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Reports are circulating about a malware that will render your DS useless. Most of us don’t have to worry, but if you run a lot of homebrew on your DS, stay on the lookout. [source: TehSkeen]

According to Forbes, “The company slashed its forecast of operating profit and sales owing to the slump in sales of its home-use stand-alone game consoles.” GameCube sales fell short of predictions, primarily due to poor sales in the US. ‘This is because the product life-cycle of our Gamecube is coming to an end,’ Nintendo spokesman Yasuhiro Minagawa said. If you’re c...

The Original (black) wins by 40% of voters. While I understand you 33% liking the white, I can only imagine how the controller/remote would look after hours of gameplay. Anyone ever seen a well used iPod? Regardless, thanks for voting and be sure to check out this weeks poll on your opinion of how Nintendo is doing. [Source: Infendo]

Kotaku has a screenshot of the wi-fi software that will drive Nintendo’s new gaming network. Of course it will be translated into English for us North American and UK blokes. Apparently, when the WiFi USB peripheral is inserted, the DS is able to go online. Before this happens, a pop-up window appears on both screens, guiding the player through the process and asking for their access point. ...

At your local thrift store: curling iron, hair dryer, hair dryer, NES zapper… All in the same department.

Since E3, all the chatter’s been about Twilight Princess. From the delay, to new screens, if there are two things the Nintendo community is excited about; those things are no doubt the Revolution and Zelda. So, I decided to see what the buzz was all about. No, I haven’t played with the Revo, but I did get out to the local Nintendo Fusion Tour stop, and experience some of Nintendo’...

Nintendo shot off a press release detailing their North America WiFi plans. The majority of it is straight forward news that had already been released, but one part stuck out to me: Outside of the home, players will be able to connect in a variety of ways, including at thousands of free Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection hotspots nationwide. More details about these hotspots and how to connect outside of t...

A clever GameBoy Micro owner, John Tokash, discovered a secret/hidden jack on his GBM. He speculates that it could be used for a smart faceplate. My guess is that it’s for a Micro VR helmet (I’m only joking), what do you think it does? Is it on your Micro? [Source: Gizmodo]

It looks like everwhere but the US gets good Nintendo commercials. Here’s a spot for a Canadian Micro commercial. It’s edgy and funny, but it also gives me the creeps.

IGN has posted a concept of what it thinks a Revolution controller charging cradle could look like. The real story here is that we keep seeing Revolution concepts. It seems like Nintendo’s next console is not only generating excitement but also flaming people’s imaginations. Personally, I like to imagine more exciting things than a charging cradle, but the mock-up is nicely done. [Sour...

Nintendo announced several DS games today, and Japanese magazine Famitsu has screenshots. Among the games are Mario Basketball 3 on 3, a Tingle RPG, another brain-training game, and many more interesting concepts. Update: Even more screens are posted in the Nintendo Forum. A complete list of the newly announced DS games is available at Planet GameCube. [Thanks Rollin] Here are two of my favortite ...

Nintendo of Japan held a press conference today revealing their Nintendo DS WiFi USB Connector. DS users will be able to purchase the adapter … and simply connect it to the USB port of a broadband-enabled PC and after a click or two, the PC becomes a home wireless hotspot. Therefore this creates a gateway to the web for the Nintendo DS. Sounds simple enough. How many lack a wireless router a...