News Final Fantasy III & Winning Eleven Themed DS Lite's
It comes as no surprise to find out that Japanese gamers will be getting a limited edition FFIII DS lite when the game is released next month.
Furthermore you probably won't be surprised to hear the fact that there has been no conformation of this DS reaching any areas outside of Japan (well, other than eBay at a silly price that is). According to...
News European Wild World Gets Flower Power
Nintendo are encouraging all European Wild World players to use their Wi-fi connection by offering a free item.
European players of Nintendo's hugely successful title Animal Crossing Wild World are going to be in for a treat when they use their game online between the 17th - 23rd of this month. Those lovely people at Nintendo will give each player...
A video has emerged of the Pokemon Wii game in action.
From what we can make out from the video over at IGN it seems that Pokemon will be following the same traditional format as always. On close inspection you will also be able to notice that the scenery gets damaged in the battles, whether or not this damage will remain after attacks is unknown...
News Games Critics Awards Are In
A week ago we brought you news about the nominations for the Games Critics Awards for best of the show at E3. Well now the results are in and we can see how well Nintendo did.
Without further waiting, here are the winners: Best of Show:Wii (Nintendo) Best Original Game:Spore (Maxis/Electronic Arts for PC) Best Hardware/Peripheral:Wii (Nintendo) Best...
News Wii May Have Launch Date & Games Price
Information is slipping out around the web about the launch window for the Nintendo Wii.
Cubed3 managed to talk to an unnamed inside source, who revealed that Nintendo does indeed have a planned launch date. "At the moment Nintendo are aiming to launch the Wii on November 6th... Nintendo aren't going to have an exact date in mind until they are...
Pac's on a roll, with no self-control
Everyone knows Pac-man from his highly addictive debut arcade game, but for a while now Pac-man has been taking a walk on the wild side and venturing into the world of 3D. So it came as no surprise to see that the yellow gobbler has made it onto another DS game, this time 3D. And Thus starts the Pac 'n Roll...
News The Game Critics 2006 E3 Awards
GameCriticsAwards have announced the nominees for this years best of E3 awards.
It's that time of year again, after every good E3 show comes the awards. “The 38 publications voting for the Game Critics Awards: Best of E3 2006 are proud to announce this year's nominees. The committee has recognized 54 products from 20 different publishers.”...
News Final Fantasy III Trailer Released
The DS game worth buying the console for is out this year, and now for a sneak peak...
Role Playing Fans rejoice as you can now see one of the best Final Fantasies in 3D for the DS. For those who don't know FFIII never saw release outside of Japan, so this remake will be the first time for many to play this game. Below is the trailer: What has...
News The Full Metroid Corruption E3 Demo
The entire E3 demo of the new Metroid game for the Wii is viewable over at IGN.
The video runs through the entire demo level and gives us a clear idea of what to expect. I was quite surprised to learn that Samus has a partner during this mission, although he did not appear in anything bar cut scenes. I wasn't surprised at all when I saw the boss,...
News GBA2 Canned Due To DS Success
According to the article posted in Reuters earlier today, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata is having second thoughts on the GBA2
The question we have to ask here is; "Does this really come as such a surprise?". The Nintendo DS has been going from strength to strength and it has been proven in this years E3 with what is a stunning array of games lined...
News New Smash Brothers Controls?
An interview over at Eurogamer gives some interesting hints at the direction Smash Bros Brawl will take when it comes to controls.
Most reading this will know and appreciate the Smash Brothers franchise, it has been called the best Nintendo multiplayer by many fans. So it comes as no surprise that there now is official confirmation of a Wii version...
The current E3 rumors seem to indicate that Nintendo may well be revealing a Wii version of the classic Duck Hunt.
Duck Hunt seemed one of the most logical games to have on the Wii, in fact all scope games would work well. It's not known whether this is the original working on the Wii controller or a brand new game entirely. I am sure more details...
