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Dragon Quest IX In Convenient Trailer Form
We’re a month away from Nintendo’s release of Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Sky, the DS exclusive ninth installment of the beloved RPG series. Check out this trailer to see how it measures up to its console cousins. Despite being a portable title, Dragon Quest IX is perhaps the most ambitious Dragon Quest…
By Mike Fahey Published June 9, 2010 -
Finally, Dogs Can Cosplay As Mario, Too
And Luigi. And Peach. Not that they couldn’t before! Etsy shop Young Urban Puppy has just make things easier with these Nintendo-themed dog outfits. Spectacular. There is also a Game Boy outfit for your dog. Look! There it is. No, really. Yes! You can dress your dog as a Game Boy. If anyone ever asks…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 9, 2010 -
The Most Pirated Nintendo DS Games Are…
You know it. I know. People pirate Nintendo DS games. It’s so bad that Nintendo is spearheading a lawsuit to stop piracy. Yet piracy continues. According to Japan’s Computer Entertainment Supplier’s Association, the top title for illegal downloads is Pokémon Platinum with 2,071,006 transfers worth ¥9.5 billion (US$103 million). Following close behind is Pokémon Diamond…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 9, 2010 -
Foxconn Ditches Suicide Compensation, Looks To Relocation
This year, Foxconn’s Shenzhen factory has been hit with a rash of suicides. The company has taken measures to prevent jumpers. Now, it looks set to take the greatest preventive measure of all. It is revoking the payout it had been offering to families of the deceased. This year, there have been 12 attempted suicides…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 9, 2010 -
EA Boss Has Seen The 3DS
I haven’t seen the Nintendo 3DS. Have you? No, you haven’t either. But EA boss John Riccitiello has. “It’s like one of these things here where with Nintendo where you’ve got to be very careful here because they’ve got a lot to say at E3, and I want to be careful to not accidentally transgress…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 9, 2010 -
It’s Easy To Make Pikachu Terrifying
As seen on はちま起稿
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 9, 2010 -
North America Getting New DSi XL Color
This July a new DSi XL color will be making its way to the US. That color is “Midnight Blue”. The new DSi XL color will join its bronze and burgundy brethren on American store shelves. Earlier this month, Nintendo revealed three new DSi XL colors for Japan: Yellow, Blue and Green. Midnight Blue appears…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 8, 2010 -
Star Fox’s New Friend Fights Like A Dairy Cow
Global dairy superpower Arla sure knows how to sell milk in Sweden: with Starfox, on the Super Nintendo. This new commercial, set in present-day Sweden, kicks off with a small boy in a rad knitted sweater playing some Starfox. There’s even a barrel roll. To keep his energy levels up, he can turn to a…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 8, 2010 -
My Wii Remote Suddenly Isn’t Cuddly Enough
A pair of new Sesame Street games will come bundled with the cutest, furriest Wii Remote accessories we’ve ever seen, transforming the peripherals from hard plastic blocks into cuddly Cookie Monsters. Later this Fall, Warner Bros. will be releasing Elmo’s A-to-Zoo Adventure and Sesame Street: Cookie’s Counting Carnival. They’ll probably be forgettable Wii edutainment/shovelware, but…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 8, 2010 -
The Nintendo Download: A Mixed Bag With Meerkats
With no one game in particular standing out in this week’s Nintendo Download other than the one with the meerkats in it, perhaps it’s one of those weeks laced with hidden gems? Yes, we’ll go with that. And don’t take my singling out of Lapland’s Lead the Meerkats for WiiWare as any sort of endorsement.…
By Mike Fahey Published June 7, 2010 -
Nintendo Is “Very Strict” About Mario’s Game Appearances
Um… In years past, Mario showed up in a bunch of Nintendo games. Tons “Mario is a very important character in the Nintendo world and so we want him to appear in our titles,” said Miyamoto in a recent interview. “Indeed there are a lot of games to which he is well-suited. However if he…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 7, 2010 -
Marvelous Entertainment Is Trying To Stay Alive
Marvelous Entertainment has published titles like Harvest Moon, No More Heroes and Little King’s Story. It has seen better days. Last March, Yasuhiro Wada, who created Harvest Moon, stepped down from his position as Director Digital Contents. That same month, it was revealed that Cing, the studio that co-developed Little King Story, was going bankrupt.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 7, 2010 -
Rumor: 3DS “Close To” 360, PS3 Graphics
Since the Game Boy Advance was a Super Nintendo, and the DS was a Nintendo 64, most people expect the upcoming 3DS to have the horsepower of a GameCube. IGN say that may be under-selling the machine somewhat. The website reports “Several developers that have experienced 3DS in its current form have reported, off the…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 7, 2010 -
Reviews
X-Scape Review: The Beauty Of The Old Ugly
Can you love shapes and straight lines? Crimson spider robots casting maroon shadows? Pink stripes painted beside tan in tunnels of sky-blue enemies? Fly to an era when game graphics were ugly and the best of that ugliness was beautiful. Your method of time-warp transportation is X-Scape, another downloadable DSi game with a questionable name,…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 4, 2010 -
Professor Layton Escaping To Global Publishing Freedom!
Game developer Level-5 has released a series of popular Professor Layton games through Nintendo onto the Nintendo DS. Level-5, however, is planning its worldwide escape. The Fukuoka-based company is looking to publish the Professor Layton titles itself, cutting Nintendo out of the lucrative international publishing deal. Level-5 publishes the games in Japan; however, Nintendo releases…
By Brian Ashcraft Published June 4, 2010 -
Mario’s Great And Terrible Secret
This won’t be news to anyone that knows enough about Mario to win a pub trivia night on the flora or the Mushroom Kingdom, but still. The delivery of this secret is as great as the secret itself. Yes, the clouds in Mario are the same as the bushes, just in different colours. Shocking, but…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 4, 2010 -
FTC Proposes 5% Tax On “Consumer Electronics”
As part of a draft plan to “save journalism” (as in, “save newspapers”), the Federal Trade Commission is making a number of proposals to Washington. Among them is a 5% tax on consumer electronics. Hey, game consoles are consumer electronics! It’s already been dubbed the “iPad Tax” by some hipsters, but really, that’s a little…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 4, 2010
