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By Owen Good Pharma firm Bayer has created a DS plug-in built on the idea that diabetic kids typically lose track of no-fun things like glucose meters, but rarely lose fun things like gaming handhelds. Nintendo DS Glucose Reader Plugin for Kids with Diabetes [Boing Boing

By Michael McWhertor Sega, for example, is simply a portmanteau of the words "service" and "games." Nintendo, officially, a direct translation from the Japanese to mean "leave luck to heaven." And Sony, well, that's a fabricated word, a twist on the Latin word "sonus" and the familiar "sonny."

By Michael McWhertor The PlayStation 3 version of Ninja Gaiden II, now with extra Sigma, will feature more than just a playable Ryu Hayabusa. You'll also play as the anatomically impressive Rachel, a trashier looking Ayane, and the expectedly stacked Momiji.

By Michael McWhertor Club Nintendo of Japan members were most recently treated to a trio of goods—a gold painted Mario Kart Wii wheel, a Club Nintendo calendar for 2009 and a plush-looking Mario hat—something we hope Nintendo of America will one-up for its American fans. May I suggest something, anything, in...

By Michael McWhertor Nintendo has a new hit on its hands, as Tomodachi Collection for the Nintendo DS tops Japanese sales charts. The Mii collection and interaction software moved more than 100,000 copies in its first week on sale. Media Create Weekly Software Sales [Gpara]

By Michael McWhertor According to details from GameSpot, AAA: El Videojuego will be coming to current-gen high def consoles courtesy of Immersion Software, with versions planned to hit the PSP, Wii and Nintendo DS after their PS3 and 360 counterparts ship. Expect six-sided ring action with luchadore theat...

By Mike Fahey Description:Try your hand at the newest puzzle craze to come out of Japan, NEVES Plus! Enhanced for WiiWare, NEVES Plus not only retains all the simple, mind-bending tangram-based game play from the original Nintendo DS™ version, but also includes new multiplayer modes wrapped up in a...

By Michael McWhertor 12. Mario & Luigi RPG3!! (DS) 14. Mario Kart Wii (Wii) 15. Made in Ore (DS) 16. Taiko no Tatsujin Wii (Wii) 17. Yuusha 30 (PSP) 18. Pokémon Platinum (DS) 19. Wii Sports (Wii) 24. Monster Hunter G (Wii) 26. Deca Sports 2 (Wii) 27. Wii de Asobu Pikmin 2 (Wii) 30. New Super Mario Bros. (DS)

By Michael McWhertor Tecmo's Nostalgia for the Nintendo DS is accurately titled. Developed by Matrix Software and Red Entertainment, it will have Japanese role-playing game fans waxing nostalgic due to its well-worn mechanics and allusions. RPG Dream Team Delivers Steampunk Nostalgia To The DS [Kotaku]

By Brian Crecente While the box for Guitar Hero On Tour: Modern Hits does include the very tiny disclaimer on the back that the title is "compatible with Nintendo DS and DS Lite" I still think that not just a few kids are going to be picking this up for their DSi without thinking it through.

By Brian Ashcraft Those who pre-order the limited edition DS title Strike Witches will get a "bloomer" pouch. Bloomers (buruma) are the gym shorts schoolgirls in Japan typically wear. Strike Witches hits the Nintendo DS this September. DS版ストパン特典ブルマポーチ「心に染みるブルー！」って、いやいやいや！ [AkibaOS]

By Stephen Totilo Scribblenauts is set for release later this year on the Nintendo DS. IGN Best of E3 Winners 2009: Scribblenauts 2008: Fallout 3 2007: Fallout 3 2006: BioShock 2005: Spore 2004: Halo 2 2003: Half-Life 2 2002: Metroid Prime 2001: Star Wars Galaxies 2000: Metal Gear Solid 2

By Stephen Totilo Two of the men leading the new Metroid Wii game told Kotaku about their narrative ambitions for the 2010 sequel Metroid Other M and explained why the Metroid Prime team isn't involved. Metroid Other M is slated for release next year. Later this summer, Nintendo will release a Wii compilatio...

By Michael McWhertor The U.S. video game industry took another hit, right in the sensitive hardware region, as May sales show another month-to-month and year-over-year decline. Despite drops, Nintendo remains the hardware champ thanks to continued Nintendo DS and Wii sales.

By Michael McWhertor 12. Made in Ore (DS) 13. Mario & Luigi RPG3!!! (DS) 14. Mario Kart Wii (Wii) 18. Taiko no Tatsujin Wii (Wii) 20. Wii Sports (Wii) 21. Bleach: Heat The Soul 6 (PSP) 22. Pokémon Platinum (DS) 23. Wii de Asobu Pikmin 2 (Wii) 24. Monster Hunter G (Wii) 25. New Super Mario Bros. (DS)

By Michael McWhertor The newest issue of Famitsu teases Tingle's return, offering little more than an elfin sprite, the text "Fairy?" in Japanese, Nintendo of Japan's official URL and a platform—the Nintendo DS. Tingle's already been given star treatment in two DS games, Freshly-Picked Tingle's Rosy Rupe...

By Michael McWhertor Nintendo's Glory of Heracles feels like the company's attempt at RPG Training, a My First Role-Playing Game for the crowd fearful of stats-heavy, turn-based conventions. But then the Nintendo DS game quickly becomes that very thing.

By Mike Fahey This week's Nintendo Download features two new downloadable titles for your DSi, a Pitfall adventure on the Virtual Console, and the most unfortunately timed pirate game release ever. Nintendo DSiWare™ WiiWare Virtual Console

By Mike Fahey In 2004 Nintendo released the little dual-screen handheld that could, the Nintendo DS. Two years later they trimmed down the fat with the sleeker, shinier DS Lite. Now the third version of the handheld has made it to North America, and Nintendo fans all over the country are taking pictures o...

By Michael McWhertor The arrival of the Nintendo DSi in North America, Europe and Australia brings about the first Nintendo handheld in nearly eight years that doesn't support Game Boy Advance games. Who wants to reflect? Funeral For The Game Boy Advance [MTV Multiplayer]

By Mike Fahey Nintendo DSi Nintendo Points Card™ at retail locations for redemption in the Nintendo DSi Shop. All points from one Nintendo Points Card will need to be redeemed at the Nintendo DSi Shop. Nintendo Points Card will start to become available at select retail locations beginning Apr. 5. Wii

By Michael McWhertor Nintendo DSi Sound, which features AAC sound file support (sorry, no MP3s, gang), makes the hardware a capable on-the-go music player. If DSi Sound is in use, closing the screen won't put the system into sleep mode if headphones are attached.

By Mike Fahey The man is a poet, ladies and gentlemen. Look for more epic prose when Don King Boxing is released on the Nintendo Wii and DS on March 31st. 2K Sports Brings Don King Boxing to Wii™ and Nintendo DS™ Step into the ring with the Wii Balance Board™!

By Michael McWhertor About Nintendo: The worldwide pioneer in the creation of interactive entertainment, Nintendo Co., Ltd., of Kyoto, Japan, manufactures and markets hardware and software for its Wii™ and Nintendo DS™ systems. Since 1983, when it launched the Nintendo Entertainment System™, Nintendo ha...

By Mike Fahey Just when we figured that we were doomed to live life without a game about Puffins, Majesco swoops in like a mighty seabird to announce Puffins: Island Adventure for the Nintendo DS. MAJESCO ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCES PUFFINS: ISLAND ADVENTURE FOR NINTENDO DSTM

By Mike Fahey Atlus delivers old school beat 'em up gameplay with a badass 70's cop show vibe to the palm of your hand, announcing Tokyo Beat Down, coming in March to the Nintendo DS. Of course not. They play them to be the badass copy in a white blazer, and you'll find plenty of white blazers in the screens bel...

By Mike Fahey LONDON, UK – January 7, 2009 – Today Ubisoft announced that it has signed a licensing agreement with ABC Studios to develop a video game based on the acclaimed television drama series "Grey’s Anatomy." Designed for the Wii™, the Nintendo DS™ and PC Grey’s Anatomy: The Video Game is schedul...

By Mike Fahey Atlus today reveals a special bonus soundtrack for fans who pre-order the upcoming Legacy of Ys: Books I & II compilation for the Nintendo DS in their own signature Atlus style. Legacy of Ys: Books I & II is scheduled for release for Nintendo DS™ on February 10, 2009, with an MSRP of $...

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By Mike Fahey The Nintendo department also features specially trained Nintendo experts who can walk shoppers through the department’s experience and provide information about Nintendo products. Shoppers can easily identify these experts by their special Nintendo-branded uniforms.

By Brian Crecente Buy a PlayStation 3 80GB console and get Resistance 2 Collector's Edition and a PlayStation 3 Component AV & USB cable free Buy a PlayStation 3 80GB console and get Wall-E Blu-ray (2-Disc set) and Disney Sing It! Bundle with Microphone for free

By Mike Fahey Konami has unleashed a flurry of new art, screens, and information on Suikoden: Tierkrieis, the game that takes the hunt for the 108 Stars of Destiny to the Nintendo DS. Developer: Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. Platform: Nintendo DS Release Date: March 2009 Genre: RPG

By Luke Plunkett FREE Nintendo® DS™ accessory with the purchase of Nintendo® DS™ Brain Age Bundle or Nintendo® DS™ Super Mario Bros. Bundle More than 80% off Xbox 360 Wired Guitar Hero Game Controller Up to 50% off Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Bundle for Wii, PS3 and Xbox 360

By Michael McWhertor It was a down week for hardware sales in Japan, with the Wii the only platform to see an uptick in sales week-to-week. The recently launched Nintendo DSi still tops the charts and is in no danger of losing its position to any of its hardware competitors. It does about half of the total hardware s...

