May 2007 Archives

CNNMoney Examines the Wii and DS

The following CNNMoney.com piece, posted on Yahoo! Finance examines the success of the Wii and the DS, specifically the way Nintendo executives have shaped these consoles. To sum it up, Nintendo has caught lightning in a bottle and hopes both the Wii and the DS will have great staying power.... [More]

Nintendo DS Gaming Service Tops 5 Million Users

Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection has crossed two huge milestones within just days of one another. Worldwide, since its launch in November 2005, Nintendo's wireless gaming service has now connected more than 5 million unique Nintendo DS owners, and those gamers have racked up more than 200 million game-play sessions. Worldwide, nearly... [More]

New Super Mario Brothers

New Super Mario Brothers Having recently bought a DS Lite, there was only really one series of games that I was interested in playing. The original Super Mario made Nintendo the giant that they are today and a new Super Mario on their Nintendo’s intuitive handheld system meant it was... [More]

Crave Releases Sudokuro for NDS

Crave Entertainment, today announced that Sudokuro for the Nintendo DS handheld system has shipped to retailers throughout North America. Featuring both the incredibly popular and highly addictive Sudoku and Kakuro logic games, Sudokuro contains enough puzzling goodness to keep even the most avid fans occupied for hours on end. Sudokuro... [More]

Konami Songs Now Available For Download

Konami Digital Entertainment has announced an agreement with Sony BMG Music Entertainment to digitally distribute Konami’s library of songs from its diversified catalog of video games. Under the agreement, Konami’s music will be available for download from major online retailers such as iTunes and Rhapsody as well as a number... [More]

Activision's Shrek the Third Ships to Stores

Activision have announced that the Shrek the Third game has now shipped to retail stores nationwide. The Shrek the Third video game is based on DreamWorks Animation's highly anticipated feature film, which opens on May 18. From the press release: The fate of Far Far Away is in gamer's hands... [More]

Tony Hawk's Proving Ground Announced For Multi-Platform Release

With a new take on the established skateboarding franchise, Activision have announced Tony Hawk's Proving Ground due for Nintendo DS and Wii and cross-platform release later this year. This time around focus will be on building your character as your style and story will unfold based on your decisions in... [More]

Konami Classics Series - Arcade Hits Reviewed

Over at BlogCritics they've done a good cover of the Konami Classics Series for Nintendo DS. Most notably for two old favourites, 'Contra' and 'Rush 'N' Attack'. Those two were serious coin guzzlers for me as my friends and I anxiously deposited our not so well earned pocket money into... [More]

Square Enix Discuss Exclusive Final Fantasy XII for NDS

Square Enix have been busy recently what with key announcements of cross-platform releases and their new action RPG 'The Last Remnant', they still found time to sit down with GamesRadar (via Cubed 3) to discuss its exclusive Nintendo DS version of Final Fantasy XII. Producer Eisuke Yokoyama and Writer/Director Motomu... [More]

Mario Dominates NDS All Time Top Ten

Hexus Gaming readers have just voted the Mario franchise as the best Nintendo DS game of all time. SuperMario Brothers came top with Mario Kart DS a close second. Advance Wars: Dual Strike which utilises the DS's dual screen feature came in third, with two popular NDS titles Castlevania: Portrait... [More]

Game 07: Games and Media Event This Week

Yes fellow gamers, with the upcoming Games Convention and a host of other events popping up around the globe, we're now smack bang in the middle of the annual gaming calendar. For those of you who can't wait for the big ones, Imperial College London is doing its bit by... [More]

The Big One is Coming! Games Convention 2007 Bigger Than 06

This year's Games Convention in Leipzig Germany, is expected to be 28 per cent bigger at 115,000 square metres, than the previous year. With 183,000 visitors, 2,600 journalists and 368 exhibitors from 25 countries in 2006, the Games Convention rivals the Tokyo Game Show as the biggest games event in... [More]

GameFlavor and OffTheRail launch GameFlavor Casino

OffTheRail and the GameFlavor Network, an e21media internet property, which includes PSP World, PS3 Informer, Xboxist, Wii Land, DS Village and MPOGR.com, is pleased to announce the launch of GameFlavor Casino. A new site that offers the total gaming experience, providing a safe and secure place to play poker, blackjack... [More]

Square Enix Unveils New Multi Platform Titles

As a precursor to its upcoming Square Enix Party in Japan, Square Enix unveiled a number of both previously announced and new forthcoming titles in development for multiple platforms, at a press conference at its headquarters. According to our friends at GameSpot via GamaSutra, a key announcement made during the... [More]

Activision Release New Spider-Man 3 NDS Trailer

Acitvision have released a number of trailers and vignettes for Spider-Man 3 due out in May to coincide with the movie release. The NDS trailer demonstrates the new unique RSI feature gameplay, using that trusty old NDS stylus for some unique NDS-web slinging. The sausage fingered impaired among us will... [More]

Napoleon Dynamite Explodes onto PSP and Nintendo DS

Crave Entertainment, has announced that it will publish the first videogame based on the wildly popular Fox Searchlight motion picture Napoleon Dynamite. Napoleon Dynamite quickly gained cult-classic status with its quirky look at life in rural Idaho. Teens and adults alike love the movie's colorful characters and offbeat take on... [More]

DS reaches 10 million in Japan

[via GameDaily BIZ] According to a Famitsu Marketing Data Service report covering sales through April 29, the Nintendo DS has reached an install base of 10 million users in Japan in just 15 months since its release. The PS2 comparatively needed almost three years to reach the same goal, says... [More]

Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow

I'd hate to say this but I actually enjoyed Aria of Sorrow more than Dawn of Sorrow. But that's not to say this is a terrible game, in fact, it's one of the best for the DS. The only problem is the touch screen implementations hamper the gameplay a bit,... [More]

Mario Kart DS

Mario Kart! After a somewhat disappointing outing on the cube, (at least, I thought it was) Mario Kart returns to conquer the racing genre on the DS. If you like the 64 version, you'll love this game. There’s no reason why any DS owner should be without this great game.... [More]

GameFlavor Launches DS Village

The GameFlavor Network, an e21media internet property, which includes PSP World, PS3 Informer, Xboxist, Wii Land and MPOGR, is pleased to announce today the launch of DS Village — — a new site dedicated to the Nintendo DS and DS Lite. The GameFlavor network has been growing from strength to... [More]

Spider-Man 3 Swings into North American Stores

That's right Spidey fans, it's web-slinging time again, and Activision have just unleashed the power of the black suit into North American stores, just in time with the movie release. Here's the press release: Even the noblest of Marvel's Super Heroes have a dark side - it's time to unleash... [More]

Activision's Beenox Expands Its Development Operations

Quebec-based video game studio, Beenox, a subsidiary of Activision, has just announced that the company expects to triple its workforce over the next two years, creating more than 200 new positions in the Quebec area by 2009. The company, which over the past year and a half has more than... [More]

SNK Vs CAPCOM Card Fighters DS

SNK PLAYMORE USA CORPORATION, the U.S. publishing arm of the SNK PLAYMORE CORPORATION, recently announced that SNK VS. CAPCOM: CARD FIGHTERS DS for the Nintendo DS is shipping to retailers nationwide. With an array of favorite SNK and CAPCOM characters, and engaging card-battle gameplay, SNK VS. CAPCOM: CARD FIGHTERS DS... [More]