It’s all about the games, folks. Gamers want, wait for it, games. Nintendo would know. They launched the Nintendo 3DS into the market without much in the way of software to support it. The result? They found their brand new hardware suffering from a high price tag and poor game selection. No one wanted a

If you’ve been waiting for the right shade of violet to appear before stepping up and grabbing your Nintendo 3DS, consider the wait officially over. Nintendo sent out a press release this morning in order to announce the upcoming availability of the Nintendo 3DS in Midnight Purple. The royally hued system will launch alongside one

Part of Nintendo’s digital content plan for the future involves releasing games simultaneously in physical form at retailers and in digital form on their systems’ marketplaces. The quote comes by way of the financial meeting the company held yesterday. They announced that the first game to take advantage of this new strategy will be the

Nintendo posted big losses last year. In fact, it was the first year the company ever posted financial loss. That number came in to the tune of $455.9 million operating loss. For 2013, however, the company has painted themselves a much better financial forecast. The core of its discussion lies in the current hardware price

It may be entirely in Japanese, but it does give Pokémon fans something to look forward to. Pokémon Black and White 2 will take place two years after the events in the first game. The trailer above shows off the new heroes, a new gym and the new starting city. In case your curious, the name

Where Super Mario 3D Land was a title that felt like a blend of Super Mario Galaxy and Mario 64, New Super Mario Bros. 2 looks like it falls directly in line with the spirit of its titular predecessors. New Super Mario Bros. (for the DS) and New Super Mario Bros. Wii were both 2D titles, and this game looks

Given the discussion in a recent interview with Shigeru Miyamoto, the father of all sorts of gaming classics and staples at Nintendo, there’s a chance gamers might see a fresh take on or remake of The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. The legendary game designer spoke with EDGE about his love for the

You’re a fan of Community, right? You know, the ridiculous comedy on NBC with folks like Joel McHale, Donald Glover and Chevy Chase? If you’re not actually a fan, or if you’ve never seen the show, find a way to right that wrong post haste. We’ll wait… …good? Good. Nintendo sent over a note this

Back in the early and mid 1990s, Sega of Japan took to developing a series of Mickey Mouse games below the Illusion banner. It started with Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse, and the series continued with Land of Illusion and World of Illusion. If you owned a Sega Genesis, Master System, Mega Drive or Game Gear, you

According to a French Nintendo gaming mag, a special presentation for press will reveal Epic Mickey 2 next week. The rumor comes in the form of a Tweet, and the Tweet offers up an extra bit of information regarding this possibly forthcoming sequel. Epic Mickey 2 might also launch for the Nintendo 3DS with the subtitle, “Power

Nintendo released a presser this morning that indicated the Nintendo 3DS has sold more than 4.5 million units during its first year at retail in the United States. The news comes as the handheld nears its retail birthday. Nintendo went as far to include a table of figures in the release. The table stacks the

Seaman was originally released for the Sega Dreamcast in 1999. The game puts players in the care of a strange new creature as they’re tasked with bringing him from the mushroomer to frogman stages in his lifecycle. Nikkei reports, without much detail, that Seaman will be heading to the Nintendo 3DS in the future. Specifically, the story

While certainly not a definite indicator of long-term international success, the first year’s worth of performance for gaming hardware in Japan is definitely a decent gauge of said device’s potential. If that gauge is a good predictor of what’s to come, this is tremendous news for both Nintendo and the Nintendo 3DS. As Andriasang has it

Flying in the face of what seems to have become common thought, especially in communities similar to the one on this site, Nintendo believes their Nintendo 3DS has shown that there is room in the market for a dedicated gaming device. Contemporaries think smartphones are pushing handheld gaming systems away from consumers, but the graph

In this weekly column, we’ll be selecting inexpensive, discarded titles from still playable consoles for your perusal. They may be games you’ve heard of and remember playing, or they may be games that have flown completely off of your radar. Just know that we love them and they’re available on the cheap. That’s a bonafide win/win situation. If

Andriasang has produced the Japanese hardware sales results for the week of 1/16/2012 through 1/22/2012. The numbers are, for most devices, lower than they were the week before. Here are the sales fixtures with last week’s numbers in parentheses: Nintendo 3DS – 80,960 (100,668) PlayStation 3 – 21,155 (30,332) PSP – 17,181 (22,538) PS Vita – 15,219 (18,361) Wii – 10,173 (14,179)

Waiting hours to get on a plane could be one of the most tedious tasks known to the modern man. But Nintendo 3DS users in the U.K. can now pass the time by surfing the web, or enjoying a spot of online gaming courtesy of free Boingo Wi-Fi. Nintendo and Boingo already have a deal

Another week has passed and hardware and software sales results in Japan have been reported by Media Create. Compared to last week, the statistics show a seemingly major drop in sales. That, however, may be a bit deceiving. According to Media Create, the Japanese data collection agency responsible for the hardware sales numbers you see

The next big Nintendo 3DS title from Nintendo is, undoubtedly, Kid Icarus: Uprising. Pit is one character that Nintendo fans have been asking to see brought back to life in a complete game of his own for years. As more assets come from the Big N regarding this Nintendo 3DS title, those excited for the game

YouTube user kurekureyon does what we all want to do, though lack the insanity to try: a marathon gaming session for each new portable to measure battery life. In the video clip, and we suppose as a way to create a level of balance between the two handhelds, this gamer starts by switching each system to its

Nintendo’s official YouTube channel shared the second volume of Super Mario 3D Land‘s “Super Plays” in the series’ second week. The original volume released last Wednesday and is no less impressive. If you own a Nintendo 3DS, the best advice I can give you is to pick up Super Mario 3D Land if you haven’t already.

As Sony gets further away from the PS Vita’s street launch in Japan and closer to its worldwide launch in late February of this year, the company must surely be watching the new handheld’s sales performance in their home nation. While the PS Vita certainly isn’t bombing, this week’s stats indicate that the company’s newest

GameFly, if you don’t already know, is an internet-based company that services users by allowing them to queue and rent games old and new on a subscription basis. You pay for a package and plan, pick out your games and wait until they show up at your door. That may take days or it may

Despite the portable’s strong design and graphical prowess, it appears that the PlayStation Vita is staggering quite a bit in the early goings of its campaign at Japanese retail. Last week’s sales results coupled with recent news of unofficial price cuts performed by Japanese retailers suggests that something a bit fishy is going on in

Nintendo sent out a press release this morning, the first business day in the New Year, in order to tell the world that the Nintendo 3DS has officially moved more than four million units. The company has been claiming the system would do it for a few months now as a point to indicate its