seems to feel the same way. Appropriately named YouTubers Fun Facts recently gave their standard treatment to Nintendo’s flagship kart racing game (I poured one out for Diddy Kong Racing after typing that). Watch the short clip here: Mario…

Boba Fett vs. Mario, Mega Man and Pokemon Ends Exactly How It Should

The only possible reason for Mario not running from Boba Fett is that Nintendo’s flagship character doesn’t know who he is. Then, unfortunately for him, Princess Peach’s boyfriend finds out the hard way why he’s the most feared bounty hunter in the galaxy. Ouch. This video by YouTuber NicksplosionFX mashes up two beloved parts of…