News for 08 / 2005

News: New Zoid Titles To Land On Cube And DS

The Japanese sensation that is Zoids get another two titles - one for the Gamecube, and one for a certain dual-screened handheld...
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News: Lunar Genesis Gets European Release

Rising Star is all set to release a Nintendo DS iteration of the long-running Lunar RPG series in Europe this November!
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Rumour: Nintendo To Reveal All At TGS?

SPOnG claims Nintendo will reveal all about the Revolution's hardware and controller at this year's Tokyo Games Show... Updated!
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News: Nintendo Confirm Pokémon XD Europe Details!

Dark winds sweep across the land of Orre, shadow Pokémon are everywhere, and the land's fate rests on a spiky haired hero and his Pokémon companions...
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News: Mario To Boogie On Your Cube!

A new form of freestyle is hitting the streets on 28th October 2005 when Dancing Stage: Mario Mix launches across Europe!
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News: EA Employees Form New Dev Studio

Five former members of EA's Black Box studio have split to form Deep Fried Entertainment, which is set to develop games for the DS...
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News: Nintendogs To Star At GME

Nintendo announce a Nintendogs virtual dog show at Games Market Europe, the only UK trade show for computer gaming.
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News: Band Of Brothers Voice Call Of Duty

Activision signs a squadron of actors to voice several of the main characters for Call of Duty 2: Big Red One.
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News: Nintendo Europe Tests Wi-Fi Connection

First it was Nintendo of America, now the European section of Nintendo need your help testing the upcoming Wi-Fi Connection...
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News: Sony Takes Swipes At 'Gimmicky' DS

A Sony executive has criticised Nintendo, saying any competition with them in the handheld market is "irrelevant".
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News: Gunstar Heroes For GBA Looks To The Future

Gunstar Super Heroes has received an official name change in European territories...
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News: Mario To Join SSX On Tour...

The news we broke exclusively last week has now been confirmed officially by Nintendo and EA! Video footage inside!
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Charts: Latest Japanese Hardware & Software Sales

For the week ending August 21, DS sales continued strong...
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News: The Prince Of Persia Gathers His Allies...

Ubisoft have revealed information on the secondary characters returning for Prince of Persia 3...
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News: Nintendo of Europe Expect Growth

It appears that Nintendo of Europe are not too concerned about the launch of the PSP next month, as they are predicting a 50 percent growth in handheld gaming sales this year.
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News: Tamagotchi Corner Shop Details!

Bandai have announced all the details on their upcoming Tamagotchi title with a twist, Tamagotchi: Corner Shop...
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News: Nintendogs Helps Dogs Trust

Nintendo have teamed up with UK charity Dogs Trust to raise awareness of the time and commitment needed to raise a dog.
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News: Resident Evil DS Site Launches

Capcom launch a teaser site for the recently revealed Resident Evil: Deadly Silence...
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News: Nintendogs Eat Bakers Complete

Nintendo and Bakers Complete are joining forces to promote Nintendogs in the UK, which is due out in early October.
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News: Metroid Hunters Goes Wi-Fi!

Nintendo reveals the title will now utilise the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection! Guess that's why it was delayed...
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Fire Flower #14: There Goes The Summer

With autumn nearing, Iun laments the lack of summertime gaming.
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News: Kaplan Slates Xbox360's Chances In Japan

Nintendo of America's Perrin Kaplan has slammed Microsoft's chances in Japan next generation, saying it will face an uphill struggle.
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Q&A;: Updated!

Not as many questions as usual this week, but it's still all good.
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News: GUN Trailer Available!

C-E Download: We've got a brand new trailer for Neversoft's awesome looking GUN! You don't want to miss this...
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News: Smash Bros. Bundle To Be Released!

Nintendo of America launch a bundle featuring the most popular Cube title at a very low price!
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News: Sonic Rush Trailer Unleashed

See the latest footage from the blue-haired hedgehog's debut on Nintendo DS!
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News: Resident Evil DS Announced!

Nintendo DS gets Resident Evil: Deadly Silence, a remake of the original Resident Evil! Screenshots now inside!
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News: Band Bros. Gets GBA Cartridge Expansion

31 new tracks will be heading to Jam With The Band/Band Brothers in Japan next month on a GBA cart expansion pack!
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Rumour: More Revolution Speculation

Another day, another set of rumours regarding the Revolution. Head inside for a roundup of the latest rumblings...
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News: Is Nintencats Next?

Nintendogs' mastermind Hideki Konno is interviewed, and mentions felines possibly heading to your DS sometime in the future...
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News: New Trailer For Lost In Blue!

