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Crazy Japanese Quiz Game

The most current game on Nintendo’s Japanese Game Cube release list? It’s “Densetsu No Kuizu Ou Ketteisen: The Legend of the Quiz Tournament of Champions,” a quiz game that lets you use the microphone peripheral to answer questions in game show fashion. Apparently the game boasts over eight-thousand questions in eleven different topics that range from food, sports, and hist...

Nintendo Spotting

A youngling plays his Nintendo DS on a train. What better way to usher in 2006 than with a DS and a smile (or at least an concentrated gaming face)?[Source: Flickr]

Hardware Sales: Dec 19-25 (Japan)

Surprise, Surprise, the Japanese like the DS and the GameCube sells six times what the 360 did for the same period. Granted, few expected Microsoft’s newest console to perform well there, but that is very alarming giving the GCN recent poor sales. Via Nintendojo. Japanese Hardware Sales DS – 597,628 PSP – 161,332 PS2 – 97,475 GCN – 36,646 GBASP – 35,764 GBM R...

Gunstar Super Heroes Review

From time to time, an amazing game is released that gets overlooked. Gunstar Super Heroes is. Without question, one of those games. A sequel to the classic Gunstar Heroes for the Sega Genesis, Gunstar Super Heroes lives up to its old school roots, combining side scrolling gameplay with non-stop action. Though there is a storyline, it’?s not strong enough to base an entire game off of. Instea...

Nintendo is doing just fine with portables

From the article: “Despite hard times on the console front, Nintendo is doing quite well on the strength of its portable game systems. The most impressive of these is the dual-screen Nintendo DS ($129), which has been wowing gamers of all ages following its launch in late 2004.” The author also credits lack of internet connectivity as the reason for the GameCube’s smaller markets...

Best New Reason to Buy a Nintendo DS

GearLog believes Electroplankton is the best new reason to buy a Nintendo DS. If one more hit title is released for the DS in such a short span of time, I’m gonna do a cartwheel or something. From the article: “Electroplankton. It’s not a game, precisely, though you do play with it (or on it, or through it…). Essentially, it turns your DS into a music creation tool — ...

Revolution Less than $299

Nintendo President Iwata has revealed today that the Revolution will cost less than $299. From the article: “The Revolution will cost less than the Xbox 360. That’s Satoru Iwata’s latest droplet of Revolution-based information, and it’ll no doubt help fuel rumors of low-priced launches, although some launch speculation can now be safely laid to rest.” We were hoping f...

Nintendo Games Roundup

Here’s a long plug from Nintendo regarding 28 “must have” games for all three of their current systems. From the article: ” So you’ve received a Nintendo GameCube, Game Boy, or DS for the Holidays and you’re wondering which games to get. Here’s my list of titles no player should do without.” See if there are any you might have missed for your Nintend...

New Zelda Footage

Unless I completely overlooked this one, apparently there is some new Zelda: Twilight Princess footage floating around the internet. It’s a whopping 30 minutes of link in action, so if you haven’t, follow the jump to view the video. Thanks, Kimiko the Furball! [Source: Kikizo via Google]

Nintendo Predictions

How will the company fair in 2006? PC Magazine predicts that the company will fade from the home console market if the Revolution is not a hit. From the article: “Expect Nintendo’s delayed Zelda title to be the must-play game next spring, but unless the Revolution is a home run, Nintendo will fade by the fall. That will allow Sony and Microsoft to battle it out for the console crown.&#...

The Blair Witch Mockup

Follow the link to see some Blair Witch style mockups of the Nintendo Revolution controller. Can’t wait to see the real deal in action… [Source: Revolution Video]

DS Hits 5 Mil in Japan

As reported by Reuters, the President of Nintendo, Satoru Iwata, has revealed that the Nintendo DS has sold a record 5.44 million units since release in Japan. That’s only 13 months after launch, making it one of the fastest selling systems in existence. After a slow start, titles like Mario Kart DS, Animal Crossing, Kirby, Castlevania, and Nintendogs have lifted the DS above the competition...