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It's never too early for flip flops

Does it matter that it's February in Toronto? Does it matter that its one of the worst blizzardy nights we've had all winter? Heck no! Because we recieved two pairs of his and her original NES flipflops straight from Nintendo of Canada this week. Thank's everyone! As much as we wish we could rock these on some white sands, we're happy giving each other Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle toes at home.

Nintendo DS: Kicking Ass and Taking Names

I've always said it: Nintendo is to Videogaming what Dr. Dre is to Hip Hop; they rock their khakis with a cuff and a crease, and they reprazent for them gangstas all across the world. Despite the horrible friend code experience, world domination isn't too much to ask for. The Super Iwata Bros. couldn't be ress ronery considering they have blasted past initial sales forecasts of their hot little handheld DS and DS Lite. Kotaku caught my eye with the story posted on Reuters that basically outlined the company's sheer pwnage of leading competitor Sony on the handheld front.

In October (Nintendo) raised its sales forecast for the DS to 20 million units from 17 million for the year to March, while Sony cut its shipment target for competing PlayStation Portable by 25 percent to 9 million for the same period.

Those sales help boost an expected OPERATING PROFIT of close to $1.3 BILLION USD alone. Considering at least 4 million Wii units will be sold in North America alone before January with instant mark-up profit (versus $200 loss per unit for Sony) this success begs the question: Could the sheer Nintendo user base volume and potential cross-compatibility of the DS with Wii push Nintendo back to the top of the console race? Could this be the re-emergence of the 800LB Gorilla? If Microsoft has its way, probably not, but it definitely shows that Nintendo still knows how to play the game, still takin the time to perfect the beat, and they still got love for tha streets..

The Cutest Ever?

Okay let me preface this by saying my little nicky is the cutest little squirrel in the superfun universe, but when I stumbled on this little story of invicible star-cross'd lovers and the digital-bitmapped wedding gift their close friends made for them I have to admit I blinked twice and sighed with my chin resting on both hands.

Seriously, how many people have a videogame starring themselves? Okay Tony Hawk, the Olsen Twins and all EA Sports titles aside, not even Shiggy has his own videogame custom made for him by his friends...

Head on over to Greggman's blog to check out the full story with pictures and video and prepare to sigh..

Mii Like You

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Here's ours: 4626 6688 4184 8329

(remember: you have to add the code and be added)

Heart of Console : Success!

Well, this was probably one of the stupidist things I've done. Nicky and I waited in a line with 300 other people on Dundas street for 8 hours in the cold for the opportunity to pick up a Nintendo Wii on launch day. For the most part the line was calm and organized with the ambient sounds of physics arguments, Pocky munching, and DS lite button-mashing and we managed to make some friends with people of all ages and walks of life who were just as crazy/desperate as us and happened to be trapped in the same line.

When dawn broke however, all hell started to break loose. The Best Buy staff were delayed an hour before handing out tickets - which is an extremely long hour for the sleep depraved, hungry attention-deficit-disordered. The tickets were numbered 1 through 300 based on the order of the line and were handed out accordingly - Nicky and I walked away with number 69. However due to mob mentality and a series of unfortunated misguided events, the order of the line quickly descended into survival of the fittest and some people who were first in line somehow found themselves behind number 252.

When the dust cleared though, everyone walked out with what they wanted, including Nicky and I, and all was well with the world. Shortly after we got back home (10:30am)we lost consciousness and blacked out. The pictures we took are the only proof that we didn't halucinate the whole ordeal.

I have to say though, it was totally worth it.

Heart of Console : Into the Congo

As I write this with heavy heart, hundreds of fanboys across the land have resolved to hunker down into their local best buy lineups in anticipation of the launch of Wii. As a result, I too must succomb to this madness if I want any hope of having some degree of success in getting one. I have made my final preparations, packed plenty o Red Bull and begrudgingly will make my way to the front lines and dig myself a trench....the next time you hear from me I will have good news or horribly disappointing news...

Regardless of the outcome....I have become... one of them.......THE HORROR!!! THE HORROR!!!!!!!!

A Good Sign

The display inside Best Buy is set up and ready to be depleted in a matter of hours and the good news is that no one is setting a bad precedent by camping outside. Unfortunately the same can't be said for 3 hardcore fangirls camping outside Toronto's most ghetto Futureshop establishment (seriously this one makes Lexington, Kentucky look safe) who have been there since last night even despite the complete lack of lineups anywhere in the city (let alone the Best Buy sporting 300 units just a block away) For your sake (and mine) I didn't take a picture of them.

Heart of Console : Day 5

I am happy to announce that the Nintendo fanboys in Toronto have held out a full 20 hours before launch and not one is lined up yet outside of Best Buy. My faith in humanity has been restored a little. Of course the day is early and I expect the nail-biters will be giving in soon. Will it be 15 hours before launch, 10 hours, dare I say 4 hours before the masses hit the pavement and wait in line? Wii shall see, especially since the Bay and Dundas location has confirmed they have in excess of a whopping 280 units available (thanks in part to their cross-promotion event with Nintendo: Gaming Invasion 06 event), I don't see the need for a massive overnight line-up considering there is huge potential for walk-in success with those kind of numbers...standby..

New Plan

Okay, if THIS guy can score a Wii 2 days early than he is either much smarter or luckier than I and I hate him more than the douchebags camping for multiple days.

My new secondary objective: Rely on the sheer stupidity/laziness of clueless Sears employees..

Heart of Console : Day 4

There's less than 28 hours to launch day and I can say that I'm prepared as I'll ever be. It's up to destiny now to determine my fate, and by destiny I mean the volume of psycho morons who choose to line up more than 28 hours in advance when a simple 2-hour wait is (mildly insane) ample.

I've done my math and geographical triangulations and I believe I have a solid gameplan that won't force me to wait outside for hours like an ill-behaved dog with a cruel owner. It does mean there is a serious possibility of a videogame roadtrip taking place this weekend.