While Animal Crossing games traditionally cast the player as little more than a wandering vagrant, beachcombing and shaking trees for money, Animal Crossing for 3DS will cast you as mayor--and you'll get to make a few changes around town. Read more

A new trailer for the upcoming Resident Evil: Revelations details some of the conspiracies at work in the upcoming 3DS-exclusive title. Read more

With 3DS sales finally hitting their stride, isn't it time for Nintendo to sunset the aging dual-screen platform? And, what will happen to Wii support, with Zelda finally released, and the Wii U on the horizon? Read more

Super Mario 3D Land director Koichi Hayashida talks about how his team merged the concepts, enemies and power-ups of old-school 2D Mario games with the 3D lessons learned from the Galaxy series. Read more

Mario Kart 7 program director Yusuke Shiraiwa talks about the design philosophy behind bringing coins back to the series, and the challenges he faced hitting 60 FPS in a 3D game. Read more

The next major 3DS firmware update, which adds the ability to record 3D video, has been delayed to December 8th. Read more

Mario Kart series producer Hideki Konno has revealed that production on Mario Kart 7 stalled when it became necessary for Nintendogs + Cats to be completed for the Nintendo 3DS launch. Read more

Nintendo is claiming new sales records for two of its recent holiday launches. The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, seen by many as Wii's swan song, has sold 535,000 units since its launch one week ago, making it "the fastest-selling Zelda game ever." Read more

A new "pearl pink" Nintendo 3DS model will launch on December 4 in a bundle with nintendogs + cats, just in time to be a Christmas gift for girly ladies or gentlemen unfazed by oppressive gender stereotypes Read more

We get a look at the 3DS "Join Game" feature through the first game to use it, Mario Kart 7. Read more