By Brian Crecente The report details the features and functions that consumers are most aware of and using on their portable entertainment devices including the Playstation Portable (PSP), the Nintendo DS, iPods, iPhones, and smartphones by examining feature use and awareness, purchased content, p...

By Mike Fahey NEW YORK, NY – November 10, 2008 – Atari brings a fresh approach to platforming on Nintendo DS™ with The Chase: Felix Meets Felicity, the fast-paced game in which players navigate their way through bizarre obstructions, interruptions and mishaps, using the stylus to draw a path to the ob...

By Brian Crecente Activision Publishing has worked with Budcat Creations on the development of multiple games in the Guitar Hero franchise including Guitar Hero(R) III: Legends of Rock(TM), Guitar Hero(R): Aerosmith(R) and Guitar Hero(R) World Tour. The studio is currently in development on a new gam...

By Mike Fahey REDWOOD CITY, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—EA Montreal and Black Box, studios of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS), announced today that their award-winning Skate It videogame will hit retail stores starting November 19th in North America and November 20th in Europe for the Wii™ and Nint...

By Stuart Houghton On the count of five the timer is off and we all bow our heads to pray to the Nintengods. Taking a few sneaky looks around in between grinds/photos I spot people playing Metroid Prime: Hunters, Mario Party, even fiddling with Korg DS-10.

By Owen Good Nintendo DS Lite White + Brain Training Nintendo DS Lite White + Nintendogs (Labrador & Friends) Nintendo DS Lite Pink + Nintendogs (Labrador & Friends) Nintendo DS Lite Black + Brain Training Nintendo DS Lite Red + Big Brain Academy

By Adam Barenblat The game will be hitting shelves on October 14th for Wii, PS3, Xbox 360, and Nintendo DS.

By Brian Crecente SAN FRANCISCO, CA – September 18 2008 – Today Ubisoft announced that Prince of Persia will ship December 2, 2008 for the Xbox 360(TM) video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system, and PC. Prince of Persia: The Fallen King will also...

By Mike Fahey “In today’s fashion world, carrying customized accessories means everything,” said Kara Richter, CEO and founder of From Bags to Riches. “With the addition of the stylish Nintendo DS, Nintendo brings to fashion accessories what Prada brought to stylish messenger bags.”

By Mike Fahey Theme Parks’ Guests to Experience Wario Land: Shake It!’s Game-Play Features and Compete for Prizes a Wii system and a copy of Wario Land: Shake It! a Nintendo DS™ system a gift certificate for Six Flags merchandise fun premium items

By Stuart Houghton Anyway, what we have here is a cracking little collection of musical experiments created using the KORG DS-10 emulator for the Nintendo DS, for a competition at MP3Death.us/diplodocus.

By Brian Crecente Need for Speed Undercover is being developed by Black Box in Vancouver, B.C. and is slated to ship this November. It will be available for Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment system, PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system, and Wii™ as well as the PlayStation®2 computer entertain...

By Brian Crecente Headquartered in New York City, Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. is a global developer, marketer, distributor and publisher of interactive entertainment software games for the PC, PLAYSTATION®3 and PlayStation®2 computer entertainment systems, PSP® (PlayStation®Portable...

By Luke Plunkett Simon Parkin's written a piece over on GameSetWatch about a little trip he took to to Amsterdam. Nothing saucy or inhaled, mind you, just a bunch of impressions of one of the city's more adult tourist attractions. That and the brief tale of a walk past a young girl, in one of said attraction's s...

By Brian Ashcraft Korean MMO Ragnarok Online is coming to the DS. This is the first time the game has been released on a non-PC platform. The online game is getting the portable treatment by a new console division in GungHo Online Entertainment (the company responsible Ragnarok in Japan). Gameplay in Ragnaro...

By Luke Plunkett Based on Cartoon Network’s animated television series of the same name, TRANSFORMERS Animated, available exclusively on the Nintendo DS™, under license from Hasbro, delivers an exciting action-adventure experience. As they blast through DECEPTICON-controlled hoverbots, playe...

By Leigh Alexander SouthPeak Interactive Corporation develops and publishes interactive entertainment software for all current hardware platforms including: PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system, PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system, PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, Xb...

By Mike Fahey With 24 levels, 12 bosses, more than 20 different slayer weapons and collectible spells to enhance Buffy's powers and abilities, it sounds like Sacrifice will be a real treat for fans of the show who just can't let sleeping slayers lie. Sacrifice is set for release exclusively in Europe th...

By Michael McWhertor Tecmo has announced its list of E3 2008 wares and there's nary a trademark D-cup nor a ninja in sight, as each of its three titles lands on Nintendo hardware. Leading the charge is Tecmo Bowl: Kickoff for the Nintendo DS, a portable update to the publisher's arcade/NES classic American foot...

By Leigh Alexander BioWare, Mass Effect, Dragon Age and Jade Empire are trademarks or registered trademarks owned by EA International (Studio and Publishing) Ltd. in the U.S. and/or other countries. EA, EA SPORTS, EA SPORTS Freestyle and POGO are trademarks or registered trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc. i...

By Mike Fahey Big Bang Mini (Nintendo DS™ – January 2009) Brave: A Warriors Tale (Wii™, Xbox 360® & PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system – Fall 2008) Igor The Game (Windows PC, Wii & Nintendo DS – September 2008) Ninjatown (Nintendo DS – October 2008)

By Mike Fahey Madden NFL 09 The Sims™ 2 Apartment Pets for the Nintendo DS Zubo™ MySims Kingdom for the Wii and Nintendo DS E3 award consideration: Best Online Multiplayer Game SimCity™ Creator for the Wii MADDEN NFL 09 TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 09 E3 award consideration: Best Peripheral/ Hardware Game

By Mike Fahey SAN DIEGO—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Mad Catz Interactive, Inc. (AMEX/TSX: MCZ), a leading third-party interactive entertainment accessory provider, announced today that it has secured a license from Ubisoft, one of the world’s largest video game publishers, to produce branded accessorie...

By Brian Ashcraft 8:00 AM PDT - The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (Nintendo DS) 10:00 AM PDT - Super Mario Galaxy (Wii) 12:00 PM PDT - The New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo DS) 2:00 PM PDT - Mario Kart Wii 6:00 PM PDT - Mario Party DS 8:00 PM PDT - Pokemon Diamond and/or Pearl (Nintendo DS)

By Mike Fahey Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Will Publish Game on Wii™ and Nintendo DS™ in Fall 2008 BURBANK, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and TT Games are teaming up with Guinness World Records to bring Guinness World Records: The Videogame to Wii and Nint...

By Mike Fahey Budding dungeon designers can get excited about Atlus' latest, Master of the Monster Lair, which challenges Nintendo DS gamers to build a better monster trap. A talking shovel recruits a young hero to build dungeons to bait and trap the wandering monsters plaguing the town of South Arc. So...

By Mike Fahey Budding dungeon designers can get excited about Atlus' latest, Master of the Monster Lair, which challenges Nintendo DS gamers to build a better monster trap. A talking shovel recruits a young hero to build dungeons to bait and trap the wandering monsters plaguing the town of South Arc. So...

By Mike Fahey In order to develop the game on the Nintendo DS, this amazing adventure created by Benoit Sokal had to be totally rethought with regard to Paradise on the PC. The numerous puzzles and mind-teasers throughout the game have been completely reworked and now offer an original and intuitive ga...

By Leigh Alexander The player's individual attacks are played simply enough, while tapping numbers 1, 2 or 3 that appear at the bottom of the touch screen in the order indicated. When you're not attacking, you can continue to expand your ramparts depending on the resources you have saved up.

By Brian Crecente Nintendo plans to hand out free DS Lites and copies of Brain Training to the teachers attending an upcoming Handheld Learning Conference in London later this year. The conference, supported by Nintendo, will explore how technology can be used for learning.

By Luke Plunkett You think cheap, piece of shit games for Nintendo consoles, and which company do you think of first? Yeah. Ubisoft. Well, Ubisoft would like you to know that while most (Rabbids excepted) of their Wii & DS games look cheap, and play cheap, they're not cheap. OK, maybe they're cheap to make...

By Mike Fahey As is always the case, mere weeks after I pick up a new DS, Nintendo goes and releases a new color. The metallic rose DS, originally sold as part of a holiday Nintendogs bundle, will be hitting...

By Leigh Alexander Garcia told us she plays PC games and console titles, and owns both a Nintendo DS and a PSP. "It's something that I carry with me everywhere, like some people carry their iPods. It's the norm to me. I've had people send me messages like, 'oh you play video games?' And I'm like, 'why are you so surpr...

By Michael McWhertor There are Nintendo DS and Wii versions, each with their own unique capabilities—you can sample sounds in the DS version to create music and share screens of your creations in the Wii version—but we will have to go hands-on before we can mentally break the whole thing down, we think.

By Brian Ashcraft Nintendo Channel is an interactive guide to what's new in the world of Nintendo - now available for easy download from the Wii Shop Channel. Watch trailers, mini-documentaries, product demonstrations, and gameplay videos. Browse the game guide pages to get information about your favor...

By Mike Fahey For those of you not able to poke about on your Wii during the day, I've gone ahead and created this little video walkthrough of what to expect once you get back to your boxy little console. The Nintendo Channel is a combination video delivery device and game information database that allows...

By Mike Fahey SANTA MONICA, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—The Game Factory, an international publisher of family-friendly and casual videogames, today announced it has signed a licensing agreement with Seven Towns Limited to publish Rubik's World, a 3D puzzle game experience for the Nintendo Wii™ and...

By Mike Fahey Features: SPACE INVADERS EXTREME Features: ARKANOID DS SPACE INVADERS EXTREME will be available at North American retailers for the suggested retail price of $19.99 (USD). ARKANOID DS will be available at North American retailers for the suggested retail price of $19.99 (USD).

