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Handheld Gaming for Divas On-The-Go 2008-11-13 17:13:00 One good thing about handheld game consoles is that you can take it anywhere. That is why it's the perfect toy for busy gamers, just like Christina Aguilera & Beyonce Knowles.
On an interview, Christina said that she's a big gamer and loves her Nintendo DS, with Mario Kart DS topping her list of favorites. Beyonce on the other hand expressed her love for gaming by requesting for an Xbox and P Read more:Divas
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Pokemon Platinum 4th Best-Selling Game in the World 2008-11-13 10:50:00 For the third quarter of 2008, that is. According to numbers by NPD/GfK/Enterbrain, Madden 09 tops the list with just under 3 million sales. PokemonPlatinum
for the DS made the fourth spot selling 1.482 million.
Released in Japan on Sept. 13, 2008, Pokemon Platinum is a remake of sorts of Pokemon Diamond and Pearl. It sold 1 million copies in its first two days.
Who else can't wait for the Nor Read more:World
Valkyrie Profile & Dragon Quest V for the DS Coming to America 2008-11-12 17:01:00 Square-Enix recently announced that two awesome RPGs will be headed to America
's shores next year --- Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume & DragonQuest
V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride. That's two more DS role-playing games to add on a very long and impressive list.
Dragon Quest is slated to be released on Feb 17 while Valkyrie will come out Mar 17, a month later. Better tune-up your RPG sk
Moon Not Coming Out Until January 2009 2008-11-11 17:37:00 Publisher Mastiff and developer Renegade Kid recently confirmed that the release of their upcoming sci-fi thriller title for the Nintendo DS, Moon, will be delayed until January
13, 2009. Mastiff did not give a reason for the hold-up.
Moon garnered much buzz since it was announced largely because it was developed by the same guys who made Dementium: The Ward. The game will pit gamers against alie Read more:Until
Fun with KORG DS-10 2008-11-11 09:17:00 I drained my Nintendo DS Lite's batteries when I first got my hand on KORG DS-10. It was hours of fun and I managed to get about 20 seconds of good beats in.
KORG DS-10 is another non-game game for the DS Lite. It was released July 2008 in Japan, October 2008 in Europe, and November 2008 in the US. Basically, it's a KORG MS-10 synthesizer emulator. If you've never handled a KORG before, don't fre
Got Your Free Dragonite? 2008-11-10 09:14:00 As with many things, I failed to mention last week that Toys “R” Us across the US will be giving away free Dragonites last weekend. Pokemon Diamond and Pearl owners would be getting a Dragonite plus if your lucky, a Pokemon Ranger poster and a $5 off coupon for any Nintendo DS game.Silly me, I wasn't there. Anyone want to trade?
NEW Dissidia Video Shows More EX Mode 2008-11-07 18:33:00 Final Fantasy Dissidia is getting more tastier every new video and image releases. This video shows Squall and Zidane battling it out complete with the much buzzed EX Mode. Japanese PSP fans sure are lucky to get this game this coming holiday season. No word yet of a North America release date :(
Win a Nintendo DSi! 2008-11-07 10:51:00 Again, not from me silly. The guys over at kotaku has recently started their DSi contest.
But the problem is, it's not your run-of-the-mill comment contest. you have to work for it to win this DSi. 5 questions, and you have to find the post with the correct answer to proceed. Pretty tough, but would be damn worth it if you ask me. Alright, I'm off to win this! Read more:Nintendo
Free Short Films for PSP, PS3 Owners 2008-11-06 09:49:00 Shoot! is a project by SCEE that will allow PSP and PS3 owners to download six short films for free. The shorts are directed by well-established director plus a rookie director.
The films, which will be in High Def, are themed PlayStation: Play, Create, Share, Connect, Discover and Challenge. They will be available free for download on EU's PS Store on November 13.
Here's a quick list of the sho Read more:Films
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DSi to Feature New WarioWare Games 2008-11-05 10:20:00 Wario is always an early favorite when a new Nintendo console comes out. The DSi is not exception. Nintendo will release a set of WarioWare games for the DSi in December that can be downloaded at the future DSiWare store.
WarioWare: Photograph will be just like any other WarioWare games: fun, extra weird, and makes good use of a console's features. I'm going on a limb here and say that this game Read more:Games
Elite Beat Agents 2 Coming Soon? 2008-11-04 07:53:00 Elite Beat Agents is one of the reasons I bought a DS Lite. I was like a schoolgirl riding a flying unicorn 10 minutes into the game. That is why I dropped my pants and did three cartwheels when I saw this image over at gonintendo.That's right. Elite Beat Agents 2 are GO!!! Read more:Coming Soon
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DSi: Homebrewproof! 2008-11-03 10:45:00 As of the moment, that is. Reports are abound that the recently released Nintendo DSi is not accepting slot-1 carts made for homebrew stuff. A member of Hacken.cc did a test with ten homebrew carts and all resulted to failure.Here's a list of non-DSi-compatible homebrew carts:R4DSEZ Flash VCycloDSG6 DS RealM3 DS RealSupercard DS OneiTouch DSFCardNCardM3 DS SimplyU2DSI'm a big fan of the homebrew c
Video: PSP SNES Controller Mod 2008-10-31 11:53:00 Foo successfully (and quite masterfully) modded a PSP to function using an SNES controller.I guess this is what the next-gen handheld will look like when hell freezes over - Sony & Nintendo teaming up! I'm no expert with modding consoles, but I believe this one's pretty hard to top.Head here for more!
