Nintendo DS
Why you won’t be seeing an Elite Beat Agents sequel any time soon
Gamasutra has an interesting article about the disappointing sales for two portable rhythm-action games - the PSP’s Patapon and terrific touchscreen tapper Elite Beat Agents on the DS.
While the former was a niche title which arguably overperformed - partly thanks to a low price point - EBA (based on the Japanese game Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan) [...]
Japan - Nintendo releases three new DSi colours
As if to make up for the fact that the Japanese don’t have a new handheld launch to look forward to, Nintendo has announced the launch of three new DSi colours, which will join the white and black flavours on store shelves in Japan on March 20th.
There’s a lurid pink model, which I think is [...]
Katamari DSiWare - first shots and game details revealed
Famitsu has new shots and information about the forthcoming DSiWare title based on Keita Takahashi’s brilliant roll-em-up, Katamari Damacy.
Named Katamari Damacy: Korogashi Puzzle, it’s released on the handheld’s download service, and will cost just 500 points. The DS is held in the book style, with the left screen showing the King of All Cosmos, while [...]
Nintendo goes indie
Wired.com’s Game|Life has an interesting report from DICE about Nintendo’s intentions to support independent gaming on both Wii and DSi.
Nintendo’s director of project development, Tom Prata, accepted that Nintendo could potentially have issues in that department - particularly on Wii given its lack of storage space - but it’s evident that the big N is [...]
Handheld addiction has a new name: Rittai Picross site opens
Shortly after March 12th this year, my entire world will grind to a complete halt. That date marks the release of Rittai Picross, Nintendo’s 3D take on the life-eatingly compulsive puzzler which enslaved my DS (and me) for several months in 2007.
It’s pretty much exactly the game you’d expect it to be - Picross but [...]
Japanese DSiWare update next week - Mr. Driller & two more Art Style titles
Nintendo’s Japanese site has details of the new DSi software which will be available to download next Wednesday, February 25th.
For 200 points you can get a Nintendo-themed calculator, with Super Mario Bros. and Animal Crossing skins among others, while there’s also a slightly unfathomable app which Google Translate suggests is a ‘clock software dictionary’. Erm.
Thankfully, [...]
Japanese hardware charts - DSi rules roost, PS3 gaining on Wii
The pattern’s starting to become familiar - DSi still reigns supreme in Japan, with PSP in second place. Wii’s just about scraping into third, with PS3 hot on its heels.
That said, it’s interesting to note that even with the release of Street Fighter IV this week, PS3 couldn’t raise its game enough to topple Wii [...]
DSi coming to Europe two days before America, will cost £149.99
“Ha! We’re getting DSi on April 5th!” snort the Americans.”Ner ner ne ner ner!” retort the Europeans, thumbing their noses at their US counterparts as Nintendo announces a launch date of April 3rd in PAL territories the following day.
“We’re getting a blue model, though!” laugh the US residents.
“Ah, but we’ve got white!” is the response.
DSi release date confirmed - coming to US on April 5th
Nintendo today announced the launch date for DSi in the US - it will arrive Stateside on April 5th, and appears come in laser blue or black variations. What, no white? Madness. Perhaps Nintendo is saving those for Europe.
The official site can be found here, though it’s little more than a press release at the [...]
Plume-ing marvellous - Square-Enix to release Valkyrie Profile DS in April
Square-Enix, perhaps the only publisher releasing more DS games than Atlus, has announced the forthcoming release of Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume in PAL territories on April 3rd.
It’s another RPG from the kings of the flowery subtitle, this time with a more strategic bent than usual, as tri-Ace (Star Ocean, Infinite Undiscovery) tell the [...]