Konami have revealed a new trailer for their island-survival game Lost in Blue!
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News: The Big List - US Release Dates

Nintendo of America date all the games out in the US of A from now until Christmas on Cube, Game Boy and DS!
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News: SSX Video Feat. Mario

Exclusive: Did you know that Mario, Luigi and Peach are featured in SSX On Tour? Head inside for an exclusive video download showcasing the All-Stars in action.
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News: Mario & Luigi Sequel Recieves Official Title

The dual-screened (and dual baby) sequel to Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga is now officially titled...
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News: Rumblin' With Metroid Prime Pinball

The Metroid-themed pinball game set to shake up the dual screens.
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News: Metroid Prime Hunters Officially Delayed

Metroid Prime Hunters will now be released sometime in Q1 2006...wonder what they could be adding...?
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News: Age Of Empires DS Developer Speaks

Developer Digital Eclipse comments on some of the facets of adapting the popular PC RTS (Real-Time Strategy) into a portable TBS (Turn-Based Strategy).
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News: Play-Yan Goes Micro

Nintendo's Play-Yan player for the GBA will get an update to tie-in with the launch of the GBA Micro in Japan! UPDATE: Now check out the new Japanese site...
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Rumour: Amazon France Revolution Info

The French version of the popular online retailer updates their page on the Revolution to include a European price and date...
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News: Nintendo Publish Annual Report

Nintendo publish their annual report! All the facts and figures digested inside!
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News: Konami Announce TGS Line-Up

Plenty of titles for Nintendo DS and Game Boy Advance are to be shown by Konami at the upcoming Tokyo Games Show!
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News: Nintendogs Gets A Holiday Edition?

ESRB seem to have confirmed a fourth incarnation of the popular puppy simulation! Head inside for details...
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News: Nintendo Wi-Fi Service Q&A;!

Nintendo of Europe's Jim Merrick answers probing questions on user IDs, buddy-lists, online match-making, integration into web-based accounts and more!
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News: Mario Kart DS Producer Interviewed!

Hideki Konno, who has worked on more Mario Kart incarnations than you could shake a well-placed green shell at, talks Mario Kart DS!
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News: Happy Birthday Mario Site Launches!

Nintendo of Japan celebrate the upcoming 20th anniversary of Mario's first appearance, which was way back in 1985!
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News: Molyneux Mentions Revolution Controller

Gaming legend Peter Molyneux commented on Nintendo's elusive next-generation controller at Leipzig, head inside for what he had to say...
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News: Meetro Coming To DS

Meet Meetro, an advanced instant messaging program for DS and PSP with support from AIM, ICQ, Yahoo, MSN...
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News: Revolution Will Be A 'Pleasant Suprise'

More annoyingly teasing hinting, this time from the creator of Sonic, Sega's Yuji Naka.
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News: Rare Asks What You Want On DS!

Rareware have called for you, the gamer, to tell them what you do and don't want to see on the DS from them! Request a Mr. Pants DS inside!
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News: Fifa 2006 Tracklist Unveiled!

EA Sports announce the international mix of tracks you'll be listening to this autumn when Fifa Football 2006 launches!
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News: Ubisoft Takes Prince Of Persia Next-Gen

Despite the upcoming Prince of Persia 3 being the last in the Sands of Time trilogy, it won't be the last we see of the Prince...
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Charts: Latest Japanese Software & Hardware Sales

And in the week ending the 14th of August, Jump Super Stars finally arrived. How did it (and the DS) do? I'd say it was a modest success...
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News: Advance Cube Wars Screens

New screens have been shot to us by the upcoming Battalion Wars and Advance Wars DS.
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News: Mario Kart DS Screens

Head inside for eight brand new Mario Kart DS images. You know you want to see them...
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News: Mario All-Star Screens

Straight from the Leipzig showfloors we bring you screens showing off three upcoming GameCube titles featuring the one and only Mario!
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News: Euro Dates For 2005

NOE have announced the release dates for the Gamecube, DS and GBA for the rest of the year.
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News: Nintendo DS Goes Pink and Blue

Nintendo of Europe sent out a press release confirming the additional colours for the Nintendo DS which are to hit European territories in October.
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News: Nintendo Press Conference Leipzig

Breaking: Nintendo of Europe announces GB Micro, Play-Yan, DS colours, and more. Click for a summary of Nintendo's press conference.
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News: Mutant Ninja Turtles

Head inside for new Nintendo DS and new GameCube screens showing off the upcoming Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles games. Cowabanga!
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News: Yu-Gi-Oh! Nightmare Troubadour

