Want the original Super Mario Kart? Then you got it. Nintendo's announced that the classic title will be heading to the Virtual Console of the Wii -- as soon as Monday comes.

Homebrew coder Leathl has released a new version of ShowMiiWads, a Windows-based Wad file manager for the Nintendo Wii. The utility displays info about wad files, edits them and give a preview of the Banner and Icon. The latest update has added new features, bug fixes and various other improvements.

Download: ShowMiiWads v1.2

Homebrew coder Zack has dropped by our forums to release a new update for Snes9X Euphoria, a Super Nintendo Entertainment System emulators for the PSP based on Ruka's Snes9xTyl. The latest update is mostly a bug fix release.

Download: Snes9X Euphoria R2.1
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Homebrew developer Zack has released Snes9X Euphoria R1, an SNES emulator for the PSP based on Ruka's Snes9xTyl. This release deals mainly with speed, so if you're running into framerate problems on your old SNES emulators you might want to give this a try.

Thanks to Thrik for the tip!

Download: Snes9X Euphoria R1

More updates from homebrew coder Tantric today, together with michniewski, they have released a new version of the SNES emulator for the Nintendo Wii. The Snes9x GX is a Super Nintendo emulator for the Nintendo Wii based on the PC emulator SNES9x 1.51. The latest update has corrected some issues from the previous release.


Download: Snes9x GX v4.0.9

Now that the Japanese version of Final Fantasy IV: The After Years, is now available for download via WiiWare, Square Enix is tossing yet another FF classic into the Nintendo lineup. In case you don't fancy the DS release of the SNES classic Final Fantasy IV, you could get the original from Virtual Console starting this August.

Indie game developer Curve Studio has announced that they'll be releasing a downloadable PSP version of their upcoming PSN title Explodemon! once the PSP Go is in stores. Details in the full article.

We've all seen some pretty fancy console mods in the past. Heck, maybe you guys even own one or two. The fanciest console that I ever owned was a red and black SNES that actually housed a NES inside it. OK, on second thought it wasn't really all that fancy, but this Nintendo Wii console that THQ gave to the Queen of England certainly is.

It's no secret that Nintendo's success comes from the immense backing of the casual gaming market, but in her rather lively and upbeat  interview with Bitmob, Nintendo corporate affairs VP Denise Kaigler, talked about the relationship that the Nintendo has with the hardcore gamers.

Here's a nice treat for the DKC fans - from the massive melting pot that is YouTube comes two music mash-ups featuring the music from Donkey Kong Country 2 and 3. What's interesting here is that some music across those two titles are actually very similar, and even DKC fans would appreciate the seemless transition between the tracks. Grab your headphones or turn up your speakers - this one's gonna take you back to the good ol' days.