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KORG, makers of electronic instruments for over 40 years, have created a DS-based instrument. The DS-10 software for Nintendo DS will be released this summer in Japan. No word yet on when or if the rest of the world will get localized versions, but you can bet this will be a hot import item. Head on over to this site for more details and an MP3 sample of a song created with the KORG DS-10. [Thanks...

MSNBC’s Levi Buchanan writes in his gushing review of Smash Bros. Brawl: There really is so little to complain about in “Brawl” that you almost worry if from this point on, Nintendo has nowhere to go but down. Besting this achievement ’ and the stellar “Super Mario Galaxy,” will be a tall order for the company. Wii has been a raging success, as have been the majority of first-pa...

If your location observes Daylight Saving Time, don’t forget to set the clock forward one hour on your Wii and DS today! Unlike many modern electronics, these game systems don’t set themselves. Not sure how to do it? Find your manual here. Now get out there and enjoy that “extra” hour of daylight!  Oh, who am I kidding .. you’re going to be indoors all day playing Br...

Flip open your Sunday funnies today and you’ll see FoxTrot giving their take on pre-ordering Brawl. Or just click here for the strip.

While picking up a second Classic Controller for Brawl last night, I stumbled across this bag at Target. Not sure if it’s new or not, but the only place I found it online was on ltlr-n-u’s Flickr. The zipper pulls are little Nintendo logos, too. Overall, it looks like a great bag to carry your Wii, a full set of controllers, and all the cords. I never take my Wii with me, but if I did,...

Don’t let the wild success of Sega’s Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games fool you — the developer/publisher is still very much aware of the so-called “hardcore sect.” Sega of America president Simon Jeffery said as much this week. He thinks western developers would be foolish to ignore the hardcore gamers on the Wii as they instead flood the market with casual fare...

As previously spammed, my first column for Crispy Gamer just went live: On the Bright Side: An Introduction. Here’s an excerpt. In 2007, a fictional food critic by the name of Antone Ego aptly described mass media and its audience when he wrote: “We thrive on negative criticism, which is fun to write and to read.” Ego’s definition couldn’t have been wiser. Indeed, pos...

Kirby looks about the same, eh? [via Digg]

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