Posts Tagged ‘Nintendo DS’

DateJun 19, 2006
Sudoku Gridmaster to Take Over Your DS

During the busy summer travel season, it’s a rite of passage for travelers young and old to stock up on games and puzzles for entertainment during long flights and car trips. Nintendo is declaring summer 2006 the “summer of sudoku.”
Sudoku Gridmaster launches June 26 exclusively for Nintendo DS, letting vacationers take more than 400 sudoku [...]

DateJun 16, 2006
Raid Over the River

From Polish developer group Nibris comes Raid Over the River, a vertical shooter for the Nintendo DS. Recently, Nibris revealed a little bit of the story and gameplay behind the game. Raid over the River is the first title in a planned series of two games (the second one is going to be appearing on [...]

DateJun 15, 2006
DS Lite Sells Big

With two of the nation’s top-selling games and a hot new look to the hardware, the global Nintendo DS phenomenon has become more popular than ever. New Super Mario Bros. and Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day for Nintendo DS ranked as the No. 1 and No. 3 best-selling games of May, [...]

DateJun 13, 2006
DS Lite Review

I was one of the lucky people to nab a “pearl pink” Nintendo DS last Christmas. Those systems were hard to find, and it was pure happenstance that I got what I did. I don’t even really like the pearl pink color–it’s more of a metallic purple–but I hung onto it because of its rare [...]

DateJun 8, 2006
Midnight Nintendo DS Lite Launch

Hundreds of Consumers and Nintendo Characters Converge on the Nintendo World Store to be the First to Get Their Hands on the Hot New DS Lite
Saturday, June 10, 9:00 p.m. - Sunday, June 11, 2:00 a.m.
WHAT: Hundreds of hard-core fans and eager consumers will line up this Saturday, June 10, to be the first consumers [...]

DateJun 1, 2006
A Little Reminder From Nintendo

Scientists say magnets provide no real medical benefits, but Nintendo begs to differ. Magnetica is the perfect prescription to combat boredom during long summer travel. This new puzzle game, made exclusively for Nintendo DS, involves much more than bashing aggies in a marble ring on the playground blacktop. Magnetica lures players in with a simple [...]

DateMay 30, 2006
Japanese Magical Vacation Site Opens

Brownie Brown’s sequel to the GBA game Magical Vacation is coming to Nintendo DS. While the first game was only released in Japan, its sequel will also come stateside. If the game looks a lot like Secret of Mana it’s because most of the people working on it used to work for Squaresoft before.
The website [...]

DateMay 30, 2006
Nintendo Launches Touch Generations Brand

Starting in June, Nintendo will begin branding its more casual Nintendo DS titles under the new Touch Generations label. The Touch Generations brand will include titles that anyone can pick up and play, even with little or no experience with video games. It represents one of the many ways that Nintendo is making it easy [...]

DateMay 23, 2006
New Super Mario Bros.

I often herald Super Mario All-Stars as my absolute favorite game ever made. Granted, Mario All-Stars is just a compilation of all previous Super Mario games, but that little SNES cartridge encapsulates the peak of creativity and fun. No video game before or since even comes close. Not even Mario’s jump into 3D has found [...]

DateMay 23, 2006
Mario and Luigi: Partners in Time

In a day where epic RPGs clash with action games, tension is bound to occur. Action oriented gamers will duel with RPG fans, who prefer thought more than quick reflexes. Such has been and will be the fight between two entirely different types of gamers. Some will manage to cross the void and find enjoyment [...]