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Bad news for the Revolution, THQ has announced that they would concentrate their development resources for the PS3 and Xbox360 around an amazing 80 percent equally. Since THQ will give both Xbox360 and PS3 more budget, that leaves the Revolution a measly 20 percent. This might show that THQ has less expectation on Nintendo's next-gen console. 
Nintendo Mobile will be available for everyone on November 1st. Just type in Nintendo.jp on your cell phone and you can access wallpapers and more. If you have any questions about Nintendo WiFi Connection, WiFi hotspot, and want to know the Wifi options that Mario Kart DS will have, then click here We have the weekly Japanese sales for the week of October 17th.
Here is a wonderful video of a snow capped mountain with kids SHREADING down the mountain on their snowboards! So please direct your attention to this link that will direct you towards little kids snowboarding DOWN A HUGE MOUNTAIN!!! The graphics aint half bad neither.Yes thats right, Mr. Resetti is back for his DS debut. This picture proves that Mr. Resetti will again annoy you when ever you reset your ds system. Yay welcome back Mr. Resetti!!! Killer 7 producer Gouichi Suda was talking to Nintendo Dream in a commentary about the Revolution controller. Also Suda-san liked the Revolution controller, and that his studio, Grasshopper Manufacturer and him has already planned a video game for the Revolution.Wow is this turing out to be a good game. Look for this game on Nov. 17, 2005. Click here. to see the video! At TGS 2005, Edge magazine, a UK gaming magazine, has previewed Nintendo's Revolution controller and they thought it was superb. According to Spong the Revolution will be released this upcoming June, 2006. Apparantly their sources have comfirmed this, and all of Nintendo is gearing up for the release now. The release date does make logical sense and has been hinted at for a long time, but until official confirmation, take this with a grain of salt. The pricing has also been generally speculated at around $200 USD. Hopefully this comes out to be true. It would also make sense as then Twilight Princess would be a major game to show off the Revolution's backwards compatibilty. More as it comes.Nintendo's president Satoru Iwata has confirmed that the Revolution will be looking at a near worldwide release during a interview with Nikkei Business. Iwata also confirmed that the Revolution will release the Revolution after the month of the fiscal year (April), so that means we could see the Revolution be released in the summer time or the winter time during the holiday sale. Iwata-san also wanted too see the Revolution outsell the Gamecube, and the right now the Gamecube has sold 20 million units worldwide. If the Revolution does not pass the Gamecube sales, then Iwata-san said that the Revolution will be a "failure"; Iwata-san commented that if Nintendo were to make an amazing software for that would reflect the Revolution's controller, then it would be a definite possibility.
According to some video game sites, Nintendo has unofficially announced a DS version of Mario Paint, which was one of popular Nintendo game. The game is supossedly to be released sometime during the second half of 2006 (some video games sites are reporting that the game might tie in with the Revolution). IGN has a hands-on impression on Tony Hanwk American Sk8land for the Nintendo DS. IGN talked about the game's graphics touch screen capabilities, and the gameplay, but most imprtantly, IGN got to play around with Tony Hawk American Sk8land's online interface. You can play head-to-head with a friend or another player across North America, download the top scores and ghost data, and play "The Price is Wrong" where two players try to score as close asthey can on the setpoint scale. Also IGN discovered that Tony Hawk American Sk8land will have downloadable content, which that every week, Vicarious Visions could create custom challenges within existing skateparks that all players can play in and with the top scores and ghost data uploaded to the server so that the players can see how good they did. We have the weekly Japanese chart sales for the week of October 9th. We have the full track list for Mario Kart DS which has some of the old tracks and new tracks.The Pokemon Mysterious Dungeon minisite has finally been opened. Here it shows some of the few pictures of the game and other news about the game. Sadly it is all in japanese so get something like google or altavista babelfish to translate the page for you.Haha finally the release date of Electoplankton for the US has been reveiled. It is January 6th 2006 when we will all get the newest tool for the Nintendo DS and get our groove on!REDMOND, Wash., Oct. 19, 2005 – The Oct. 24 launch of Metroid® Prime Pinball will bring all the bumping, flipping and tilting of a real pinball table to a portable video game system. Metroid Prime Pinball, made exclusively for Nintendo DS™, includes the Nintendo DS Rumble Pak™, the first accessory that makes use of the secondary slot normally reserved for Game Boy® Advance games. The Rumble Pak is the same size as a Game Boy Advance game, and delivers vibrations of various intensity and duration to immerse the player in a realistic pinball experience. Nintendo has given IGN information about their new Nintendo DS peripherial software called Rumble Pak. The codes in the DS software will trigger the innerworkings of GBA like cartridge, which will make the cartridge to spin and turn to make the Nintendo DS vibrate. In the latest Game Informer magazine, they talked about the reactions of the Revolution's controller at TGS. The writers, who wrote the article, was concerned about the Revolution's controller, but the writer's concerns were lessened when he heard the developer's reactions, and Kojima-san seems to like the Revolution very much to make a video game.Time magazine recently made a list of 5 New Things that Will Blow Your Mind and the Revolution came in second place. Only second to the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner plan.Nintendo has partnered with Fatport, Canada's leading wifi distributer, to bring many wifi access points to Canada. The list is quite disappointing to most Canadians though as the majority of the access points are in Vancouver. Also the number of places getting wifi access points is also on the low side. It would be much better if Nintendo got the partnered chains to support wifi in all of each chains' stores. Anyways you can take a look at the upcoming wifi spots HERE. Famitsu had released a poll about the next generation consoles last September and over 2000 Japanese gamers voted on each console. With the most votes, 63.2% of the gamers were interested in the Sony PS3, second was the Revolution, which had 36% of gamers who were interested, and last was the Xbox360 which has 23.9%. Here's what the Japanese gamers voted for Revolution (If you want to see both Xbox360 and PS3 votes click hear and here):Gamecloud.com has set up an interview with Perrin Kaplain, Nintendo of America’s Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Affairs, and they asked questions about the Revolution controller, Revolution's launch date, Nintendo DS online service. Nintendo WiFi Connection. Nintendo has released a couple of new tracks and has info for each of tracks that are on Mario Kart DS:
