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It's Kirby time! Do you ever get hungry while playing a Kirby game? No? Huh, maybe it's just me. Anyways, the September issue of Nintendo Power has given many of us the info we've been craving for about Kirby's Return to Dream Land. The game is set to release on October 24th, and Nintendo has already shown its support with pink cotton candy and bean bags as a PAX promo. One of the biggest draws for this game is the multiplayer. Up to four players can partake, including fan-favorite Meta Knight as well as King Dedede and Waddle Dee. That's right. The Goomba of Kirby's realm will be helping out and showing abilities never before seen! Each character has a different ability that helps out in different parts of each level. There are strategies to obtain certain items, and help the first player reach the goal. For the rest of the goodies we've found, continue reading....

The unveiling of the Skyward Sword box art and bundle pack was hands down the best news that came out of PAX 2011. No, it wasn't announced at PAX, but the announcement lined up with the end of the expo so it still counts. The second best news from PAX would have to be the awesome Zelda cosplay that appeared at the convention. I'll give third place to the Kirby cotton candy. Either way, you can see tons of awesome Nintendo pictures from the show floor after the jump. ...

What role do you think the Goddesses will playing in the upcoming Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword? We’ve heard about the gods all the way since the backstory of A Link to the Past. They’ve been mentioned or have had characters by name in over half a dozen Zelda games since, including Ocarina of Time, [...]

Fortune Street may not sound like a familiar name to Western Nintendo fans, but it's actually the latest entry in what's already a popular series in Japan (known as Itadaki Street). Screenshots may remind players a bit of both Mario Party and the classic board game Monopoly, and that's no coincidence: the game features both Mario and Dragon Quest characters as well as themed boards but winds up playing a lot like the popular real estate game. Players hop around a board buying any unowned properties they land on. Stopping on spaces already owned by another player forces you to pay up, but - and here's where it begins to differ from Monopoly - you can also buy stocks in opponent's spaces to rake in some cash yourself. It's a fun and exciting spin on what for many Western board game fans is a familiar concept. Of course, there's a lot more to it that can only really be done in a video game, such as the atmospheric boards and music (I spotted one at E3 based on Bowser's Castle in New Super Mario Bros.) and a couple accompanying minigames, but this game's definitely geared more towards the hardcore...

Nintendo has revealed the official box artwork for Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword and has also announced a limited edition bundle that will be available when the game launches. This bundle includes a gold Wii Remote plus and a Zelda 25th anniversary music CD. It will be going for a retail price of $69.99 for [...]

For those of you wondering whether Skyward Sword's limited edition bundle will be coming to other countries outside of America, here's a tidbit that seems to point towards an international release. EB Games' Australia page for Skyward Sword has been updated to feature the limited edition set, which you can pre-order for the not-so-low price of $118 AUS. Still, better expensive than not at all! Australia releases usually correspond with Europe's since they're both considered part of the PAL region, but many UK retailers' sites are down for maintenance right now but I'll keep my eyes peeled for any post-cleanup deals specific to Europe....

If you haven't preordered Skyward Sword yet and want to get in on the drop-dead beautiful Skyward Sword Limited Edition Bundle - complete with that fancy gold Wii Remote Plus and a soundtrack CD of Zelda Symphony - you can reserve it online at GameStop. Standalone copies of the game will retail at $49.99, and the Limited Edition version is set at $69.99. If you've already reserved the game, you have two options: order this one online anyway to get in on the action ASAP and cancel your original order, or wait a couple days for your local GameStop to update their local reservations system and head over to ask for your reservation to transfer to the bundle. I'll be calling my store tomorrow at noon Pacific time to find out if they've got it in their system by then and keep you guys posted....

Another week, another Erica's Ocarina Experience! I decided to go ahead and play the song that tied for first last week in requests, which is the Serenade of Water from Ocarina of Time. The Serenade of Water is the shortest ocarina melody to play in both Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask. It's a beautiful song, but I think my favorite version of it in any Zelda game is with Queen Rutela in Twilight Princess. Sadly, I don't have any accompaniment for my videos. It's still a pretty song to play on the ocarina without another instrument. I find it very ironic that they decided to go with a serenade for the Water Temple. As usual, Sheik's quote before teaching the tune shows a different look at time. "Time passes, people move... Like a river's flow, it never ends... A childish mind will turn to noble ambition... Young love will become deep affection... The clear water's surface reflects growth... Now listen to the Serenade of Water to reflect upon yourself...." What I find ironic is that Ruto's childish crush on Link has grown immensely in the years he was gone. A serenade is a musical greeting performed most often for...

We have a couple official release dates for some games that you can pick up while you wait for Skyward Sword and the rest of the holiday releases. Professor Layton and the Last Specter, the fourth game in the Professor Layton series, will be released for the DS (remember your 3DS is backwards compatible) in North America on October 17. Tetris: Axis will arrive for the 3DS on October 2nd. More information inside....

Looks like Nintendo has shed some light on what the official Skyward Sword boxart will look like. In their latest press release they posted an image that had a cover design. Now this may not be the official box art in the end, but it did come straigh...