News How Zelda Will Play With Your Wii
In the pre E3 hype Gamespot reported information, from an article published in Time magazine, about the Wii controller with Zelda, WarioWare and an unknown Tennis game.
Writer Lev Grossman at Time magazine was not only lucky enough to have his hands on the Wii controller, but he actually got to play some of the games. He mentioned how Zelda Twilight...
Review Viewtiful Joe: Double Trouble (DS)
Superhero Joe returns for a portable adventure, but is it Henshin a good-good baby?...
Viewtiful Joe Double Trouble is yet another instalment in the classic Capcom series about the superhero who loves films, Viewtiful Joe. The DS outing had a lot to live up to in comparison to the console versions, maybe a bit too much was expected? For me the first...
News 4GB Hard Drive For DS This Month
Datel's hot new product the Max Media player gives DS users 4GB of space that fits into the GBA slot and runs of the DS's battery.
In their press release Datel stated: "MAX Media Player for DS This is the greatest add-on in the history of the handheld. MAX Media Player turns your Nintendo DS into a powerful home entertainment device, with movie...
Review Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance (GCN)
Dark days are rising and mercenary Ike...
Not long ago Fire Emblem was one of those cool looking Japanese games that we never got the chance to play over here. Thankfully in the past few years gamers in the west have been graced with that latest 3 (the 7th 8th and 9th instalments), 2 for the GBA and one on the GC. The one featured in this review is...
Review Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan (DS)
Welcome to the world of quirky Japanese rhythm games. I hope you enjoy your stay...
As you may have guessed Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan (in English; Go! Fight! Cheer Squad) is a musical rhythm game for your Nintendo DS. As it is only available in Japan the game is host to many Japanese tunes (catchy ones at that) and the typical quirky scenarios you would...
New gameplay modes shown as you get to see this cult classic remake in action...
IGN have gotten hold of 3 new video's for the upcoming Nintendo game Tetris DS. What is interesting is that they show how some of the gameplay modes play: One video shows the grounded blocks being moved about to clear lines (by use of touch screen most likely), this is...
News Revolution Details In March?
Rumours circulating around indicate that Ninty may reveal the Revolution details before E3...
Well at least that’s what website MCV (who are renowned for their weekly trade magazine) reckons: MCV understands that Nintendo president Satoru Iwata is set to unveil some key details regarding the enigmatic next-gen Revolution console at the Games...
Review Mario & Luigi: Partners In Time (DS)
Just in time
If you are one of those lucky people to have played Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga on the GBA you will understand the hype behind this new game. Set after the events of their GBA adventure Mario and Luigi are once again called upon to restore peace to their beloved Mushroom kingdom. The previous instalment saw us play as both Mario and...
News Revolution's Virtual Console Survey
Nintendo hire a marketing company to issue a survey about the Revolutions "Virtual Console" feature.
Nintendo of America recently got Zanthus, a marketing company, to issue a survey on their behalf about the Revolution's "Virtual Console". This survey featured some mock-up screen shots, I know these are ugly but none of it is official so don’t get...
Lik-Sang hear from their sources that news on a redesigned DS may be unveiled soon...
We all know Nintendo like to reinvent their handheld's, each time changing to current market trends. This is why it comes as no surprise that rumours are now circulating about a remade DS. What shape is anyone’s guess, Spong have some interesting ideas but we...
Board one massive mountain with 3 peaks, pull off insane tricks and race your rivals.
SSX3 is the 3rd instalment in EA’s series of break neck snowboard super cross games, it’s the best one to date. This is one of the few snowboarding games that are on GCN. The 2 main events in this game are tricks and races, both are highly addictive. In the...
Review The Simpsons Road Rage (GCN)
The Simpson’s go Crazy taxi but it is a shameless cash-in or good game?
Most people like the idea of Crazy Taxi, drive around really fast dropping people off at their destination before the timer hits 0. It's simple pure arcade addiction. The question is did Radical Entertainment manage to make the Simpson’s Road Rage a similar success. Take a...
