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This is some very nice fan art by dark_hylian over at Flickr. It’s a self portrait of him playing the beloved GBA on a bus. If you’ve got any Nintendo fan art, send it our way and we’ll post it if you got the skills.[Source: Flickr]

A Chicago McDonald’s will host the launch event for Nintendo’s new wifi gaming service next Monday. Company employees will be decked out in Mario and Ronald McDonald costumes when the system is “switched” on. Any Chicagoans interested in going and taking some pics? If so, the franchise in mention is the 600 North Clark Street one. The event will begin at 11AM. [Source: Next...[Read More]

Given the bias nature of our site, I think it’s safe to say this poll was a race for second place. The Japanese duo takes it. If you selected MS or Sony, what games are you most excited about? Thanks for voting, and let us know what strategy you think Nintendo should take from here on out in this week’s survey. [Source: Infendo]

DS surpassed the 3.5 million units sold mark in Japan this past week. In related news, the Xbox didn’t. Hardware:NDS – 48,520PSP – 29,395PS2 – 22,030GBM – 9,349GBASP – 7,089GCN – 3,290GBA – 284XBX – 167 YTD / LTDDS – 2,032,796 / 3,528,392PSP – 1,513,252 / 1,995,504DS Lead – 519,544 / 1,532,888 [Source: DS-x2]

Chris Morris writes: “One final note for holiday 2005 shoppers: While Nintendo seems set to be a price spoiler next year, don’t look for the GameCube, Game Boy Advance or Nintendo DS to get any cheaper this year. There is “nothing planned right now” in terms of price cuts, according to Fils-Aime.” Maybe Nintendo will change their mind about holiday price cuts at the l...[Read More]