Set to feature gesture based controls, a visual experience that pushes the Wii hardware, and refined gameplay.

Deep Silver, through a feature on IGN, revealed their latest Wii title, Cursed Mountain. The game is a survival horror title and focuses around a particular exploit of a high altitude climber who is on a mission to rescue his brother, another climber, who is lost somewhere on a mountain.

During his rescue attempt, the protagonist encounters an ancient curse. All the people who have died on the mountain had their souls trapped there in limbo, in the Shadow World of Bardo. The course of adventure will bring encounters with villagers, pilgrims, mountaineers, Buddhist monks, ghosts, and demons.

Players who decide to download and play pirated versions of the game will be taking a very long boat ride.

Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride released for the Nintendo DS nearly two weeks ago in Japan with a form of copy protection to prevent the distribution of pirated copies of the game. In light of significant piracy due to the R4 and other flash carts, Square Enix decided to protect their latest release by modifying the opening sequence of the game.

Players who load up a pirated version of the game will be treated to a never-ending boat ride at the beginning of the game. At first it was unknown if the boat ride was actually a game breaking glitch, but Square Enix confirmed shortly after that it was included as a copy protection mechanism.

The SouthPeak Games adventure-puzzler is now available at the value price of $19.99.

SouthPeak Games announced early last week that their brand new adventure-puzzle title Mister Slime had arrived on store shelves.

The DS title features the titular character Mister Slime, also referred to as Slimey, who is tasked with bringing peace to the warring inhabitants of the planet, the Slimes and the Axons. Players navigate through levels by using the touch screen to stretch Slimey's arms and grab hold of a variety of anchor points, and swimming and floating is controlled by blowing into the microphone.

Research scientists at the Osaka Bioscience Institute made a shocking discovery when researching human vision.

Scientists and doctors worldwide will now need to add a new word to their expansive vocabulary, particularly those involved with human vision. Pikachurin is a protein discovered and named by a group of 18 Japanese research scientists at the Osaka Bioscience Institute. The protein's function and properties bear similarity to its namesake Pokemon, Pikachu.

The protein is used for transmitting signals (electrical impulses) from the human eyes to the brain. It is also used heavily in the eyes to assist tracking of moving objects. Without Pikachurin, these electrical impulses sent from the eyes to the brain would take around three to four times as long to reach their destination.

An early, Japan-only PS2 masterpiece by Suda51 is seeing release on the DS this fall.

Rising Star Games announced today that Suda51's Japan-only PS2 game, Flower, Sun and Rain, is being localized and ported to DS in Europe this fall. The game is a mystery title written and directed entirely by Goichi Suda, known to most as Suda51 for his work on titles such as Killer7 and No More Heroes.

Flower, Sun and Rain is an adventure title with a premise reminiscent of the movie Groundhog Day. Players assume the role of a detective who is trying to locate and defuse a bomb by solving a number of thought-provoking puzzles. Players must solve the over-riding mystery before the detective eventually goes insane.

Blast Entertainment announces the release of the DS game starring the popular British character. Also, a Wii version is slated for release before the year is out.

Blast Entertainment and Mastertronic Group announced last week that their new game for the Nintendo DS, Mr. Bean, is on store shelves. Based on the long-running British comedy TV series, the DS game brings 12 levels of puzzles and traps in a 3D environment. The game also allows players to dress Mr. Bean up as a pirate, fight enemies with frying pans, and use the touch screen for a Whack a Mole event. Though Mr. Bean has been gathering fans since the show's debut in 1990, the DS game has been developed to target today's young viewers who are devoted fans of the comedy show.

The blue circle never lies.

When Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars was announced by Nintendo at their E3 2008 press conference, it seemed pretty out of place with the fare they were offering up that morning. Since the simple announcement of the game's existence – the first iteration of the series on the DS – few new details have been offered about Chinatown Wars.

At least one question was answered today when Rockstar Games updated their teaser page for the upcoming title. The site reveals that the game, developed by Rockstar Leeds, will feature some form of Internet usage. Positioned beneath the game's logo on the teaser page is the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection icon. It is unclear how the game, set in a modern rendition of series hotspot Vice City, will utilize the Wi-Fi Connection. However, more information on the upcoming title should be forthcoming as the game is scheduled for a Winter release.

The next iteration of the popular PC action RPG series will be available on Nintendo's handheld in September.

Last week XIDER Games announced their intentions to release the next Ankh title, Curse of the Scarab King, on the DS. The game will focus on the young Assil, an adventurer trying to save himself from a Mummy's deadly curse while traveling through ancient Egypt.

Players will be able to enjoy the game's humor and action RPG gameplay through use of the DS touch screen and stylus. Over the course of the adventure players will encounter a variety of characters including the Pharaoh, the Pharaoh's beautiful daughter Thara, a gossiping Mummy called George, and a practical joker named Thor. Players will also need to watch out for a troublemaker named Seth and Osiris, God of the Underworld.

Nintendo and 54 other game software companies take R4 distributors to court citing the Unfair Competition Prevention Law as their legal grounding.

Nintendo filed a lawsuit today with the Tokyo District Court against companies distributing the "R4 Revolution for DS." For those unfamiliar, the device allows gamers to play ROMs on their DS systems. After downloading illegal ROMs from the internet players need only to transfer them to a mini-SD card and insert it into the R4 DS game shell.

Though the R4 can be used for more harmless tasks, such as homebrew development, it is also being used as a pirated game player to a large enough extent to draw attention. Nintendo, Arc System Works, SNK, Capcom, Koei, Jaleco, Square Enix, Taito, Sega, Tomy, Tecmo, Hudson, Bandai Namco, The Pokemon Company, Yukes, Level Five, and others are pursuing the case in an attempt to curb piracy.

The PC hit will be arriving on DS this winter for an MSRP of $29.99.

PopCap Games Inc. announced yesterday that one of their biggest titles, Peggle, is going to see a release on Nintendo's DS later this year. The DS version of Peggle will be developed by Q Entertaiment.

The game is said to be larger than any other Peggle game prior, including new unique puzzles for the DS and a new input mechanism utilizing the DS' unique abilities. The basic Peggle gameplay will be retained: players bounce a certain number of balls off of various colored pegs in order to strike and destroy all of the orange pegs on the board.