The Legend of Zelda's Link Gender Bender Cosplays (16 Photos)

Lady Link II by Samii-Doll




Female Link cosplay by Rhaenyra


Female Link by SarahInWonderland


Pink Link V by KayLynn-Syrin


Link by huddykins


Link - Twilight Princess by Yukishir0




TLoZ - female Link #3 by NanaKuronoma


TLOZ Ocarina of time - Link (Female Ver.) 4 by luchia-28


Otakon 2011 Twilight Princess by DarkGyraen


Otakon 2011 Link by DarkGyraen




LoZ: Twilight Princess - Link by Miyukiko


LINK crossplay by vzLala


Link Cosplay 5 by Tetra-Triforce


Link by NomedSenkrad


Link by Mailyann


Link - Zelda Link Awakening by MoonRosesTeam

Some of Nintendo's Valentine's Greeting Card for Friendzoned People

I just realized something... Nintendo released Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, and the New 3ds XL are going to be released on Feb 13, a day before Valentine's Day so that single people won't be lonely even if they don't have a date. o.O

Short in Club Nintendo Coins? You Can Have Up to 75 Coins for Free!

So you want a game so bad and you almost have enough coins but you're 20 coins short? Don't worry, here's a list of eshop games that you may want to download to get your additional 75 coins and it's all free!

Game	Platform	Coins (Registration)	Coins (Post Play)
Rusty's Real Deal Baseball	3DS	5	10
Pokémon Bank	3DS	5	10
Steel Diver: Sub Wars	3DS	5	10
Jett Rocket II: The Wrath of Taikai Demo	3DS	0	10
Lucadian Chronicles	Wii U	0	10
Zen Pinball 2	Wii U	0	10

Also, don't forget to check on your account regularly for those post-game surveys since they're sent a few days after you register the games.

For Those Who Are Unaware: Here's A List and Screenshots of All Available North American Club Nintendo Rewards

Club Nintendo is about to end but Nintendo made sure that it saved the best for last. No wonder the website's almost impossible to access lately.

Wii U

Dr. Luigi 300 coins
NES Remix 300 coins
The Wonderful 101 600 coins
Wii Fit U 600 coins
Game & Wario 600 coins
Wii Party U 850 coins


Wii

Art Style: CUBELLO 200 coins
Doc Louis's Punch-out!! 250 coins
ThruSpace 250 coins
Eco Shooter: Plant 530 250 coins
Snowpack Park 250 coins
Excitebike: World Rally 250 coins
Fludity 250 coins


3DS

Kersploosh! 150 coins
Ketzal's Cooridors 200 coins
Sparkle Snapshots 3D 200 coins
Looksley's Line Up 200 coins
Brain Age Express: Arts & Letters 200 coins
Sakura Samurai: Art of the Sword 200 coins
A Kappa's Trail 200 coins
Tokyo Crash Mobs 200 coins
Brain Age Express: Math 200 coins
Brain Age Express: Sudoku 200 coins
Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again! 200 coins
Chibi-Robo!: Photo Finder 250 coins
Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move 250 coins
Dillon's Rolling Western 250 coins
HarmoKnight 300 coins
Dillon's Rolling Western: The Last Ranger 300 coins
Fludity: Spin Cycle 300 coins
Crosswords Plus 600 coins
Brain Age: Concentration Training 600 coins
Super Mario 3D Land 600 coins
New Super Mario Bros. 2 600 coins
Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D 600 coins
Star Fox 64 3D 700 coins
Paper Mario: Sticker Star 700 coins
Kid Icarus: Uprising 700 coins


Wii U Virtual Console


Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 200 coins
Super Punch-Out!! 200 coins
Golden Sun 200 coins
F-Zero 200 coins
F-Zero: Maximum Velocity 200 coins
Ice Climber 200 coins
Volleyball 200 coins
Tennis 200 coins
Pinball 200 coins
NES Open Tournament Golf 200 coins
Ice Hockey 200 coins
Golf 200 coins
Clu Clu Land 200 coins
Baseball 200 coins
Wario's Woods 200 coins
Urban Champion 200 coins
Dr. Mario 200 coins
Donkey Kong 3 200 coins
Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels 200 coins
Super Mario Bros. 3 200 coins
Super Mario Bros 200 coins
Yoshi 200 coins
Balloon Fight 200 coins
Kid Icarus 200 coins
Zelda II: the Adventure of Link 200 coins
Metroid 200 coins
Pilotwings 200 coins
Wrecking Crew 200 coins
Mario Bros. 200 coins
Super Mario Bros 2 200 coins
Excitebike 200 coins
Donkey Kong Jr. 200 coins
Super Metroid 200 coins
Super Mario World 200 coins
Punch-Out!! Featuring Mr. Dream 200 coins
Earthbound 250 coins
Wii Virtual Console
Clu Clu Land 200 coins
Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels 200 coins
Zoda's Revenge: StarTropics II 200 coins
NES Play Action Football 200 coins
Mario Golf 250 coins
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past 250 coins
Star Fox 64 250 coins
F-Zero X 250 coins
Super Mario 64 250 coins
Super Metroid 250 coins
Paper Mario 250 coins
Mario Kart 64 250 coins
1080 Snowboarding 250 coins
Super Punch-Out!! 250 coins
Pilotwings 250 coins
Super Smash Bros. 250 coins
Mario Tennis 250 coins
Mario Party 2 250 coins
Super Mario Kart 250 coins
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 250 coins
3DS Virtual Console
Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins 150 coins
Super Mario Land 150 coins
Baseball 150 coins
Kid Icarus of Myths and Monsters 150 coins
Metroid II: Return of Samus 150 coins
Tennis 150 coins
Golf 150 coins
Donkey Kong 150 coins
Mario's Picross 150 coins
Radar Mission 150 coins
Wario Land 2 200 coins
Punch-Out!! Featuring Mr. Dream 200 coins
Mario Golf 200 coins
Donkey Kong 3 200 coins
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening 200 coins
Donkey Kong Jr. 200 coins
Metroid 200 coins
The Legend of Zelda 200 coins


3D Classics

3D Classics: TwinBee 150 coins
3D Classics: Xevious 200 coins
3D Classics: Kid Icarus 200 coins
3D Classics: Excitebike 200 coins
3D Classics: Urban Champion 200 coins

Reminders

1/20/2015 Products released after this date are not eligible for registration with Club Nintendo

3/31/2015 Last day to earn Coins, register products with Club Nintendo, and sign up for new Club Nintendo membership

6/30/2015 Last day to redeem Coins or access your account on the Club Nintendo website. Club Nintendo program shuts down at 11:59pm PT on 6/30/2015.

Nintendo Handhelds are Literally Indestructible!

A post from redditor mightsoundsillybut shows his 3DS that has been caught on fire and still works. Take a look at the pictures below and see for yourself:

Other than the pics shown above, I know most of you are also familiar with the Nintendo DS that had survived mount everest and a Gameboy that had survived a bomb explosion during the Gulf War.

if there's a gundamium in anime, nintendium is going to be their equivalent in real life

Watch The Monster Hunter 4 Opening Movie

Monster Hunter 4 will be released outside Japan early 2015 and almost all of us who owns a 3DS agrees that this is one of the games that we're all waiting for and after watching this, I just really got hyped with the game. Just look how intense this opening video is:

A Funny But Awkward Hyrule Warriors Glitch

Recently Hyrule Warriors has been released in Japan and players discovered a weird glitch. Here's the screenshot:

As you can see, the screenshot shows that characters accidentally swapped animations and movesets with other characters. Look at Princess Zelda's face when she tries to lift that huge metal ball and Link's looking fabolous as hell with his kawaii pose.

The glitch seems to be activated by selecting an additional character as player 2 in Adventure Mode and leaving the cursor over their weapon selection. Pressing B to then go back will faintly leave Player 2’s weapon on Player 1’s selection screen. Moving the stick when the game reverts back to the original weapon set will allow you to enter the game with Player 2’s moves.

By the time this game gets released in other countries, it's possible that they would make a patch that would remove this glitch but, personally, I hope they won't because it looks like a funny piece of easter egg that I would gladly show my friends to get a good laugh.

Could This Be The Next-Gen Handheld Device By Nintendo?

Users from Neogaf had just spotted a patent by Nintendo together with AMBRELLA Co. that looks like a new handheld device, filed On March 7, 2014 and was published on September 11, via the USPTO. It could possibly be a new handheld that is going to be next to 3ds but I'm not sure yet since the complete details regarding the device other than the patent is not clear yet.

Interesting enough, the device is described that it's going to utilize NFC/RFID figures and IC cards (smart cards) for gaming purposes, with Pokémon (seemingly) in focus.





This image looks like the pokemon menu from pokemon games.

