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Hear what BBC has to say about Nintendo’s Revolution and it’s competition in Europe. More of the same, but you can definitely get a sense for what our friends across the pond are thinking (at least the media). The article also points out the PSP’s success in the UK. How’s that favoring now? [Source: BBC]

For fans of the dark Gouichi Suda that made Killer 7, Capcom is working on a new RPG for the DS. The game, entitled Contact, is said to have a lighter vibe that resembles Nintendo’s Earthbound and it will tell a different story on each of the handheld’s two screens. Contact will launch in Japan this February. Though likely, no word on a US release has been announced. What DS games are ...[Read More]

“I certainly hope [the controller will be beneficial]. More of the same thinking in terms of developing the future of games can only take us so far. As a lifelong gamer and game developer, I urge everybody in our industry to support the innovation and risks taken by Nintendo on sheer principle. We always lament that there is no creativity and innovation in the games industry anymore. Guys, w...[Read More]

During the week of September 12-18 in Japan, the DS returned to a spot on the sales charts they haven’t seen for months: #2. However, they shouldn’t complain as it was knocked down a spot by their latest handheld, the Game Boy Micro, which sold through a staggering 170,000 units. It should be noted that DS didn’t suffer a drop in sales during this week. It actually went up thanks...[Read More]

For a while now, gamers have wondered just what Square Enix’s World of Mana project would entail. A teaser site went up a few months back, but offered no details. Today, Japanese magazine Jump has cleared some of the fog. Two new titles have been announced through the mag, one being a long presumed DS RPG. Titled Seiken Densetsu DS: Children of Mana, the game is a 2D action-RPG scheduled for...[Read More]