The Last Story comes out in Europe on February 24 and creator/director Hironbu Sakaguchi is hanging out in France with Link.

“I feel that finding such one big hit is my basic job,” Miyamoto says.

Despite strong 3DS performance, stronger-than-expected appreciation of the yen put a damper on Nintendo’s forecasts for the year.

Horii: “We could even take RPGs a little further. Up until now, the computer has been the master of the game world. I think it would be neat to have an RPG where the player was a god.”

“Context. Context is everything in making a translation sound natural, but sometimes you have little or no idea exactly what will be happening in-game when a line appears, so you have to be really careful about every little detail.”

Nintendo clarify that Miyamoto won’t be retiring from his position as Nintendo’s senior managing director as some are assuming.

“Inside our office, I’ve been recently declaring, ‘I’m going to retire, I’m going to retire,’” Miyamoto shares.

How does Nintendo president, Satoru Iwata, come up with topics to discuss during his “Iwata Asks” interviews?

A Japanese patent application filed by Nintendo reveals an accessory you slide on to a Wii remote and turns it into a touchpad.

Nintendo has another 3DS color that matches the holiday season. Japan gets Ice White handhelds on November 3 for the standard console price of 15,000 yen ($195).

Nintendo and Sony are both holding their own pre-Tokyo Game Show press conferences. Nintendo’s event for their 3DS reveals is on September 13th at…

Yoshi, Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, and Metroid added to the list.

“We are currently drastically changing our way of thinking regarding networks, which might have looked very closed before,” says president, Satoru Iwata.

Following the news from Japan, Nintendo of America announced a similar price cut. The Nintendo 3DS will retail for $169.99 starting on August 12.