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DS Lite Moves 200,000 Units In Europe
Posted by Christopher Sasaki Categories: Corporate News, Nintendo, Nintendo DS, Portable/Mobile,
While Nintendo’s first day sales figures for the DS Lite in Europe didn’t particularly amaze the gaming public, the handheld is selling in respectable numbers. Nintendo of Europe recently announced that in the ten days since launch, they have sold over 200,000 DS Lites in the UK. This has brought their total sales of DS and DS Lites in Europe to over five million consoles, and has pushed many of their software titles to similar success. For whatever reason, Nintendo has not done as well with the DS in Europe as in the US and Japanese territories, but it looks like they are making progress.
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Cheap Ass Gamer Yard Sale Guide
Posted by Josh Smith Categories: Accessories, Hardware, Hot Deals, Nintendo, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, Retro, Xbox, Xbox 360,
Some of the friendly users over at Cheap Ass Gamer have put together a guide for finding great game deals at local garage sales. With recent garage sale finds such as a Zelda 3 prototype, garage sales have become a beacon to bargain hunters and game collectors. The guide is part of the CAGwiki; and includes many common sense tips, bargaining methods, and video game loot cleaning tips.
Read More | Cheap Ass Gamer
GamesIndustry.biz reveals a report from market analyst Enterbrain, which linked the success of the Nintendo DS to a 30 percent software growth in the first quarter. The DS has been frighteningly popular in Japan, and continually dominates the hardware and software sales charts. It is unclear whether this is going to be a sustained growth pattern, or more of a reflection of the boom and bust cycles that follow a console release history. It is also uncertain whether this change is benefiting anybody besides Nintendo and a few of their partners; the majority of successful DS titles have been first party. It is possible that this is due to Nintendo’s early dedication to the format; other developers that follow in their footsteps may see their own successes, but that hasn’t happened yet.
Read More | GamesIndustry.biz
DS In A Half-Shell, Turtle Power!
Posted by Michael Cardiff Categories: Culture, Mods/Hacks, Nintendo, Nintendo DS, Portable/Mobile,
Now that you’ve been convinced to buy a DS twice (you HAD to have the original DS when it came out, and now you’ve GOT to get the DS Lite), what are you going to do with that DS Phat? Give it to your girlfriend? Sell it for a third of what you paid on eBay? Or how about putting your creative juices to work and coming up with the coolest DS mod ever!
4ColorRebellion is reporting on a DS owner who painted up their original DS to look like a Koopa Troopa shell, and the results are absolutely stunning and gorgeous. Just keep in mind 4Color’s words of wisdom:
Please do not confuse this mod with an actual Koopa Troopa shell. Jumping on it repeatedly while on a stairway will not help you rack up infinite lives. It will just piss off your parents.
Good advice, guys!
Read More | 4ColorRebellion.com
New Super Mario Codes for the Masochistic
Posted by Michael Cardiff Categories: Adventure, Mods/Hacks, Nintendo, Nintendo DS, Retro,
So you’ve made your way through New Super Mario Bros. for the DS. You’ve defeated Lord Bowser, you’ve gone back and opened all the worlds…you’ve even collected all 120 coins and opened every background. What’s a Mario obsessed gamer to do?
Well, 4ColorRebellion is here to help. Now you can access Challenge Mode, a new mode of the game that incorporates forced scrolling, so you can’t go back to collect anything you miss without re-playing a level. To enter this mode, simply press Start on the map screen, then enter the following button sequence:
L R L R X X Y Y
Now we just have to wait a little for the first hardcore gamer to post the video of beating Challenge Mode on YouTube. At the rate folks are tearing through this game, it shouldn’t be long.
Read More | 4ColorRebellion.com
Go Nintendo’s Nintenho, has put together an impressive Nintendo DS Lite Case review. The review covers 6 cases and a silicon cover, all available from Lik-Sang. The overall winners are the DS Lite Multi Pouch, the Airform Game Pouch, and the Silicon Protector. The case prices range from $7 to $20 USD.
Read More | Go Nintendo
Atlus Talks Deep Labyrinth
Posted by Christopher Sasaki Categories: Nintendo DS, Role Playing Games,
DS owners are eagerly anticipating Final Fantasy III, but there are other RPGs that DS owners might want to investigate. Siliconera talks to Atlus about one release, Deep Labyrinth. The game is of interest for a few reasons; First, Masato Kato was involved with its creation. Kato might be better known for his involvement with games like Chrono Trigger, Xenogears, and Final Fantasy XI. Second, the game was originally a popular cell phone game in Japan. Third, the graphics and game play are being updated for the DS, with a totally new storyline added to the original. The RPG will also make extensive use of the touch screen, for both melee attacks and magic spells. Gamers looking for a good dungeon exploration game might want to look at Deep Labyrinth this August.
Read More | Siliconera
Rockman ZX for the Nintendo DS ships on July 6 in Japan, and will ship in the US in September as Mega Man ZX. Game Watch Japan revealed that if the Game Boy Advance slot contains either Mega Man Zero 3 or Mega Man Zero 4, special features are unlocked. Apparently, playing ZX with one of these two cartridges allows gamers to fight the bosses from the Zero series, adding another dimension to the game for die hard Mega Man fans. While this functionality hasn’t actually been confirmed for the US version of the game, this feature would seem to be a lock.
Read More | Game Watch Japan
Nintendo Wishes President Bush A Happy Birthday
Posted by Josh Smith Categories: Culture, Nintendo, Nintendo DS,
With power comes great things. Today Nintendo sent George Bush an awesome birthday package including a DS Lite and a copy of Brain Age to keep his mind young. Check out the well wishing birthday letter after the jump.
Click to continue reading Nintendo Wishes President Bush A Happy Birthday
Read More | Kotaku
New Super Mario Bros. Loses Top Spot in Japan
Posted by Christopher Sasaki Categories: Culture, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, PSP,
New Super Mario Bros. has finally been pushed from the top of the best seller’s list in Japan. Gamers who bet that a Square-Enix published title would accomplish this feat scored a win, as Valkyrie Profile: Silmeria took the top spot. The tri-Ace developed game sold 281,510 copies between the 19th and 25th of June. Mario is still no slouch, clocking in at 170,168 units. The Magic Box’s translation of the latest Media Create numbers show five other DS titles in the top ten, including Animal Crossing, Digimon Story, and three DS training titles. SNK Playmore’s latest entry in the King of Fighters series debuted at sixth on the list, with 28,015 copies sold.
Despite Mario’s loss in the rankings, the DS Lite was still the number one seller, with gamers picking up another 157,022 consoles, and no other console even came close. The Playstation 2 still has legs in Japan, with 25,467 units sold. Apparently, there are still some diehard Xbox fans living the dream; 10 people picked up that console last week.
Read More | The Magic Box
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