A lot of interesting bits popped into the Nintendo block this week - from race-able Chocobos, re-imagined sountracks, to retrained cops. If you want to stay up to speed with the new DSi LL, there's an update in here featuring the new upsized portable. There's a lot more where those came from, so let's get clickin'.

Let me start by clarifying that this is in no way a Nintendo marketing attempt for the New Super Mario Bros. Wii coming out on November 15th (WTF if this is). This happened for real. Two guys dressed up as Mario and Luigi (presumably for Halloween), plus one other suspect, are now wanted by the police for assault and robbery on a poor cabbie.

Somebody get Princess Peach some sweatpants now, pronto! It's terribly sad that the Mario's love interest won't be playable in the upcoming New Super Mario Bros. Wii. simply because of her balloon dress. Oh, the injustice!

The Dolphin_Team has released a new update for Dolphin SVN, a Gamecube and Nintendo Wii emulator for Windows. The latest  SVN build  has some various fixes and improvements. Hit the link for the list of changes.


Download: Dolphin Unofficial SVN build 3404 (Win/32-bit)
Download: Dolphin Unofficial SVN build 3404 (Win/64-bit)

Nintendo has sent out the official press release for New Super Mario Bros. Wii, one of the two new Mario games for the Wii announced at Nintendo's E3 press conference yesterday. Probably the biggest draw in this version of Mario is the simultaneous four-player gameplay. Just thinking of all the chaos and fun this aspect will bring to the table has me all excited.

There's nothing like gamer goods at home to add more personality to your livingroom. For that, there's the Mario hat cushion to rest your read end on while playing your favorite game. Do note that this thing is NOT a hat, but a cushion that looks like one. Details after the jump.

The virus is spreading and Japan is about to be overrun by zombies...in a manner of speaking. The newly-launched Resident Evil 5 (PS3, Xbox 360) took the Japanese gaming scene by storm from March 2nd to the 8th. Figures inside.

After discussing Wii Fit, Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata is back to take on Mario Kart Wii. In Volume Five of Iwata Asks with Kenichiro Ashida, Hideki Konno, and Shigeru Miyamoto, we will get to know more about the Wii Wheel, the Golden Wheel, Mario Kart X, and more. Details after the jump.

With only a couple of weeks to go before the Japanese release of Nintendo's Mario Kart Wii, some new videos featuring the highly popular racing title have surfaced once again for everyone's viewing pleasure. The new set of videos takes a look at the game's Japanese opening, as well as several track profiles of the different courses players can get to race in. You can watch the videos by clicking on the "read more" link found below.

Once in every console generation, there comes a game that just defines fun and epitomizes the term "next-gen". While we have certainly seen some potential candidates in this seventh generation of gaming consoles, there has been one title that we've been eagerly watching out for - and now, that title is out: Super Smash Bros. Brawl. This is our review.