Yu-Gi-Oh Nightmare Troubadour is coming to Europe this November. Click for details and new screens.
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News: Lost in Blue Update

Konami has released new facts and screens in Leipzig showing off Lost in Blue, an adventure game for the Nintendo DS.
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News: Euro Game Boy Micro Details

Breaking: This morning Nintendo announced the European street date for the Game Boy Micro and expected retail price. Click, click, click!
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News: Mario Smash Football Bundle

Breaking: Mario Smash Football will be out in Europe on November 18th, with a pearl white GameCube bundle! Click for details...
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News: Metroid Prime Hunters Character Trailer

C-E Download: Not new, but a slightly longer clip showing off some cool footage of the other bounty hunters...
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News: Sid Meier Strategizes On DS?

The creator of strategy megahits such as Civilization and Alpha Centauri is casting an eye towards the dual-screened portable.
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News: Game Boy Micro Unleash Date

The newest, tiniest Game Boy has finally got its date...well, in America anyway.
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News: Sega's Holiday Line-up

SEGA Europe today announced its full product line-up for the months running up to the Christmas season. Click for the sweetness...
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News: Nintendo DS Price Slash

Breaking: Nintendo announces a new price for the Nintendo DS in North America.
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News: Zelda Twilight Princess Delayed

Breaking: Nintendo has announced that it is postponing the release of the highly anticipated The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. Updated: new screens added.
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News: Bubble Bobble DS

Bubble Bobble is being refurbished to fit two screens. Expect it to hit stores later this year!
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News: Chaos Fields Goes America

O~3 Entertainment announces Chaos Field for the GameCube. Yes, the game will be released in the US!
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News: Monthly US Software Sales!

See which titles hit it big stateside in a round-up of the All-Format, Handheld and GameCube charts for the month of July!
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Rumour: $100 GBA Micro

A price estimate in a popular tech magazine has pegged the price of the shiny new ultra-portable to be right around $100.
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News: PSP Shares Same Development Budget As Cube

...at least according to a CESA Japan report on development budgets for the various consoles. XBOX costs takes the cake...
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News: Midway To Release Rampage: Total Destruction

The popular arcade series is to be reinvented for a release on Cube next year!
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Charts: Latest Japanese Software & Hardware Sales

Pokemon XD hits the charts in Japan during the week ending August 7th. Was it enough to take the top spot in sales? Come take a look...
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News: Zelda Revolution Confirmed

Zelda series producer/director Eiji Aonuma confesses a new Zelda game is in development as we speak for the Revolution!
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News: The Latest From Leipzig!

DS "non-games" Brain Exercises and Brain Training will be present at the German games show, as will E3-style DS Download stations. UPDATE: Game list added.
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Q&A;: Updated!

A little late, but still good.
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Feature: Nintendo's Little Voice

Nintendo may be making headway with marketing, but there's a lot more to do in the next generation, says Mark. And a certain official magazine is part of the problem.
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News: N-Space Developing For DS

The developers behind upcoming Cube possession-em-up Geist announce they are working on a number of projects for Nintendo DS.
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News: Japanese Crazy For Jump! Super Stars!

Jump! Super Stars manages to sell through a whopping 320,000 copies in just one day!
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News: Atari Facing Financial Woes

Infogrames is having to bail out the third-party publisher, after it records heavy losses of $32.8 million in the first financial quarter.
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News: Konami Reveals Two For DS

This year's Tokyo Game Show will see two new titles on the DS from Konami - "Azure Dreams" and "Iron Feather"...
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News: Nintendo Running Network Connection Tests

Help Nintendo with internet connection tests and get a cool little Animal Crossing-style desktop clock...
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News: Latest Famitsu Scores

Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu has reviewed some big titles, including Jump Superstars, Castlevania and Lost in Blue.
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Fire Flower #13: Art Vs. Action

On the struggle between the mainstream and the indie.
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Feature: The Politics Of Pikmin

Nintendo's take on RTS. Miyamoto's garden pottering in game form. Thinly veiled social critique? Nick takes a skewed look at the Pikmin series.
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News: Naruto 4 Is Announced

Popular anime Naruto will be getting a fourth title in the series, set to hit the Cube (in Japan at least) sometime soon.
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News: Jack Thompson Turns Against Killer 7

In the aftermath of the Hot Coffee fiasco, Killer 7 is next in militant lawyer Jack Thompson's firing line...
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News: Pokémon DS Games Revealed

