For fifteen years, Pokemon has become one of Nintendo’s most recognised brands, rivalling that of Mario, Link and Donkey Kong. For its longevity, it has kept carrying over characters, but now Nintendo has seen its time to bury the hatchet with a massive overhaul to traditional game setup that we have known for so long. But do the modifications restore or tarnish the brand name?
Nintendo Australia has revealed information about the Australian (and New Zealand) release of the Nintendo 3DS. The pricing of the Nintendo 3DS in Australia is $349.95 AUD and for New Zealand $453.00 NZD. The date for the console release is the 31st of March 2011.
Nintendo is trying to milk out more money from the DS before it is soon replaced by the much-hyped Nintendo 3DS. And its latest addition is something that we weren’t expecting – a QWERTY keyboard. And it’s for one game only – Battle & Get! Pokemon Typing DS. Yes, it’s another useless Pokemon game.
Sony isn’t the only one making an announcement. Nintendo announced its earnings for the third quarter, and it isn’t pleasant reading. The company’s results showed that its net profit for the nine months through December dropped 74 percent.
Do you produce power? Well, if you answered No you might want to start. And if you answered yes….see a doctor.
Nintendo has just announced at Nintendo World 2011 why the new Nintendo 3DS includes a charging dock. The reason is that the device has a 3-5 hour battery life when playing 3DS games and 5-8 hours when running DS games. Keep in mind that the latest Nintendo DS, the DSi has a 9 to 14 hour life, and the original DS had a 10 to 14 hour battery life. It also takes 3 and a half hours to charge. These numbers are all from Nintendo and could be a bit worrying for the new console.
We covered the consoles in part one, but what about the portables? So here is the second part of our list of games you should consider when buying a game for the Nintendo DS or the PlayStation Portable for that special person, family member or co-worker.
Got a child that has a Nintendo DS? Well, one of the games that they might enjoy is Super Scribblenauts, a game that basically puts the child’s imagination in a problem-solving game – and yes, there is even an option to put in the word “Anything”. The sequel to the popular Scribblenauts, those who have played it will love this game. However, the price might put you off – $58.00 for the game? For many, that game can be seen as a luxury.
With declining demand for the Nintendo Wii and the delay of the highly-praised Nintendo 3DS to next year rather than sometime before the big Holiday Shopping season, Nintendo has posted a net loss during the April-September financial period, the first net loss in the last seven years.
At E3, Square Enix has released information about a so
mewhat new game to the Kingdom Hearts series, Re:coded. Similar to Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories, the game will be a release on another console than the original, in this case the Nintendo DS.
The Japanese Pokemon Website has revealed the fifth generation Pokemon or Pokemon Black and White Legendaries, Reshiram and Zekrom.
The cover of the Pokemon Black version will feature the Legendary Pokemon Reshiram, and the White version cover will feature the Legendary Pokemon Zekrom.
Yesterday, a leak of the new issue CoroCoro has revealed the identity to a previously silhouetted Pokemon and it’s pre-evolution.
Many speculated that it could be a Lucario or Mightyena evolution or even a whole new Legendary, but it has been revealed as an entirely new Pokemon.
“ROMs can only be obtained and played if you already own the game, have a license to the game or are part of a commercial marketing company. This seems fine until you notice that your gameplay is disrupted from built-in anti-piracy software, programmed by Nintendo to stop you from allegedly playing it illegally.”
After having the White colour since launch, despite promises of having more colours when it was revealed – when it was called the “Revolution”; Nintendo will be bringing a black coloured version of the Wii to Japan. Along with this, there will be black-coloured versions of the Wii Remote, the Nunchuck and the Classic Controller Pro. It is expected to sell for 25,000 yen and is to come out on August 1.
Video games and consoles sales in the US have fallen due to the slowing economy, few “blockbuster” releases and a tough comparison with a year-ago period that featured several hits, according to a report released by the NPD Group on Thursday.
Before you chuck away that Nintendo DS, here is something you should consider (especially if you use any homebrew flashcards).
According to a member on the Chinese gaming community Hacken.cc, the new Nintendo DSi has rejected all of the ten tested homebrew slot-1 cards. The cartridges tested were the R4DS, EX Flash V, CycloDS, G6 DS Real, M3 DS Real, Supercard DS One, iTouch DS, FCard, NCard, M3 DS Simply and the U2DS.