At select McDonalds you will be able to connect your Nintendo DS to the internet there to play Mario Kart or Animal Crossing for free wireless internet. Nintendo signed an agreement with Wayport asking them to put wireless internet in 6000 McDonalds wireless spots nation wide. The wireless spots will be in effect on November 14th. It seems that Nintendo has confirmed that Nintendo's next gen console codename Revolution will launch in "later half 2006". Nintedo's telephone line Nintendo Power Line has confirmed that the Revolution will be released between the summer through the winter of 2006. Here's the full quote:8 great new Super Princess Peach images. Hopefully Peach is better at beating Bowser than Mario is. Or else she will need alot of mushrooms to get her much more powerful. Courtesy of DS Advanced
Here are 2 new Pokemon ranger screens. The graphics are much better than the previous games and the pokemon are much more detailed than before. Here are the most recent Japanese sales charts for the past week.Namco recently announced Pac Man World 3 for DS. The versions are already on PS2, PSP, GC, and Xbox. At the Digital Life Expo in New York there were a few online enabled games. Someone kindly decided to look at the WiFi settings on the DS which came out with some great new info. DS owners can save 3 different locations for people that like to move around alot and connect easily to the location that you saved if you move within range. Settings can also be sent wirelessly through LAN. There will also be a one touch option that can set up a wireless connection with ease. As Nintendo said the WiFi Connection will be "Easy to use".Nintendogs was such a big hit for the DS so now they're making it for the GameBoy Advanced with a few differences. Here are alot of Nintendo WiFi Photos and Mario Kart photos and video.Here is the Pokemon Dungeon Japanese boxart and a few images to boot! BoxArt |Image1|2|3|4| Here is the first movie of the game!Here are 10 brand new Dig Dug Screens! I hope you all like them.Here are the Japanese sales for the week of September 26th. Mistwalker, found by Hironobu Sakaguchi, former Square-Enix employee and the Father of Final Fantasy series, has annoucned their new Nintendo DS RPG, ASH. ASH or Archaic Sealed Heat is focused on an ancient flame that had been sealded away for manys of years, because if the flame will touches you, then you will turn to ash, but your memories and your heart will remain in the ash. The story begins when Queen Aisha learns that the flame is resurrecting the dead. Square-Enix has announced that they will be making a basketball title with Mario and gang to star in, and the title is Mario Basketball 3vs3. The title will have traditional Basketball gameplay elements, but the characters will have there own special moves. The game will 3D elements and to control the player, you have to use the stylus/thumb strap on the touch screen. Nintendo of Europe has announced that Mario Kart DS will have a online ranking or matching system to pair you and your opponent(s) based off of skill levels. Mario Kart DS will also have Friend Roster, where you can add anyone to your buddy list; it's similiar to Animal Crossing: Wild World where you have to give anyone you know a "friend codes" to play with them online. At Nintendo's conference, Square-Enix has revealed their anticipating Nintendo DS game in Japan, Final Fantasy 3 will support 3D gameplay instead of the rumored 2D. There was no information after that, but we do have screenshot of the game.REDMOND, Wash., On Nov. 14, Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection will begin a new era of easy, social gaming. For the first time, characters from the Nintendo universe will be playable online, as part of a unique wireless community, accessible inside or outside the home. Nintendo DS games like Mario Kart DS, Animal Crossing: Wild World and Metroid Prime Hunters will require no additional charge for online play. Each is scheduled to launch in the coming months, along with the first third-party title using Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, Activision's Tony Hawk's American SK8Land, developed by Vicarious Visions. Famitsu has just revealed over 20 titles that are coming to the Nintendo DS. Here's the list: Nintendo has recently held its press conference to talk about Nintendo WiFi Connection, another Brain Training game, and Nintendo's USB dongle. Nintendo talked about Nintendo WiFi Connection and the games that are going to support Nintendo WiFi Connection. Nintendo said that the first game to come out online-enable on the Nintendo DS will be Animal Crossing: Wild World on November 23 in Japan following that will be Mario Kart DS, which will be released December 8th. There's a rumor going around that Mario Kart DS will be delayed in Europe. The title will be pushed back to November 25th than November 11th. Nintendo has not reponded to this rumor yet, but we'll keep you updated on this. In the interview with Miyamoto, Engadget talks to him about Nintendogs on the Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wifi Connection, Revolution and its controller, and the fan-made video, Nintendo On. Sonic creator, Yuji Naka had an interview with Gamespy, and Naka-san has confirmed that Sonic Rush will support WiFi on the Nintendo DS.When Mario Kart DS comes out November 7th, Nintendo will release a bundle of a Red Nintendo DS and Mario Kart DS for a MSRP price of $149.99. Three new screens have been released for Metroid Prime Pinball and it's looking really good, you can look at them right here Nintendo has released new information about AC:WW LAN and WiFi details.
