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You Thought You’d Never See Pokemon’s Ash And Pikachu Again?

Ha! Ha Ha! You were wrong! The duo will be appearing in the upcoming anime, Pokemon: Best Wishes! The upcoming anime series is for the fifth generation game, Pocket Monsters: Black and White. Previously it was revealed that the new Pokemon series, Black and White, will be all new Pocket Monsters right up to the…

By Brian Ashcraft Published August 27, 2010

A Truly Logical Nintendo DS Charger

Pikachu is an “electric-type” Pocket Monster with a tail shaped like a lighting bolt. The perfect mascot for an electric charger! This DSi/DS XL “Pikachu Charge Stand” is priced at ¥3,980 (US$47) and will be out in Japan on September 18. Pika pika.

By Brian Ashcraft Published August 27, 2010

A Highly Questionable Source For the Nintendo 3DS’s Release Date

We do not know when Nintendo is releasing its 3D-glasses-free portable, the Nintendo 3DS. Nintendo has said sometime this financial year. A super shady seller of R4 cartridges, however, is more detailed. Retailer Magical Shanghai — a retailer that continues to ignore the court injunction against the R4 in Japan — is sporting a cardboard…

By Brian Ashcraft Published August 27, 2010

Some New Club Nintendo Prizes For Japan

Live in Japan? Member of Club Nintendo? Then this post is for you. Japan’s Club Nintendo has shown off some new prizes that gamers can snag by redeeming Club Nintendo points that come with Nintendo games and hardware. There are New Super Mario Bros. Wii Nstraps and an Animal Crossing bag. The bag has a…

By Brian Ashcraft Published August 26, 2010

Hands Cramping On with Call of Duty: Black Ops DS

The developer behind the portable version of gaming titan Call of Duty: Black Ops doesn’t have an enviable task. Developers N-Space have to find a way to deliver the Call of Duty experience, a game driven by bleeding-edge graphics, immersion and subtly-balanced controls, on a platform that isn’t just lacking the muscle power, but has…

By Brian Crecente Published August 26, 2010

What If Call Of Duty Was A Pokemon Game?

Who needs Bulbasaur when you can fight with Ghost? Who needs pocket monsters in your Pokemon game when you can have the heroes of Call of Duty take turns slashing and poisoning? One amazing video depicts the unreal Pokémon: Modern Warfare. (Video includes text-based profanity, so be mindful before sharing with Pokémon-loving kids.) The video…

By Stephen Totilo Published August 26, 2010

The Idol Game Metroid’s Co-Creator Made With Final Fantasy’s Creator

Hironobu Sakaguchi created Final Fantasy. Yoshio Sakamoto co-created Metroid. And in 1987, both worked together on a game with this lady, Miho Nakayma. Game company Square was interested in doing an adventure game. But not any old adventure game, but one that used the telephone. Square was gung-ho for Nintendo’s Famicom Disk System console, which…

By Brian Ashcraft Published August 26, 2010

Disney Epic Mickey’s Delightful Platforming

I really wish Disney Epic Mickey was just a platformer. I love the concept of the third-person action game, of using paint and thinner to warp and build the animated environment around you. And when I played the game earlier this year it was a ton of fun. But every time I catch a glimpse…

By Brian Crecente Published August 25, 2010

Nintendo’s Fantastic, Familiar Airstream Tour Bus

Nintendo of America is prepping to make their annual odyssey across the United States next month, showing off samples of what’s coming for the holidays to select press. This year, instead of traveling covertly, in a bland recreation vehicle or utility van, Nintendo decided to travel in style, converting this Airstream trailer into their traveling…

By Brian Crecente Published August 25, 2010

From Game Boy To Virtual Boy, An Exhibit Of Gunpei Yokoi’s Legacy

Gunpei Yokoi, who sadly killed in an auto accident in 1997, was a gaming wizard. A new exhibit in Tokyo’s Harajuku pays its respects to Yokoi’s legacy. During the 1960s and 1970s, Yokoi created a wide array of toys for Nintendo. Later he would create Nintendo handheld devices like the Game & Watch and the…

By Brian Ashcraft Published August 25, 2010

What Wii Party And Mario Party Have In Common

Mario Party games, those party games featuring…Mario, aren’t actually made by Nintendo. They are made by Hudson Soft. And it’s no wonder they are similar to the newly released Wii Party. Nintendo has a long history with Hudson, going back to the Nintendo Entertainment System days, releasing games like Bomberman. In 1998, Nintendo and Hudson…

By Brian Ashcraft Published August 25, 2010

How To Improve 1989 Nintendo Commercial “The Wizard”

The Wizard was pretty awful. Too much Nintendo advertising, not enough Sega CD and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I don’t know what’s happening here either. But I like it It’s the work of Docfuture, who also made probably the best Sonic rap ever. [via Tiny Cartridge]

By Luke Plunkett Published August 24, 2010

Who Does This Guy Look Like?

Spotted at JFK by reader Marco.

By Brian Ashcraft Published August 24, 2010

All Wii Underwear Must Go

As seen in Walmart by Kai.

By Brian Ashcraft Published August 24, 2010

The Force Unleashed II’s Wii Version Adds More Jedi Powers

As with the original, the sequel to Star Wars: The Force Unleashed will be getting different versions of the game for the DS and Wii. When the original game came out I was deeply disappointed in how those DS and Wii versions played. This time around it sounds like the Wii version, by developers Red…

By Brian Crecente Published August 23, 2010

The Nintendo Download: And Yet It Moves

If you only download one WiiWare title in your Wii-owning lifetime, this week’s release of indie PC game And Yet It Moves from developer Broken Rules would be a damn fine choice. Released last year on the PC, And Yet It Moves is a puzzle platformer in which the player navigates a world made of…

By Mike Fahey Published August 23, 2010

Girls, You Look Different

The next generation of Pokemon, Pokemon: Black and White, is wall-to-wall with new Pocket Monsters. That isn’t it, though. A preview for the new anime, Pokemon: Best Wish!, shows what looks like a new Nurse Joy-type character (compare above with Nurse Joy). She is visible in the early batch of screenshots released for the game.…

By Brian Ashcraft Published August 23, 2010

Creepy Pokémon Story Now A “Visual Novel” For The DS

The mythical tale of Pokémon Black may be an urban legend, but it’s great reading regardless. It’s even better when you read it on a DS with accompanying graphics and sound. Multiple: Option have made a “storybook” version of the tale, a visual novel that provides the text of the story with graphics on the…

By Luke Plunkett Published August 23, 2010

Bowser Died 3000 Years Ago

This extinct species of turtle was five-feet wide and weighed half a ton. It also looks a lot like a certain Nintendo villain. The dog nose, the horns, the beaked mouth, the (relatively) enormous size…it’s official name is Meiolania platyceps, but it may as well have been called Meiolania Bowserus, so uncanny is the resemblance…

By Luke Plunkett Published August 23, 2010

Excitebike, Come To Life

Pixel-style Excitebike racer made from wood. Its creator, Justin Harder, also fashioned a pixelated helmet, chest protector and trophy from the game. As seen on Vision02 where there are loads more pictures. (via The Bits, Bytes, Pixels and Sprites)

By Owen Good Published August 22, 2010