The Nintendo 3DS has received a new software update today, which was first announced during last week’s Nintendo Direct conference live-stream. Available to gamers worldwide, this release adds the ability to organize your home screen items into folders, and offers some nifty new features. You can now organize your home screen and make navigation a great

During a recent investor call with Nintendo, Satoru Iwata, President, spoke briefly about bringing DLC to their first-party games. He specifically mentioned both Mario Kart 7 and Super Mario 3D Land for the Nintendo 3DS. Iwata connected DLC to the longevity of software, as is often its purpose: “What if we could provide add-on content through the

Nintendo set record sales numbers for the Nintendo 3DS over the week leading up to and including Christmas in Japan. Andriasang has it from Famitsu gaming magazine who has it from Enterbrain, a Japanese sales statistics company. In that single week at retail in the Land of the Rising Sun, the Nintendo 3DS moved 510,629 systems.

In speaking with Japanese publication Nikkei, Satoru Iwata, President of Nintendo, delivered information concerning the current state of the Nintendo 3DS and some of its software sales statistics. The system is doing well, according to Iwata, and is on pace to cross the three million units sold mark around two weeks ahead of the Nintendo

Welcome to this brand-spankin’-new TechnoBuffalo feature we’re going to try and run once every week. We’ve got ourselves an outstanding, talkative community and we’re looking to harness that and spur it along with a weekly debate topic. So, every Friday, I’ll toss up a debatable challenge, you folks will vote and discuss. I’ll also be

Nintendo has released some sales figures for its hardware and software regarding both this holiday season and Black Friday. The company covered the performance of the Wii, the 3DS, Super Mario 3D Land and The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. Here are some of the stats they released… During Black Friday, the Wii sold 500,000 units.

Nintendo released an awesome new live action advert to promote Mario Kart 7 for the Nintendo 3DS earlier this week, but but I think YouTube user ‘Ampora’ has topped that with his stop motion video that introduces Super Mario to the real world. In the clip, Mario navigates his way around a the house, avoiding Goombas, Cheep-Cheeps,

With this year’s holiday gaming release season finally drawing to a close, there aren’t too many titles left to launch. Running with the front of the to-be-released pack is Nintendo’s Mario Kart 7. The Big N created the live action commercial you see above to, and this is just crazy, advertise the pants off of

Nintendo announced this week that they intend to add post-release add-on content capabilities to the Nintendo 3DS’ eShop. Essentially, developers will be able to make and release DLC for their software. In our coverage of the news, one commenter said something that launched me into the land of pondering… From Tanuj Dua: “Just in time

Andriasang has a report that Hori, the Japan-based gaming peripheral company, is making an accessory specifically for Mario Kart 7 on the Nintendo 3DS. It is, of course, a steering wheel. You’ll find one shot to the right and a few more in the gallery at the base of this post. Nintendo‘s extremely successful (though definitely

Mario Kart Wii, for the life of me, is the worst Mario Kart title in the franchise. I say that as a die-hard Mario Kart fan. The gameplay lacked that certain challenging, explorative character that made previous entries so incredible. There was a good heap of characters to unlock and courses to enjoy, but they felt

Nintendo has released nine brand new screenshots for Mario Kart 7, the next entry in the Mario Kart series set to release this holiday for the Nintendo 3DS. Within those screenshots was a glimpse at a new, and yet old, power-up. Making its appearance for the first time in a Mario Kart title is the Raccoon Tail.

This clip checks in at more than a minute in length as it features several tracks, new items, new karts, new mechanics and new perspectives. Mario Kart 7 for the Nintendo 3DS was given a precise release date this morning by way of a large press release from Nintendo. The game will launch in North America

The holiday season of 2011 is officially upon us. The last few months have been scary slow as far as gaming releases have been concerned. But now? Publishers are gearing up to vanquish our savings accounts as they deliver a storm of outstanding content. We at TechnoBuffalo decided to assemble two separate lists for this

Nintendo just sent around a press release indicating that their price cut maneuver paid off to the tune of 235,000 Nintendo 3DS units sold during the month of August in the United States alone. The handheld enjoyed a sales rate uptick of 260% since the company dropped the price of the 3DS from $250 to

Nintendo’s decision to slash the price of its latest handheld is fantastic news to those who were contemplating the purchase of the 3DS. A pretty significant price drop, which will see those in the U.S. save $80, makes the device very tempting. However, for those that have already made their purchase, the price cut is

Nintendo’s 3DS is the world’s first handheld console to offer glasses-free 3D, and before its launch it looked set to follow in the footsteps of its Wii, which has been a huge success for the company. However, the 3DS has suffered some pretty disappointing sales figures since it hit shops earlier this year, with Nintendo