There's a Raiden joke in there somewhere...

Konami Digital Entertainment Acquires Interactive Game Rights for the Hit Franchise American Idol

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 25, 2005-- Leader in Music Video Games To Publish Titles For Current And Next Generation Video Game Systems Based On America's Most Watched Television Show

Battles of Prince of Persia is a card-based strategy game that dives deeper into the storyline and includes multiplayer features.

UBISOFT ANNOUNCES BATTLES OF PRINCE OF PERSIA® EXCLUSIVELY FOR NINTENDO DS™

The Critically-Acclaimed Prince of Persia® Franchise Embarks on a Brand-New Adventure

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – July 22nd, 2005 – Today Ubisoft announced Battles of Prince of Persia®, a new game developed exclusively... Read more...

Lik-Sang has graciously offered FOUR Official E3 2005 DVDs for this week's Planet Team Trivia.

Planet GameCube may not have made a DVD this year, but that will not stop us from giving away the official ones! And with four copies of the ESA-approved product to give away, Lik-Sang has provided the perfect excuse for another round of Team Trivia!

Both members of the two highest-scoring teams... Read more...

If you are a big enough Nintendo fan you might stand a chance at getting a free advance copy of Nintendogs.

Nintendo has launched a campaign to give away free early copies of Nintendogs to their most dedicated fans. By visiting this website you can check to see if you are eligible.

However, it is currently unclear exactly how one qualifies for this giveaway. Reports from various message boards indicate... Read more...

The spectral shooter is finally done.

Developer N-Space recently updated their website with new information on their upcoming GameCube game Geist. The new page now lists the current status of the game as gold, meaning development has finished and the game is going into mass production. It's been a long wait, but the game will soon be in the hands of gamers everywhere.

Go to San Diego and you can play Zelda.

After receiving a tip from reader eflorendo, we have confirmed with NOA that Nintendo will be exhibiting playable game demos at the San Diego Comic-Con. The event takes place tomorrow, July 14 through July 17 at the San Diego Convention Center. Admission is open to the public, with daily passes... Read more...

"State of the Handheld Industry 5" focuses on the new competition between the DS and PSP.

"State of the Handheld Industry" is an annual roundtable interview involving both handheld developers and journalists who cover the systems and games. The fifth entry in the series is now available at Nintendo Insider and is broken up into four sections:

Part One - Developer Roundtable

Includes... Read more...

The update allows the GBA media device to playback high-quality MP4 format movies.

Nintendo has just updated the Play-Yan page with a ZIP file download, containing a 544KB firmware patch for the Play-Yan media player. The update allows the Play-Yan to playback MP4 movies in high-quality stereo sound. After unzipping the patch, the file must be placed on the same SD card that contains the MP4 movies, and then they will be displayed on the movie menu as normal.

Phoenix Wright's Japanese counterpart will come in a special edition with the coolest DS stylus yet.

Gyakuten Saiban DS (known here in the United States as Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney) is still a few months off from its Japanese release on September 15. However, that didn't stop Capcom from announcing a special edition of the courtroom drama game.

The package will include a copy of the game, a poster, soundtrack CD, wrist strap and special stylus. Here's a picture of the two latter objects in the pack:

That will happen on 30th September.

ADVANCE WARS CONQUERS THE NINTENDO DS

The handheld strategy game makes its dual screen debut on 30th September

11th July - The long-running and award-winning series Advance Wars, has struck the Nintendo DS, leaving no prisoners in its wake. The arrival of Advance Wars: Dual Strike on 30th September brings turn based strategy gameplay onto two screens - with the touch function acting as a perfect tool for the game.

Although everyone is talking more about the PSP, the DS is still the better overall handheld.

UK research firm WaveMetrix has been snooping around the Internet lately, gathering up data on what people think about the two new handheld systems, Nintendo DS and Sony PSP. After taking in comments from online forums and analyzing them, a finalized research report shows that two screens are apparently better than one.

According to their "Join Us" section, they're looking to start up DS development.

After Rare was bought by Microsoft in 2002, many thought it was the end of their relationship with Nintendo. Fortunately, Rare still releases portable titles, such as Banjo Pilot and It's Mr. Pants. Up until this point, though, no one was completely sure if Rare would support Nintendo's newest handheld, the DS.

Well, not yet. But for now you'll just have to settle with Nintendo teaming up with Rip Curl.

July 6, 2005

Dude, Didja Know?

Nintendo Makes Waves as Proud Presenter of Rip Curl's GromSearch 2005

Groms rejoice! Nintendo has solved the timeless summertime dilemma: to

surf or to game? This summer, the nations' top 6 to 16-year-old surfers,

known as "grommets," can do both. Nintendo is pleased to announce that it is

The sleeper hit is ready for yet another platform.

The Behemoth's quirky action game, Alien Hominid, is set to debut on the GBA after stints as an online Flash game and on all three major consoles, according to the official British website. The violent 2D shooter has drawn comparison's to SNK's Metal Slug series.

No further details are currently available, but the official site says more info will be announced soon.

The new song pack will see the first use of the DS's GBA slot for something other than GBA games.

Nintendo of Japan has updated their Band Bros. DS page announcing that an expansion for the game is in the works. The "Band Brothers Zouka Kyoku Cartridge" will feature 20 more songs for the DS music game, and Japanese gamers can vote for which songs they want to see included.

The way these... Read more...

Mario reportedly drunk.

July 1, 2005

Did You Know? Electric Blue Nintendo DS Bundle Sparks Sales

Major retailers are reporting sales of Nintendo DS(TM) units have increased

86 percent over the weekly average. The spike can be attributed to a special

bundle featuring the new Electric Blue version of Nintendo DS that comes with

Lunar: Dragon Song is the first original game in the series in a decade and is coming exclusively to a DS near you!

UBISOFT UNVEILS GAME DETAILS FOR LUNAR: DRAGON SONG FOR NINTENDO DS

The First Original Installment of the Lunar Series in More Than a Decade Set

for September 2005 Release

SAN FRANCISCO - July 1, 2005 - Today Ubisoft, one of the world's largest

video game publishers, is delighted to announce Lunar: Dragon Song, a new

The mystery controller, the GB Micro, the DS online and more!

Electronic Gaming Monthly was granted an intervew with Nintendo's Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing, the one and only Reginald Fils-Aime. The boys at EGM asked some tough questions to Reggie, and surprisingly Reggie shot back by actually giving answers. You can pick up the newest issue of the magazine for the full feature, but EGM's partner site 1UP.com has the interview available to read online.

Get your Pokemon episodes on the go.

A Japanese company, AM3, has developed a new kiosk that lets users download movies to their Game Boy Advance. Using their technology, which seems similar to Nintendo's Play-Yan device, consumers have been able to buy anime episodes on SmartMedia cards and play them on their GBAs via a special adaptor.

Fans will be able question developers and compete this October in Southern California.

On Tuesday, Blizzard announced the first convention for fans of the Warcraft, Starcraft, and Diablo games. The convention will take place on October 28th and 29th in Orange County, California.

The convention will hold Q&A sessions with the developers of World of Warcraft and Starcraft: Ghost.... Read more...