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Nintendo says a new 3DS XL Bundle, featuring Animal Crossing: New Leaf will be available in North America on June 9 for $219.99. It comes preloaded with a copy of Animal Crossing. (An earlier version of this post erroneously listed the bundle and the game's release date.)

Nintendo just announced that it was developing a new Zelda game for the 3ds. In Japanese, the game is being called The Legend of Zelda: Kamigami no Triforce 2. You probably remember the first Kamigami no Triforce game's English title, A Link to the Past. The game will feature a new storyline, new puzzles, and new dungeons. Link will also have the ability to turn into a drawing on the wall to make his way around corners. The game will be out this holiday season in the West, and it will be out in early 2014 for Japan. According to Nintendo's US branch, it is "set in the world of A Link to the Past." It currently does not have an English language title.

Level-5’s super-popular puzzle-solving series gets a new installment, finishing up the second Layton trilogy. Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy will pack more than 500 brain-teasers into the release. The game's already out in Japan and you can take a look at Richard Eisenbeis' impressions right here.

Who needs Link and Zelda and Mario and Luigi when you've got this gorgeous little critter right here? That's a new Pikmin for Pikmin 3, introduced today during the 3DS-centric Nintendo Direct. Iwata says it's called the Flying Pikmin, because obvious. I call it potential tattoo flash.

Nintendo has revealed a new trailer for Animal Crossing: New Leaf where, as you might recall, you're actually the mayor this time around. The game's coming out for the 3DS in North America on June 9.

Mario & Luigi Dream Team, for Nintendo 3DS, arrives Aug. 11. In the game, Mario travels between the real world and a dream world to, yet again, rescue a kidnapped Princess Peach. Co-op puzzles and a legion of Luigis—that can be rolled up Katamari-style to bowl over enemies—also are featured.

To mark Luigi's anniversary, Nintendo is releasing a special Luigi emblazoned 3DS XL in Japan. The hardware comes bundled with a digital version of Mario & Luigi: Dream Team. In Japan, it goes on sale June 18, which is when the game also launches.

The multiplayer competition of Nintendo’s virtual board game gets a new evolution with Mario Party. The 3DS game features multiple game boards and 11 new mini-games. Look for it this winter.

Mario & Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move, a collection of puzzles and minigames, will be available for the 3DS from the Nintendo eShop on May 11.

Nintendo is holding a 3DS-centric Nintendo Direct this morning at 10am Eastern. You can watch it live right here. And we'll be covering all of the news on Kotaku as it happens, of course.

New Nintendo Direct coming Wednesday at 10am Eastern. "Focused on the latest information on 3DS," Nintendo says.

Just as quickly as Batman: Arkham Origins was announced, it's been discounted. By "discounted," I mean $10 in Amazon credit for pre-ordering on any platform, which is basically the same thing. If you don't like Batman, we've got more Batman for you anyway, with deals on Injustice: Gods Among Us for both platforms. Hit the jump for Batman, deals on Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon, and tons more. Not only are we getting the prequel new console/PC Batman this year, but perhaps even more exciting is Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate for 3DS and Vita, "a 2.5-D Metroid-style game developed by Armature Studios, the development house led by ex-Retro staffers who worked on Metroid Prime." 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There's a new Iwata Asks up on Nintendo's website with the folks behind Animal Crossing: New Leaf. This time, you get to be mayor!

The struggling Disney Interactive division's non-mobile hopes and dreams are all-in on Disney Infinity. Here's the company showing off gameplay of the game's Toy Box mode. Disney recently delayed Disney Infinity by two months to "capitalize on the critical fall retail season."

Warner Bros. has announced the next title in the Batman: Arkham franchise, as well as a handheld companion game.

Today, the Pokémon Twitter account delivered a heartwarming anti-college message as its April Fools joke, highlighting a fake course schedule for a Pokémon Mastery degree, with a link to a page saying that "Every Pokémon Trainer knows that the road to becoming a Pokémon Master cannot be duplicated in the classroom. There's just no substitute for personal adventures, Gym battles, and friendship."

It's only in the fantasy world of Pokémon that leaving home and wandering the woods from town to town at age 10 - basically becoming a tween drifter - is a sensible career move. Stay in school, kids! And drink your milk.

See Rachel in action in the remake of Resident Evil Revelations

#aceattorney Taking a page from Matt Murdock, the latest hero of the Ace Attorney series is a lawyer who can listen to heartbeats to determine if they're telling the truth. That said, Kizuki Kokone is not yet an expert at doing so, says the game's official web page, in a post revealing her arrival in Ace Attorney 5. More »

#steamworlddig Where are the pesky humans? Funny story, that. They blew themselves up. Now steam-powered robots have taken over the world in Steamworld Dig, while what's left of the "degenerate race of drunken, dynamite-wielding troglodytes" hide in caves beneath the surface. More »

Disney Infinity has been delayed by a month, meaning the game will now be available in North America from August 18 and in Europe from August 20.

#nintendo A New York federal jury has ruled that Nintendo infringed on inventor Seijiro Tomita's 3D technology with their handheld 3DS, Reuters reports. The jury awarded Mr. Tomita $30.2 million in compensatory damages. Yow. More »

Yesterday's BitSummit indie developer event in Kyoto proved its importance when Cave Story creator Daisuke Amaya unveiled his new game, Gero Blaster, an iPhone run-and-gun about a bipedal frog named Kaeru ("Frog") trying to save his cat girlfriend.

It's due for iOS release in May; however, Nicalis producer Tyrone Rodriguez, who has worked with Pixel on various versions of Cave Story, Ikachan, and more, brandished a 3DS running Gero Blaster, posting a picture on Twitter as proof. There are no details about the 3DS plans yet, or any for other platforms, but the existence of the prototype is heartening.

When last we saw our valiant Joystiq staffers, they were discussing the latest video games in a live episode of the Super Joystiq Podcast. Together, the merry band discussed Runner 2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien, SimCity and Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 - Mirror of Fate. Even though SimCity has the shortest title, we're going to bet it has the longest discussion.

As if that wasn't enough, we're giving away an Xbox 360 copy of Tomb Raider and its special edition controller. If you'd like to win, just subscribe to our YouTube channel and send us a private message with "Tomb Raider" in the subject, and be sure to include your name and email address.

"Project Happiness," the enchantingly adorable shopkeeper simulation by Harvest Moon creator Yasuhiro Wada, now has an official title: Hometown Story. The "story" in the title is meant to show the game's emphasis on meeting and learning about new townspeople by growing your shop, over simply conducting business for its own sake.

The character designs, by Atsuko Nishida, have simplified since the prototype footage, showing a game that looks more like it's running on a 3DS. And it's still really, really, really heartwarmingly cute. It's due this year; Natsume has said it's coming to 3DS and mobile.

#nartuo It's "Naruto". Not "Nartuo". N-A-R-U-T-O. Naruto. More »

#fireemblem Nintendo is about as family-friendly as video game companies can get. This goes double for the company's merchandise, which normally begins at t-shirts and ends with plush representations of cute little Mushroom Kingdom characters. More »

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#luigismansion Grab your Gushers, kids. This new commercial for the second Luigi's Mansion—out March 24 for 3DS—feels straight out of 1995. That's not a bad thing, of course. Nothing like some good old 90s nostalgia to brighten up your Friday afternoon. More »