I love Worth 1000’s photoshop contests beacuse they always provide us with cool pics to post about. This time they are running a contest called Nautical Insanity where the contestants have to “make a boat out of anything” and a NES is not the exception.
Microsoft and Sony recently announced that their respective consoles will feature parental controls to keep the kids from playing games wich are not suited to their age.
Nintendo announced today that the revolution will also have this feature. This is good news for those gamer parents who like to have M Rated games but don´t want their children to play them.
How effective is this going to be? Not much i think. Kids bypass the TV and DVD parental controls all the time and i don´t think that with the gaming consoles this is going to change.
Don´t you hate japanese gamers? I know i do and don´t get me wrong, i hate them just because they get a lot of cool stuff wich never sees the light on this part of the world.
Toys R´ Us of Japan has started to sell this Gold version of the Nintendo DS. There is no word on wheter this color would be released on american stores or not but i wouldn´t get my hopes up since all the extra colors for the handheld on America are being sold only with the Nintendogs and MKDS bundles.
If you like this version, remember that the DS is region free wich means that if you are willing to pay the shipping, you can import one and play all your DS games without a single problem.
Via | Joystiq
Nintendo.com appeared today with a new design and some extra sections. First, they added complete sections for both, the Revolution and the Wi Fi connection where you will be able to find some news about the console and service.
I think the old design was cooler than the new one. I´ve also been having some trouble accesing some sections, hopefully this will be fixed soon.
The part i´m loving about the new design is the adittion of the RSS Feed wich will allow you to get some news right to your favourite news reader.
Whoa! Mario Kart DS has been getting fantastic reviews and ratings at every single gaming magazine and website around the globe. Here´s a small roundup of some of them.
Gamespot 9.2 / 10
Famerz Edge 9.6 / 10
IGN 9.5 / 10
Gamepro 4.5 / 5
1up 9 / 10
Did you get your copy already? This is the game of the holyday season for sure.
We´ve heard about this mod before but it´s finally been released. A guy made this really cool cel shaded mod for the original The legend of Zelda: Ocarina of time and it looks amazing.
You need an emulator and a copy of the game for the game to work. You also have to apply the textures wich can be troublesome.
Check out this thread at emutalk for all the information you need about this cool software mod.
Via | 4cr
Reggie Fils-Aime executive vice president of sales and marketing for Nintendo was interviews by CNN recently. He talked a bit about the iminent next-gen console wars and the future of Nintendo. Reggie confirmed (by the nth time) the Revolution will have a lower price tag than the PS3 and the 360:
“Do I expect us to be at a lower price point than our competition? Yes I do. Have we determined a price yet? No we haven’t.”
“I think there were some lessons we learned with the GameCube that we need to apply to the Revolution. First, we’ve got make sure that the titles in the first six months are strong and can drive sales. We’ve also got to make sure the console is attractive visually. And we’ve got to deliver on the right consumer needs. With GameCube, at the time, portability was thought to be a big factor – that’s why it has a handle. Obviously, that wasn’t the case.”
Reggie also hinted new design coming for the DS, something similar to what they did to the GBA when the GBA SP showed up.
“As soon as [the DS] was launched, we started looking at ways to tweak it visually”.
You can read the full interview at CNN.
Rune Factory is a new take on the Harvest moon series from Marvelous interactive, this game looks more like a Golden sun / FFCC hybrid RPG than a farming simulator.
Revolution Europe has managed to get some new scans right from the pages of Famitsu. The scans feature the artwork of the game and some in-game action. Looks like you will have to train monsters and battle with them. Uhm…where have i heard that before?. Yet, the game looks cool and the graphics look great. I hope the gameplay is good as well.
2006 will be a great year in RPG releases for the DS. With the FF revamps wich look great, Rune Factory and probably Pokémon Diamond and Pearl versions we´ll have a lot of RPG fun next year.
Update: Sorry, i forgot to put the link. There you go.
Link: Rune Factory scans at Revolution Europe
Nintendo Australia announced today the launch of wi fi hotspots accross the country at 26 retail locations, including selected Electronics Boutique, Myer and Dick Smith Powerhouse stores.
Some of these hotspots will start workign right from Mario Kart DS launch date (November 17th) and other will have to wait a couple weeks. However, PlanetGamecube is reporting that australian hotspots might work “different”, meaning that they might need a laptop with the USB connector to work but this is not confirmed.
Just as in the UK and US wi fi hotspots you will be able to get free game demos and other downloads for your DS.
