Posts from the ‘Ds’ Category

Nintendo DS: Nintendo Wants To Get DS Consoles Into Schools

Shigeru Miyamoto has revealed Nintendo’s ambitious plans to get the Nintendo DS into junior schools in Japan with the help of  educational software.
“That is maybe the area where I am devoting myself [the] most,” Japanese video game guru Shigeru Miyamoto told The Associated Press in an interview.
Speaking through a translator, Miyamoto said that [...]

Nintendo: Professor Layton Devs Level 5 Working On Huge New Game

Level 5, the developers behind the highly successful Professor Layton franchise have stated on microblogging service Twitter that their next undisclosed project ‘will be extremely anticipated’.
“Once this is announced it will become an extremely anticipated title,
- Akihiro Hino, Level 5 CEO via Twitter
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Nintendo DS: DS2 Information Comes Out Of GDC 10

Snippets of information regarding Nintendo’s highly anticipated follow-up to the Nintendo DS were floating around this years Games Developer Conference.
Whilst none of this information should be taken as gospel, it has been confirmed that specific game developers have received DS2 development kits from Nintendo.

The new system features a dual screen, typical and characteristic of [...]

Nintendo DS: Nintendo Ultra Keen To Cover Up Girls Behind

Glory of Heracles a Nintendo DS title that’s being published by Nintendo, and is due for release in Europe in a matter of weeks, is currently receiving censorship by Nintendo who’re adamant that they’re going to cover up one of the female protagonist’s behind.
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Nintendo Wii: Rumour Pointing To DS2 Being Unveiled At E3

An anonymous source over at Nintendo World Report has told the online gaming publication that they believe the Nintendo DS2 will not be shown off at this years Games Developer Conference, but instead will be revealed to the public at E3 2010 in June.
The source said that a developer is working on a title for [...]

Nintendo: Nintendo Media Summit Reveals A Host Of Integral Release Dates And Trailers

Nintendo have just held their Media Summit in North America and have revealed a whole host of release dates.
This summer is set to be jam packed with Nintendo goodness as the company have revealed that Super Mario Galaxy 2 will launch May 23rd and Metroid: Other M will launch the following month, June 27th.
Key North [...]

Nintendo DS: Nintendo Patents Handheld Rumble-Stylus System

Nintendo have registered a much-sought-after handheld rumble-stylus system for a portable gaming device.
Whilst Nintendo have attempted to integrate a rumble system into a handheld gaming device, it hasn’t succeeded in creating a solution to give players substantial physical feedback when playing on a portable device.
A game apparatus includes an LCD, and a touch [...]

Nintendo DS: Key Developers Have Nintendo DS2 Development Kits

French gaming site, GameKult, claims that a number of key developers have started receiving development kits for the next version of the Nintendo DS.
Whilst I wouldn’t put my money on news from this site being entirely accurate, respected gaming publication CVG have also published a similar story which further backs up these claims.
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Nintendo: Nintendo Magazine Says E3 2010 “Better Than Last Two”

British gaming publication, NGamer, has stated on Twitter that Nintendo’s forthcoming press conference at E3 2010 in June will be “better than their last two E3’s glued together.“
Whilst the gaming publication hasn’t stated exactly why they believe E3 2010 will be superior to the last two years, common sense would suggest that it might [...]

Nintendo DS: Two New Fifth Generation Pokémon Revealed

Japanese manga magazine CoroCoro has leaked the first images of  fifth generation Pokémon set to star in the next iteration of the Pokémon franchise on Nintendo DS.
The two newly revealed Pokémon characters by CoroCoro magazine are called Zorua and Zoroark. Whilst little has been revealed about the actual characters themselves, the Official Nintendo Magazine has [...]