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News: Nintendo Hires Pop Group To Promote 3DS In Taiwan

Nintendo Hires Pop Group To Promote 3DS In Taiwan

Expanding its horizons in the East

The 3DS is just about to begin its journey in Taiwan, with Nintendo hiring popular female group S.H.E to help towards commercial marketing for the handheld. Across Taiwan, the group will feature in TV adverts playing Super Mario 3D Land and Mario Kart 7. Nintendo of Taiwan has also translated The Legend of Zelda:...

News: Renegade Kid Worried About 3DS Piracy

Renegade Kid Worried About 3DS Piracy

Hacking could cause developer to stop supporting the system

It has recently been reported that a couple of hackers have broken into the 3DS, allowing them to run custom code on the device. They claim their motives are good — getting around the 3DS region lock for example — however games developers, as you can imagine, are less than pleased with...

News: Naruto: Powerful Shippuden Confirmed For Western Release

Naruto: Powerful Shippuden Confirmed For Western Release

Naruto and Rock Lee coming to 3DS in March

Fans of the popular anime series Naruto will be pleased to hear that the latest game, Naruto: Powerful Shippunden, released this year in Japan, will be on its way to Europe and North America very soon. The 3DS title is based on the spin-off series Rock Lee & His Ninja Pals and is a sidescrolling...

News: Code of Princess Rated for European Release

Code of Princess Rated for European Release

Hack-and-slash and gaming fans, rejoice!

We rather like Code of Princess here at Nintendo Life, as it blends RPG ideas with intuitive hack-and-slash action, all wrapped in a gorgeous hand-drawn 2D art style. When you consider the range of customisation, the tight gameplay and the inclusion of both competitive and co-op online multiplayer, it's a...

News: Animal Crossing: New Leaf Hits 2 Million Sales In Japan

Animal Crossing: New Leaf Hits 2 Million Sales In Japan

Not even Mario or Monster Hunter could win the race

Animal Crossing: New Leaf has been doing extremely well in Japan since its release at the beginning of November this year. A couple of days after hitting stores the game had sold out across Japan, leaving many fans disappointed who never managed to grab a physical copy. Not long before the month...

Feature: 10 Essential Games For Your New 3DS

10 Essential Games For Your New 3DS

Got a new handheld this Christmas? Try these must-have titles

While plenty of lucky kids and big kids alike will have received a Wii U on Christmas Day we're aware, thanks to our lovely Twitter followers, that a number of people received a shiny new 3DS on the big day. Many were XL variations, though the original model has its own charms, so we...

Guide: Getting Your Nintendo 3DS Online

Getting Your Nintendo 3DS Online

Online tips for your shiny new handheld

For some gamers this year, a shiny new 3DS will be waiting for them as a Christmas treat. Nintendo's Wii U may be hogging plenty of attention, but the handheld deserves some limelight due to its ever-growing games catalogue and range of eShop offerings. Of course, getting the most out of your 3DS really...

News: Fire Emblem: Awakening Getting The Pre-Order Bonus Treatment In The U.S.

Fire Emblem: Awakening Getting The Pre-Order Bonus Treatment In The U.S.

GameStop has limited edition character art books to give away

The highly anticipated 3DS strategy RPG Fire Emblem: Awakening will finally become available in North America on 4th February 2013. The game sees you take control of Lord Chrom and the Shepherds as they endeavour to rid the land of a new evil. To celebrate the release GameStop is...

News: Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity Hitting North America March 24th

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity Hitting North America March 24th

New 3DS adventure set for early 2013 release

Nintendo has confirmed that Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity will be coming to North American 3DS consoles on March 24th, 2013. The latest instalment in the popular Mystery Dungeon sub-series, Gates to Infinity will allow 3DS owners to use the console's camera to scan objects and access new...

News: 3DS Continues To Dominate Sales In Japan

3DS Continues To Dominate Sales In Japan

Not even Wii U can stop it

Last week Wii U launched in Japan and clocked up some impressive sales, so impressive that it even outsold the 3DS, which has been dominating hardware sales in Japan for a sustained period and outselling the competition by 2.5 times. However, the Wii U wasn't on top for long as this week the 3DS came back with a...

News: Capcom's Projections Tumble As Monster Hunter 4 Is Delayed In Japan

Capcom's Projections Tumble As Monster Hunter 4 Is Delayed In Japan

3DS smash hit now set for summer debut

Capcom has confirmed that Monster Hunter 4 will miss its March 2013 release date in Japan. The company has revealed that the eagerly-awaited game will be pushed to a vague summer launch, and added that the delay was "based on the decision that further quality enhancements are needed in order to meet the...

News: Namco Bandai Impressed By Western Interest In Project X Zone

Namco Bandai Impressed By Western Interest In Project X Zone

Chance for an English-language version yet?

Cross-over RPG Project X Zone launched on the 3DS in Japan earlier this year but hasn't been granted a western release as yet - despite the efforts of Tekken producer Katsuhiro Harada. However, some people at Namco Bandai are at least aware of the demand for this game in this part of the world -...

News: Atlus Is Bringing Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers To North America

Atlus Is Bringing Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers To North America

Shin Megami Tensei fans, rejoice

Atlus has confirmed that Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers will be getting a North American release in Spring 2013. The 3DS exclusive is an updated version of the Saturn original which appeared in 1997 and was subsequently ported to the PlayStation two years later. The Japanese 3DS release took place...

News: Wii U Software Falls Off The UK Charts

Wii U Software Falls Off The UK Charts

Nintendo Land the only survivor

Last week we reported on some struggles for Wii U software in the UK all-format charts, with various possible reasons behind the lack of impact of the system's games. There's a low install base, for one, meaning that it's too early to proclaim the console to be in any kind of trouble; with that said there seems to be...

Rumour: Capcom Is Bringing Its Arcade Classics To 3DS And Wii U eShop

Capcom Is Bringing Its Arcade Classics To 3DS And Wii U eShop

Coin-op titles headed to Nintendo systems in 2013?

Capcom is working on bringing its arcade classics to digital platforms in the form of Capcom Arcade Cabinet, and according to French site Pockett Videogames, the Wii U eShop and 3DS eShop will be joining the retro party. So far, it would seem as if Capcom Arcade Cabinet is only coming to the Xbox...

News: Introductory Video Emerges For Fire Emblem: Awakening

Introductory Video Emerges For Fire Emblem: Awakening

More details on characters, relationships and tactics

During the latest Nintendo Direct the hotly anticipated 3DS strategy RPG Fire Emblem: Awakening was finally given a release date. The game arrives in North America on 4th February and will land in Europe at some point in April. Some people may be unfamiliar with the Fire Emblem series, so to...

News: Masahiro Sakurai: The Wait For Smash Bros. Will Be Worth It

Masahiro Sakurai: The Wait For Smash Bros. Will Be Worth It

Producer stops tweeting to focus solely on upcoming brawler

Masahiro Sakurai, producer of Kid Icarus: Uprising, is currently working hard on the next instalment of the Smash Bros. series which will be available on both Wii U and 3DS. In his latest Famitsu column Sakurai reiterated that the game is still a long way off, and that Nintendo fans would...

News: Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Now Available For Free On iOS

Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Now Available For Free On iOS

But 3DS offers better value for dedicated players

Earlier this week Square Enix teased the world with a website showing a couple of symbols from the popular Theatrhythm Final Fantasy on 3DS. Was it teasing a sequel? A new Theatrhythm for a different series? Nope, it was just an iOS port. That iOS port is available right now and can be do