Players who visit their local Target or Toys "R" Us can download the elusive Darkrai to their Pokémon DS game card.

Nintendo will soon start a promotion in the Land Down Under where gamers can transfer the rare Pokémon Darkrai to their copy of Pokémon Diamond or Pokémon Pearl. Target and Toys "R" Us stores across Australia will be participating in the special promotion, starting on October 30.

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The Nintendo DS RPG will have players saving a vast kingdom and raising a farm.

Natsume has revealed that Rune Factory 2: A Fantasy Harvest Moon for the Nintendo DS has gone gold. In this new entry of the series, players will participate in a story that spans multiple generations.

Players will need to once again restore order and peace to the Kingdom of Norad. Uniquely... Read more...

The latest Naruto fighting game includes 35 fighters and new tag-team and survival modes.

D3Publisher and TOMY Corporation have announced that the fighting game Naruto: Clash of Ninja Revolution 2 is on its way to retail stores across all of North America. Naruto: Clash of Ninja Revolution 2 features 35 selectable characters and a specially designed story mode.

TOMY created a brand... Read more...

Next year's Electronic Entertainment Expo will feature larger booths and a greatly increased attendance.

Select members of the games industry such as Sony Worldwide Studios Shuhei Yoshida and Sim City creator Will Wright have recently been outspoken about E3's diminishing importance. The hallways of E3 2008 were described by many as evoking feelings of a ghost town and major publisher Activision Blizzard... Read more...

Another fitness game with an accessory from Nintendo, but for the Nintendo DS.

Via an announcement through Nintendo's Japanese website and as reported by Famitsu, Nintendo is going to release another fitness game - but this time for the Nintendo DS.

Called Aruite Wakaru : Seikatsu Rhythm DS, this can be translated as “a way to understand your life’s rhythm.” Using... Read more...

The latest downloadable content for Mega Man 9 includes an additional time attack stage and increased difficulty options.

Yesterday, Capcom released new downloadable content packs for Mega Man 9. Players have the option of downloading two new difficulty modes and an extra stage.

Two of the new DLC packs, Hard Mode and Expert Mode, add an extra challenge for gamers who can breeze through the regular difficulty setting.... Read more...

According to Dan Aykroyd, Atari has picked up the orphaned game, but it is still a year away.

After the Ghostbusters video game was unceremoniously dumped by Activision Blizzard after their merger, fans have been wondering who will publish the game and when it would come out. Ghostsbusters' actor Dan Aykroyd revealed on Dallas radio station 105.3 KLLI that Atari will publish the Ghostbusters... Read more...

Nintendo's latest opus is now in stores for $49.99.

Today, Nintendo announced the release of their latest game, Wii Music. Featuring over 60 instruments, Wii Music "provides a fun way for people to play together and be entertained while building a fundamental understanding of musical themes and rhythms," according to Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America's Executive Vice President of Sales & Marketing.

Publisher XS Games reveals that Fall Out Boy, Paramore, and All-American Rejects will appear in the music rhythm game.

XS Games’ PopStar Guitar is dedicated solely to the pop music genre. The publisher recently announced that the game will feature hit songs from groups like All-American Rejects, Paramore, and Fall Out Boy.

The player begins the game as a promising guitarist with dreams of competing in the... Read more...

The Conduit developers are bringing multiplayer racing to WiiWare this fall.

High Voltage Software recently announced the pending release of High Voltage Hot Rod Show, a new racing title for WiiWare. The Conduit developers' latest game uses their proprietary Quantum 3 Game Engine to provide "graphical performance and gameplay not possible on other Wii titles." Featuring four-player... Read more...

This week brings about two Balance Board-compatible WiiWare games to stand alongside two import TurboGrafx-16 titles.

After a few fantastic weeks on Virtual Console and WiiWare, the service slows down just a bit with the release of the highly-anticipated Tetris Party and the Incredible Maze for WiiWare, and two Hudson import titles for TurboGrafx-16 and its CD successor.

The big game of the week is clearly Tetris... Read more...

The Guitar Hero III controller will be compatible with Rock Band 2.

Owners of Rock Band 1 & 2 on the Xbox 360 have long been able to choose their preferred guitar peripheral. A member of Harmonix's development team revealed in a post on the Rock Band Forums that Wii owners will finally have that same choice. Rock Band 2 for Wii will fully support the Guitar Hero III guitar.

The soccer game will include a new co-op mode, enhanced control, and Mii support.

Konami recently revealed new details about Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 at an event held in Rome. Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 will feature improved control, smarter AI, and a co-op mode.

Returning from last years edition is the innovative control scheme that allows the player to issue commands to... Read more...

Similar views of the future make for a mutually beneficial merger.

Earlier this week, SouthPeak Interactive Corporation announced the acquisition of Gamecock Media Group.

Gamecock, publishers of such titles as Dementium: The Ward and Mushroom Men, are "thrilled to be joining forces with SouthPeak." Bringing original titles to the market from independent developers... Read more...

Upcoming Wii exclusive The Conduit will include the voice talent of Hollywood veterans Mark, A. Sheppard, Kevin Sorbo, and William Morgan Sheppard.

Popular series like Metal Gear Solid and Half Life have demonstrated that strong voice acting can substantially improve a game's presentation. On Tuesday, High Voltage Software announced a star-studded voice-over cast for their upcoming first-person shooter The Conduit.

The Conduit will feature... Read more...

Several marvelously exciting trailers from Japan including No More Heroes 2 and Little King’s Story.

Marvelous Entertainment had a tremendous showing at TGS for the Wii and DS, as can be seen from these trailers.

Avalon Code looks to be shaping up nicely, pushing the graphics and animation capabilities of the DS hardware.

On the Wii, Little King’s Story and Rune Factory Frontier should give RPG fans something to look forward to on Nintendo’s home console.

Developed internally, Majesco's Hot'n'Cold lets players search for missing items on the DS in full 3D.

Majesco recently announced Hot'n'Cold for the Nintendo DS. Inspired by the children's game, where players use "temperature cues to indicate proximity to an item," the game puts the players in the shoes of the leader of the Hot'n'Cold Club.The group uses their talents to find lost objects for townspeople.... Read more...

Featuring six popular sports that four players can control using motions of the Wii Remote, Big League Sports is scheduled to be released this holiday season.

Last week, Activision announced that they would be releasing Big League Sports on the Wii. Big League Sports will allow gamers to partake in basketball, hockey, football, soccer, lacrosse, and tennis.

The game aims to let players experience the most exhilarating moments of sports. Using the Wii... Read more...

An extended Tenchu 4 trailer and a new DS strategy game.

Acquire released an extended cut trailer of the upcoming Wii exclusive Tenchu game at Tokyo Game Show earlier this week.

From Software’s title seems to be showing promise both graphically and control-wise, as can be seen from the trailer.

On the handheld side a new title called Dungeons and Dam was announced at the show, and attempts to put a new spin on the RPG genre. Not much is revealed in the trailer however.

With World of Goo and Art Style: CUBELLO on WiiWare, and Secret of Mana and Street Fighter II: Special Champion Edition on Virtual Console, this is a good week for Wii Channel Shoppers.

Wii gamers this week will wake up to an exciting prospect. Not only has World of Goo, a highly anticipated WiiWare game, finally made its appearance, but Square Enix has released the SNES classic Secret of Mana for retro fans. Nintendo has also released its second "Art Style" brand game, CUBELLO, and the Virtual Console is also receiving another special edition of one of the defining games of the 16-bit era, Street Fighter.