The educational game will allow players from all over the world to study the written test administered in their locale.

DreamCatcher Games and JoWood Productions have announced development of Drivers Ed Portable. The game gives players a chance to study for their written exam. The tests will be customized to the country, state, or province where the test will be taken.

The game will feature two modes: Test and Train. The Test Mode will deliver sample tests and chart your progress. Train mode will include three mini-games aimed at teaching new drivers safety.

JoWooD/DreamCatcher Announce Drivers Ed Portable

Left Field Productions is behind the crazy family-friendly poker game.

Left Field Productions, developers of the recent Wii game Nitrobike, announced that they are working on a new title for WiiWare called Battle Poker. The game is a variation on the popular card game and involves up to 4 players chaotically trying to get the best hand in a certain amount of time. It is controlled by the Wii Remote and uses its pointer functionality during gameplay. Left Field CEO, James Higgins, said that they were aiming to "create a fun game that could be played by the whole family - from the kids all the way through to the grandparents."

Lapel pins depicting popular characters found to contain unsafe levels of lead paint.

Lapel pins sold by Nintendo at its two stores, the Nintendo World Store in New York City and the Nintendo “Fun & Games” Employee Store in Redmond, as well as pins distributed across the country as promotional material, have been found to contain unsafe levels of lead paint.

Nintendo began distribution of these pins in April 2004 and completed distribution this past November 2007. But it was not until now that Nintendo realized that the pins, which they purchased from an outside supplier, contained lead exceeding the levels permitted by US regulations.

The CEO of Nintendo has the graphs to prove it. Also, Nintendo will up Wii production to 2.4 million units in July.

Instead of simply sticking to the numbers on revenues and profits, Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata used an end-of-fiscal-year briefing to address a variety of issues. He touched on increased Wii supply, third party game sales, industry beliefs he felt were obsolete, and Nintendo's new goals going forward.

Early in the briefing, Iwata announced that in order to meet projected shipments for the next fiscal year Nintendo would increase production to 2.4 million units of hardware a month, starting in July. This would amount to a 600,000 unit increase over their current 1.8 million unit capacity, a sizable amount for a company that's renowned for playing things safe.

A lone Double Dragon closes out April’s Virtual Console offerings.

For an unexplained reason, this week only has one Virtual Console game to show for. That game is the seminal beat-'em-up, Double Dragon.

Double Dragon, for the NES, is a 1988 port of the arcade classic. It is the spiritual successor to Renegade, which is scheduled to hit Virtual Console next week. In the game, you play as Billy who is trying to save his girlfriend from the dreaded Black Warriors. He uses his martial arts prowess, and whatever weapons he can get his hands on, to try to save the day.

Nintendo's fitness tool bests Mario Kart Wii as its fastest selling piece of software ever in the UK, generating the third-most revenue for a game launch in British history.

Only two weeks after the runaway success of Mario Kart Wii, Nintendo UK has made history once again as Wii Fit has displaced the multiplayer racer as the company's fastest selling game for the British market. The "body awareness" software and Balance Board accessory have generated the sixth most sales and third most revenue ever for a game launch in the UK during its first two days after release.

Priced at £69.99, Wii Fit has found its way into the hands of about one in ten British Wii owners since its debut across Europe on April 25, earning Nintendo approximately £16.3million. Only Halo 3 (£16.9m) and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (£24.2m) have managed to out-gross Wii Fit in their launch periods, though the release of Grand Theft Auto IV may add to that list shortly.

The newest iteration of the popular Kart racer is available at retail outlets packaged with the brand new Wii Wheel.

Mario Kart Wii is now available in stores and comes packaged with the brand new Wii accessory, the Wii Wheel. The Wii Wheel is a holder for the Wii Remote that allows players to use it similar to a steering wheel.

Mario Kart Wii features: 16 new tracks as well as 16 revived tracks from previous Mario Kart entries, online racing, Mii integration, and support for all Wii control schemes.

Mario Kart Wii packaged with the Wii Wheel is available in stores now for $49.99.

Due to strong demand and sales, Iwata reports that there are no plans for price cuts this fiscal year.

Nintendo president, Satoru Iwata reported in an interview with Reuters that Nintendo currently has no plans to decrease the price of either the Wii or the DS this year.

The already computed earnings projections for the year were not calculated with any price cuts in mind, according to Iwata. Strong sales of both consoles along with strong consumer demand leads Nintendo to believe that price cuts for either system are unnecessary.

Analysts are predicting that Nintendo’s posted earnings projections for the year are actually on the conservative side and earnings will surpass the numbers projected by Nintendo.

The recently retired, record-holding Green Bay Packer quarterback will be on the cover in all versions of the game.

On CBS’ ''The Late Show with David Letterman'', it was revealed that the recently retired Brett Favre will grace the cover of EA’s forthcoming Wii and DS incarnations of Madden NFL ’09. This year’s version is the 20th anniversary of the franchise and Favre will be the first retired player to appear on a cover.

Madden NFL ’09 will hit stores on August 12th, 2008 and retail for $49.99 on Wii and $29.99 on DS.

Brett Favre played quarterback for the Green Bay Packers from 1992-2007 and holds various NFL records such as most consecutive starts by an NFL quarterback (253) and most career touchdown passes (442). He retired from the NFL in March 2008.

Interplay to use revenue from Virtual Console sales to bankroll future projects.

Interplay recently announced that they will be bringing some of their classic titles to the Virtual Console. These titles include Earthworm Jim, Earthworm Jim 2, Boogerman and Clayfighter. Rather than the SNES versions of the games, the Genesis versions will be made available.

After the recent sale of the Fallout license to Bethesda, Interplay is pursuing a strategy of low debt and operational costs while they seek funding to bankroll their upcoming projects.

No release date has been revealed for the four announced titles.