By Luke Plunkett R4 carts, you either love 'em or hate 'em. People who want to play pirated DS games, they love 'em. Retailers in Akihabara, they love 'em, because they sell a fuckton of them. But Nintendo? They hate 'em. And may have started doing something about it. We knew that they'd begun to grow concerned ove...

By Luke Plunkett People only seem fussed over the scores from one Japanese mag: Famitsu. And while they're not the most reliable barometer for a title's quality (for long-running franchises like Final Fantasy, you can forget about a fanbase-annoying score), it's still somewhat interesting seeing how...

By Brian Crecente Carnival Games for the Wii was a shocking success, shocking even to Take-Two which published it. In fact as of today the casual Wii title has shipped more than one million copies worldwide. Step Right Up! 2K Play Expands Its Carnival Games Franchise With Carnival Games™ For Nintendo DS™ And...

By Michael McWhertor WayForward Technologies is a game development company based in Valencia, California. Founded in 1990 by technology entrepreneur Voldi Way, Wayforward develops games for the Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS and Nintendo Wii systems, as well as TV games and PC educational software. The com...

By Michael McWhertor But lets give it up for the PlayStation 3. As I predicted in last week's episode of GameTrailers TV, the console outsold Microsoft's box last month, which makes me pretty much the smartest person in the room. Curiously though, no PlayStation 2 hardware numbers were provided by the NPD Group...

By Michael McWhertor Before Sid Meier goes massively multiplayer, he and the rest of the Civ team are bringing the Civilization series to the non-PC gaming masses. While the Wii version looks to have stalled, the Nintendo DS version is looking like a perfect it. 2K Games released a handful of new screens for the p...

By Luke Plunkett Civ Rev is the upcoming version of Civlization that, from all accounts, may actually manage to successfully transplant the Civ experience from PC to console. And if you own a 360, PS3 or DS, that may still happen! If you own a Wii, though, sorry. Your version's been delayed. Indefinitely. Deve...

By Michael McWhertor It has been made readily apparent by GameStop COO Daniel DeMatteo that retailer GameStop considers the burgeoning "casual" gaming market one of the bigger opportunities for growth. But what are they planning to do about the broad customer base buying the Wii and Nintendo DS? Well, we're...

By Luke Plunkett In case you're oblivious to the rows of unfamiliar, familiar (PS2 rehashes) and cheap shovelware lining the Wii's software shelves, know this: there's a glut of awful games coming out for the Wii over the next few months. What began as a trickle at the system's launch is cascading into a chu...

By Luke Plunkett Speaking with the New York Times, Nintendo's Reggie Fils-Aime has offered a little more info on the Wii's ability to interact with the DS. While we already know that the Wii will be able to download and transmit DS demos to the handheld, we now also know that you'll soon be able to download ful...

By Brian Crecente And the Wii isn't the only console UK buyers are searching for on the auction site. In fact half of the top ten searched items are gaming consoles with the DS at the number five spot the PSP at number six, the 360 at number 9 and the PS3 rounding out the list at number ten.

By Mark Wilson Nintendo DS Code Lyoko $12.99 Touch the Dead $12.99 Brothers in Arms DS $15.99 Eragon $15.99 Spectrobes $15.99 Theme Park DS $15.99 Ratatouille $16.99 Sim City DS $16.99 Diddy Kong Racing DS $17.99 Sonic Rush $17.99 Purr Pals $18.99 Lost in Blue $19.99 Mega Man ZX $19.99 Pokemon Ranger $21.99

By Luke Plunkett Asked by Reuters if that meant Nintendo would take action against retailers caught force-bundling, he says: We don't have to remind retailers of the strength we have right now. We are simply making an observation and that reinforces our point quite nicely with retailers. Little creepy, t...

By Flynn De Marco Who wouldn't want to swaddle their baby in this adorable Nintendo blanket. If I had (or wanted) a baby I know I certainly would. It was made by a friend for this couple's newborn. They wanted to use more modern versions of the characters rather than the old school eight bits so they ended up using...

By Mark Wilson Pardon our use of early 90s slang, but this Wii candy dispenser is totally sweet. Correction: this Wii candy dispenser is just alright. But the YouTube clip of the poor kid who opens one of these on Christmas morning, goes completely freaking berserk around the house and then has his dreams c...

By Luke Plunkett WHO WANTS NUMBERS? Gaf poster JoshuaJSlone has done us all a favour and jumped headfirst into the Wii's lifetime Japanese sales data, coming up with all kinds of neat figures, charts and comparisons. Neatest: the Wii has already overtaken the Gamecube's lifetime sales. Poor Gamecube. Sli...

By Michael McWhertor PlayStation 3 Lair - $39.99 Stranglehold Collector's Edition (with "Hard Boiled" Blu-Ray Movie) - $49.99 The Eye of Judgment (with PlayStation Eye) - $54.99 Time Crisis 4 (with GunCon 3) - $69.99 Sega Rally Revo - $39.99 PlayStation 2 God Hand - $14.99

By Brian Ashcraft Nah, it's in the east. This is Nintendo! Look upon its works, ye mighty, and despair! Sales will not save you. Facts will not save you. Public goodwill will certainly not save you. Angry people on the internet have spoken, and with their shrill keening comes your doom!

By Michael McWhertor The ESRB has issued a fresh plate full of new candidates for the Wii's Virtual Console. The main course? Heaping mounds of Neo Geo games. Golf, baseball, sidescrolling shooters and 2D fighting games were generally the staples of the SNK developed hardware, so those genres are well represe...

By Brian Crecente The press release goes on to say that Nintendo sold 653,000 Nintendo DS last week, setting a new all-time sales record for Thanksgiving week, beating out the previous mark set by the Game Boy Advance when it sold 600,000. Nintendo DS Passes Game Boy Advance Sales Record, Wii Becomes Must-H...

The reason this is such a problem is because gamers in general are being overcharged so much by their regions - not to mention any Nintendo Europes - uh, names. On most message boards I go to, most people unashamedly pirate DS & PSP games simply because it IS so easy and cheap to do - I don't,...

By Brian Ashcraft It's called the R4, and it's here to rain on Nintendo's parade. The R4 fits right into the DS's cartridge slot. Data is stored on a Micro SD and downloaded via a flash drive. The R4 has a small slot that the Micro SD card goes into. The China-made piracy device is available all over Akihabara, where...

By Luke Plunkett Those new DS bundles sure are nice. Especially the Zelda one. It's especially nice. All the more pity, then, that Nintendo fans and DS collectors in the UK and Australia will be forced to import them, with both Nintendo branches stating they have no plans to introduce the consoles. Yeah, there...

By Brian Ashcraft While others order the coolest stuff on Club Nintendo, my wife always orders the most useful. Her logic: It's free and useful. Our latest Club Nintendo loot? We got this nifty DS game cartridge holder. We think it's leather, but aren't sure. (Might be pleather!) Just love that it looks and fold...

By Flynn De Marco Man, the game deals are just coming out of the woodwork today. CheapAssGamer informs us that Circuit City has three deals going on this week in the games department. First, Save $20 when you purchase any two Wii games $29.99 and up (Not as good as the TRU deal but it's something). Second, get a $10...

By Michael McWhertor Total video game hardware sales reached $469.7 million for the month of October 2007, compared to $207.1 million for the year prior. That 127% increase can largely be attributed to the higher cost and availability of the latest hardware generation, specifically the Wii and PlayStation 3.

By Brian Ashcraft It doesn't matter whether you've seen the Japanese reality show on which Game Center CX: Arino's Challenge is based. This new Nintendo DS game will deliver a dose of humorous and all-too-true retro game nostalgia to anyone who remembers the 80's.

By Michael McWhertor You may remember Hong Kong lifestyle mag Milk from its recent limited edition Xbox 360s that were very easy on the eyes. It appears that Milk is doing another gaming collaboration alongside their newest issue, giving away a pair of Nike and Milk designed cases that hold a PSP and Nintendo DS...

By Mark Wilson Honestly, I'm not really feeling those two new DS colors spotted in leaked Black Friday ads. But this silver Mario 64 DS for the Chinese market? I'm seriously digging it. China may have had to wait a little longer for their DS version of Mario 64, but this charming, Coors Light-colored DS seem...

By Geoff Keighley 11:45 AM - Super Smash Bros Brawl comes on February 10th. The industry's first blockbuster title of 2008! 4 player Wifi multiplayer. Mario Kart will is coming next year too, including optional steering wheel controller. And Wii Fit/Wii Balance Board coming next year to US.

By Luke Plunkett You might have heard, Time went and named the iPhone "invention of the year". BIG SURPRISE. In your iPhone-fuelled hysteria, though, you may have missed their lesser award categories, including best "Video Game Systems". Here, then, are the winners. For something "fancy", there's the Hal...

By Michael McWhertor Nicole Kidman isn't the only celeb that loves the Nintendo DS under contractual obligation, as Gamespot writes that British actor Patrick Stewart has joined the paid ranks of those enamored with the dual-screen device. He'll be featured in a series of ads this holiday season that includ...

By Brian Ashcraft Notice anything missing? Capcom totally forgets the PS3 and the Wii. But if you bought a Wii game, chances are that you own, well, a Wii. So, Capcom forgets the Wii, but remembers the Dreamcast, the Xbox and The Gameboy Micro? We just hope it's a simple oversight that the PS3 is considered "Oth...

By Michael McWhertor Two Nintendo DS colors will be coming to North America later this year according to information creeping out of retailers gearing up for the post-Thanksgiving holiday spend frenzy. The two will be bundled with copies of the system's best-selling games, with a rose DS paired with Nintend...

