The Nintendo van will be making its way by my house next week, bringing lots of GameCube, GBA and DS goodness to my driveway. As usual, I will try to pound out some quick impressions of everything I get a chance to tinker with.

During their last visit, I got a change to check out a bunch of titles that were later shown off at E3. This time around I get a chance to fondle the holiday fare. I already have a lot of the titles they will be showing off, but there are some pretty amazing exceptions. I can t wait to check out Viewtiful Joe DS, Mario & Luigi and Donkey Kong Country 3, but the big pay-off is going to be Mario Kart DS and Animal Crossing DS (both WiFi games). I m told that there s a good chance that I will be able to test out online play.

Here s the full list, drop a comment if you have any specific requests.

Nintendo GameCube
Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness
Battalion Wars
Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix
Mario Superstar Baseball
Super Mario Strikers
Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
Mario Party 7
King Kong
XMen Legends 2
Shadow Hedgehog
NHL 2006
NBA Live 2006
Spartan Total Warrior

Nintendo DS
Nintendogs
Metroid Prime Pinball
Animal Crossing DS
Mario Kart DS
Trace Memory
Advance Wars Dual Strike
Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
Castlevania
Viewtiful Joe
Sonic Rush


Game Boy Micro/Game Boy Advance SP
Mario Tennis Power Tour
Donkey Kong King of Swing
Donkey Kong Country 3
Final Fantasy IV
Tony Hawk
Ultimate Spiderman
Need for Speed
King Kong

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