For more information and details about the patent, click here

What You Can Do In Smash Bros Demo

To some 3DS owners who were not lucky enough to get an early access to the demo, in case you're curious, here's the list of what the demo featured:




•You can only play smash mode but you can play solo or play with friends who have their own copy of the demo

•You can only choose from five characters: Mega Man, Villager, Pikachu, Link and Mario all of which has an alternate costume

•You can only access one stage; Battlefield, and you can play it in omega form or normal mode

Watch Nintendo Minute Plays Smash Bros 3DS For... 13 Minutes

Nintendo Minute, a show from Nintendo's official channel plays four player smash bros 3DS for 13 minutes and features 3 of the exclusive stages that 3DS users will get. Watch them play at Tortimer Island from Animal Crossing, Find Mii stage and Tomodachi Life stage which are all from Nintendo 3DS exclusive games.

Did You Get Your Early Access To Smash Bros 3DS Demo?

A while ago, Nintendo sent e-mails to people who have been a member of Club Nintendo and attained Platinum status this year for an early access to Smash Bros 3DS demo. People who got an email will receive one unique redeem code plus 3 more codes for your friends to get their codes too.

If you're not that aware of what Club Nintendo is and how to get Platinum status, it's simple. Go to Club Nintendo's official website then, whenever you buy games from Nintendo, you'll notice a piece of paper with codes to redeem as points in the website. To achieve a Platinum status, you must get certain amount of points to achieve it.

So, if ever you're not a member yet lucky enough to keep enough Nintendo points from your games and just felt lazy to register before, now's your chance.

all codes for this special demo must be redeemed by Sept. 19.

Save Up to 38% On This Week's Super Smash Bros Themed eShop Sale Until October 2!

Week 2 for the Nintendo's Super Smashing Sale has started and new fighters has been featured. Save up to 38% for select games starring Smash characters:


FROM LEGEND OF ZELDA

The Legend of Zelda™: A Link Between Worlds - from $39.99 to $29.99 -Nintendo 3DS

The Legend of Zelda™: A Link Between Worlds - from $39.99 to $29.99 -Nintendo 3DS

The Legend of Zelda™: A Link to the Past™ - from $7.99 to $4.99 - Wii U

The Legend of Zelda™: Oracle of Ages™ - from $5.99 to $3.99 - Nintendo 3DS

The Legend of Zelda™: Oracle of Seasons™ - from $5.99 to $3.99 - Nintendo 3DS

The Legend of Zelda™: The Minish Cap - from $7.99 to $4.99 - Wii U


FROM F-Zero

F-Zero™ - from $7.99 to $4.99 - Wii U


FROM FIRE EMBLEM

Fire Emblem™ Awakening - from $39.99 to $29.99 - Nintendo 3DS


FROM MEGA MAN

Mega Man™ - from $4.99 to $3.49 - Nintendo 3DS

Mega Man™ 2 - from $4.99 to $3.49 - Nintendo 3DS

Mega Man™ X - from $7.99 to $4.99 - Wii U

Mega Man™ X2 - from $7.99 to $4.99 - Wii U


FROM KID ICARUS

Kid Icarus™: Uprising - from $34.99 to $24.99 - Nintendo 3DS

Kid Icarus™ - from $4.99 to $3.49 - Wii U


FROM SONIC THE HEDGEHOG

Sonic™ the Hedgehog - from $4.99 to $3.49 - Nintendo 3DS



SOURCE Nintendo.com

Nintendo Will Release A Persona Q 3DS XL And It's Not The "New" Version But It's Gorgeous!

Nintendo has been consistently releasing different themed 3DS XL from time to time and almost all the time it looks great(Remember that gold 3DS XL zelda? dayummm!) and Persona Q is about to be released this fall. Yesterday, Nintendo announced via Twitter:

ATLUS fans will love this new #3DS XL model, inspired by Persona Q and coming exclusively to GameStop on 11/25. pic.twitter.com/rX9BDqpXCU

— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) September 10, 2014

Looks Neat right? Here, take a look at another image of the product:

If that doesn't get you excited, it's either you haven't played a single persona game yet, you have a poor taste, or, you know that this is not a goddamn "New 3DS version"! If you haven't heard of it yet, you better check this out.

I love Nintendo and Persona and this new 3DS XL, but, c'mon! I wouldn't spend another $199.99 for a device that's going to be obsolete after a year, or worse, less than a year! I hope Nintendo would stop doing this kind of strategy which is like screwing with their fans who's already not that many but stays loyal to them!

Lastly, please, fix your shit and learn how to name your devices properly! My friends don't even know the difference between Wii/Wii U and DS/3DS/New 3DS! Is that supposed to be a trap for your consumers or something? They really don't have to do that. Their games are already fantastic!

