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#mariotennis The latest entry in Nintendo's racket sports franchise will be hitting the 3DS on May 20th, five days before its Japanese counterpart. Nintendo says that there'll be comprehensive online support for Mario Tennis Open and you can see Mario, Bowser, Princess Peach and more characters volleying in the trailer above. More »

Surprise! Nintendo has released the action slash tower-defense game a day early, it said during a video conference this morning. You'll find Dillon's Rolling Western in the 3DS eShop for $10 right now. [Nintendo] More »

#kidicarus Expectation have to be running high for the multiplayer component of Kid Icarus: Uprising. After all, it's the designer beloved for pitting Nintendo's all-stars and B-listers against each other in crazy free-for-all battles who's in charge of the game. More »

Together! As revealed by Nintendo today, these Japanese game makers are collaborating on a mysterious project. No other details were given and more will be shared at a later date. More »

#3ds If you thought Brain Age was easy, get ready for Nintendo's new spin on the series: Oni Tore (鬼トレ) or "Demon Training". More »

#3ds Upcoming 3DS title, Mario Tennis Open, will be out May 25 in Japan for ¥4,800 (US$60). It features button and touch controls, as well as up to four player play for online and local multiplayer. More »

#fatalframe The Wii remake of 2003's Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly has a release date for Japan: June 28. It is priced at ¥6,800 or US$85. More »

Starting the middle of March, Sega Game Gear titles are headed to the 3DS Virtual Console in Japan. More »

#fireemblem Upcoming Fire Emblem: Kakusei, a tactical role-playing game for the 3DS, is getting DLC. This was first revealed last December. More »

I think we've shared this one before, but Nintendo just added it to their official YouTube channel...

#3ds Satoru Iwata, Nintendo's president, wears spiffy banker suits. He has floppy hair. His glasses are nice. But how's his handwriting? On a 3DS? More »

#mod For Monster Hunter, the Nintendo 3DS has a mostly great extra slide pad. Screw that! One Japanese gamer figured out how to use a PlayStation Controller instead. More »

#nintendo While the 3DS had a rocky start—and any momentum it had was disrupted by March 2011's tragic earthquake—the console has been on the uptick. You could even say it's now going gangbusters in its native Japan. More »

#3ds Upcoming Nintendo 3DS role-playing game for girls Girls RPG Cindere Life featured a hostess-type heroine with heroine with comically huge eyes. "Featured" because at some point, the game's developer changed them. More »

It's a little late, but you can subscribe to Hulu Plus on your Wii for $8/month right now, Nintendo said today. The television and movie streaming service will come to the 3DS handheld system later this year. More »

#mcdonalds For a limited time, McDonalds in Japan will be distributing free game content for customers with Nintendo 3DS handhelds. The DLC will be exclusive to the 3DS game Slime Mori Mori Dragon Quest 3 but they will also be distributing a free original game, McDonald's Slime Ship Battle DX. More »

Activision and Double Helix have announced a video game adaptation of Battleship, the Hasbro Studios/Universal Films adaptation of Milton Bradley's Battleship. Set for an April European release and a May North American release, Battleship will combine aspects of the classic board game with FPS gameplay. It will be available on PS3 and 360, with "uniquely designed versions" released for the Wii, DS and 3DS.

The player takes on the role of demolitions expert Cole Mathis, who somehow finds himself in charge of an entire naval fleet and must use said fleet to defend the Hawaiian archipelago from underwater space aliens. This is a separate storyline from the film -- however, given the abundance of extraterrestrials and a severe lack of white and red pegs, we figure it's still set in the movie's universe. Gameplay is split between FPS sections and a "Battle Command" map, which is somewhat akin to the classic Battleship grid we're all familiar with. Here's hoping for Electronic Talking DLC on day one.

#battleship Battleship was once a strategic board game in which players had to guess where their opponents had placed their war ships. This summer, it will be an action-packed movie in which ships blow each other up. And this May, publisher Activision said today, it will be a video game in which you shoot people. More »

Activision and Double Helix have announced a video game adaptation of Battleship, the Hasbro Studios/Universal Films adaptation of Milton Bradley's Battleship. Set for an April European release and a May North American release, Battleship will combine aspects of the classic board game with FPS gameplay. It will be available on PS3 and 360, with "uniquely designed versions" released for the Wii, DS and 3DS.

The player takes on the role of demolitions expert Cole Mathis, who somehow finds himself in charge of an entire naval fleet and must use said fleet to defend the Hawaiian archipelago from underwater space aliens. This is a separate storyline from the film -- however, given the abundance of extraterrestrials and a severe lack of white and red pegs, we figure it's still set in the movie's universe. Gameplay is split between FPS sections and a "Battle Command" map, which is somewhat akin to the classic Battleship grid we're all familiar with. Here's hoping for Electronic Talking DLC on day one.

