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Nintendo today revealed its world famous plumber (who seems to get involved in everything but plumbing) will hit the court this summer with the release of Mario Tennis Open for 3DS on May 20 in North America, and May 25 in the UK. The launch (volley?) date was revealed during …

A newly-launched iOS app claiming to offer an iPhone version of Pokemon Yellow for 99 cents (via Kotaku) isn’t affiliated in any discernible way with Nintendo or Game Freak. From the comments on the App Store’s bank of 1-star reviews, it’s clear the app doesn’t even work: “This is a …

We’ve been all over the map with the 3DS’s Circle Pad Pro. We doubted its existence, ridiculed it, wondered if it would be released outside Japan, waited for US and UK release dates, and now we’ve actually played with it long enough to really judge it. The Circle Pad Pro …

Do you love cute monkeys? How about seals? How do you feel about baboons and golf? Japanese pop music and quick reflexes? And most importantly, do you still own a working Wii? If so, this trailer for February’s Rhythm Heaven Fever should interest you. And if you don’t like cute …

There’s been a lot of talk of 3DS sales lately, as the last few weeks in Japan it’s been hitting record high system and software sales (opens in new tab) and simultaneously overshadowing the PS Vita’s launch (opens in new tab). Dissecting weekly Japanese sales charts is fun and all, …

Videogame collecting can be an expensive hobby, especially if one hopes to nab every last rarity. It can also be a confusing pursuit since no one really has a handle on how vintage gaming items are valued, and there’s always the risk of getting hosed. Take this recently spotted $16,000 …

Nobody would think that Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword would be the final Zelda game, we just weren’t sure what exactly the Zelda development team was working on until now. Today an interview with Zelda mastermind Eiji Aonuma revealed that the team is already working on a new Zelda for …

Tomorrow is going to be a long day for Nintendo, as a newspaper out of Japan is reporting the video game giant is preparing to announce a recurring loss of nearly $1.32 billion for the first half of its 2011 fiscal year, which ended September 30th. If true, this means …

The Olympics takes the competition between athletes from all the world’s nations very seriously, while the idea of a fat plumber competing against a human-sized hedgehog is inherently ridiculous. It’s with that hilarious juxtaposition in mind that we’ve been watching the various Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympics …

So that crazy-sounding gaffer-taped solution to the 3DS’ non-problem of a not-actually-missing-because-it-doesn’t-really-need-it second analogue stick actually appears to be real. Real and ugly. Coming in the form of a cradle attachment that the 3DS sits in, it adds a right analogue, a couple of extra triggers, a whole lot of …