3D Sonic the Hedgehog, 3D Altered Beast, Donkey Kong 3, The Legend of the Mystical Ninja, and more!

Mario, Contra, Ninja Gaiden, Heathcliff, Pokémon, and SEGA’s 3D Classics are just some of this week’s releases and sale items.

Nintendo of Canada has announced a new way to keep up with their latest releases through the convenience of your smart phone.

Mario Party has an odd legacy among Nintendo’s many franchises. While in most cases, the company seems happy to release one or two entries in a given series for a console generation before calling it a day, they released 10 Mario Parties over the course of eight years — quite a number by any standard, but especially for Nintendo.

With the triple-threat of The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds and Mario Party: Island Tour for Nintendo 3DS and Super Mario 3D World for Wii U now available to take on the newly released next generation platforms of the PlayStation 4 from Sony and the Xbox One from Microsoft, the battle to claim consumers’ dollars this holiday season is now fully underway.

Following are the deals to be found this week at the EB Games, Walmart, Target, Toys R Us, Future Shop, and Best Buy stores across Canada. Please note that some of these deals were found using a Toronto postal code, and may not apply in all regions; to find whether or not your local stores are participating, click the associated links within.

Venture into a new 3D world, party on an island tour, become a wall painting, and… defend a whale in court?

While as of this writing, the Xbox One is not due to be released until midnight tonight, that didn’t stop grey skies, harsh winds, and eventually some precipitation of the snow-like variety from descending upon Yonge-Dundas Square in Toronto, where a colossal Xbox One unit had appeared, waiting for just the right moment to reveal to a crowd of onlookers what surprises were in store within.

Following are the deals to be found this week at the EB Games, Walmart, Target, Toys R Us, Future Shop, and Best Buy stores across Canada. Please note that some of these deals were found using a Toronto postal code, and may not apply in all regions; to find whether or not your local stores are participating, click the associated links within.

It’s a touch late, but here are the highlights of the latest Nintendo Direct video.