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#3ds Japan's CyberGadget is rolling out a "3DS dedicated" AR card holder. Sure, it only costs ¥500, and it can hold 120 AR cards, but I'm honestly thinking of one good reason why this product needed to be made. I'm also trying to think of the last time I used AR cards with my 3DS. More »

The latest Paper Mario role-playing game will hit 3DS this Sunday, and it'll be downloadable on the eShop from day one. Until then, you'll have to fill your time with the Epic Mickey demo, a few other new eShop games, and Pokedex 3D Pro, the expanded, less free version of the Pokedex 3D app.

#harvestmoon Meet Allen. He's a hair stylist in the latest Harvest Moon game, Harvest Moon 3DS: A New Beginning. And man, he's such a jerk! Don't believe me? Have a look. More »

Skylanders Giants - Heroic Challenge: "Arachnid Antechamber" - Walkthrough Defeat 8 giant spiders in this dungeon.

#review Like pumpkin pie and military shooters, Professor Layton has become something of a yearly fall tradition for American gamers. Over the past five years, the folks at Nintendo of America have released five entries in Level-5's delightful puzzle series. More »

Adventure Time: Hey Ice King! Why'd You Steal Our Garbage?!! - and that's the official title, with exclamation point, interrobang, exclamation point - has an official release date of November 20 on both 3DS and DS, D3 Publisher announced today. Both versions will be available in a standard box and a fancy Collector's Edition.

A demo will be released on the 3DS eShop on November 15, so you'll be able to determine whether WayForward's adaptation is tops blooby or totally bum slops before you put any money down.

Layton's latest is easily one the most charming games of the year. Check out our video review for all the details!

#nintendo This isn't a matter of having enough badges to train Charizard—you're going to need to win a raffle to snag this limited edition 3DS XL. More »

#preview For $8 you can download a game called Liberation Maiden to the 3DS and then you can experience the probable future of the second president of New Japan hopping into a flying mech in order to shoot at the forces of an evil empire that has taken over old Japan. More »

Level-5's Guild01 collection kicks off today with Liberation Maiden, a shooter designed by Suda 51, in which you are the president of Japan in a flying mech. For a much more ... muted experience, Nicalis brings NightSky, a beautiful little puzzle platformer designed by Knytt creator Nifflasto, to the eShop today.

There's a lot of stuff on eShop today, including more downloadable Coin Rush levels for New Super Mario Bros. 2. Now that you're done watching Nintendo Directs for the day, why not head past the break and see what you can buy?

#nintendo It's getting cold out. There's a major storm coming this weekend (on the East coast, anyway). You really don't want to go out to a store to get your games fix. More »

#nintendo3ds From Paper Mario to Monster Hunter, here's the full sizzle reel shown off during Nintendo's live-streamed Nintendo Direct event this morning. More »

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#fireemblem At E3, Reggie casually mentioned (to Kotaku) that the newest Fire Emblem game will be coming to North America. More »

#3ds It's called Rekochoku (レコチョク). That's short for "Record-Chokusetsu" or "Record Direct". And it looks to be Nintendo's take on iTunes. More »

#newsupermariobros2 In their October 25th Nintendo Direct stream, Nintendo has announced the release of 2 new packs for New Super Mario Bros 2. More »

#professorlayton It comes full circle! More »

Skylander Giants - Kaos Going Home (Cinematic) - Walkthrough After accidentally destroying the map of Arken, Kaos plans to return "home" to devise away to extract the memory from Glum Shanks.

#japan Spend any time on Japanese websites, blogs, and forums, and you'll eventually see it: ありがとう任天堂. It means "Arigato Nintendo" or "Thank you Nintendo". More »

Skylanders Giants - Chapter 3: "Rumble Town" - Walkthrough The Skylander has to fight his way through Rumble Town to rescue the hermit.

Skylanders Giants - Evil is Rising (Cinematic) - Walkthrough Witness the vanishing of the Giants and meet your new shipments who will sail you to meet the hermit.

Skylanders Giants - Introduction Cinematics - Walkthrough

Four formerly retail-only 3DS games arrive on the eShop today. Super Mario 3D Land, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D, Star Fox 64 3D, and Mario Kart 7 will all be released digitally for $39.99 apiece.

On Sunday, they'll be joined by new release Style Savvy: Trendsetters, which lets players create a boutique clothing store and stock it with the latest in men or women's apparel. There's even more on the eShop, including Sparkle Snapshots 3D (which is exactly what it sounds like) and the NES version of Gradius. Were we able to hold your attention until that last bit?

A review and preview from Nintendo Life...

Fire Emblem: Awakening - preview
Crosswords Plus - review

This week's Nintendo downloads are a bit more subdued than last week. There are still some gems to be found however, most notably the Game Boy Color version of Mario Golf for the 3DS Virtual Console. The 3DS also gets platformer Crazy Kangaroo, number puzzler Nurikabe by Nikoli and a demo for LEGO The Lord of the Rings.

The Wii, meanwhile, picks up Neo Geo fighter The Last Blade 2 on Virtual Console. Finally, DSiWare nabs Robot Rescue 2.

#animalcrossing By day, Utada Hikaru is one of Japan's biggest popstars. By night, she is, too. But recently, she's been taking time off from her music career. In her downtime, she's probably focusing on her other career: Kickass Nintendo gamer. More »

#animalcrossing The next Animal Crossing still doesn't have an American release date, but it'll be out in Japan on November 8. That's why Nintendo just showed about 40 minutes of the game on YouTube this morning. More »

#nintendo The 3DS XL add-on circle pad got its first public airing at this year's Tokyo Game Show. I checked it out—and it was pretty good! Nintendo, however, didn't give a release date for the peripheral. Until now. More »

#nintendo Nintendo just dumped a list of games coming to the 3DS' eShop through the rest of the year and slightly beyond. More »