There is no joy in Rossville.

We all thought it was an April Fools' joke when Bob Ross Inc. and developer AGFRAG announced that a Wii and DS game based on the late Bob Ross's The Joy of Painting public television show. It turned out not to be, and there was much rejoicing.

The status of the game has taken a turn for the worse, though. Developer AGFRAG has posted a notice on their website stating the following:

Feature accessed via passwords and in no way involves WiiConnect24.

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Ubisoft launches Rayman Raving Rabbids(TM) Hall of Fame feature on raymanzone.com

SAN FRANCISCO – December 5, 2006 – Today Ubisoft, one of the world's largest video game publishers announced the launch of the Rayman Raving Rabbids(TM)... Read more...

You know you're in a good position if people think your biggest competition is your own product.

The Reuters news service recently interviewed Nintendo Co. President Satoru Iwata, who said that there is "an emerging possibility" that Nintendo will exceed their DS sales forecast of 20 million units by the time their fiscal year ends in March. (Nintendo had previously raised the figure from 17... Read more...

It should come as no surprise that the Japanese love the Wii...but damn.

Everyone expected the Wii to take Japan by storm as much as the Nintendo DS has, and if the first sales figures are any indication, Nintendo is well on their way to installing their white boxes of fun in every Japanese household.

Japanese magazine Famitsu calculates that in the first two days... Read more...

Through the magic of Bluetooth you can use your Wii remote as a PC game controller.

Thanks in part to information provided by WiiLi researchers, clever programmer Carl Kenner has begun incorporating the Wii Remote into his input emulator software, GlovePIE. Since the Wii remote and console uses Bluetooth to communicate, the Wii remote is also able to pair up with other Bluetooth devices…such as a Bluetooth adapter running on Windows XP.

Though game sales are still strong, declining review scores could be a sign that EA needs to shape up.

Electronic Arts gets a lot of flak for releasing the "same old game" every year. While that's not completely true, critics have said that EA could be doing a lot more with innovation and bringing new IPs to the table. Whether or not the publisher has listened to these outcries is up for debate, but now that someone that can affect EA's bottom line—a financial analyst—has spoken out, there might be changes on the horizon.

Even more games are in the pipeline for Japan.

Nintendo has posted their Virtual Console release list for December. Besides the 38 launch games, new games will be made available every Tuesday (or Wednesday for PC Engine titles). 12 more games are scheduled for December. The full list follows below.

In addition, Nintendo and Hudson are... Read more...

Anywhere from three to nine games, depending on country.

Virtual Console games for countries in PAL regions are now available, though the Wii itself will not be launched until next week. Interestingly, games are being released by country rather than region.

The TurboGrafx system never made it to Australia and New Zealand, and those countries will... Read more...

Check out the first video of SSX running on the Wii.

In a recent episode of SpikeTV's "GameHead" program, the first video footage of EA's upcoming SSX game for the Wii, now titled SSX Blur, was revealed. You can check out the first video footage of the game on YouTube.

As an SSX fan myself, I'm sure the level shown is from a prior SSX game. Whether or not the entire game will use old courses is unknown at this point. The character and interface, though, are totally new.

The state's district court says that video game content deserves the same first amendment protection afforded to movies, books, and music.

Court Finds Louisiana Violent Video Game Act to Be Unconstitutional

CHICAGO, Nov. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- In another victory for Jenner & Block's

video game industry clients, a Louisiana district court today granted a

permanent injunction against the enforcement of a state law that would have

If it can be restricted, it is.

Play-Asia recently received their shipment of Japanese Wii units and took some time to test out region lockout on Japanese and US systems. Unlike the Nintendo DS, Japanese Wii systems only support the Japanese language. Play-Asia tried booting a US Wii disc on a Japanese system and vice-versa, but... Read more...

Including some particularly awesome 9-Volt games. Updated with one new video.

With the Wii launch only days away in Japan, a few individuals have gotten a hold of systems as well as copies of Odoru Made in Wario, also known as WarioWare: Smooth Moves. FourFive videos have been posted on YouTube showing off several different microgames, and are worth the look.

9-Volt & 18-Volt

Maker of Tiger Woods golf games for PC is now devoted to Wii development under EA banner.

HEADGATE STUDIOS TEAM JOINS EA

Six-Year Relationship Evolves Into Creation of New ‘EA Salt Lake’ Studio

Redwood Shores, Calif., - November 30, 2006 – Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) today announced that the development team at Utah-based developer Headgate Studios, Inc. has joined... Read more...

Thirty-eight Virtual Console games, three days early.

The first batch of Virtual Console games for the Japanese market popped up yesterday on the Wii Shop. Of course, most people will not have access to them until the launch on December 2nd. The first collection of titles only included games from Nintendo systems, but today the Shop was updated again... Read more...

Nintendo thwarts hackers' attempts to use Wii Shop as a general web browser.

Shortly after the US launch of the Wii, hackers found that the Wii Shop channel was powered by a limited version of the Opera web browser. With a little technical knowledge and creativity, it was possible to redirect the Wii Shop to browse different websites, albeit in a somewhat limited manner. News of this feat spread across several Internet news sites, and Nintendo took notice.

At least, says Reggie.

The Nintendo DS has been the star of the handheld game space recently, so it comes as no surprise that the Game Boy Advance has been pushed into obscurity. Does that mean it's all over for the GBA? Not so, says the Regginator.

Speaking to Reuters in New York, NOA's president said Nintendo thinks... Read more...

Mr. President talks about the Wii launch success, games, Virtual Console, Wii online and a lot more stuff.

NOA President Reggie Fils-Aime sat down with MTV News recently, and was asked a myriad of questions about the Wii. Reggie being Reggie, he answered the majority of them with actual answers. Here are some of the things he said.

Right off the bat, Reg pulls no punches when talking about the competition.... Read more...

On top of getting a Wii, if you are one of the first 200 people to purchase Twilight Princess you'll receive a limited edition storage tin!

HMV to partner Nintendo for official UK midnight launch of hugely anticipated new console

Play celebrities and be the first to experience Wii at its central London launch

29 November 2006. Nintendo UK has today announced it will officially partner with HMV when it launches its new... Read more...

A similar press release was made in North America and we all saw how that turned out. How early should Europeans line up?

Unprecedented Level Of Pre-Orders For Wii Across Europe

Nintendo shipping huge numbers globally for record demand

US launch indicates massive rush for Wii

29th November 2006 – A huge shipment of Nintendo’s new system, Wii, has now arrived in Europe ahead of launch on December... Read more...

We have yet to see Wombatz, Slugz, Slothz, or Cockroachez.

DOGZ, CATZ, HORSEZ AND HAMSTERZ UP FOR ADOPTION

Ubisoft's Petz(R) Series Now Available for Nintendo DS(TM)

San Francisco, CA November 28, 2006 - Ubisoft, one of the world's largest video game publishers, today announced that the newest additions to the "Petz"(R) series have shipped to retail stores throughout North America: