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By tomorrow Nintendo’s DS “Point and Speak Phrasebook” will be available in five languages, translating from Japanese into Thai, Chinese, Korean, English, and German. The Japanese train ads are showing that the use for this cart isn’t actually to learn a new language, but to stick your DS in the face of anyone you can’t speak to have it talk for you, poking different ...

PureVideoGames has a nice analysis of Nintendo’s current marketing strategy as compared to it’s 1980 techniques. From the article: “We know now that the NES was a fine product, but without an aggressive marketing strategy that went above and beyond simply advertising and trying to convince retailers to stock it, the NES would never have gained a foothold in the United States. And...

Apple aficionado Cabel is at it again with his third installment of his DS Lite video review. This is one of the most entertaining internet videos I’ve seen in a long time. Not to mention it has plenty of DS Lite shots and a musical score from the Price is Right. Nice!

Nintendo has posted a new video for the upcoming DS title, New Super Mario Bros with more to follow each week until the game is launched on May 15. I personally am really excited about this game, as most are. So did we criticize to soon a few weeks ago? What are your thoughts on this game after seeing the new video? [Thanks, Bill and Rivithed]

Over at CNNMoney, Game Over’s Chris Morris has a few predictions for the Big 3 and others at E3. Sony– PS3 pricing won’t be revealed, but the games targeted for the launch period will, as well as their new online network. Chris says that while withholding the price from gamers will cause frustration, it’s actually a smart media move. Doing so will garner them additional att...

Gamefront posted some info on Castlevania Portait of Ruin for DS and here it is: -A painter is involved, hence the subtitle. Surprise surprise.-Paintings are used to transport to different areas.-PoR has a bigger focus on accessory/arms collection than soul gathering. Good move.-The female protagonist is from the Fernandez family and has a platonic relationship with male protagonist Jonathan. Hank...

Gamers Reports has a nice little roundup of key take aways from the June issue of Nintendo Power. Here are the goods: “The Tony Hawk Revolution” is confirmed as a Revolution title Bob Ross Revolution game is pretty much confirmed by Nintendo Power “[We’ll] have to wait until E3 for the [last Revolution secret] to drop.” Many games were mentioned such as Revenge of Shinobi and A Link ...

The non-feud continues, now as a homebrew game. Someone has developed a program for DS and PSP that allows the 2 to interact wirelessly with each other in a game of tic-tac-toe. If only Sony and Nintendo would allow this type of interactivity for big budget multi-platform games. That’s unlikely, but at least we can hope for deeper homebrew apps that work this way. System (and fanboy) wars wi...

BusinessWeek (via GameDaily) had some good things to say about the Revolution today, mainly that the company is still in the running for the top spot. From the article: “Nintendo has two huge things going for it when we’re talking Revolution. First and foremost the company has the download service that will allow Revolution owners to download classic Nintendo, Sega and Hudson (Turbo Gr...

The much beloved King of Fighters is rumored to be coming to the DS. Modojo writes: “At a recent Online Game Festa in Tokyo, series producer of the arcade classic King of Fighters revealed that details on a KOF game for the Nintendo DS will be announced at some point in the future.”

RevoGaming has an exclusive report detailing the success of the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection service which now supports an average of 260,000 unique daily users. From the article: “Launched last November, the Nintendo WiFi Connection service, which offers free online multiplayer for a host of Nintendo DS games, has amassed over a million unique users in less than four months. The service’...

Out of over 500 votes 84% will buy the new DS Lite when it is presumably launched in early June. 14% of that 84% will only do so after selling their original DS. The remaining 16% still like their trusty first DS version. Thanks to all that voted and be sure to let us know what “Megaton” secret might come from Nintendo at this year’s E3. Revolution’s last secret will be? FR...