By Maggie Greene Yes, the Xbox 360 hardware is totally broken for pirated games...however, if you leave your mod chip active MS will detect it and shut you out of Xbox Live. I have heard rumours of mod chips that can be switched off so that it toggle between a modded Xbox and an unmodded one to go on Live. I have brough...

By Luke Plunkett You may have heard, Nintendo were short a few senior executives. Needed fresh blood. So they've gone out and got some! As expertly speculated, Yahoo's Cammie Dunaway (pictured) will be taking George Harrison's old, slightly re-named job as executive vice president, sales & marketi...

By Michael McWhertor One of the other news bits Edge mentioned in its story on an Animal Crossing MMO for the Wii was a Virtual Console-style service for the Nintendo DS. Limited to Game Boy and Game Boy Color games, for the time being, the supposed handheld equivalent to the Wii's NES and SNES playing feature wou...

Again, delays that result in a better game are good. However I think people give Nintendo a pass far too often. Mario mania is like Mac fanaticism to me. If you're not a true believer you just can't see any logic in such loyalty when the payoff just isn't there.

By Luke Plunkett That's a lot of yen. Even when you turn them into dollars! Because it translates to USD$85 billion. Which is a lot of market value for a wee little company like Nintendo, seeing as that kind of worth puts the Kyoto company in the same league as, oh, Toyota. Nintendo hit the milestone earlier toda...

By Luke Plunkett So the DS prints money. The Wii, it beams money. Which means the Wii Ware service, where cheap, downloadable titles can be developed with little manufacturing costs to capitalise on an already burgeoning installed base will...look, it'll make a fuckton of cash. Developers and publishers kno...

By Luke Plunkett Tired of having to lug your DS to a public place to download demos? Lord knows I am. I didn't buy the damn thing to sit on trains or parks, I bought it so I could game on the can. Thankfully, Nintendo know what I'm talkin' 'bout, and have announced at their Fall Conference that you'll soon be able ha...

By Mike Fahey Left Brain Right Brain includes 15 different games based on speed, accuracy, association, recognition, memory and strategy. The book-style play requires players to rotate the DS to develop hand-eye coordination with their dominant and non-dominant hands. Five difficulty levels per...

By Flynn De Marco I always like seeing a nice mod and one that goes to benefit a charity always wins extra points with me. Ebay seller page8205 has created this lovely sky blue and white DS lite case mod complete with Legend of Zelda crest and mini LED lights. Now before you get all excited and start bidding, plea...

Now the only thing left is to watch the devs actually make some good games for it. Nintendo has done their job well. The honey moon of HD gaming will end as soon as all of these big projects start to look at the profits. I'd bet if you took the Wii and DS off the market you would see a scary decline in the...

By Brian Crecente Nintendo stock spiked at 64,800 yen on Wednesday, an all-time high, on speculation that the company might be bumping up its earning forecast again. The stock dipped back down to 64,300 by closing, a 2.7 percent increase over the day, Reuters reports. "We believe Nintendo's talent in creati...

By Brian Crecente Initially only available as part of a Brain Age 2 bundle, Nintendo today announced that their snazzy two-tone Crimson and Onyx DS Lite is now available in stores on its own for $130. Has anyone else noticed that Nintendo has stopped called the DS Lite the DS Lite and now refer to it as just the D...

By Brian Ashcraft • In a multiple answer question, 82.2 percent usually play the DS and 39.8 play the GBA. The shocker? 4.8 percent still play the Dreamcast, and 5.1 still play the Saturn. Compare that to 10.5 percent who play the PSP and the 11.9 percent who play the Nintendo Famicom (NES). Yes, more Japanese kids play...

This only occurs with failing consoles, though. Look at the NES, SNES, Gameboy, GBA, and the DS: They had (and the DS still has) excellent support from Nintendo throughout their life span. And yeah, a Microsoft representative calling Microsoft "the innovative force" is just cheap and tac...

By Brian Crecente Alrighty, I'm going to try liveblogging some Legend of Zelda Phantom Hourglass play on my DS Lite. No clue how well this is going to work since it's such a tiny screen and I haven't landed a capture device from Nintendo yet.

By Mike Fahey LONDON (September. 26, 2007) - SEGA Europe Ltd and SEGA® of America, Inc., today revealed details of the exciting blockbuster title, Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games™. Published by SEGA across Europe and North America, and published by Nintendo in the Japanese market, Mario & So...

Also, I noticed that Sony and Nintendo's consoles seem to be more compact in the interior than the 360. b06r011: The DS doesn't require any moving parts so it has fewer parts than the PSP. The Wii and the PS3...well, the difference in console goals makes it obvious. ^_^

By Mike Fahey Nintendo Power is a pioneering title within the video gaming category and was first published in 1988. Nintendo Power covers all Nintendo gaming systems (Wii™, Nintendo DS™ and Game Boy® Advance) and their associated first-, second- and third-party software. Featuring in-depth previ...

By Michael McWhertor In other news, Maegawa confirmed that the company's other newly announced title, Bangai-O Spirits for the Nintendo DS is not a straight remake of the Dreamcast/Nintendo 64 game. That game will be playable at TGS this week, so expect to read in-depth impressions, hopefully from yours tru...

By Flynn De Marco Nintendo Have "No Plans" To Release Silver DS Lite In Australia Spider-Man: Friend or Foe Xbox Live Demo Microsoft Tokyo Briefing Recap Japanese Ladies and Matching Shirts Free Gold Membership Is Japanese-less Sony To Get Dressy?

By Mike Fahey The Mariners special edition Nintendo DS Lite features the Mariners logo on the front cover. Sixteen of the special units will be autographed by Mariners players and given away at random to fans during the game. Winners will be able to use their Nintendo DS units immediately to access the NF...

By Michael McWhertor Some developers and publishers may piss and moan that Nintendo dominates sales charts, making it hard for third-parties to compete on the Wii and Nintendo DS. Not Capcom! They're turning competition lemons into profit lemonade, as the company's stock soared to highs not seen since its O...

By Michael McWhertor The latest Official Nintendo Magazine from the UK reveals some tantalizing new details on Nintendo's plans for Mario Kart Wii. In addition to featuring Battle Mode online and a host of favorite tracks from Mario Kart DS making appearances, support for up to 16 players for online races is i...

By Brian Crecente Recently the tip for my Treo snapped in half so I called the company about getting a replacement. While on the phone with them I discovered that they now sell tips for the PSP, the DS and the GBA and next month they should be getting a DS Lite tip in. Better still, once they have the DS Lite tip they'...

By Michael McWhertor 11. New Super Mario Bros. (DS) 12. Wii Play (Wii) 13. Bikkuriman Daijiten (DS) 18. Mario Kart DS (DS) 19. More Brain Age (DS) 22. It's A Wonderful World (DS) 24. More English Training (DS) 25. Brain Age (DS) 26. Itadaki Street DS (DS) 27. Face Training DS (DS) 28. Otoda Master (DS) 29. Pokémon Diamond (DS)

By Michael McWhertor Control is very flexible. It can be controlled entirely with the d-pad and face buttons. Or you can opt to use nothing but touchscreen controls. I actually found that a combination of both was best for me, using the d-pad to move forward, backward, left and right—using the L-button to strafe—...

By Maggie Greene We mentioned the last time that a Gamasutra article on Korea came up that Korean gamers don't seem to biting when it comes to pricey consoles. Well, Nick Rumas is back with another installment on the 'State of Korea,' this time focusing on that exact questions - what are consoles and handhel...

By Michael McWhertor Sure, the DesMuME PSP emulator's compatibility record is spotty at best and its author, Sektor, claims that the software runs at about three frames per second at 333 MHz, but it's running Nintendo DS software on a PSP. That has to count for something, right? That something is probably noth...

By Brian Ashcraft Wow, that's like eye level for small dogs. Note: The store's second floor is used games. Besides the PlayStation brand, the third floor is occupied by the Xbox 360. And Microsoft even has more publicity! *Shudder* Sounds like some Japanese gaming wasteland.

By Mark Wilson How did we ever miss this when playing N64?? We kid. The Virtual Console version of Wave Racer 64 has had Wii and DS ads placed inside. Due to no longer holding the license, Nintendo had to cover the Kawasaki banners of old. What? Wii ads appear in Wave Race 64? [siliconera]

During the 2007 E3 Conference Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime was quoted as saying that "Nintendo is not a fad. Nintendo is the future." With the default criteria of 5 reviews or more, Metacritic lists 263 Nintendo DS games.

By Flynn De Marco Rumor: Oblivion PSP Canned Mr. Robot Reminder We're Looking for a Few Good Interns Game Club Reminder Up and Close with the Nintendo Fan Network SingStar 90s Impressions Watch Brian Lose At WCA Mario Strikers Charged Gameplay Uwe Boll Lives and Breathes Among Us Viva Pinata DS Announced

By Mike Fahey Last week saw the latest batch of Pokemon taking Europe by storm, their impact being felt well beyond the hearts and minds of children across the continent, with the combined sales of Diamond and Pearl have made it one of the fastest selling Pokemon games in UK history, second only to Yello...

By Flynn De Marco Heavenly Sword Demo Impressions A Chat With The New Sega Australia Boss Nintendo Kicks Wii, DS Production Up A Notch Xbox Japan Honcho At Metal Gear Event The Pokemon Hotel Watch Pokemon, Get Pokemon PlayStation Online Not Military Friendly The Official Pokemon Popcorn Bucket

By Luke Plunkett Doesn't matter what George Harrison says. Forget about him. As hinted at a few weeks back, Nintendo are ramping up production of both the Wii and DS for the holiday season. Contained within the company's latest financial release is the news that while Nintendo had previously forecast globa...

