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Archive for the ‘DS’ Category

January 13th, 2008

Apollo Justice US release date

Capcom has announced it will bring the latest edition in its Ace Attorney series to North America on February 12, 2008. While previous entries in the series have focused on the titular character Phoenix Wright, this time players will be controlling series newcomer Apollo Justice. This is the fourth game in the series and the […]

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January 13th, 2008

Bioware Sonic RPG revealed

The latest issue of Nintendo Power features a cover story and 7-page feature on BioWare’s mysterious role playing game for the Nintendo DS that stars Sega’s Sonic the Hedgehog. Titled Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood, the DS RPG is said to be a stylus-controlled affair similar to The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass.

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January 3rd, 2008

Download Full Games to you Nintendo DS

And no, this aint the illegal way to do it. While we all know that the Nintendo DS is capable of downloading content like demos from kiosks, but did you know that “complete games” will soon be downloadable through the Wii, and then transferable via Wifi to the DS, according to Nintendo of America President […]

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November 16th, 2007

20 Million DS in Japan

For the 5 of you adding up all the weekly sales figures, you were probably already aware of this, but for those who have normal lives: sales tracker Media Create announced today that the DS has crossed the twenty million mark in Japanese sales. The feat comes less than three years after the system’s 12/2/2004 […]

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November 6th, 2007

Castlevania producer confirms new DS Castlevania

Castlevania series producer Iga has confirmed that a new DS entry in the franchise is on its way. Speaking with Japan’s Famitsu.com at the recent E for All Expo, the world’s tallest producer said of the next entry in the series,

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October 23rd, 2007

Front Mission rumbles onto the Nintendo DS

Square Enix has just announced that Front Mission, the remake of the original Super Famicom turn-based strategy game featuring giant mechs, has shipped to retail. This is the first time that the origin of the series, now over ten years old, has been localized for North America. Players will utilize the DS touch screen to […]

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October 13th, 2007

Nintendo to deliver tons of Wii and DS games

If there is one thing that you cant fault Nintendo this holiday season and beyond is the sheer number of games that will be released. Sure, the “lack of hardcore” content is still a problem but hopefully Nintendo wakes up and caters to us people who play games hard too.
Wii Release Dates
Oct. 1: MLB(R) Power […]

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October 3rd, 2007

Mistwalker bringing 2 RPGs to the DS

As you know, a DS version of the Xbox 360 RPG and anime Blue Dragon has been rumored for some time now, and guess what? It became officially “official” today!
Mistwalker and Final Fantasy father Hironobu Sakaguchi are serving as producers on the tentatively titled Blue Dragon DS. Feel Plus, the development studio behind the upcoming […]

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October 3rd, 2007

Crimson/Onyx DS Now Sold Unbundled

Nintendo has just announced that the Crimson/Onyx color Nintendo DS system it packaged with Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day can be purchased by itself rather than buying the bundled package. The Crimson/Onyx system is priced the same as the other Nintendo DS systems available: $129.99.

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September 26th, 2007

Blue Dragon coming to the DS

Manga Shonen Jump says that the Nintendo DS will be seeing a portable version of Microsoft published 360 title Blue Dragon. According to Kotaku: “If Viva Piñata is good enough for the Nintendo DS, then heck, Microsoft published Blue Dragon should be too! A recent issue of manga Shonen Jump says that Blue Dragon will […]

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