Archive for the 'Games' Category

Metroid Prime video online

Friday, March 10th, 2006

You can see Metroid Prime : Hunters in action before it’s released thanks to Eurogamer. Around a minutes worth of video showing game footage can be viewed in their Eurogamer TV section.
You won’t find any major revalations in the video but you will get an idea what the action will be like with several […]

New DS Star Wars Game Rumours Confirmed

Friday, March 10th, 2006

Eurogamer have reported that the rumours of a new Star Wars game for the Nintendo DS are true. You will soon have some more Star Wars action on your DS thanks to Ubisoft.
Little has been given away about the game so far except that it’s an action game called Star Wars Shadow Strike and is […]

1 million WiFi users for DS

Thursday, March 9th, 2006

Less that 4 months after it opened, Nintendo’s Wi-Fi Connection service reached 1 million users.
A gamer in Japan who signed on to play Animal Crossing : Wild World pushed the number of registered users over the milestone. Wi-Fi Connection is Nintendo’s free to use wireless gaming network that allows you to play over the […]

Browse the Web on your DS

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006

The popular free web browser Opera will be making it’s way to the Nintendo DS this year.
By simply plugging the Opera browser cart into you DS you can fully brows the Internet. The browser uses both of the consoles screens and lets you easily navigate the web using the stylus and touch screen. No pricing […]

Turn your DS into a PDA

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006

Shaun Taylor over at www.youngmx.com is working on a personal organizer for the Nintendo DS. Although its only at the beta stage and still has some know bugs to be fixed Shaun points out that ‘it is quite usable’.
Features listed on the site include

Calendar mode with editable reminders.
Day Planner mode with editable time slots.
Address Book […]

Brain Games

Wednesday, February 1st, 2006

Pretty soon you will be able to work those mental muscles with the release of the oddly titled Big Brain Academy and Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day. Due for release in North America this summer both games are based on the work of Japanese neuroscientist Professor Ryuta Kawashima and have been […]

Nintendo DS games dominate Japanese chart

Tuesday, January 10th, 2006

Nintendo’s domination of the Japanese game charts continues with DS games taking up 8 of the top 10 spots. DS Training for Adults: Work Your Brain 2 entered the charts at number 1 with Animal Crossing: Wild World and Mario Kart taking up positions 2 and 3 respectively.
Source GamesIndustry.biz.

Nintendo DS first online RPG on the way

Thursday, January 5th, 2006

Eurogamer have reported that the RPG game Contact, soon to be released in Japan, will have an online mode after spotting the Wi-Fi Connection logo on the games website.
In the game you play Cherry, a boy who has been given the task of helping a nutty professor find the scattered remains of his crashed […]

Nintendo DS sells 10 million units worldwide

Wednesday, January 4th, 2006

Nintendo announced on Tuesday that worldwide sales of the DS had reached the 10 million mark. Of this, 4 million have been sold in the USA and 5 million in Japan, where the DS became the fastest selling video game machine ever.
“It is […]

Whats your favourite Nintendo DS game of 2005

Monday, January 2nd, 2006

What was your favourite game of 2005? Theres a new topic in our forum, pop in and let us know.
Favourite game of 2005