Six(!) brand new Pokémon games will be heading our way on both the DS and GBA. Head inside for details...
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News: Sony Sues Lik-Sang Over PSP Importing

Online retailer Lik-Sang.com have today been informed that Sony are commencing legal actions against them.
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News: Rooney & Ronaldinho Promote Fifa 06

Famous footballer-type people Wayne Rooney and Ronaldinho have been scooped up by EA to promote Fifa 2006.
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News: DS Gets Bleached By Sega

Sega reveals a DS incarnation of Japanese anime and comic sensation Bleach! Head inside for the details...
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News: Bandai Cans Two Titles

Mobile Suit Gundam Seed and Magical Touch, two titles which were headed for Nintendo DS are now no more.
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News: Japanese To Get Second Helpings Of Polarium!

Addictive DS puzzler Polarium gets an update in Japan, as the original is updated with some interesting new features...
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News: Master Chief Gets A Metroid Mod

It ain't Metroid Prime 3 or Hunters, but you could be playing as Samus online sooner than you think...
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News: Vivendi To Show At GME

Games Market Europe - the UK's only trade show for the games industry this year - will play host to Vivendi and their latest titles.
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News: King Kong Screens

Ubisoft has unleashed new screens featuring our hairy friend King Kong. Click to see!
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News: Shrek Super Slam Trailer

See Shrek slam it out in a newly released trailer showcasing in-game footage of Shrek Super Slam!
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News: Ultimate Spider-Man

New screens have been swinged to us by Spider-Man himself. Click to see!
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Charts: Latest Japanese Software & Hardware Sales

Now Japan's leading system thus far for 2005, the DS continued to sell well during the week ending July 31.
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News: Super Princess Peach DS Dated!

You'd forgotten about this title? Nintendo set a date for the Peach-centric platformer in Japan, plus confirm she's headed Europe's way!
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News: Downloadable Dogs & Jump Super Stars!

Nintendo offer up trial servings of Nintendogs and Jump Super Stars from hundreds of download stations across Japan...
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News: Nintendo To Attend German Games Conference

Nintendo announce they will be speaking later this month at this year's German Games Conference...
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News: Nintendo Games Up For Edinburgh Award

This year is the third Edinburgh Games Festival, make your voice heard by voting in Edge magazine's annual award!
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News: Nintendogs Training Video!

Getting you ready for your furry addition to the family, we have a great video training you how to look after your Nintendogs pup!
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News: Phoenix Wright Japanese Packshot

Capcom's unique law investigation and courtroom simulation is on its way - see the Japanese packshot inside!
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News: Metroid Prime 3 Details!

We've the first bits of information on the Metroid Prime Revolution - set to be the conclusion to the Metroid Prime trilogy!
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Q&A;: Updated!

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News: Feel The Magic 2 Unveiled!

Take a first sneak-peak look at the sequel to Sega's unique dating sim Feel the Magic (Project Rub in Europe)!
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News: Snowboard Kids Screens

Kids everywhere! Soon we are going to have kids, whether you like it or not. Yes, on the Nintendo DS of course...
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News: Tamagotchi DS

Bandai has released the first images showcasing Tamagochi for the Nintendo DS. Nintendogs, watch your back!
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News: Tony Hawk DS Screens

Head inside to see Tony Hawk in action on the Nintendo DS in its upcoming dual screen title.
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News: Flipper Critters

Zen Studios has announced Flipper Critters for the Nintendo DS. All they need is a publisher and then you will soon be able to flip it out on your silver handheld...
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News: Viewtiful Joe DS Dually Named

Joe's DS adventure is granted a new title...
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News: Square-Enix Reveals World Of Mana

The mysterious World of Mana title appears (in trailer form at least) at Square-Enix Party 2005! Updated: See the trailer inside!
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News: Meteos Crash Lands September In Europe

Nintendo reveal there isn't long to go until the Tetris-like addictive puzzler Meteos reaches Europe!
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News: Marvel & Activision Team Up

Activision have been granted the exclusive rights to make an RPG based on Marvel's universe of superhero characters!
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News: Prince Of Persia 3 Q&A;!

Ubisoft answer questions on the climax of the Prince of Persia series in an interesting Q&A; session with Prince of Persia 3's Artistic Director!
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News: Activision Announce Financial Gains

Large third-party software manufacturer Activision makes its first-quarter 2005 revenues public.
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News: Nintendo Confirm European 'Dogs Date

It's been confirmed the smash-hit DS game Nintendogs will finally reach Europe this October 7th. Read on for more... Update: European micro-site launched!
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