Guitar Hero: On Tour Decades Complete Song List 2008-10-30 12:36:00 I was a bit disappointed with Guitar
Hero: On Tour's song list, to be honest. But nevertheless, like the good rocker I am, I still enjoyed the game. Two-weeks-or-so from now, Guitar Hero
: On Tour Decades
for the DS is set for release, and everyone's waiting to hear if the songs will improve.Here's the song list for Guitar Hero: On Tour Decades"Smooth Criminal" by Alien Ant Farm"Dirty Little Secret
Can't Wait for Ninjatown!! 2008-10-29 10:09:00 Oh man, I just can't wait to get my hands on Ninjatown for the DS, which is to be released any minute now. Gotta save up first, though. Meanwhile, here's some Ninjatown goodies including its trailer.
Ninjatown, as you can probably tell by its name, is a town populated by ninjas. But they were invaded by Mr. Demon who, as you can probably tell by his name, wants nothing but to destroy stuff.
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Harvest Moon: Welcome to the Wind Bazaar Debut Trailer 2008-10-27 11:24:00 Harvest Moon. You gotta love em. Well, with the barrage of Harvest Moon games, who wouldn't? There's something for everyone that would like to try their hand on farming. The upcoming Harvest Moon: Welcome
to the Wind Bazaar
for the DS is no different, except they've stepped up the multiplayer modes, allowing friends to come visit your farm and lend a helping hoe I mean hand...Here's the debut Japa Read more:Harvest
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Kirby Super Star Ultra Up for Grabs!! 2008-10-24 15:06:00 Not here silly. Over at dsfanboy DS fanboys are commenting like crazy to win a copy of KirbySuper
Star Ultra
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The mechanics are simple, the prize is awesome, so what are you waiting for? I've entered my entry and you can too until the end of Oct 28 ET.
Rune Factory 2 Confirmed on Nov 18 2008-10-24 10:54:00 Farmers and monster collectors alike will be happy to hear that Marvelous has recently confirmed the release date of Rune Factory
2: A Fantasy Harvest Moon for the DS. The fantasy-farming game will be made available on November 18, 2008.
I didn't really enjoy the first Rune Factory as much as the other Harvest Moon games, but the addition of monsters and fighting was quite refreshing. The graphic Read more:Confirmed
PSP Firmware 5.01 Coming Soon 2008-10-23 15:56:00 Just days after the release of PSP's Firmware
5.0, Sony will roll out Firmware 5.01 due to a memory bug that gamers are experiencing. The said bug returns an "insufficient space" error when downloading onto a memory stick. The latest Firmware will be released just to fix this specific problem.
Kudos to Sony for getting on top of this so quick. Read more:Coming Soon
GTA Chinatown Wars Hands-On 2008-10-23 10:24:00 The guys over at EDGE has been lucky enough to be invited by Rockstar for a hands-on of GTA Chinatown
Wars. One word seems to sum up the whole first-impression review: mesmerizing.
The GTA game for the DS is complete with pedestrians, civilians, day/night cycles, and you can rotate the view 360 degrees. One downside, though, is the control system, since a majority of people grew up playing GTA wi Read more:Hands
PSP-3000 Not Doing So Well, Sold 140k 2008-10-22 16:15:00 The sales number of The PSP-3000, or PSP Brite, is looking a bit dim in Japan. It sold 141,270 in its first four days (Oct. 16-19), trailing behind PSP Slim's intial numbers by around 100,000 units.
There's been reports of bugs and issues about the system's performance. Can this be the reason for the low numbers?
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5th Cell Announced Announcement of New "Innovative" Game!! 2008-12-03 17:21:00 You know you're a bad-ass game developer if you get people talking about the announcement of the announcement of your next game. 5th Cell did just that, and rightfully so.
The developers of Drawn to Life and Lock's Quest will be announcing their next "innovative, engaging and completely unique" game this coming Friday, December 5th. It will be an IGN exclusive, though, so better set your sights Read more:Announcement
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Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time US Release Date 2008-12-03 09:11:00 It looks like we're all in for quite a long wait to have a go at Square Enix's FFCC: Echoes
of Time. The game will be released by Spring 2009, but it is my humble opinion that the wait will be worth it. Aside from the usual cutesy Crystal
Chronicles characters, Echoes of Time will feature the ability to play together between the Wii and the DS version.
Some die-hard Final Fantasy fans frowned upo Read more:Release
Prince of Persia: The Fallen King Still Falls Short 2008-12-02 17:46:00 I'm currently contemplating on getting a copy of Prince
of Persia
: The Fallen
King for the DS, but after seeing the video below (and remembering the horribleness of previous PoP DS titles) I think I'll pass on this one.
Is it just me (or this video), or does Prince looks like Aladdin? Read more:Falls
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Atlus Getting DS-Happy 2008-12-02 10:29:00 Atlus is on a roll! The company is spewing out hit-game after hit-game on the Nintendo DS. Etrian Odyssey? Atlus. Summon Night? Atlus. Trauma Center? ATLUS!!! The list is quite long, and there's handful more in the works, including but not limited to:TrackMania DSLegacy of Ys Books I & IIMy World, My WayAs if that's not enough, Atlus will be bringing Marvelous' Steal Princess, another ARPG, to Read more:Happy
Bye Bye Giant PSP 2008-12-01 11:32:00 As if the lack of new PSP games this week is not torture enough for PSP gamers, the much adored billboard-sized PSP in New York's Houston St. is finally getting the boot.The landmark has been featuring upcoming and popular PSP games for the past few years, but now it seems that the giant PSP the has served its purpose.[via pspfanboy] Read more:Bye Bye
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