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G4 has posted the full-length Iwata interview that aired yesterday on the network. The President of Nintendo touches on it’s upcoming Revolution strategy and apologizes for the Zelda delay due on the GameCube next spring. From the interview: “Nintendo hopes those hardcore enough to care about the graphical differences and buy a PS3 or 360 will also buy a Revolution, since the Revolutio...

1up has posted it’s “creative” take on the recent DS title, Lost In Blue. They give the game a 7.5 engaging rating, but I can’t tell if the author is bored with the game by his last drawing. Also, this game was shipped, not available yesterday according to the store that turned me down. Seems like this is happening a lot lately; giving out a ship date rather than an “...

While this title seems to offer more of the same, I’m liking the cowboy twist. The horse scenes even look a little like Link from Twilight Princess, only with chaps on. That alone might get us through till next Spring. Gun launches on 11/08/2005 for the GameCube. View Trailer [Source: Gamespot]

It’s obvious that with the unveiling of the Revolution Controller, Nintendo would be on the rise with search indexes. “Nintendo Revolution” was the fourth most gaining searched subject on Google last week. While this is promising news for the company, what can be done to keep this momentum? It appears the hype of the controller lived up to it’s unveiling, but Nintendo still...

Masahiro Sakurai, designer of the Kirby and the recent DS hit Meteos has launched his own game studio named Sora. In a recent Q&A with Edge Online, he talks about coming up with the design behind Meteos. “[Meteos] was created by one designer, one graphic artist and one programmer, and took three days… When I designed Meteos, we didn’t know it would be released on the DS platf...

Kotaku had the pleasure of talking with Nintendo’s Miyamoto over the weekend. If you’ve got some time to kill, and want to work on your Japanese, right click to save. Nothing really new but it does reiterate Nintendo’s stance on how to break into a larger game segment and how the industry has evolved.[Source: Kotaku]

Due to a bug in a roster update for Electronic Arts’ popular “Madden 2006,” New York Jets lineman Michael King can appear as a mere 7 inches tall. I also hear Madden is crashing PSP’s left and right in franchise mode. What’s with all the football bugs?What are some of your all-time favorite video game glitches? [Source: Cnet]

Lost in Blue for the Nintendo DS goes live today in the US. Although Game Rankings only has two reviews of the game, Nintendo Power gave it an 8/10. Looks like the DS has yet another solid game on it’s hands courtesy of Konami. I’ll be posting impressions after I get into the game.

Here are 10 reasons why I like images via Flickr RSS: SNES ControllerWin Button – Quite possibly the best mockup ever!EvolutionJapanese LunchPlayerMicroDirectional Pad Micro AgainPlay-Yan Which is your fav?

Apparently, some guy over the weekend tried to get Shiggy to sign a PSP at his NYC appearance. Miyamoto, or at least his rep had the last laugh though. Once they informed him that Shiggy would only be signing “Nintendo products” the kid sheepishly had Miyamoto sign his DS instead. Just disrespectful. But you gotta respect the kid’s cojones. It would have gone for a nice price on ...

by Nicholas RoussosAt the Tokyo Gaming Show, Nintendo grabbed the lime light with its unprecedented new take on the console controller. With the first solid impression of where Nintendo wants to take us with this generation, everyone’s mind has begun to wander with possibilities. Many are discussing how the new “freehand-style” control scheme will affect their favorite genres (FP...

Gizmodo has a nice write up on the potential effect the new revolution controller could have on gaming. In referring to the new one-handed controller they say “Nintendo is advancing the industry by making the technology more approachable to a larger audience. Remember this moment years from now when you are about to ”˜toss’ off a phone call or ”˜flip’ through a chat room. Nintend...