By Brian Ashcraft For something like ten years, the first floor of Akihabara retailer Sofmap was PlayStation territory. Not anymore. PS goods, games and hardware have moved to the third floor. What's in its place? You guessed it, Nintendo. Shoppers looking for Wii/DS consoles and games can easily find them o...

By Luke Plunkett The live action feature film has the biggest production budget of any film in European cinema history and is scheduled for release across Europe in early 2008. Asterix at the Olympic Games for PlayStation®2, Nintendo DS™, Wii and PC is scheduled for release this coming winter.

By Luke Plunkett One game I was hoping to see a little more (well...anything) of at E3 was Animal Crossing for the Wii. It didn't show. I was bummed. Now I'm less bummed. Miyamoto has told IGN that Nintendo haven't forgotten about it, and that we should be seeing more from it soon: The Animal Crossing team has been ver...

By Jason Chen Other accessories are the PlayStation 3 controller Nyko controller [photo], which has 6-directional motion sensing, and even a removable battery pack for external charging. It also charges via miniUSB, like the original SIXAXIS.

By Jason Chen Other accessories are the PlayStation 3 controller Nyko controller [photo], which has 6-directional motion sensing, and even a removable battery pack for external charging. It also charges via miniUSB, like the original SIXAXIS.

By Noah Robischon Wii — Mario Kart(R) Wii (name not final): Nintendo's classic racing franchise — Super Mario Galaxy(TM): This amazing achievement by legendary Nintendo Nintendo-suggested competitions. Coming in 2007. — Third-Party Support: Wii has nearly 100 titles in the works from every

By Brian Crecente Electronic Arts Boogie (Wii) EA Playground (Wii, DS) FIFA 08 (PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, PS2, PC, PSP, DS) Madden NFL 08 (PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, PS2, PC, PSP, DS) MySims (Wii, DS) The Simpsons (PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, PS2, PSP, DS) Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 (PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, PS2, PC)

By Brian Ashcraft A while back we posted that schools in Kyoto Prefecture were using DSes during the first ten minutes of class to study things like English. Rather forward thinking on the part of the Kyoto schools and all around positive publicity for Nintendo. Sound perfect for retailers to cash in! At the A...

Hey, hey now!... I'm against hate crimes as much as anyone else. I'm not bashing the Wii. It be nice if the Wii had decent online or Nintendo would actually allow a cross-platform game, or the hardware could actually keep up with the rest. Assuming hell froze over and all the above were to happen... you...

By Michael McWhertor Konami's announcement of Contra 4 didn't (initially) make with the passionate burning of the nerd loins, not like a flamethrower weapon upgrade would. It was a Nintendo DS game—which is fine, but I was looking for something a bit prettier—and it was from WayForward Technologies—nice fo...

By Brian Ashcraft DS game The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass is racking up big sales in Japan. According to Japanese retailer blogs, estimates are that Nintendo shipped 400,000 copies of the game. Apparently 350,000 of them were sold. Not Pokémon numbers, but damn close. As Chris Kohler over at Game|Life...

There are "portable" PSP games and "deep" DS games, of course, but both are generally biased in the other direction. Even comparing similar games: PSP has Lumines, which can take hours for a single game, while the DS has Meteos, which usually takes minutes.

By Luke Plunkett Japanese Kotaku readers who own Ouendan 2 and can get near a DS download station (because I just know there's MILLIONS OF YOU), you're in for a western-themed treat. Approach one of the stations, brandish your Ouenda 2-playing DS and you'll be able to grab the player models of the blue-suit...

By Brian D Crecente Today they've confirmed that if the game's final rating is Adults Only it won't be showing up on the Wii... or any of Nintendo's systems. Games made for Nintendo systems enjoy a broad variety of styles, genres and ratings. These are some of the reasons our Wii and Nintendo DS systems appeal to suc...

By Mike Fahey EA Playground features games that are easy to pick-up-and-play by fully capitalizing on the unique control mechanics of both the Wii and the Nintendo DS. Swing the Wii remote to excel in tetherball, blow into the Nintendo DS mic to fire spitballs or battle your friends and family in dodgeb...

Nintendo are doing an OK job of freshening up the DS Lite's colour range, but really, you're never going to make everyone happy. There's always going to be certain people pissing and moaning about how there's no fuschia, dark teal or garnet coloured handhelds.

Namco has announced that Taiko No Tatsujin for the Nintendo DS will come with two drum master-themed styluses called "bachipens" so you can beat your DS screen into a musically-rhythmed pulp. The inclusions of these drumsticks have driven the price of the game up approximately 1,000 mor...

Bloomberg is reporting that Hiroshi Yamauchi, former chairman of Nintendo, has become the third richest man in Japan, now with a net worth of $4.8 billion (about 582 billion yen). With Nintendo DS and Wii performing pretty darn good in the hardware charts and Nintendo published software f...

The final goal is to have the stores GBA-free within the month and fill the space the Nintendo handheld was taking up on shelves with DS. The real question now is how long before Nintendo stops manufacturing and shipping the handheld. Brian Crecente

Touch-screen? So 2005. Motion-sensing? Pfft, shit's old. In 2007, Nintendo are all 'bout the sliding. Slide Adventure Magkid, which is due on the DS in Japan on August 2, is a platformer that's going to play a little like Kirby, with your wee Magkid sticking himself onto the bad guys in order t...

The Area Code folks showed off the DS version of the recent Where 2.0 conference. No word yet on when the game might be hitting the DS or if it will get retail packaging or hit the portable as homebrew. Brian Crecente Plundr DS [Area Code Inc]

For gamers looking to drop a few pounds, the Wii is the go to console. But, what about the Game Boy? Can it help you lose weight? It's not just pressing buttons as fast as possible to burn calories. Oh, no. It's about portable gaming acting as an appetite suppressant — much in the same way smoking d...

Dads and Kids Team Up to Compete at Nintendo World Store in Rockefeller Plaza Copies of Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree will be available at the Nintendo World store. Attendees can also receive graduation-themed Nintendo giveaways throughout the day.

It's been a long time coming, but another great Gamecube game is coming to the DS. Chibi Robo Park Patrol for the DS will be coming out in September and much like Animal Crossing, Chibi Robo seems like a game that would be easier to play on the Nintendo handheld. Plus, he's got a whole new game plo...

Nintendo Still Selling Original DS Touch Pens Shadowrun's Viral Achievement? Here's Some Australian Sales Charts The Truth Behind The Xbox Boys David Jaffe" Used To Shill Microsoft Messenger Forza 2 Australian Launch: Thrice The Fun Australia, Good Work, Here's An Ice Blue DS

Nintendo is releasing yet another Nintendo DS, this time with popular Pokémon branding and a brilliant Pikachu yellow paintjob. While this special edition Nintendo DS Lite will retail for the regular price of 16,800 yen, getting your hands on one is going to be challenging. To secure this...

A few sites are reporting that the touch pen for the original DS has been discontinued. Bad news for owners who haven't yet upgraded to the Lite. The original stylus is different from the DS Lite's in regards to size and won't fit in a Lite pen holder slot and vice-versa. We contacted Nintendo, w...

You get cool points for that post. I've bitched and bitched and bitched about this for years and I blame Nintendo in part for this. Japanese 3rd parties in particular will follow the trend of what sells and Nintendo is not a diverse company to inspire an original MGS or DMC on their consoles. Nin...

By Luke Plunkett Accompanying the big Nintendo love-in were some first-quarter figures for all consoles: DS - 398,000 Wii - 230,000 PS2 - 92,000 PSP - 90,000 PS3 - 81,000 360 - 43,000 Nintendo remporte la première manche ! [ITRgames, via Jeux France]

Planet Puzzle League for the Nintendo DS is the stylus-controlled version of the classic Nintendo game which has been released under a wide variety of names—Tetris Attack, Panel de Pon, Pokemon Puzzle League—while retaining the same, some say perfect gameplay. Planet Puzzle League ad...

With over 4.2 million copies of More Brain Training for the Nintendo DS sold in Japan, a Western release of the sequel to the original Brain Training was inevitable. The North American iteration, Brain Age 2: More Training In Minutes A Day doesn't divert too far from the brain game formula es...

After weeks of rumor and reports from retailers that LucasArts was readying yet another LEGO Star Wars title, the company has made it official. LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga is coming to the Wii, Xbox 360, PLAYSTATION 3, and Nintendo DS.

Bricks-and-mortar retailer GameStop is making bank. Profits are up 111 percent, and that's a lot! Why the jump? CEO R. Richard Fontaine explains: Our first quarter results were driven by the strong growth of next-generation hardware despite both Nintendo products, the Wii and DS Lite, b...

System 3 have announced that they're spitting on and polishing up California Games for the Wii, DS, PlayStation Network and PSP. Like Impossible Mission, which they're also working on, they'll be leaving the actual game mechanics well enough alone and just working on "reskinning" the g...

And think about it. We've seen the GameBoy progress to the Pocket, Color, Advance and now succeeded by the DualScreen (Nintendo claims they'll keep the GameBoy line alive, but I don't see it). We saw the PlayStation grow into the PS2 and now the PS3. We can see these evolutionary steps forward...

By Flynn De Marco The Ashcraft Pokemon In Action SOCOM Tactical Strike for the PSP Sega Rally Revo: Love Those Ruts Even Nintendo Thinks Wii's a GAMECUBE My Sims DS and Wii Play SEGApalooza Eternal Sonata Demo On Japanese Live - In English! Short Sim City DS Vid Inflatable Pokemon Ash Decapitated In India

Apparently inspired by yesterday's post about the autographed GBA, Kotakuite Travis decided to put his autographed DS up for auction. It may not be gold or a limited edition, but this DS has a little something the GBA doesn't have. Not only is this DS autographed by Miyamoto, but by Iwata and...

