Harvest Moon: Welcome to the debut trailer
October 24, 2008
Can you keep up with all these Harvest Moon games? It’s getting pretty difficult, but the recently-announced Harvest Moon: Welcome to the Wind Bazaar should be memorable, thanks to the multiplayer elements … but it’s still Harvest Moon, and that means farming.
As with Animal Crossing, you can invite friends to visit your… Continue reading
It just makes sense: Settlers of Catan lands on the DS at last
October 21, 2008
Listen, we’re appreciative of all versions of Settlers of Catan (except the card game, mostly), but this is the version we’ve been waiting for: the DS-bound Catan: The First Island. Really, it could have been called Catan: A Crappy Version and we’d still be chest-bumping and high-fiving; on this… Continue reading
GameStop’s new ‘Me Time Anytime’ program targeted at women
October 17, 2008
Filed under: News
Let’s get the obvious joke out of the way: The original name for the new GameStop initiative was “Let’s Try to Get a Woman Into GameStop Maybe.”
GameStop has announced a new program called “Me Time, Anytime” in which customers are encouraged to come into one of 1,500 US GameStop locations and… Continue reading
DS releases for the week of October 13th
October 16, 2008
Filed under: News
You may not be terribly excited about some of this week’s releases, but it’s safe to state we can all agree on one thing: there’s a lot of them! My Japanese Coach may actually hit this week, as well as Korg DS-10. What’ll you be buying?
- Battle of Giants: Dinosaurs
- Bratz Girlz Really Rock
- Cesar Millan’s Dog Whisperer
- FIFA Soccer
Europe getting Fire Emblem this December
October 12, 2008
Yes, indeed. Not sure what’s going on here, but Nintendo’s European site has updated with the surreal news that Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon will be released in Europe this December 5th — also known as before North America. This is one of those incredibly rare examples of Europe getting… Continue reading
Nintendo Zone trademarked in North America
October 11, 2008
Filed under: Downloads, News, Nintendo Wi-Fi
Club Nintendo and its assorted freebies may not be the only service Nintendo of America intends to import from Japan. During its megaton-filled Media Summit last week, the big N briefly discussed “Nintendo… Continue reading
Rune Factory 2 preorder bonus is nuts
October 10, 2008
Well, nut. Acorn, really. Plush acorn … in the grip of a plush squirrel. Never mind. Chances are, if you’re a fan of, uh, fantasy-themed farming simulations, you’ve already got a copy of Rune Factory 2 preordered — if only because there are no games… Continue reading
Taito to show Gardening Mama, paddle-compatible Bust a Move at TGS
September 30, 2008
Taito’s TGS lineup is, like last year, all-Nintendo. While they only showed DS games last year, one Wii game is on the lineup this time, but it’s Cooking Mama: World Kitchen, which isn’t a huge departure. The company will show the newly-announced… Continue reading
DS releases for the week of September 15th
September 16, 2008
Filed under: News
This week, a pile of games are overwhelming DS shelves, but the real star is Jackass: The Game. Oh yes, Europe. It’s your turn. Don’t even try and state that we never gave you anything, because after this week, it’s patently untrue.
- Animal Paradise
- Bratz Ponyz 2
- Di-Gata Defenders
- Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of
Dragon Quest IX plans shrouded in mystery
September 12, 2008
It’s one of the DS-related mysteries that keeps us up at night: what is the dealio with Dragon Quest IX? Square Enix claimed the game was “almost finished” back on February 1st, developer Level 5 has long been targeting a 2008 release… Continue reading
