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Earlier I reported on the fact that Nintendo of Europe finally confirmed a localization of Xenoblade Chronicles, complete with an official website for the game. GoNintendo has received reports that Nintendo of America has followed suit and just registered the domain name XenobladeChronicles.com. As of now the website hasn't fully launched yet, but knowing Nintendo's history with launching dedicated game sites in recent years I think it's safe to say that its release is coming pretty darn close. Will it be the first big Wii game to fill the gap between now and Skyward Sword? Source: GoNintendo...

You know a game's about to drop when it's received a rating from the ESRB, so I'm pleased to announce that Ocarina of Time 3D is going to be rated E10+. The news comes from a recent Nintendo PR email advertisement related to the 3DS. Ocarina of Time purists will be pleased to see that the "Animated Blood" hasn't been removed to pander to a younger audience, and - what's that? "Suggestive Themes"? Wonder if this is talking about that incident with Nabooru... In any case, if there was any doubt at this point this pretty much confirms that Ocarina of Time 3D's release is imminent, not that the announcement of a June debut shouldn't have done that already. Source: GoNintendo...

You'd think that with the big push 3DS is giving the idea of games in stereoscopic 3D, Nintendo's next move in the home console business would be to drive that push even further. But, as Reggie told CNN a few days ago, that isn't going to be the case. He didn't exactly elaborate on why this might be the case, but it's enough to get us wondering. See his exact comment and some tentative thoughts after the jump....

Xenoblade was perhaps the biggest (and only) first-party JRPG to hit the Wii last year, and since that genre's been sorely lacking in software for the Wii during its entire lifespan, a lot of people were excited. But while the game was "confirmed" for a Western release progress on that front had never really been evident...until now. Nintendo of Europe reports that Xenoblade, formerly known as "Monado," is now titled Xenoblade Chronicles. If you haven't seen much about Xenoblade, here's a trailer showing off the game's strong visuals and expansive world. Full announcement inside. Source: Nintendo Europe...

Alright, so part of the reason I missed the mailbag last week was actually because of the article I posted, which is actually the Dark Tribe one I’ve been talking about doing for a while. This details my theory on the subject pretty good, and I’ve actually avoided answering Dark Tribe questions too in-depth in [...]

The April issue of Nintendo Power has a neat feature showing off the greatest moments from The Legend of Zelda. The spread includes screen shots from some classic scenes in the game and includes a bit of commentary on each scene explaining why that particular scene is memorable. The spread includes the hungry Goriya who [...]

Over the past couple days, NintendoPro staff member Majora and myself have worked on a video guide for the first Legend of Zelda. I performed the gameplay and Majora added the narration to these videos. This only includes the first quest, but the second quest has essentially the same bosses. Each boss video guide has [...]

It's kind of funny. The 3DS apparently achieved new records for the highest numbers of preorders and day one sales for any Nintendo portable system, ever. We've seen crazy turnouts for launch day parties, high optimism from Nintendo, and everything that you'd think would mark a strong handheld launch. And yet...we're not seeing the level of shortages we saw with the Wii. While some stores exhausted their stock pretty quickly, other still have plenty. Some sites like GameDaily have already gone on to project why there just isn't as much of an explosion with the launch of the 3DS as Nintendo might have expected, and we're going to try our best to consider all the factors too. More after the jump. Update: A couple factual errors edited....

Our friends over at GoNintendo have recently discovered a new short promo displaying the new capabilities of the 3DS using Ocarina of Time 3D as an example. The short promo shows us how aiming and firing the slingshot will be performed simply by moving the 3DS in your hands with ease. This changes the way [...]

Nintendo Power may have lust some luster over the years, but it still provides some rather great talking points. This time around the latest brings us what they feel are the best moments from the original The Legend of Zelda. The one pictured on the left is a given: It's engraved in every gamer's memory whether they played the original or not. That phrase alone has seen several cameo appearances, even in recent hits such as Epic Mickey and Fable III. It's appeared in popular MMO's such as World of Warcraft and has become a popular internet meme. This of course isn't the only moment Nintendo Power points out......