This is cool new site I found for my beloved mini-gaming companion. This site includes a feature where you can ‘explore’ different parts of the micro, wallpaper based on the different face plates that come with the game boy, and accessories you can buy right from the site.
Check it out here.
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Gamespot released a review of a demo for the highly anticipated 
new Resident Evil to the series and i myself, an ardent fan of the series, anticipated survival horror at it’s best. However, i was stunned to find out that the new resident evil is going to be an on-rail light gun game similar to the time crisis series.
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In an interview with the website Game Theory, Nintendo’s vice president of marketing and corporate affairs Perrin Kaplan s
uggested that despite increased production of the fast-selling Wii console, shortages were expected for some time.
“We are at absolute maximum production and doing everything we can”, said Kaplan. “The number of units that we have been able to produce has far exceeded our hardware production in the past and the production levels of a lot of our competitors but demand continues to be really high.”
Kaplan acknowledged many fans have been unable to get their hands on a Wii, with most stores around the country completely sold out. “We are asking them to be patient and to know that we are working on this as fast as we can,” she said.
WORK…FASTER…
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Nintendo announced it’s donating 100 Wii “party packs” to YMCAs across the country to promote physical activity and cr
oss-generational ties. This Saturday many YMCAs will begin to include Wii games into their Healthy Kids Day events. As many studies have shown, combining physical activity with video games is having a positive impact on kids in school and at home.
“Consumers all over America are telling us the Wii helps them to stay active and fit and also gives them another reason to be together as a family,” says Nintendo of America’s senior vice president of marketing and corporate communications George Harrison.
“Wii has quickly become a part of America’s fitness plan, from bowling leagues for active seniors to kids and parents who sweat through Wii Sports pentathlons together.”
It’s the Y M WII A! It works! Try it out!
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Nintendo of America, which takes a strong stance on anti-piracy measures, came out in support of the United States governme
nt’s piracy policy in China–a policy which has drawn the ire of the Communist state after the government filed a piracy complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO).
“Despite aggressive efforts for the past decade, China has built itself to be the leading production site and exporter for counterfeit Nintendo video game products, and has the largest domestic consumption,” a Nintendo release stated.
“Despite the millions of counterfeit Nintendo products seized from retailers and manufacturing plants in China through the years, there has only been one criminal prosecution. Numerous factories, where tens of thousands of counterfeit Nintendo products were seized, escaped with only trivial fines or no penalty at all.”
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The next generation of pokemon gaming is here in the form of Pokemon Diamond and Pearl. The game adds alot of new
features while retaining the same game formula as all the other pokemon RPG’s to date. The game starts off in an all new region called “Sinnoh”. you get to choose whether you want to be a boy or a girl trainer at the start and your journey begins from there. More »
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According to the popular game site, there will be a new installment to the Final Fantasy Tactics Series. “Final Fantasy A2:
The Sealed Grimoire” set for the Nintendo DS sometime in late 2007. A2, like the previous tactics, starts you off as a mischievous young boy named Luso whom is punished at the beginning of summer vacation in an old library for pranks he pulled at school during the year. Curiosity gets the better of him and he ends up writing his name into an old book that magically transports him to Ivalice. Instead of wanting to return straight home Luso decides to explore and do a little adventuring. More »
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It seems most publishers underestimated the demand for Nintendo’s fast-selling Wii console and are now rushing to release games for the innovative platform. For Electronic Arts, the world’s largest game publisher, a dearth of Wii-ready games caused a 25 percent drop in February sales, while industry-wide sales rose 28 percent, according to Todd Greenwald, an analyst at Nollenberger Capital Partners.
Although some analysts are beginning to doubt the Wii’s long-term popularity prospects, for now the Wii remains the dominant console in the market and appears poised to lead the way in the foreseeable future. For many publishers, this means a push to release Wii titles as fast as they possibly can.
“Those companies are backtracking,” said Anthony Gikas, an analyst at Piper Jaffray in Minneapolis. “They’re going to need to get their best-branded product on that platform. That will take a good nine to 12 months.”
Go Wii Go!
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Nintendo has recently filed with eSOL Embedded Products Ltd. to incorporate two of its memory protocols in the Wii. They are as follows:
pointer; a function to minimize the file system destruction at accidental power shutdown or media removaland
The middleware will allow Nintendo to do some new creative things with the Wii, possibly allowing demos to run straight off of SD cards or USB sticks.
This is a pretty exciting proposition. Can’t wait to see what Nintendo does with it.
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