By Luke Plunkett Performing well in these [mini] games earns the player stickers that can be used to create a picture book that can be shared with friends. However, they'll need to see them in person, as the game doesn't support online play/emailing, a shame, considering the possibilities. Even worse, EA w...

Afterward we went to Circuit City to pick-up a black DS Lite. Walking around the store I found a bargain bin of games that included a pretty mammoth selection of GBA titles. Normally I wouldn't waste my time, but they happened to have almost all of the Game Boy Advance Videos for $5 a pop. We ended...

Gamespot is reporting that original Nintendo DS owners looking to surf the web will have to get their browser fix online. The Nintendo DS Browser currently being solicited at retailers is only for the DS Lite model and won't work on the original, considerably more hideous DS.

By the makers of the Legend of Zelda Wii comes the Legend of Zelda DS and people, IT'S FOR SALE. It includes a rotating metal diecast master sword and shield crest, a custom charge stand, and two painted stylii (silver and black). Pretty Much the Best DS Lite Mod Ever [DS Fanboy]

By Mark Wilson Pokémon Diamond (and Pearl)...mimic their predecessors' graphical style to the point where, early on, they're almost indistinguishable from a Game Boy Color game. Even when the environments start to lift into the third dimension, it never approaches the quality of comparable DS titles. T...

He gets credit for convincing Sony to enter the videogame market after the Nintendo deal fell through. For this, he is rightly called "Father of the Playstation". No Ken, No PS. From PS1 to PS2, he put in 99% Back Compat. Another great move, which even mighty Nintendo only recently got around to...

Later this year, these two titles will also help expand the Pokemon universe for the first time to Wii(TM), Nintendo's new home video game system. Diamond and Pearl owners will be able to use their DS hardware units as controllers for Pokemon Battle Revolution (launching June 25), the fir...

I like where Nintendo went with Wii. Looking at the best games that the Gamecube has to offer, the graphics aren't bad even by todays standards, they just don't look as good as PS3 or 360. When you look at what the Wii and DS offer, it's easy pick up and play, cheap, durable, affordable gaming tha...

The only reason I'm dignifying everyone's replies to my original post is that I hate when people spread lies. I concede that the DS is doing a number on the PSP and the Wii will probably follow suit in the console arena. However, you are mistaken if you think this is because either system has bet...

Anyway, while it was an interesting theoretical discussion of how/why the Wii is so hard to get, I don't agree with all the points. I think the fact of the matter is that even somebody like me, who got up ass early to wait in line to pre-order my Wii at EB and then stood in the store from 10pm until t...

By fdemarco While the rest of the world is freaking out over Pokemon Diamond and Pearl, I'll be sitting in my living room trying to plow through the long list of games I need to finish. While I'm doing that, you can pass some time by looking at the highlights of this week's new releases. Flynn De Marco Pokemo...

None of us bought Mario. Not being Nintendo owners prior to the Wii, there just isn't any interest. Also, no one really liked Zelda either. I find it so interesting that these titles are mentioned so frequently as being the ONLY games worth playing.

blurayforever143: My god, Nintendo fans are so blind." I'm a Nintendo fan. I've owned every Nintendo console and handheld. I'm 27 years old. I own a Wii and play it every day (right now I'm playing SPM and Marble Mania). My DS goes with me everywhere.

By Brian Crecente The DS Lite Pack A brand new still-in-box black DS Lite A DS Lite carrying case A Nintendo WiFi USB Connector Elite Beat Agents game Wario Master of Disguise game Brain Age game New Super Mario Bros. game A Nintendo notebook Nintendo paper shopping bag

Gott: Fun note. Nintendo actually had HOME first, though it was offline. And then they ported it to the DS, with online features. The name of Nintendo's HOME? Animal Crossing. NewtypeS3

By Brian Ashcraft Yasuhiro Wada has two new games hitting handhelds: Innocent Life: A Futuristic Harvest Moon for the PSP and Harvest Moon DS. And he's got a version of Harvest hitting the Wii! Wada has been around. He knows things. And he likes Grand Theft Auto. So, what's his advice to Nintendo regarding the Wi...

Forget cards, cool kids play with pucks. Toy maker Takara Tomy unveiled the next generation of collectable kiddy arcade fighters with Pokémon BATTRIO. Instead of arcane cards, this game features small Poké-pucks! While typical card fighters just involve swiping, BATTRIO has players a...

At this point you're either saying "Okuru Kotoba? Aw, hell YES!!" or "Zenryoku WHAT-en??" Fortunately, for the J-pop and J-rock noobs out there, The Platformers have links to YouTube video clips of nearly all of these songs. Grab your stylus and start practicing now! Michael McWhertor

By Brian Crecente I've never been a fan of Pokemon, but this time around I'm going to give it a real chance, swear! WHEN: Sunday, April 22 Nintendo World Store Opens: 8 a.m. Event: 1 to 5 p.m. WHERE: Nintendo World store 10 Rockefeller Plaza New York, NY 10020 646-459-0800 www.nintendoworldstore.co

And only €149! So cheap!! Reader Tobi writes: Two days ago I spotted the brand new Sony DS, yes it's right —THE SONY DS. As you can see in the attachment, there is a photo of a flyer from the local shop here near Kassel in the center of Germany... There is no website of this shop, but the company has oth...

Doesn't matter if your Japanese airplane looks like this or not, you won't be able to get your wireless gaming on. The country's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport is aiming to ban using wireless functions on portable game devices like the DS and the PSP on the basis that it can i...

By Michael McWhertor Still having a hard time finding a Wii? Blame Nintendo. Gamasutra reports that Gamestop COO Dan Matteo touched on Wii scarcity in a recent investor conference call: I think [Nintendo] intentionally dried up supply because they made their numbers for the year. The new year starts April 1, a...

The final version of the Opera-powered Internet Channel for the Wii was slated for a release late this month, but Opera officials said today they are still working on the final version and it will be out sometime next month. Opera and Nintendo are continuing to finalize what promises to be t...

Sweet Jesus, that's a lot of Nintendo DS action. Penny Arcade's Child's Play charity, which lovingly gives donated toys and games to kids in dozens of worldwide hospitals, received the above shipment of DS Lites and software from the good folks at Nintendo in a recent purchase.

By Brian Ashcraft The Mario Kart DS Race Set has nine feet of car-racing action. For US $29.99, the battery operated track includes Mario and Yoshi vehicles, two controllers and colorful backgrounds to smash into. It's even got the Nintendo seal of approval. So that means this isn't just Mario crap, it's offic...

Opera Software just confirmed that a Nintendo DS Browser powered by their software will be released to North America on June 4. The haven't confirmed the price yet, but the same browser hit Europe late last year for Euro 39.99. Am I the only one who thinks they should call the thing the Nintendo...

By Michael McWhertor Anyone interested in possibly netting some swag, getting their hands on the Pokemon-esque DS game and hanging with the Nintendo World Store crew should hit up the party between 11 AM and 4 PM. Michael McWhertor Nintendo World Store

By Brian Crecente He's talking about the Nintendo difference now. Right now he's talking about single player versus multiplayer gaming. When the released the Nintendo 64 they sold a similar game to members of their service in Japan. Now he's talking Mario. What happened to Mario 128?

By Mike Fahey 1.99 GBA Dogz 1.99 GBA Donkey Kong Country 3 1.99 GBA Madden NFL 2005 1.99 GBA Mario Party Advance 1.99 GBA Pokemon Sapphire 1.99 GBA Video Sonic 4.99 GBA Barnyard 4.99 GBA Mario And Luigi 4.99 GBA Mario Tennis: Power tour 4.99 GBA Shrek 2 4.99 GBA The Sims 2 9.99 GBA Dr. Mario Puzzle League Nintendo DS Xbox

By Brian Ashcraft Clip: Bottle-Blowing Mario Love In by temporaryscars And I don't care what anyone says... the Cube did not "lose" this generation. It was definitely the winner for me, and realistically, it was right on par with the XBox (in sales and graphical quality)... except Nintendo profited.

By Flynn De Marco Now at this point you're probably wondering, where is the PS3 in all this. I thought the same thing and continued to scroll through the first page got to number 25 and still no PS3. So, I moved on to the next page. Ok, there's Wind Waker, Guitar Hero 2, 360 Wireless adapter, Halo 2. Still no PS3... Final...

By Michael McWhertor In a recently published interview with Nintendo director Shigeru Miyamoto, the Mario creator talks about all things Shiggy. From his aversion to violent video games to establishing Nintendo as a unique company with products like the DS and Wii, you'll find all sorts of interesting Miya...

By Brian Ashcraft An anonymous comment has surfaced over at Guardian's Gamesblog. While it doesn't exactly bring promising PSP, it does illustrate how British third party devs feel about the Wii. So. Onto the quote! At a GDC conference in Brighton last year, everyone walked away from the PSP. Developers had t...

By Flynn De Marco The Warriors (PSP) Can you dig it? Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure (PSP) Use a magical drill to bore your way into this cutsey-poo action RPG. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas (PSP) Viva la Rainbow Six! Viva la PSP! Viva Las Vegas! Dreamlords (PC) Another MMO enters the ring.

By Brian Crecente In the U.S., Nintendo sold 1.1 million consoles in November and December, almost double the PlayStation 3 units shipped during the period, according to researcher NPD Group. In Japan, Nintendo sold 989,118 Wii units last year, more than double PlayStation 3 sales, according to researcher...

