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The Queen of Pokémon

In the West, when someone says Pokémon, you think about your favorite Pocket Monster, the cartoons, or the games themselves. The same goes for Japan, but there’s something else that comes to mind. Make that, someone else. Singer, model, and person-on-television Shoko Nakagawa has been involved with each consecutive Pokémon feature film since 2007’s Pokémon:…

By Brian Ashcraft Published June 3, 2011

Now There’s a Toy Dog You Control With Your Nintendo DS

Kids love video games, and kids love dogs, so Sega Toys and Activision Publishing have combined the two in Wappy Dog, a virtual pet game for the Nintendo DS that’s a little less virtual, thanks to the bundled dog robot. Teach your kids how to raise their own puppy without worrying about silly things like…

By Mike Fahey Published June 2, 2011

Hideo Kojima Won’t Be at E3, But His Game Will Be

Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima is in the process of checking the E3 playable demo of Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D, noting that the title will use the gyroscope. [きーやんの気まぐれゲームブログ(･ω･｀)!?]

By Brian Ashcraft Published June 2, 2011

3DS Internet Browser Doesn’t Support Flash

The Nintendo 3DS might have online, but it doesn’t support Flash. Just like Apple’s iPhone. Bummer! [ニンテンドー3DS]

By Brian Ashcraft Published June 2, 2011

And These Are America’s 3DS eShop Launch Applications (Pokémon!)

You know which games and programs Japan will be getting next week when its 3DS eShop launches. Now see which ones America gets. Know there will be Pokémon Alongside the internet browser and the eShop itself, a 3D version of Excitebike will be available for free for anyone installing the updates by July 7. More…

By Luke Plunkett Published June 2, 2011

Transfer DSi Data to the 3DS (But Not Vice-Versa)

Players can transfer DSiWare data (games, saves, and photos) to the 3DS. But players cannot transfer the data back from the 3DS to the DSi. [Nintendo]

By Brian Ashcraft Published June 2, 2011

These Are Japan’s Nintendo eShop Launch Games

On June 7, the Nintendo eShop will open in Japan, outfitted with six Game Boy title titles on the Virtual Console: Mega Man: Dr. Wily’s Revenge, Kirby’s Dream Land, Baseball, Avenging Spirit, Downtown Special: Its Kunio’s Period Piece Assemble Everyone!, and Super Mario Land Other games at launch include Mystery P.I., Breakout 3D, and 3D…

By Brian Ashcraft Published June 2, 2011

Professor Layton Loses Something in Real Life

Actually, you know, it loses nothing. It’s just that one kind of charm is replaced with a different kind. So carry on!

By Luke Plunkett Published June 2, 2011

If You Could Bone One Animal Crossing Character, Who Would it be?

Gross question, right? Or perhaps just…stupid? Perhaps, but this is video games and this is the internet, meaning that more than one person has thought about having sex with an Animal Crossing character, and those people have got together. Auntie Pixelante has combed the depths of a certain niche porn mecca, found everything there is…

By Luke Plunkett Published June 2, 2011

What has Two Thumbs and an Ocarina? This Guy

The plastic ocarina that Nintendo’s sending around with The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D is quite the coveted piece of swag. Until we got ours, only French journalists and Australian customers were on the chosen list of recipients. Does the thing actually work? Joel Johnson put it to the test. You may not…

By Owen Good Published June 1, 2011

Link Vs. Ganon, An Old-School Fight Reimagined to Frightening Scale

Link faces the original Legend of Zelda boss Ganon and gets an upgraded style while doing so by Eric Proctor. The Final Boss by Eric Proctor / TsaoShin (deviantART) (Twitter) Need your daily fill of geek eye candy? If so, head over to Justin Page’s Rampaged Reality and get your fix. Republished with permission. The…

By Michael McWhertor Published June 1, 2011

Nope, the Zelda 3DS Cartridge Isn’t Painted Gold

Nintendo sent us a copy of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D a bit early. The game launches later on June 19, but we’ll be able to play it some and tell you about it. No time to play now, though! So just check out the tchotchkes Nintendo sent along (sure to be…

By Stephen Totilo Published June 1, 2011

These Nintendo Prepaid Cards Are Pretty

The regular Nintendo prepaid cards look boring. These are not regular Nintendo prepaid cards. Available in ¥1,000 or ¥2,000 (US$12 or $25), these cards feature Super Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda and Famicom themes; they can be used to buy digital games on the Wii, the DSi and the 3DS. 新デザインになった『マリオ』と『ゼルダ』のニンテンドープリペイドカードを買ってきました [インサイド]

By Brian Ashcraft Published June 1, 2011

Culture

These Fighting Game Ladies Will Kick Your Face In [NSFW]

Dan Howard is an artist who has worked with both role-playing game companies and, a little closer to home, Udon Entertainment, they who turn Capcom artworks into coffee table books. While he does all kinds of work on all kinds of subjects, today I’m only interested in one thing: Dan’s amazing paintings of video game…

By Luke Plunkett Published June 1, 2011

Japan is Not Thrilled by the 3DS. Here’s Why.

So far, Nintendo’s 3DS looks to be a bust. This could change; the portable is still early in its lifecycle. But Japanese gamers aren’t exactly snapping the machine up. There must be reasons for this. Turns out, there are. Online research firm Goo polled 1,110 Japanese consumers (39.5 percent were men and 60.5 percent were…

By Brian Ashcraft Published June 1, 2011

And You Will Know Mario Games by The Colour of Their Boxes

In Japan, Nintendo has a practice of releasing more mature titles in black boxes. In America, pretty much the opposite is about to happen. From now on, a range of Mario’s DS games in the US will stand out on the shelf with a bright red case, drawing the eye of the customer towards the…

By Luke Plunkett Published June 1, 2011

Nintendo’s Next Console May Have Something In Common With the iPhone

We’ve heard that the touch-screen controllers used in Nintendo’s next home console will have a camera. It appears that California-based OmniVision, who among others works with Apple on its iPhones, may be supplying those cameras. OmniVision specialises in camera solutions for handheld devices, and for a few years has supplied the swish back-facing camera sensors…

By Luke Plunkett Published June 1, 2011

CultureTotal Recall

Behind the Scenes of The Legend Of Zelda: A Link To The Past

For the past few years, Nintendo has run a series of interviews on its website called “Iwata Asks”, giving us behind-the-scenes looks at some of the company’s most important games and pieces of hardware. This interview, though, does not involve Iwata. And was never on Nintendo’s website. Because it was conducted in 1991, and involved…

By Luke Plunkett Published June 1, 2011

Square Enix Making Social Game for the Nintendo 3DS

What is Heroes of Ruin? It is Square Enix’s stab at social gaming on the Nintendo 3DS. The game features a band of four heroes taking on monsters and other creatures that pop up in games involving bands of heroes. Heroes of Ruin uses 3DS StreetPass functionality for an in-game “Traders’ Network” that lets players…

By Brian Ashcraft Published May 31, 2011

The Absurdity of International Game Ratings

Different cultures have different tastes. That’s a given, and will always result in slight differences in game ratings. But what’s just happened to 3DS game Dead or Alive: Dimensions is too strange to overlook. The game won’t be sold in Sweden, Norway and Denmark because of fears over the region’s child pornography laws, which forbid…

By Luke Plunkett Published May 31, 2011