#3ds For the next week, you'll be able to buy a Nintendo 3DS from GameStop for just $150. More »

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More details about Skylanders Giants are coming in from the event currently taking place in New York. First and foremost, the new game will require a new Portal (i.e. "the thing you put Skylanders toys on") in order to recognize the new giant characters. Said Portal will accommodate up to two giant figures at a time. In addition to the giant figures, 12 more normal Skylanders figures are in the works, though it's unclear if they will work exclusively with Giants or if they will be compatible with Spyro's Adventure.

Furthermore, dedicated Skylanders mobile apps are planned for the future, though no further details have were given. The press release announcing the title did, however, promise "advanced integration across console, handheld, mobile and online."

Finally, Toys R Us CEO Jerry Storch revealed an exclusive partnership with Activision going forward. The retailer will sell exclusive figures this year, including "Legendary Trigger Happy" and "Iridescent Blue Bash," both of which are stronger than their normal versions and feature new abilities. In March, Toys R Us will also have a 30-day exclusive on the "Dragon's Peak" adventure pack. See pictures of the new figures in the gallery below.

More details as we get them.

Update: Skylanders Giants will not require a new portal, as it turns out. The new technology referred to at the event will be contained in the figures themselves. Specifically, new figures will be light up when placed on the portal, as mentioned in our previous post. We apologize for the confusion.

More details about Skylanders Giants are coming in from the event currently taking place in New York. First and foremost, the new game will require a new Portal (i.e. "the thing you put Skylanders toys on") in order to recognize the new giant characters. Said Portal will accommodate up to two giant figures at a time. In addition to the giant figures, twelve more normal Skylanders figures are in the works, though it's unclear if they will work exclusively with Giants or if they will be compatible with Spyro's Adventure.

Furthermore, dedicated Skylanders mobile apps are planned for the future, though no further details have were given. The press release announcing the title did, however, promise "advanced integration across console, handheld, mobile and online."

Finally, Toys R Us CEO Jerry Storch revealed an exclusive partnership with Activision going forward. The retailer will sell exclusive figures this year, including "Legendary Trigger Happy" and "Iridescent Blue Bash" (pictured above), both of which are stronger than their normal versions and feature new abilities. In March, Toys R Us will also have a thirty day exclusive on the "Dragon's Peak" adventure pack.

More details as we get them.

Last month, domains for "Skylanders Giants" appeared, followed by a lot of cryptic teases from a "SkylandersGiant" Twitter account. Today, Activision and developer Toys for Bob have revealed that Skylanders: Giants is actually a full sequel to the game released last year. Alongside the new game come brand new figures to collect and, as the name implies, they are much larger than the toys released so far.

Specifically, eight new characters will be released, all of them "more than twice the size" of normal Skylanders both out of the box and inside the game world itself. New figures will also feature integrated lights that illuminate when a character is placed on or near the Portal of Power. Finally, Skylanders Giants will be compatible with previous Skylanders figures and, what's more, figures will retain all the stats earned in Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure.

Skylanders Giants will officially debut at the American International Toy Fair later this month. Presumably, we'll have more details, including a price and release date, by then. A Skylanders event is about to take place in New York, we should have more details and media shortly.

Indie devs take note, submissions for IndieCade's 2012 "Festival of Independent Games" are now open on the event's official website.

IndieCade's track record is stellar, giving budding designers and developers the exposure their hard work deserves and the money their growing debt so richly desires. Past winners include darlings like Limbo, VVVVVV, and Superbrothers' Sword and Sworcery EP. Of course, bills only get paid if the games launch -- unlike Fez, which by our heart's count has been in development for the last seven hundred years.

Teams that submit a game will receive a main festival pass and an invitation to a day-long networking and workshop event. Games selected are set to be featured during the annual IndieCade Festival from October 4 through October 7.

- 330,000 units sold
- this is about the same amount the DS sold at launch in Spain
- Revenue: 45 million euros, which is much better than the DS' 33 mill. euros
- Mario Kart 7 and Super Mario 3D Land sold 127,000 copies combined as of Dec. 31st
- Resident Evil: Revelations was the best selling game in Spain last week

#3ds The Nintendo 3DS is not a new platform. It does have a bunch of games, but even then, I can safely say this is the most screwed up character design the handheld has seen. More »

Nintendo's never sent me a Club Nintendo bonus for review before, and I thought it was kind of odd when one arrived. But I don't think there's ever been a Club Nintendo bonus this nice. The 3DS Game Card Case is both beautiful and genuinely useful, holding 18 DS or 3DS games in a case the size of a single DS game box. That's a rarity among DS game cases.

The transparent case comes with four reversible covers, for a surprisingly versatile look. I grabbed some random DS and 3DS cartridges from my desk, stored them in the case, and took some pictures so you can see for yourself.