Four lucky fans gain video game immortality.

EA Sports has been running a contest on Facebook that allowed fans of NBA Jam to submit and then vote on four catchphrases to be used in the game. The winners have finally been chosen.

According to the official NBA Jam Facebook page, the winners are:

"Objection Sustained!"

"No Shoot for you!"

Legendo's air combat game is coming your way in a few short weeks.

Legendo has announced that its World War II air combat game Pearl Harbor Trilogy - 1941: Red Sun Rising is releasing on WiiWare in North America on July 5. It will be priced at 700 Wii Points.

The first game in a trilogy, 1941: Red Sun Rising has you taking part in air battles over notable wartime spots like Midway, Pearl Harbor, and Wake Island.

The unique features and third-party support of the 3DS looks to appeal to the hardcore.

In an interview with Nikkei, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata stressed that the Nintendo 3DS will appeal to the core gamers that might have abandoned Nintendo platforms. Iwata stated that Nintendo working very closely with developers in order to “expand into elaborate games targeting serious gamers.”

Nintendo’s new classroom painting game has been severely under-shipped in Japan.

The Art Academy titles released for the Nintendo DSiWare service last year have had a strong following, with many gamers regularly using the application to paint their own pictures and share them with friends. In Japan and Europe, Nintendo saw the appeal for the game and decided to turn it into a retail game, which hit Japan last week.

Thanks to a recent price cut, the Nintendo DS family sees its highest sales week in quite some time.

The Nintendo DS has never received a price cut in Japan, and many were skeptical as to whether or not it would have an impact on Nintendo DS sales this week. Once again, Nintendo has proved those doubters wrong once again as the Nintendo DS line has seen a major sales boost in Japan thanks to the price cut.

Level-5’s new role-playing game will be in stores before the year closes.

Level-5 has quickly become one of the Nintendo DS’s biggest supporters, with titles such as Inazuma Eleven and Professor Layton already performing well on the system. Come this December, Level-5 may have yet another Nintendo DS success story on their hands with Ni no Kuni.

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Despite its childlike visuals, Square Enix’s Klee Kuo says that Square Enix’s new handheld Final Fantasy is perfect for newcomers and veterans alike.

Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light has received some criticism during the past few months due to its childlike visual style. Some gamers have dismissed it as a children’s title and deemed it as not suited to franchise veterans.

Today, Square Enix’s Klee Kuo cleared the air surrounding... Read more...

The developer explains the "Super" in the title of their upcoming game.

When Scribblenauts launched for the Nintendo DS late last year, it elicited some criticism regarding its controls. 5th Cell took the criticism to heart, and this week Jeremiah Slaczka addressed the issue, bluntly stating that the new game is "way better" than the original.

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Creator of the best-selling Dreamcast game says Seaman may be heading to Nintendo’s new portable.

Seaman was released back in the 1990s for the Sega Dreamcast and eventually became its best-selling title, beating out other popular titles such as Resident Evil Code: Veronica.

Yoot Saito, mastermind behind the talking fish sensation, has been hinting at the possibility of the game hitting the Nintendo 3DS recently.

Xenoblade yields the top spot to Nintendo's other big title, Super Mario Galaxy 2.

Yesterday we reported that Xenoblade fell out of the top spot in Japan’s sales chart, giving it up to Super Mario Galaxy 2. Even though Xenoblade took quite a dip, falling from the top to the fourth position in Media Create sales chart, the title's sales numbers weren't far behind the games in front of it.

Capcom’s new Nintendo DS game is set to be released in just a few short months.

Today Capcom announced that their upcoming Nintendo DS, Ōkamiden, is set to be released on September 30 for ¥5,040. Early purchasers will be given the opportunity to pick up a special stylus and screen cleaner.

In addition to this promotion, Capcom is also preparing a special bundle containing... Read more...

The 3D remakes for Final Fantasy V and VI ran into technical problems, but might see a return on 3DS.

The Final Fantasy V and VI DS remakes are currently on hold, according to Square Enix's Shinju Hashimoto in an interview with SiliconEra.

Hashimoto said the two games ran into technical problems, and with the advent of the 3DS, Square Enix decided to temporarily pull the plug on development.

The Wii Speak alternative won't work with existing games, for now.

One of the questions gamers had about PDP's upcoming Headbanger Headset - a Wii Speak replacement - was whether or not it would be compatible with existing games that utilize Wii Speak. Unfortunately, a PDP representative that we talked to recently confirmed that it is not compatible with existing games at the present time.

The company's CEO discusses multiple aspects of the gaming business in an interview with Forbes.

While speaking with Forbes at E3, Square Enix CEO Yoichi Wada had some very clear goals in terms of incorporating multiplayer gaming into his company's titles. The executive stated that, "In all of the games we will be releasing going forward, some kind of multiplayer element will be incorporated one way or another."

And you'll never believe what you might be shaking. Well, yeah, you probably would.

The Nintendo 3DS was recently demonstrated for analysts in Japan, and one of them blogged about not being able to find a demo that displayed the system's motion-sensing technology.

That is, until he overheard somebody talking about the Dead or Alive 3D demo. "I noticed that no one had shown... Read more...

Nintendo of America COO clears the air regarding slowing sales of the Wii console.

Nintendo held an E3 Analyst briefing on June 16, touching on what it considered to be several myths surrounding sales of its Wii console.

Addressing whether or not sales of the console are slowing, Fils-Aime presented NPD data showing that Wii sold more consoles between November 2009 and April 2010 than the PS3 and Xbox 360 combined.

Observe brief snippets of Paper Mario and Mario Kart for the 3DS, and listen to music from Pilotwings Resort.

At E3, the 3DS versions of Mario Kart and and Paper Mario were demostrated in non-playable form with short videos. Each demo displayed GameCube-quality footage with some very impressive 3D effects, such as boulders rolling towards the drivers in Mario Kart and fishbones popping out of the screen in Paper Mario. Here is a tiny

Despite their beliefs in a strong offline offering, Iwata believes more can be done online.

In a recent E3 Q&A session with analysts, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata expressed his discontent with Nintendo’s online efforts.

Iwata was quite candid in expressing a need for improvement. “I have heard commentary that people feel that Nintendo’s online functionality is behind... Read more...

Nintendo’s new role-playing game sees a big dip in its second week.

After Xenoblade’s respectable debut last week, many were hoping that good word-of-mouth and additional shipments would keep the game from dropping too far down the charts. Unfortunately for those fans it didn’t happen, as Xenoblade falls from the top spot to number 5 in the preliminary rankings.

Tetsuya Nomura believes that Pixar worlds and characters could appear in future titles.

In an E3 interview, Kingdom Hearts creator and character designer Tetsuya Nomura talked about the possibilities of future Kingdom Hearts games featuring Pixar-based worlds. “I am aware of the fan requests for Pixar characters,” said the Square Enix director. “I will do my best. Maybe one day Pixar characters will be featured in the Kingdom Hearts series.”