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Normally, we're not in the business of providing our thoughts on daily Super Smash Bros. Brawl news, for our opinions on, say, Ashley's Theme from WarioWare aren't that strong. However, when Sakurai and team do something as oddball as including a Pictochat themed stage, it simply can't wait until the weekly Dojo Dump rolls around. The arena's spartan appearance is made more magical by the random drawing of stage elements, like wind, platforms and thunderclouds. It even features Wii Channel tunes to really up the self-referentiality. More »
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I may be pretty satisfied with my DS, as is the entire nation of Japan, but Next-Gen calls the dual-screened handheld "half-done" and has a list of changes for the next version. Half-done? Maybe a little... extreme, but since author Eric-Jon R ssel Waugh labels Pictochat "the best IM program on the planet" it's clear he's not afraid of hyperbole. More »
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Short answer? No...unless they are child molesters into handheld gaming, but Fox News 6 out of Milwaukee seem to think otherwise. In a special report entitled "Playing Games With Your Kids Safety," Reporter Brad Hicks delves into the disturbing, implausible possibilities. It is pretty much one of those grab the viewer stories that they tease during prime time television. Things like, "Could those french fries give you testicular cancer? Find out at 11." The stories are generally use fear to entice people to help stations generate advertising dollars, and are generally ridiculous. Even more so in this instance. More »
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Joystiq reports from TGS that the PictoChatting before Kutaragi's keynote was some good stuff: More »
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NDSart is a site for uploading art created on the DS: there's some pretty good stuff there, like this little guy created in PictoChat. More »
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