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3D and Short Play for Madden NFL Football
Madden NFL has had a largely tractionless history on Nintendo’s platforms since the Wii supplanted the GameCube. It’s a version that simply lacks identity, floating from cartoon characters attempting to play simulation quality football, to real world strategy that has to account for gameplay gimmicks. Madden NFL Football for the Nintendo 3DS doesn’t do much…
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Picked Up a 3DS? Whaddaya Think? Tell Us Here
I don’t get my 3DS for another 90 minutes – the GameStop here in Springfield, Ore. did no midnight launch (mall location) and won’t open until noon. But we’re already getting reports in from readers in North America about their experiences with Nintendo’s new handheld. Tipster RavenWorks: “I entered ‘Shazam!’ as my 3DS status message.…
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Triforce Johnson Was First in Line After All
Isaiah “Triforce” Johnson, the Power Glove-wearing superfan whose attempts to start the 3DS launch line as early as Tuesday were thwarted by zealous security and suspicious cops, was in fact the first person in North America to be sold a Nintendo 3DS. Here he is receiving it at Best Buy’s 3DS launch event in Union…
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What 3DS Games Are You Buying Tomorrow?
There are 16 games available when the Nintendo 3DS launches in North America tomorrow. Now, the 3DS itself does come with a lot of fun stuff in the box – augmented reality games, 3D video, etc. But this is a games console. Games are sold separately. Which ones do you plan on buying? We’d like…
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These Are the Least Favorite Pokémon
With the fifth generation of Pokémon monsters introduced (in North America) earlier this month, the bestiary is up to nearly 650. That’s a lot of Pokémon, and it figures not every one of them is recognized as much as, say, Charmander, Snivy, Pikachu and, yes, Mudkip. A series of five surveys, four with extremely large…
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Why Put a Cartridge in a Console When You Can Put a Console in a Cartridge
I get the feeling I’ve seen this before somewhere, and the creator, dany32412 on Instructables, himself says it was inspired by another source. That’s still a functioning Nintendo Entertainment System within a modified NES cartridge, which is a great novelty mod. The difference here is the original gamepads are supported. NES in a Cartridge [Instructables]
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Cops Called on the Only Man Camping Out for the 3DS Launch
This guy has been waiting outside a New York City Best Buy since Tuesday, a one-man campout line waiting for the Nintendo 3DS. That is, until store security called the cops to shoo him off. Look, I don’t mean to stir the pot, but we know what’s going on here: It’s because store security is…
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