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In addition to Cooking Mama for the DS, DS Cooking Navigator sounds like an excellent touch generation title for the non-gamer. New Launches writes: “It is voice activated so once you select a receipe for every step there will be a voice prompt along with pictures. For eg – The DS will tell you “add oil to the pan” and once you say “ok” it will move to the next ...

Here’s some interesting speculation on the day in case you’ve missed it. Moz La Punk discusses a recent Nintendo Forum post that got deleted because it claimed Wiimote’s use of off-screen play sans the sensor bar. In addition, the deleted post claims Nubris’ Raid on The River being published by Majestico. How likely is the former?

While the Super Mario Bros. manual claims that Mario was a plumber before getting sucked into the mushroom kingdom, some aren’t buying: The blog without a name writes: “I want to believe Mario. I want him to pop on back from the Mushroom Kingdom, walk into a non-pixelated bathroom, whip out some washers and a gasket wrench, and fix a leaky faucet. The evidence just isn’t there to...

Nintendo Now writes: ” We were also told definitively that Nintendo will hold its own show to demonstrate the Wii, which will likely be the console’s final display before the launch… When asked about the Tokyo Game Show, our source said that Nintendo will likely not surprise anyone with a sudden appearance on the showfloor, but he was not certain whether or not further announceme...

Well, almost. Nintendo Central writes: “After a month of on off work, I’ve finished my Handheld Gamecube.. Calling it a Portable Gamecube is an understatement because I’m still tethered to the wall and it is still bulky and heavy… Still At least I don’t have to carry craploads of stuff around with me wherever I go.” [Thanks, Vincent]

I didn’t realize this until just now, but there was no Zelda: Phantom Hourglass date on Ninty’s recent year-end portable games schedule. So no Phantom Hourglass until at least 2007? What is the deal with Nintendo and Zelda delays? I need my Link fix, yo!

Kotaku explores the misadventures of Nintendo in fast-growing South Korea. From the article: “While Sony has been swift in its Korean campaign, Nintendo continues to fuddle around. The company doesn’t have a concrete idea how to operate the Korean branch… And millions and millions of Korean gamers go back to their computer screens, wondering what the big deal is with that DS thin...

Featuring a nostalgic Offspring Green Day song in the backdrop, this video of Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles for the DS was shot at this weeks ComicCon convention in San Diego. Allthough it doesn’t show off any of the dual screen or touch capabilities of the game, it does display some of its fancy 3D graphics and effects that are on par with if not prettier looking than August’s upco...

Parody, though it could be a nice Ninty site name this in the age of Flickr.

Quick: What are your top 5 DS games?

So what’s it like to work for Nintendo? While we couldn’t get any juicy, candid details, here is a sampling of what we come up with: PalGN writes: “The offices located in the building are very roomy and highly decorated with many posters and other accessories, and Nintendo of Japan say they want every employee to have his/her own space… meals served at the cafeteria are up ...

Today Nintendo teased in the portable games linup release with the following: “Perhaps the secret to the launch information for Wii is somehow encoded in the text of this news item.” Gaming Target believes they’re serious. They write: “The fourth quarter begins on October 1. Now look at the list. At least one game is released every Monday in the fourth quarter except for th...