Latest News

News: Miyamoto Overseeing Series of Animated Shorts

Miyamoto Overseeing Series of Animated Shorts

Even in his spare time he's playing with Pikmin

Nintendo has a bit of a history in cartoon making, as anyone who ever had the pleasure of watching The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! will testify to. It seems as though the company is now contemplating venturing into the business once more, with a few animated shorts designed to be viewed using the...

Video: Get Spooked by Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon's "ScareScraper" Multiplayer

Get Spooked by Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon's "ScareScraper" Multiplayer

We want a polterpup

Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon's release is now around two weeks away for both North America and Europe, a long-awaited sequel to the GameCube launch title. As well as featuring an all-new adventure with the under-appreciated brother, it'll include local and online multiplayer, an extra mode that was kept under wraps for the majority...

Nintendo Download: 14th March 2013 (Europe)

14th March 2013 (Europe)

Flying for less, stopping invaders, mastering jewels and more

It's Monday morning, so once again Nintendo of Europe is starting the week with the news of what we can expect in this week's Download Update. There's a demo and sale of a recently updated launch release on Wii U, various 3DS offerings and a one-button runner from CIRCLE Entertainment...

Talking Point: NFC and AR - Two Cool Extras That Need Some Love

NFC and AR - Two Cool Extras That Need Some Love

The features that time forgot

Remember the augmented reality (AR) games on 3DS? Go on, check your handheld, they're still there, quietly sitting on the home screen waiting to be enjoyed. Built into the system for all to experience whenever they like, taking an established technology and adding a hefty dose of Nintendo whimsy and charm. They were...

News: Capcom's Gun.Smoke Rated For 3DS eShop Release

Capcom's Gun.Smoke Rated For 3DS eShop Release

This town ain't big enough for the both of us

As we reported a short time ago, Capcom looks set to bring its Capcom Arcade Cabinet releases to the Nintendo 3DS as stand-alone downloads. 1943 got rated by the ESRB recently, and the vertically-scrolling shooter has now be joined by wild west blaster Gun.Smoke. Interestingly, Gun.Smoke is actually...

News: Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor Overclocked Arriving A Week Early in Europe

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor Overclocked Arriving A Week Early in Europe

Will now be available on 29th March

Not so long ago we reported that Ghostlight would be publishing Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor Overclocked in Europe on 5th April. Yet it seems that the publisher is pretty eager to get the game out into the wild, and has now confirmed it will be released on 29th March - a whole week early. Considering it's a...

Nintendo Download: 7th March 2013 (North America)

7th March 2013 (North America)

A Nano Assault, falling down a well, wild ATV racing and much more

It's Nintendo Download day, North America, which is particularly good news if you own a 3DS or like a bit of Neo Geo retro action on Wii — if you only have a DSi or Wii U, never mind. It's a packed lineup for the big N's current handheld, with a broad range of download-only and...

News: Etrian Odyssey IV's Quest to PAL Regions This Spring is Courtesy of NIS America

Etrian Odyssey IV's Quest to PAL Regions This Spring is Courtesy of NIS America

Picking up the publishing buff

While Atlus is doing a sterling job of localising titles such as Etrian Odyssey IV: Legends of the Titan to North America, Europe and PAL regions as a whole are often left to other companies to pick up; an example being Ghostlight's upcoming release of Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor Overclocked, which Atlus...

Feature: Series Reboots That Have Divided Gamers

Series Reboots That Have Divided Gamers

They did WHAT with [insert treasured franchise name here]?

There are some undeniable truths in life, death and taxes being two examples, and the video game industry has its own rules and obligations that can never be avoided. One of these revolves around reboots of treasured franchises — if you're going to "re-imagine" a popular character or...

Play: Mario Kart 7 with Nintendo UK - Round 2

Mario Kart 7 with Nintendo UK - Round 2

Kicks off from 7-9pm UK time

At the weekend Nintendo UK invited racers to some rounds of Mario Kart 7, though without a huge amount of advance warning. Nevertheless, the event — which should be open to worldwide players, we imagine — clearly went down well, as another official community get-together is confirmed for today between 7-9pm UK...

News: Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D Price Slashed For North American eShop Release

Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D Price Slashed For North American eShop Release

Digital copy will cost just $20, releases March 7th

Capcom has confirmed that Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D will be hitting the North American 3DS eShop on March 7th, and will cost just $20 to download. Originally released as a retail title in 2011, the game has already been made available for download in Japan. As you'll know if you read...

News: Sayonara Umihara Kawase Confirmed For 3DS

Sayonara Umihara Kawase Confirmed For 3DS

Super Famicom classic gets an update

It has been revealed in the latest issue of Famitsu that Umihara Kawase — a series which started life on the Super Famicom and has since enjoyed instalments on the PlayStation, PSP and DS — is getting another sequel, this time on the 3DS. A platformer in which the lead protagonist uses a fishing line to hook...

News: Project Happiness is Now HomeTown Story

Project Happiness is Now HomeTown Story

Developer reveals more details on the game

During E3 last year, Natsume teased the world with its next game, known only as Project Happiness. The official name has now been revealed, it'll be known as HomeTown Story - though we're sure there's still a lot of happiness involved. Yasuhiro Wada, creator of the Harvest Moon series, is the man behind...

News: Corecell's ChronoBlade is Now Called AeternoBlade

Corecell's ChronoBlade is Now Called AeternoBlade

The 3DS title isn't far from release

Thailand-based developer Corecell announced it was in the process of making a 3DS title called ChronoBlade back in 2011. However, although the game is still on track, it's received a name change. The managing director at Corecell recently told Cubed3 that the new name is AeternoBlade. AeternoBlade is a...

News: More Hints At Bravely Default: Flying Fairy Localisation

More Hints At Bravely Default: Flying Fairy Localisation

Just announce it already...

We reported last week that the official Bravely Default: Flying Fairy Twitter account hinted at the game's localisation in the West. A follow up tweet has emerged; we have no doubt that fans who were eager to hear some news replied to the original tweet expressing their excitement for the game: [tweet...

Interview: Meet Antony Del Rio - Voice Actor for Pit / Dark Pit

Meet Antony Del Rio - Voice Actor for Pit / Dark Pit

Sorry to keep you waiting!

Last year saw the resurrection of Kid Icarus, with 3DS title Kid Icarus: Uprising. It is the third game in the Kid Icarus series and the first since Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters back in 1991 - a whole twenty-year wait, with the small exception of the heroic angel featuring in Super Smash Bros. Brawl for the Wii. The...