Final Fantasy III DS gameplay footage

Thursday 13 Jul 2006 : 16:13 PM



This looks to be the first gameplay footage of the new Final Fantasy game for the DS and it's looking very nice indeed.

Nintendo have also announced that a Final Fantasy III themed special edition DS will be released in the US on August 24th although there's no news yet of a UK release.

Tags: Final Fantasy Games , Final Fantasy III , Videos

Formats: DS

UK DS Download Stations

Monday 10 Jul 2006 : 23:49 PM



British Gaming Blog has compiled a list of every DS Lite download station in the UK. It's a very long list and we were surprised to find one near us that we didn't know existed. Actually we found a whole game shop we didn't even know existed.

See the list

Tags: DS Download Stations , Nintendo

Formats: DS

President Bush gets Nintend DS for 60th Birthday.

Thursday 06 Jul 2006 : 00:20 AM



In a PR move that would make Max Clifford proud, Nintendo have sent President Bush a 60th Birthday present, A DS and a copy of Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day, claiming that they can help him keep his brain sharp.

We think it might take more than a few logic puzzles, but we loved the "Happy Birthday Mr. President" message on the screen.

Head over to Kotaku for a full transcript of the letter.

Tags: Brain Age , Nintendo , Touch Generations

Formats: DS

New Zealand Story - On it's way to DS ?

Thursday 06 Jul 2006 : 00:08 AM



According to Eurogamer , New Zealand Story is coming to Nintendo DS later this year and it's being developed by Rising Star Games.

This sounds like a great idea in theory, as long as it doesn't go the way of Rainbow Islands.

They don't have any more details so unfortunately neither do we, but we'll certainly let you know when we do.

Tags: New Zealand Story , Nintendo , Retro , Rising Star Games

Formats: DS

Nintendo announce pink DS Lite

Wednesday 28 Jun 2006 : 12:44 PM



It's taken long enough for the UK to get black and white DS lites but Nintendo announced today that Japanese fans will be able to get a pink DS lite on 20th July.

The pink DS sold very well last year thanks to the Nintendogs blue and pink bundles, I wonder what Nintendo have up their sleeves for this christmas ?

Tags: DS Lite , Nintendo

Formats: DS

Japan gets DS Opera on 24th July

Thursday 22 Jun 2006 : 19:22 PM



Japanese DS owners will be able to wirelessly browse the web using their DS from 24th of July when The official DS version of Opera is released.

Opera have created the browser especially for the DS's two screens and stylus. It has an on screen touch keyboard and both screens will be used for browsing, with the web page appearing in one and a thumbnail of the whole page in the other.

The unit will initially be sold on the web for 3,800 yen (about £18). There's no news of when it'll be released in the UK or US but we expect it to be before the end of this year.

As with all DS cards there is no region encoding meaning that there is no reason why it wouldn't work in the UK , apart from the fact you'd probably need to learn Japanese.

Tags: Nintendo , Opera , Wireless Internet

Formats: DS

More Wii details

Wednesday 21 Jun 2006 : 12:19 PM



Nintedo held a "Corporate Management Policy Briefing" yesterday which was basically the press event involving Nintendo bigwigs Satoru Iwata and Shigeru Miyamoto. Between them they revealed some interesting details about the upcoming Wii and gave some insight into the relative failure of the Gamecube.

You can read the full details here but we've summarised the most interesting bits below.

* Iwata says that Nintendo shouldn't be in business if their only aim for Wii is to outsell the gamecube he says, "we are making efforts so that Wii will show a far greater result than GameCube".

* He blamed the failure of the gamecube on gaps in game releases but promised not to make the same mistake again, "To avoid repeating this with Wii, we have been intensifying the software development, both internally at Nintendo and at developers outside the company, in order to prepare aggressive software lineup for Wii at and after the launch."

* Of the lack of HD support and lack of graphical power compared to PS3 and Xbox 360, Miyamoto said that he hadn't yet been able to use all of the power in the Gamecube so this did not worry him.

* They have no regrets about the name.

* They will be manufacturing 2 million DS Lites per month, at least until Christmas.


and most importntly ....

* Miyamoto is working on a "secret project" , which will be revealed on 6 months.

Very intriguing.

Tags: Nintendo , Shigeru Miyamoto

Formats: DS , Wii

First Black DS Lite Pics

Tuesday 20 Jun 2006 : 13:34 PM



Kotaku is carrying pictures today of the lovely looking new black DS lite.

There's no news of when we'll be able to get hold of one and it's looking even more unlikey thanks to a whole shipment of euro-bound ds lites going missing last week, but we'll certainly let you know (after we've ordered ours obviously!)

For more pictures visit Kotaku



Tags: DS Lite , Nintendo

Formats: DS

Nintendo Game & Watch on DS ?

Monday 19 Jun 2006 : 15:30 PM

Nintendo fans in Japan can not earn themselves a copy of "Game & Watch Collection" for the DS through the company's loyalty programme.

According to a Nintendo website the collection features three classic Game & Watch games , Donkey Kong, Greenhouse and Oil Panic.

At the moment there is no news of anmy commercial release or a UK/US release but if it proves popular (which is of course very likely) then we wouldn't be surprised.



Tags: Donkey Kong , Game & Watch , Nintendo

Formats: DS

DS Lite: Thinner than a turkey sandwich

Friday 16 Jun 2006 : 12:35 PM



We all know the sexy new DS lite is thinner than the fugly old original but how thin do you think it is ? Thinner than a Motorola Razr phone ? How about a marker pen ? or a potato ?

Well, thanks to Advanced Media Network you can now test your knowledge of all things DS Lite thickness related.

Take the test

Tags: Quizzes , Silliness

Formats: DS