Nintendogs is the topic of the company's first podcast.

For those unfamiliar with podcasting, the term describes a new internet radio phenomenon where original content is being put out there by basically anybody at all. Lots of companies are jumping on the band wagon and starting their own podcasts. Podcasts can be subscribed to and automatically downloaded when new episodes become available, and listened to on to on the listener's schedule.

Nintendo has launched their own official podcast, which you can download from this link. The podcast was recorded live at their recent Dog Days of Summer: Girls Gaming event, which took place at the Nintendo World Store. The podcast describes the event and interviews various attendees and Nintendo representatives while also describing Nintendogs' various features.

The popular puppy sim is going to be available for an extremely tempting price on September 22nd.

SPREAD THE PUPPY LOVE!

WITH 18 POPULAR BREEDS

Australia, Melbourne, August 30th 2005 – nintendogs™, for Nintendo DS™, has become a pop-culture phenomenon in Japan and will now be available in Australia on September 22nd 2005, for the fantastic suggested retail price of $49.95.

nintendogs lets owners choose a puppy from one of 18 breeds, then raise and train the pup. The pet simulation uses sophisticated artificial intelligence to produce incredibly realistic and adorably cute puppies that respond to voice commands and petting on the touch screen. Owners can teach their puppies new tricks, compete in obedience trials and agility trials or compete in flying disk competitions. Successful trainers earn money and trainer points to use to buy additional breeds, new toys and accessories. nintendogs is the pet for people who can't have the real thing.

Tonight, you can win a cool prize package full of quirky adapters and capsule toys from Lik-Sang. Pictures inside!

Tonight's prize for Planet Trivia is a package of various Nintendo-themed adaptors and small toys from our import partners at Lik-Sang. (Please note that some items had to be opened in order to take the photos below. The winner will receive these items "as is".) All it takes to win this fabulous prize package is a broad knowledge of Nintendo trivia and fast fingers. The fun starts with TYP hosting at 9:30 PM Central, so make sure you're up to date on the rules. On to the prizes!

The system's biggest seller is now selling with the system.

Did You Know? Super Smash Bros. Nintendo GameCube Bundle Released

The most popular game in the Nintendo GameCube(TM) library is about to become

part of an amazing deal. Starting the last week of August, Nintendo will

release a special Super Smash Bros.(R) Melee Nintendo GameCube bundle, at an

MSRP of only $99.99. Saving $29.99, consumers nationwide get a great game and

the system to play it on - all for one low price.

Since its debut in late 2001, Super Smash Bros. Melee, Rated T for Teen, has

Now you can have a zombie in your pocket! Wait, is that a good thing?

In this week's Famitsu, it was revealed that Resident Evil will be making its way onto Nintendo's new portable system, just in time for Biohazard's 10th anniversary.

Essentially a remake (yes another one) of the original PlayStation Resident Evil, it is not yet clear whether the game will be going fully 3D or not. There are screens showing off a new First Person camera angle, but whether this is a bonus mode or not is not clear at this time.

Graphics appear slightly better than the original PSX release, though there are no official screenshots released as of yet. There's no word yet on extras on this new game, but one neat little detail is that evidently players will have to wipe blood off the screen after shooting zombies in a particularly gruesome fashion.

Now all they need is for you folks to Shop'N Buy!

PAC'N ROLL SPINS INTO RETAIL STORES

New Pellet Eating Gameplay Arrives on Nintendo DS with Innovative Touch Control Scheme

SANTA CLARA, Calif., (August 23, 2005) - Leading video games developer and publisher Namco Hometek Inc. announced today that "PAC'N ROLL" has shipped to North American retail outlets. "PAC'N ROLL" combines the pellet-chomping action and Ghost-busting madness of classic Pac-Man with an innovative touch screen control system. Developed exclusively for the Nintendo DS, PAC'N ROLL also includes the original "Pac-Man" for a truly classic arcade game experience.

The Japan-exclusive music game will see a whopping 31-song expansion pack next month.

About a month and a half ago, visitors to the Band Bros. game page were informed that an expansion to the music game was in the works, and Nintendo wanted some input as to which songs they should include for it. Details on the expansion were to be announced at a later date.

That later date has arrived. On September 26, Nintendo will make the Band Bros. Expansion Cartridge available for purchase exclusively through their online store, for the low price of ¥2,530, plus a ¥450 shipping charge (around $27 in total). The expansion will contain 22 songs from various artists from Japan, as well as 9 songs from Nintendo's library of games, for a total of 31 new songs. For comparision's sake, the full version of Band Bros. has 39 songs, and retails for ¥4,800.

Nintendo of Europe got a chance to talk Hideo Konno about the game, and some new information was uncovered.

Konno is the Mario Kart expert around Nintendo, having been a major part of all the Kart games, producing the SNES and N64 games, and supervising the GBA game. With Mario Kart DS coming out in a few months, Nintendo of Europe decided to ask him a thing or two about the game.

Items in Mario Kart have always been a critical factor in how a race would be played out, and the new DS version will have new items, some specifically tailored to the dual-screen setup. For instance, Blooper the squid is a new item in the game, and when someone hits it, ink will cover the top screen and blind the player. However, they can still see where they are on the bottom screen's track map, so they can navigate that way until the ink goes away.

The top man at Lionhead Studios has seen the controller, and can only say one thing about it...

Peter Molyneux and Lionhead studios have been busy putting together games coming to Nintendo systems. The Movies is scheduled for a GameCube release in November, and the DS version of the studio's most famous PC creation, the God game Black & White, will be out early next year.

Molyneux was present at the German Games Confrence, which is finishing up this weekend. He was asked of the Revolution during an interview, specifically of the mysterious controller. Here's what he had to say:

If you live in France, you too can take a wild guess at the Revolution's release date and price.

The French version of Amazon.com, Amazon.fr, has a pre-order page up for the Nintendo Revolution. For the low, low price of 300 Euros (or $365), French Nintendo fans can secure their very own Revolution on the posted ship date of June 15, 2006.

Or perhaps not. Nintendo has not announced either an official release date or price point for the Revolution in any territory, so the Amazon listing is likely a shot in the dark. To further prove the figures speculative, the price listed for the Revolution pre-sale is the same as their price set for the Xbox 360, also 300 Euros (which was recently confirmed to be an official price). The Revolution price is likely to be less than that of the Xbox 360, so Amazon's price listing is probably just a safety net until an official price point is announced.