Today Nintendo held another of their Nintendo Direct videos and once again they didn’t disappoint. First I’ll start off with the best news from the event and that is the announcement of a brand new Zelda game for the 3DS based in the world of the classic SNES game A Link to the Past. A [...]

Today Nintendo held another worldwide direct event showcasing news for upcoming releases and updates to the Wii U and they are fantastic. Starting off, Nintendo addressed the Wii U load times and stated that with their Spring and Summer updates that all loading times and screen navigation times should speed up. Along with the new [...]

Capcom continues the 25th anniversary celebration of Mega Man with news that all six classic NES Mega Man games will start rolling out to the 3DS virtual console starting next week. The first, and most difficult, Mega Man will hit the 3DS virtual console on December 27th (probably for $4.99) and each title is set [...]

First thing, we can all agree that the Tecmo Bowl and Super Tecmo Bowl games are far superior to the Madden franchise, so it is great news to the fans of the SNES and NES classic that the team at Tecmo Bowl TecmoBowl.org have continued with their yearly updates. This new ROM will look and [...]

In celebration for the 25th anniversary of The Legend of Zelda, Nintendo released a extensive look at the whole series called Hyrule Historia. This book was unfortunately only available in Japan, but that is changing as Nintnedo, working with Dark Horse comics, will release The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia on January 16th 2013. This [...]

In anticipation for the upcoming release of New Super Mario Bros 2 on the 3DS, Nintendo is celebrating the summer of Mario by offering many classic Mario games at a discounted price. Starting this Thursday (7/26) Nintendo will begin offering a new Mario game each week for download on the 3DS starting with the original [...]

If you are a fan of classic NES, Gameboy, Game Gear and SNES games then March is going to be a good month for you and your Wii and 3DS systems. Today Nintendo officially confirmed that March will see the release of the original NES titles Metroid, Super Mario Bros and Punch-Out (more than likely [...]

Last month Nintendo updated the United States Club Nintendo with the offering of downloadable games for the Wii and 3DS by using the coins saved up to your account. The first offering had a solid collection of games including SNES Mario Kart and Mario vs Donkey Kong Minis and with their new update Nintendo continues [...]

Previously it was announced that Club Nintendo members in Japan and the United Kingdom would be receiving 3D Classics: Kid Icarus for free after registering two select games by January 31st of this year. Today that promotion has begun and all Japan and UK Club Nintendo members will be able to download the game for [...]

Over the past 25 years fans of The Legend of Zelda have never had an official explanation from Nintendo as to how each Legend of Zelda game tied into each other. There have been many theories floating around on how everything fits together but now Nintendo has provided the answer. Released in Japan last week, [...]

When Nintendo announced their Ambassador Program for early adapters to the 3DS we were only given 5 out of the 10 titles that we would receive for the Gameboy Advance. Today Nintendo has released the full list of games and they are quite good. Previously we knew we were getting Yoshi’s Island: Super Mario Advance [...]

Kid NES, a talented graffiti artist, painted a fantastic looking Gutsdozer and Mega Man scene from Mega Man 2 on a building down in Dallas TX. This video, set to music from Mega Man 2, shows off his whole painting process. Source:Capcom Unity

Continuing the celebration of The Legend of Zelda’s 25th anniversary Wednesday September 28th. This download will be available to all DSi and 3DS users through Nintendo eShop for free until February 20th 2012. This game, which was originally released on the Gamboy Advance, will feature a brand new single player campaign so if you have [...]

When the 3DS Ambassador Program was announced by Nintendo last month we were given the news that for the early adopters of the 3DS we would get 10 free NES games and 10 free GBA games. At that time Nintendo only announced five from each category but today we get full confirmation of the [...]

Coming off the heels of the news of the 3DS price drop to $169.99 that takes place this Friday (August 12th), Nintendo has confirmed that they will be shipping the new flame red 3DS to the states starting on September 9th.  This date will launch the new system along with seeing the arrival of the [...]

In a stunning announcement today Nintendo announced, after only being out on the market for five months, that they will be dropping the price of the 3DS from the current $249.99 to $169.99 effective on August 12th. This is very interesting on Nintendo’s part as this is very early for such a huge price [...]

Today sees the release of the first fimware update for the Nintendo 3DS. This update will be adding a slew of new features to the 3DS such as internet browsing, eShop, file transfer and general support updates. The internet browser will be a standard internet browser, so nothing too fancy but from my understanding [...]

It seems like forever since I’ve written about the Wiis virtual console shop, and that is mainly due to Nintendo not releasing any good games through the Virtual Console in quite some time. Well that all changes today as Nintendo has released the highly popular SNES game Chrono Trigger for only 800pts. Chrono [...]

Today marks the 25th anniversary of the best franchise in video game history, The Legend of Zelda. Releasing in Japan for the Famicom system, The Legend of Zelda was one of the most ambitious titles to be released by Nintendo at the time. Featuring an open world gameplay element which allowed the player [...]

Capcom has announced that the Japanese Rockman Complete Works collection is now available for the US market through Sonys online store. The Rockman Complete Works is a collection of Rockman 1-6, for the NES, with minor updates that have no including a new HUD design and an assit mode to help you with difficult [...]