By Brian Ashcraft Sound dry, but players can buy stocks like Nintendo, Square-Enix and Konami. There are also tongue-in-cheek investment funds like the Love Hotel Fund and the Idol Fun. Q-Taro also points out that "Nintendo, by the way is doing really well this year." Shocking! Brian Ashcraft

DS 4.98 Feel the Magic* Polarium* 19.98 Lost Magic Pokemon Dash 19.98 Karaoke Rev Party Bundle Sonic Heroes/Mega Collection 2pk Sonic Heroes/Adventures 2pk 14.98 MLB 2K6 Xbox 4.98 Breakdown Cold Fear* Dead Man's Hand* Dead to Rights 2* Fight Club* Max Payne Rogue Ops* Xbox 360 9.98 NHL 2K6

By Michael McWhertor Another day, another amazing Benjamin J. Heckendorn console mod. This time, Ben has churned out the Mark VII Atari 2600 (aka Atari VCSp Revision 7) portable with a cool clamshell design. Don't miss the spectacular making of and hilarious head-to-head against the Nintendo DS Lite which ans...

By Flynn De Marco Nintendo 64 Console with 3 Controllers Super Nintendo Entertainment System with 2 original style Controllers, 1 Asciipad Controller, and Hudson Super Multitap (originally packaged with Bomberman) Original Nintendo DS (gray) and DS Lite (white) Portables (one of each)

By Brian Crecente The Associated Press reports today that Nintendo announced the recall of 200,000 AC adapters for the DS and DS Lite portables in Japan. The recall does not affect adapters overseas. Uh, oh. I hope Ashcraft didn't leave his Pink DS Lite plugged in when he went on vacation. Brian Crecente

By Michael McWhertor The worldwide innovator in the creation of interactive entertainment, Nintendo Co., Ltd., of Kyoto, Japan, manufactures and markets hardware and software for its Wii™, Nintendo DS™, Game Boy® Advance and Nintendo GameCube™ systems. Since 1983, Nintendo has sold nearly 2.2 billion vide...

By Mike Fahey Xbox 360 - 4 titles, including a poker game, a fishing game, Pimp My Ride, and Star Trek, which is making my geek sense tingle just a bit. Xbox - Only 1 game is slated for release before Christmas, and that's Capcom Classics. Rest in peace my big black boxy friend.

By Michael McWhertor After picking up his Wii, he read his Nintendo themed poem (seriously) to the gathered media. The first Wii owner exited, booty held aloft, and the patient crowd was allowed entrance. Media were quickly booted out to give the staff some breathing room.

By Michael McWhertor Sony and Nintendo were already present at the campout. While observing the campers, we spotted one PSP, whose owner thought he had heard of Kotaku before. One of the campers plead guilty to possession of, but not intent to use, a Nintendo DS. As far as we could tell, it was buried in a blanket fol...

By Michael McWhertor That's depressing, if true, and the exact reason I will absolutely never buy a pre-owned Game Boy Advance or Nintendo DS game on eBay or at my local specialist shop. Buyer beware, kids. Make sure you ask to inspect your games and discs before handing over your hard earned allowance and/or sal...

By Michael McWhertor UPDATE: User Ferry wrote in to say that the Nintendo Power editors were speculating that C64 games will hit VC Land and that a handful of Epix games were being "reworked" for the Wii. From his e-mail: "A Nintendo Power editor merely speculated the announced C64 games would come to the Virtua...

By Brian Crecente DS supplements your life." Activision will have five here. Atari, Atlus, Electronic Arts, Konami, Midway, Sega, SNK, THQ, Ubisoft and Vivendi all have games here today. Sounds like I'm in for some fun. Now they're showing us a bunch of images from working at Nintendo. Very silly.

By Michael McWhertor NHL 07 (PC, PS2, PSP, Xbox, Xbox 360) and NHL 2K7 (Xbox, Xbox 360) This year's hockey roster update. Mega Man ZX (DS) 2D side-scrolling double-screen fun. Mario Hoops 3 on 3 (DS) Square's Mario b-ball tap fest. Harvest Moon DS (DS) Farming, role-playing... um.... chickens?

By Brian Crecente Despite the fact that there are a small group of games I truly enjoy playing on my PSP, I still tend to pick up the DS Lite when I'm heading out on a trip. I think that's mostly because the PSP's battery life is absolute shit. Not only does it die out on me with little to no warning, it tends to lose bat...

By Brian Ashcraft When Final Fantasy III went on sale last week in Japan, Square Enix and Nintendo also sold a special FF III bundle, which included a copy of the game and a special Final Fantasy DS Lite. The US $200 bundle, needless to say, sold out quick. The bundle is available to RPG-crazy Japanese gamers—fo...

By Michael McWhertor Star Fox Command (DS) Nintendo gives Fox McCloud and company another go round, this time with a return to 3D space combat. Enchanted Arms (Xbox 360) From Software hits us with some sci-fi RPG goodness. Ultimate Ghosts 'n Goblins (PSP)

By Brian Ashcraft Not my wife. My wife doesn't have an apron, because we eat only beef jerky at the Ashcraft house. That and popcorn. Reader Elfire's misses does have an apron. He explains: My wife is a Nintendo fangirl. A few months ago she made this apron for herself so she could show her love for Nintendo while coo...

By Kotaku Holy crap! After over a year of flustering, flummoxing and thwarting the most quick-witted emulation programmers, the No$GBA guys have finally cracked Nintendo DS commercial roms and gotten them to run in emulated form. No$GBA DS Emulator [Official Site]

By Brian Ashcraft She came, she saw, she gamed. Japanese pop mega star Utada Hikaru took on challengers at a Club Nintendo sponsored Tetris DS event. Said Hikky, "I first played when I was five years-old and every day since then." She's racked up a whopping 99,999,999 on the game's current DS incarnation to pro...

By Michael McWhertor CNN/Money's "Game Over' column by financial reporting stud Chris Morris leds us to believe that Sony will take a price hit on the PSP this holiday, lowering the MSRP of the handheld to $149 USD. In fact, analyst P.J. McNealy is quite sure of it. There is a price cut coming in the second half of the y...

Speaking of the DS, there have been some rumblings about minor hardware defects in the form of cracked cases. Our readers polled at about 14% affected, while Nintendo claimed it was less than 1%. Regardless of the ratio, Nintendo says they'll fix 'em for free.

By Michael McWhertor It's time to start babying my DS, wearing white cotton gloves and keeping it in its atmosphere controlled, hermetically sealed storage locker when not in use. Granted, the Nintendo World Store DS Lite display units definitely see a lot of manhandling, but I'm still concerned.

By Michael McWhertor NYC based gamer Jaime unfortunately didn't get to attend E3 proper, but did make it to the Nintendo World Store E3 VIP party, netting one of our readers a rare ownership opportunity: the above pictured DS un-Lite. Here's what he had to say: This was the gift they offered to anyone who brought...

By Michael McWhertor In a recent update to the Nintendo of Japan site, the following Square playable characters/jobs were revealed: Ninja, White Mage, Black Mage, Moogle and Cactuar (aka Sabotender). Official Mario Basketball 3on3 Japanese Site Touch DS Commercial

By Kotaku Unfortunately, it's for Japanese Club Nintendo Members only, meaning that Ashcraft will once again soundly trounce me in the annual 'Best Dressed Kotaku Staffer' competition. Florian Eckhardt Super Mario Hat Carrying Case [DigitalBattle] Previously: Mario Hat DS Pouch

By Brian Ashcraft It's just as we thought. Today in Japan, Nintendo announced that the DS Lite would be available in pink. And not just any pink. They're calling it "Noble Pink," which is far better than "Sissy Pink" or "Pansy Pink." The portable will go on sale July 20th for 16,800 yen in the Land of the Rising Sun. C...

By Kotaku Ultimately, GamerJunk decided that the Nintendo DS Lite with an extra $120 bucks of accessories was a better purchase than an iPod, as it will do everything an iPod can do plus have wifi, Internet browsing and games and still be cheaper (although, oddly enough, not if you factor in the cost...

By Seth Abramovitch The Nintendo DS Lite finally made its way stateside, sold like hotcakes (a mathematical constant of 68,250 per day, or 47.3958333 DS/min.) and generally pleased gamers looking for a handheld to match their iPods. But Nintendo got a bit of bad news, as Hong Kong criminals always bet on black,...

By Michael McWhertor The latest and greatest goods from Nintendo Japan are pictured above and include (left to right, top to bottom) Link and Mario notepads, Animal Crossing tape, Mario (and Wario!) hanafuda cards, tiny Mario washcloths/batchrags, DS game and stylus holder with a fruity rainbow of styli,...

By Kotaku Before I was fortunate enough to acquire a DS Lite I really wasn't a big fan of the original DS's design." No one in the world was a big fan of the DS's design, Chris. Large enough to pulverize into jelly many of Australia's largest rodents, gray and humorless, it resembled a triumph of Soviet co...

By Seth Abramovitch What's the benefit to owning a PlayStation 3 on day one? Bragging rights, of course. Also, you may be the owner of a fully backward compatable PS2 playing device, sans software emulation, as the PS2 chipset may be included in earlier versions of the next-gen console. Suspect? Maybe, but who...

By Michael McWhertor Here are the details. DID YOU KNOW? HUNDREDS OF NINTENDO FANS RALLY TO BUY LIGHTER, BRIGHTER NINTENDO DS LITE June 11, 2006 Through the end of March, Nintendo has sold nearly 17 million DS systems around the world. For more information about Nintendo DS Lite, please visit www.nintendods.com.

By Michael McWhertor Today's the day! Nintendo fashion victims, screen brightness afficionados, and those of us too cheap to import our Lites are now rushing to stores to snag the umpteenth iteration of the Game Boy. But wait! Warm up your printers before you venture to your local brick and mortar electronics...

By Kotaku But perhaps more interesting is Iwata's throw-away comment—possibly a typo by Famitsu—that Nintendo DS titles will be available for download. Most DS games are too large to be held in the DS's flash memory, but perhaps a Nintendo-sanctioned flash cart could be in the cards? (Okay, proba...

