In dark gaming times, Nintendo DS shines

Forget Apple's smack talking about the games for the iPod and iPod Touch, the Nintendo DS still is the king of the portable gaming hill. And for good reason.

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Global Nintendo DS handheld sales top 100 million

Global sales of the Nintendo DS handheld topped 100 million in 4 years and 3 months — a milestone reached at the quickest pace for any video game console — the Japanese manufacturer said Thursday.

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Nintendo adds cameras, music playback to DS

It's official: The much-buzzed-about Nintendo DS makeover is no longer just a fanboy's fondest wish, it's the real deal.

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Nintendo DS teaches English in school

The Nintendo DS isn't just fun and games anymore for English students at Tokyo's Joshi Gakuen all-girls junior high school. The portable video game console is now being used as a key teaching tool, breaking with traditional Japanese academic methods.

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Review: Games Make Comeback on Nintendo DS

Two defining video games from the 1980s are back for the Nintendo DS handheld. "New Super Mario Bros." and "Tetris DS" are updated versions of classic games aimed at giving 21st century players a fresh dose of retro, old-school goodness.

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Nintendo Unveils Features for DS Handheld

Nintendo Co. announced new wireless features for its DS portable video game player Thursday, including a free service that will let consumers beam game demos and other content directly to the device.

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This console generation has been going on for quite some time. The Nintendo DS is almost five years old, while the Xbox 360 is almost finishing its fourth year of existence.

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Kotaku has broken the much sought after secret code for the Wii, allowing the transfer of our favorite Mii onto our DS. Try it out by going to the Mii Channel. Now press A, then B, press 1, now press and hold 2.

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There are currently more than 700 DS games—more than Wii, Xbox 360, and PS3 combined. That's a lot of games. With so many, though, some of the better ones are sure to fall through the cracks. Which Nintendo DS games do you think deserve more attention?

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Jodi Wykle of Lake Wales thought it would be funny to play a prank on her son for his 16th birthday. She bought him Guitar Hero for Nintendo DS, even though he didn't have one.

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If ever there was a time for hand-held gaming, it's the holiday season.

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Fake Nintendo DS and DS Lite game consoles are being seized by British customs. Potentially dangerous power adapters that do not meet stringent British power standards are cited as a potential source of serious injury.

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Fans of both kingdoms and hearts, know that Square Enix has gone ahead and done what we were all hoping they would do: confirm Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days will release outside of Japan.

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This is fairly huge, and fairly believable! Japanese business newspaper Nikkei posted an article describing features in an upcoming new DS model set for this year, designed with the intention of competing with the iPhone and other mobile devices.

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Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter agrees with some of the other predictions we heard this year: a new DS system is on the way.

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Nintendo's net income has risen 34 per cent for the quarter ending June 30th, driven by the success of Wii hardware and software.

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Homebrew on the DS isn't all emulation and old movies. Clever programmers have been able to write programs to make the DS do ... well, things that seem beyond the ability of a game system.

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Hundreds of thousands of unsafe chargers for mobile phones, games consoles and music devices could have made their way into the UK. Trading standards officers studying dangerous chargers being imported from China say vast numbers are available on the internet and in shops.

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They're games. And they're cheap. Buy them.

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Playing on a Nintendo DS whilst clutching a cigarette is difficult. So, videogame firm Ubisoft is developing a title to transform you into a two-handed and healthier gamer.

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SAN FRANCISCO – May 28, 2008 – Today Ubisoft announced that it will develop and publish the video game based on the successful Allen Carr's Easyway to Stop Smoking method.

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The biggest gainer was the country's new No. 1, the retired and now largely low-profile Nintendo chairman, Hiroshi Yamauchi, whose net worth soared $3 billion in the past year and has tripled since 2006, thanks mostly to booming sales of the Wii gaming device.

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Game Review: "Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney"

The Ace Attorney series has proven to be a surprising hit for Capcom - after the first game in the series sold out of its entire first print run, eBay prices skyrocketed for the weird little lawyer simulator - what once sold for about $30 new was easily going for upwards of $100  …

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Oh dear. XNA (and the more closed DS and PSP) might actually have a run for its money, in the form of an "open" game platform on the iPhone.

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Holy crap this game looks amazing - fusion of comic book and anime and SquareEnix RPG? Super-deep combat system? Invisibles-esque multifaceted reality? Disgaea-esque customizability and then some? Holy Carp and Tuna, batman, I am getting this!

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If the upcoming Disgaea 3 on the PlayStation 3 isn't enough for you Nippon Ichi fans, the developer has announced that it will also be bringing the strategy RPG franchise to the Nintendo DS as well.

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Opoona (March 25) Bloom Box (May 2008) Octomania (March 11, 2008) Cid the Dummy (Q2) Namco Museum DS (Feb.

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It looks like the Disney World theme parks are looking to use the DS Lite as an interactive guide map for their guests.

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A man details his successful attempts to get Hugs, a Haskell interpreter, to run on the Nintendo DS. Haskell is a pure-functional language based on lambda calculation that totally rocks.

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"We're currently unsure if [the 3.5 billion yen figure] is a lot or low. They're not bad figures." See What Else Is New Today At Gamevine!

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Evan Wilson, an analyst with Pacific Crest Securities, says that Nintendo has completed the design for a new DS model.

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