I'm not a hater of Nintendo. I love their games and I grew up playing Super Mario, Pokemon, etc., but these kind of things that Nintendo do is just really disappointing sometimes.

Pikmin Movie, To Be Unveiled In Tokyo International Film Festival

Shigeru Miyamoto produced a pikmin movie as part of a research project for the giant Japanese games company. Shigeru Miyamoto and Nobuo Kawakami, chairman of Dwango and producer-trainer at Studio Ghibli, will hold the presentation for "Pikmin Short Movies" that will be unveiled in The Tokyo International Film Festival.



The film will be a compilation of three shorts entitled, "The Night Juicer", where Captain Olimar makes his favorite juice; “Occupational Hazards,” which is an adventure at a construction site; and "Treasure In A bottle", where Pikmin meets a strange treasure.

The Tokyo International Film Festival runs at Roppongi Hills and various venues around the city Oct. 25-31.

Shipment For Dragon Quest X for 3DS Is On Momentary Halt

With the success of the massively multiplayer online RPG, Dragon Quest X for 3DS that's been released in Japan last week, it's no wonder that Square Enix encountered a multitude of server issues. This is due to players having a huge influx with many unable to log on to the game's cloud server during peak hours.

During the game's debut week, the first shipment has been sold out. Square Enix decided to temporarily halt the following shipments to avoid more technical difficulties to be encountered and decided to focus on the current consumers for the meantime to let them experience the game smoothly. For players who already played a huge amount of game time, Square decided to reimburse the game with free game hours to allow fair usage when the server starts to operate smoothly again.

The game requires a subscription fee. For a 3-day pass (350 yen, or $3.50), 10-day pass (650 yen, or $6.50), or 30-day pass (1,500 yen, or $15). The main game is priced 3,800 yen (about $37) and includes some in-game items and 60 days of free play time and is only available in Japan for now.

Watch Nintendo Treehouse Via Twitch On September 12! Could There Be A Surprise Announcement?

Recently, Nintendo Treehouse has announced via twitter that they'll be streaming 8 hours of gameplay on twitch this coming September 12.

Join us for Nintendo Treehouse: Live @ The Treehouse for game play live streamed via Twitch! #NOATreehouse pic.twitter.com/ziSJ5QGjxv

— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) September 8, 2014

And Here's another tweet from a while ago

So happy you’re excited for Nintendo Treehouse: Live @ The Treehouse! The live stream of upcoming holiday titles starts at 10 AM PT on 9/12

— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) September 10, 2014

They said that they are going to stream upcoming holiday "titles". Based on Nintendo's Release Calendar, Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker is the only title that is coming this holiday. Does the Treehouse prepare a surprise unannounced title that's coming this holiday? I'm just speculating but I hope there will be.

Xbox One And 3DS, Fighting For The Top Spot In Japan!

Last time, I posted an image of how sad the Xbox One's release has been in Japan. Today, however, based on Japanese software and hardware charts, it has been a great week for Xbox One, beating the always consistent 3DS when it comes to sales in the top spot. Take note, however, that this list is only for this week and most of us hope, even if I'm not a fan and I don't own any Xbox console, that Xbox One might have a consistent good sales even if it won't always be on the top spot. Competition is always great, a variety of games and consoles is always a good benefit for gamers with different tastes.

Meanwhile, the sales for Wii U dropped slightly this week but in software sales, 3DS dominates the top 20 with Yokai Watch 2 on top 1 and Dragon Quest X online as a new entry for the 2nd spot.

