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Doubtful. From the article: “Thus, according to gamemag.ru, who is citing Inside Gamer, is seems that Nintendo Revolution’s configuration is complete and the device is ready for mass production. And since the release date for the Revolution is in May, that gives the Japanese manufacturers 5 months in order to manufacture enough consoles.” [Thanks, Carmine!]

Although to me this Christmas has more than any previous year seemed like just another day, there’s no way to shake the warm feeling that comes with waking up knowing that I have no work to do, putting on my pajamas, and flipping open the DS. Who is going to play what this Christmas morning? Expecting anything special from Santa Mario?

Almost half of Infendo readers that voted believe the Revolution will drop next fall. Our in-house Infendo Genie says fall as well, so bring on Zelda: Twilight Princess and a plethora of DS games until then.[Source: Infendo]

While on my way home to Los Angeles from Saint Paul, I spied this woman killing time at the airport gate by playing her jet black Game Boy Advance SP at the Minneapolis/St. Paul airport. I only wish she’d had a DS so I could’ve challenged her in a mid-flight Mario Kart showdown. Let the battle for the spare bag of peanuts begin!

Since the Revolution was shown off this past May, there’s been a lot of chatter about it’s release. When? How much? Nintendo has given us very little to base our predictions off of. Today, though, I came upon some exciting information. My mom runs the Customer Service department at the local Target. She know the local Nintendo representative (brings in new demos, sets up Nintendo produ...

Apparently, Costco is selling Gameboy Micros for $49 after an instant $10 rebate. A reader writes: “I just came back from my local Costco which is in San Francisco and to my surprise they were selling the Gameboy Micro for $49.97!” At least in the Bay area, but head over to the wholesaler warehouse to see if you can pick up the best designed hardware of 2005. [Thanks, Douglas]

Earlier we told you about NGC magazine revealing Twilight Princess‘ compatibility with the Revolution and its controller. Now, scans of the article have hit the interwebs and they shed a bit more light on the subject. NGC is a UK mag, so when they said Revolution is likely gonna hit in November, it was meant for Europe. When you insert the Twilight Princess disc into the Revolution, you will...

As in high. Animal Crossing: Wild World stays at number 2 this past week in Japan, but it made sure the DS kept its bird’s eye view of all other systems. Software 1. Tales of Abyss PS2 405 000 / 405 000 New2. Animal Crossing DS 184 000 / 761 0003. Mario Kart DS 146 000 / 365 0004. Final Fantasy IV GBM 97 000 / 97 000 New5. Tamagotchi DS 92 000 / 565 0006. Pokemon Dungeon Red GBA 85 000 / 356...

According to Spong, Sega Genesis (MegaDrive) titles will be available for the Revolution backcatalog download system. From the article: “Our long-term, trusted source told us, under terms of strick anonymity, that Sega is “on the brink of being in a position to announce exactly what it has agreed [with Nintendo]” with the 16-bit console’s first-party catalogue to lead the w...

Though the game is still expected as a spring GameCube title, when you pop it in your Revolution later in the fall of 2006, the game will allow you to control Link & Friends with the new free style controller. From 4cr: “NGC can exclusively reveal that Twilight Princess will be playable on the forthcoming Revolution using the upcoming console’s unique controller. Zelda will actuall...

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Nothing like passing the holidays while making a Nintendo Entertainment System out of ginger bread. But how would it taste?[Source: Gizmodo]