By Kotaku Hey! Neat! But check this out. In a new interview with Nikkei BP, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata says that the Wii will be able to download demos of new Nintendo DS games -- Nintendo DS games! while you sleep: Wii to Download DS Demos While You Sleep [Game|Life]

By Brian Crecente Nintendo has just confirmed that the Wii will sell for no more than $250 in North America and 25,000 yen in Japan. The company plans to ship 6 milllion systems to retailers around the world between its launch and March 31, 2007. Nintendo went on to say they expect to sell 17 million Wii games in t...

By brownlee We hope you love entering long strings of arbitrary characters into your Wii when you want to multiplayer because Nintendo has no plans to drop the more obnoxious element of the DS's otherwise excellent WiFi service when they port it over to their new console. From an IGN interview with Nin...

By Kotaku He even has some compliments for Sony and Microsoft, although the quality of those compliments makes it clear that they ushered forth from his stretched, corpse-like lips only because he felt pressured. "In the case of Sony, I think their endeavors to create new chips and then to make enou...

By Kotaku Not only is the Opera browser coming soon to the Nintendo DS but they've just announced a Wii version coming to Nintendo's new gyromatic console shortly after launch. Kudos to Opera for realizing that establishing a dominant web-browser on consoles that can successfully emulate mouse m...

By Brian Ashcraft Traditionally, game consoles sound like, well, game consoles. The machines either invoke play (Atari 2600 or the PlayStation), technology (Intellevision or TurboGrafx-16), entertainment (Super NES or Xbox) or adventure (Magnavox Odyssey or Dreamcast). "Wii" invokes something fa...

By Brian Crecente Seriously, while Sony and Nintendo have the most to win or gain at this upcoming show, even Microsoft could have some major news hitting. Let's go through the rumors and possibilities. I think Nintendo will also likely discuss the DS Lite and when it will be hitting the U.S. and Europe, but as mu...

By Michael McWhertor Don't forget to head down to your local Best Buy, Nintendo DS in hand, and get your free Wi-Fi download on! DS Download Stations should be finally showing up at your local Best Buy this week with trial versions of Brain Training, Meteos, True Swing Golf, Tetris, Mario Kart DS and Pok mon Troz...

By brownlee the Opera Internet Browser is coming to the Nintendo DS in June 2006 for Japan. Still, Opera is a very cool web browser and we're intrigued to see what solutions they can come up with to make web browsing on the DS viable. Let's keep our fingers crossed. Opera Due in December [4 Color Rebellion]

By Brian Crecente In part, the DS success is due to how we redefine better technology with unique hardware features. But more importantly, the disruption of Nintendo DS comes from how software takes advantage of the hardware. Bill Trinen, from Nintendo of America's localization team, demonstrated the wi...

By Brian Ashcraft At a GDC speech entitled "Is That a Franchise in Your Pocket?" (brilliant!), Animal Crossing series director hints at the inevitable Revolution AC title. Straight from the horse's mouth, he says: Much like the conversion from the console Animal Crossing onto DS, we are now exploring how...

By Brian Crecente Oh, funny guy. He was actually talking about Pepsi and Coke not Sony and Nintendo. It looks like a demo is on hand. Oh, now he s talking Metroid Prime Hunters. Another fun demo coming up. Looks like a Metroid Prime Hunters play-off. This time it features some of the development team.

By Brian Crecente Iwata just announced the Legend of Zelda Phantom Hourglass designed exclusively for the DS and will launch later this year. (I ll have a short shaky cam up in bit.)

By Michael McWhertor Metroid Prime Hunters (DS) The oft-delayed (don't forget the demo was a DS launch pack-in) FPS Metroid game hits the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection with full force. Tetris DS (DS) Classic Tetris modes, classic Nintendo characters, online Wi-Fi battles, and 10-player game share puzzling.

By Kotaku Adding to the already extremely long list of reasons why we love the DS, Nintendo Japan today announced a bundle of good news for the wi-fi portable including a touch-screen version of the Opera web browser. More Here [Nintendo Japan]

By Michael McWhertor The first issue of Official Nintendo Magazine comes with an exclusive set of high-quality vinyl decals, featuring top games; Animal Crossing, Mario Kart DS and Nintendogs, allowing gamers to personalise their DS. Dawn Paine, Marketing Director, Nintendo UK, said:

By Brian Crecente The tipster does, however, have other interesting tidbits. They say that a new GBA SP color (Pearl Pink) will be coming this Spring. The tipster goes on to say that Nintendo is going to start a program called Player's Choice for GBA Games. The first three of the discounted line-up will be Super...

By Brian Crecente Nintendo would like to thank its numerous Animal Crossing: Wild World fans for helping identify and correct an unforeseen issue with the game. Some users of the community-simulation game for Nintendo DS noticed that receiving a letter containing a Red Tulip could cause interference wi...

By Brian Crecente beatmania is a revolutionary new interactive DJ simulation game for the PlayStation 2, which combines high-energy pulsating music with cutting-edge videos. Utilizing a specially designed DJ controller and featuring more than 50 tracks, beatmania lets gamers feel the vibe, drop the...

By Brian Ashcraft Yukan Fuji has a short interview up with Nintendo Prez Satoru Iwata. In it, Iwata talks shop about the DS and the Revolution. Speaking about the new console, Iwata says, "Because it can't be taken anywhere like the DS, consumer PR will be difficult." But, Iwata goes on to say he wants to add the R...

By Brian Ashcraft Milling around the Nintendo booth, there are two types of staff jackets: one is orange, and the other is maroon. The booth girls are decked out in orange, so by default, I need to flag down somebody in maroon. Is the DS still sold out in Japan?" I ask. Let me check," says a woman in maroon.

Prodigious Gaming says Nintendo has announced Tetris DS, another portable version of the classic puzzler. This iteration will include six "themes," each based on a classic Nintendo game. The game is expected to have head-to-head multiplayer in addition to a 10-men multiplayer mode tha...

By Seth Abramovitch Here's a confession. Before I started working on Kotaku, I thought Nintendo was dead. I consider myself a hardcore gamer. I love first-person shooters, real-time strategy and multiplayer deathmatches. That's why my ranking of game machines has been the PC, Xbox, PlayStation and GameCube...

God of War won for best Playstation 2 game of the year by a mere 15 voted, with Shadow of the Colossus taking a close second and Guitar Hero pulling out third. Xbox Psychonauts 32.2 percent (147 votes) Portable (DS, GBA and PSP) Mario Kart DS 46.6 percent (449 votes)

By Brian Crecente Seeing their smiles on Christmas morning or their (and your) joy when you play multi-player Mario Kart is a poor substitute. Good stuff and an issue I'm often left pondering myself. The winner of the poll, by the way, was the SNES followed by the NES and the GameCube. Damn Nintendo, you've got s...

A thread at the perpetually informative Gaming-Age Forums points to a GSCentral thread discussing the hackability of Nintendo's WiFi system. One user, Parasyte, claims to have already gotten several offline tracks in Mario Kart DS playable online - but he's not saying how. Here's a clip...

By Brian Crecente To get the digital schwag you need to put a letter and a present in a message bottle and throw it into the sea or river. If done correctly, the Mayor of AC gives you the Mario themed furniture. I, of course, won't be participating and that has nothing to do with the fact that I live in Denver.

By Brian Crecente It looks like the Nintendo DS has its second official smash hit on its hands. In the first week of sales in Japan, Animal Crossing: Wild Word sold 325,466 copies. Keep in mind that the unbelievably successful Nintendogs only sold 168,000 copies in its first week in Japan. The game isn't just th...

Compared with the Xbox 360 launch, the release of Nintendo's Wi-Fi Connection service was a quiet revolution. Nintendo launched the free Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection with Mario Kart DS the first title to make use of the new functionality. Playing a racing game online is not exactly a news fla...

By Brian Crecente There are a lot of things I really love about Mario Kart DS and its use of NiWiFi. But, let s face it, Nintendo s first WiFi DS game has some major issues. Come on Nintendo, you can do it. Fix Metroid Prime before it hits WiFi. Just remember, everytime Nintendo screws up an online game God kills a kitt...

By Seth Abramovitch Nintendo has been kind enough to donate five swank Mario Kart DS styluseseseses to our little Friend Code drawing. Make sure you hop over to the original post, linked at the bottom, to enter your friend code. You have until NEXT Friday to drop the code and get a chance to win one of the styli.

During a Q&A, Reggie was asked about the possibility of having a web browser on the DS: "Actually having a web browser on the DS? I think it is a provocative idea. I think it is very provocative. And again, looking at it with our "Disruptor Lens" by saying "how can we bring new people on board...

The catch? The USB cable is going to be available in limited quantities in the United States and it should just be a pack-in item on the Mario Kart DS bundle and a mail-away to get one for free item from Nintendo for DS users. The limited availability of the USB cable, a critical peripheral, see...

The Wi-Fi integration is seamless. It's as easy as clicking multiplayer on the menu and joining the game. There's a local version that just requires you to go to "Multiplayer" and wait for a group to show up. It wasn't enough that we played Mario Kart throughout the day at the Summit, but we play...

By Brian Crecente Nintendo GameCube Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness Mario Superstar Baseball Super Mario Strikers Mario Party 7 Nintendo DS Nintendogs Metroid Prime Pinball Mario Kart DS Sonic Rush Game Boy Micro/Game Boy Advance SP Mario Tennis Power Tour Donkey Kong King of Swing Donkey Kong Country 3

By Brian Crecente I've been playing around with my copy of Nintendogs for about two weeks now, and it's really grown on me. First, I have to point out that I wasn't entirely behind this concept. I've understood that it was going to be a huge game for Nintendo since seeing it at E3, but I always thought that it would...