While we're stuck to simply watching the fight between Pain and Jiraiya on the anime, seeing some cool exchanges from the two powerful shinobi makes you want to have a game that'll let you do all that. For now, the closest you can get is through Naruto Shippuden: Clash of Ninja Revolution 3, which has officially gone gold, as announced by Namco Bandai.

Looking back to the week, it seems that both publishers and homebrew developers were able to deliver on their respective forms of output. We've got trailers, images, and stats for the the games, while devs got busy and released updates for their respective brew. You might want to check up on all those - you won't regret it. Compiled for your navigating ease - it's all here in the Nintendo Weekend Warrior.

While those who've been following the anime side of Shippuden are about to see Jiraiya at his finest, today's gameplay matchup for Naruto Shippuden: Clash of Ninja Revolution 3 features none other than the Pervy Sage himself, one-on-one against Naruto's other teacher, Kakashi. Sure, the game can't compare to the action you get via the fansubs, but there's always room for more of Ero Sennin.

They might not be doing so hot right now, but that doesn't mean we should forget the success they've had for the most part of the year. Nintendo has been named "World's Best Company" for 2009, coming out on top of all the major corporations worldwide. Now what has the World's Best Company been cooking up all week? Check 'em all out right here.

You can really feel the gaming expo heat building up when more and more publishers start handing out their lineups. We've seen quite a lot of games coming to TGS 2009 by now, and adding to that list is Namco Bandai, bringing games from franchises that the merged companies are well-known for.

The next chapter is here for Tomy Corporation's Naruto series, Naruto Shippuden: Clash of Ninja Revolution 3, -- or the trailer of it, at least. The vid below shows the cel-shaded beauty of this latest installment in the franchise, and promising over 30 playable characters plus Wi-Fi for the first time. But those details, you'd want to read about. This, you have to see.

Warning: The following recap may take a few minutes of your time, so reader is advised to walk over to the fridge, get a few snacks and a can of rootbeer, with which the news will taste so much better. That actually depends if you're gonna read everything, but if you really want to keep yourself up to speed in all things Nintendo, you gotta have a few snacks close by to enjoy your trip across the news.

When I say there are slim pickings this week, I mean it. The home consoles only get two releases, and there are no new games at all for the Wii and PSP. There's also only one release on PC, but since it's The Sims 3, it's sure to sell a bucketload by its lonesome. The only console not experiencing a game drought this week in the Nintendo DS. There really are no slow release weeks for the DS in terms of quantity, really. Read on for a list of this week's game releases.

Tomy Corporation has already started making a bigger presence for themselves in the games industry, moving past mere publishing and into actual sales and distribution for their Naruto games. To build up more hype for their products, they'll be exhibiting some of their wares at next week's E3. Hit the full article for a look at Tomy's E3 2009 lineup.

Did you know? There will be a new Naruto Shippuden game coming out for the Wii. Thanks to the latest issue of Japanese magazine Shonen Jump, we finally have a confirmation - as well as details - on the new Naruto Shippuden: Clash of Ninja Revolution 3.