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

[3DS] Yokai Watch 2: Ganso / Honke (Level-5, 07/10/14) – 63,401 (2,422,146)
[3DS] Dragon Quest X Online (Square Enix, 09/04/14) – 52,375 (New)
[PSV] Toukiden Kiwami (Koei Tecmo, 08/28/14) – 26,599 (105,983)
[PSV] Love Live! School Idol Paradise Vol. 1: Printemps Unit / Vol 2. BiBi Unit / Vol 3. Lily White Unit (Kadokawa Games, 08/28/14) – 12,856 (72,566)
[PS3] Persona 4 Arena Ultimax (Atlus, 08/28/14) – 12,004 (101,472)
[PS4] Samurai Warriors 4 (Koei Tecmo, 09/04/14) – 11,757 (New)
[XBO] Titanfall (EA, 09/04/14) – 8,961 (New)
[Wii U] Mario Kart 8 (Nintendo, 05/29/14) – 8,221 (659,079)
[3DS] Medarot 8: Kabuto Ver. / Kuwagata Ver. (Rocket, 08/28/14) – 8,214 (41,540)
[XBO] Dead Rising 3 (Microsoft, 09/04/14) – 7,786 (New)
[3DS] Yoshi’s New Island (Nintendo, 07/24/14) – 6,919 (173,980)
[XBO] Forza Motorsport 5 (Microsoft, 09/04/14) – 5,948 (New)
[PSP] Toukiden Kiwami (Koei Tecmo, 08/28/14) – 5,802 (16,828)
[3DS] Yokai Watch (Level-5, 07/11/13) – 5,7000 (1,264,844)
[PS3] Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 (Konami, 09/04/14) – 5,222 (New)
[3DS] Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission 2 (Bandai Namco, 08/07/14) – 5,009 (133,059)
[Wii U] Hyrule Warriors (Koei Tecmo, 08/14/14) – 4,933 (96,812)
[PS4] The Last of Us Remastered (SCE, 08/21/14) – 4,898 (44,266)
[3DS] Taiko Drum Master: Don and Katsu’s Space-Time Great Adventure (Banai Namco, 06/26/14) – 4,749 (157,369)
[PS3] Super Robot Taisen OG Saga: Masou Kishin F Coffin of the End (Bandai Namco, 08/28/14) – 4,437 (33,245)

Hardware Sales (followed by last week’s sales)

Xbox One – 25,674 (N/A)
3DS LL – 23,624 (30,111)
PlayStation Vita – 14,441 (19,578)
Wii U – 7,349 (8,584)
PlayStation 4 – 7,299 (6,502)
PlayStation 3 – 6,139 (7,895)
3DS – 5,931 (7,404)
PlayStation Vita TV – 910 (1,156)
PSP – 288 (187)
Xbox 360 – 126 (86)

SOURCE

Watch Super Smash Bros 3DS Game Demo

With Japan having the game demo live on the Nintendo 3DS eShop today, some Youtubers were able to upload their own videos of how the game could be played today. Below are 2 videos uploaded by GameXplain via Youtube showing the different menus in the game and a battlefield and Link's final smash. Check out these videos:

Super Smash Bros 3DS will be released in Japan this month, September 13th, North America and Europe on October 3 and Australia on October 4. There is currently no news yet for demos outside Japanese eShop but I'll give an update if Nintendo announce an exact date.

New Club Nintendo Rewards Are Now Available

Are you a registered member of Club Nintendo? If you aren't yet, don't let those club nintendo points go to waste and register you games to earn free games and other rewards. This month, Club Nintendo is offering the following games:

•Mario Bros (Wii U) 200 Coins
•Super Punch Out!! (Wii) 200 Coins
•NES Play Action Football (Wii) 200 Coins
•Super Mario Bros (Nintendo 3DS) 200 Coins
•The Legend of Zelda (Nintendo 3DS) 200 Coins
•Touch Solitaire (Nintendo 3DS) 150 Coins
•Pictobits (Nintendo 3DS) 200 Coins
•Kirby Super Star (Wii U) 200 Coins

Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate Collector's Edition For North America, Unveiled

Hyped for the upcoming new installment for Monster Hunter? Well, who's not? Let me get you more excited. Capcom has posted in their blog the details for the new Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate Collector's Edition which will include the following:

1) Exclusive Gore Magala figure

An exclusive figure that's only going to be available when you buy the collector's edition. It may look familiar but this figure will have a special translucent version. The design is not final though but it will surely be awesome.

2) Felyne wearing Gore Magala armor Pin

Pin #10 from Felyne Pin Collection, this Felyne is wearing the eerie looking Gore Magala Armor

3) Monster Icon lanyard

A simple lanyard with some of the monster icons that's included in the game.

4) Cleaning cloth

For sure, you'll play this game for a lot of hours and your 3DS will surely get a lot of sweat and spit every time you scream with frustration whenever you fight a strong monster. A beautiful microfiber screen wipe is included with a Monster Hunter themed design to make your 3DS look cleaner whenever you play. There's no final artwork for the design though but I'm hoping it would be an awesome one.

5) A North American version of Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate

It's not confirmed yet but I hope the game will be included. LOL just kidding. XD

6) Supply Item Box

This is the box where all of the neat stuff will be stored. Pretty neat huh? This box resembles the Supply Box from the game.

The price for the collector's edition will be $59.99 and you can pre-order it at GameStop right now. The quantities are limited so you should hurry. This is only available in North America.