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August 8th, 2006, 18:27 Posted By: wraggster
News from Play Asia:
Weekly Special: Capcom's Gameboy Advance™ platform action game RockMan Zero 2 at US$ 9.90 only - offer valid for 1 week
RockMan fans rejoice! The blaster-slingin' blue bomber is back on the GBA™ in RockMan Zero 2.
Recent RockMan 2-D action games have proven to be top-notch 2D side-scrollers, and have also earned a reputation for being incredibly challenging. RockMan Zero 2 lives up to its legacy in both categories--it's a beautifully-designed game packed with intense, fiendishly-challenging gameplay.
The story of RockMan Zero 2 centers on the cyborg Zero's continuing attempt to battle the anti-reploid organization Neo Arcadia. A year has passed since the last adventure, and Zero searches for Ciel and the resistance fighters. Little does Zero know that he's about to be a pawn in an elaborate scheme to cause turmoil between reploids and humans.
Capcom's Gameboy Advance™ platform action game RockMan Zero 2 (aka. Mega Man Zero 2) is now available at discounted US$ 9.90 only.
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August 8th, 2006, 18:25 Posted By: wraggster
During a recent games convention in São Paulo, Brazil , a representative of Lamatel (Nintendo's Latin American distributor) announced that Wii will be released in Brazil during the first week of December to the tune of 1,400–1,500 Brazilian reais (roughly $640–$690). Ouch! That smarts more than a hot Brazilian wax! Not that we ... I mean ... it was just a team bonding experience ... it's not like ... oh, never mind.
But seriously, at that rate, who's buying? Just import. Of course, you may want to add some games to that overseas order. So far, only Twilight Princess is confirmed for launch in Brazil.
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August 8th, 2006, 18:21 Posted By: wraggster
For several minutes, in fact. Earlier today, IGN's Matt Casamassina posted an article that served to round up several wily Wii rumors, including the usual price ($229) and launch date (2 Nov. or 12 Nov.) suspects. More interesting, however, was the indication given by mysterious sources that IBM was in the process of shrinking and slowing down the Wii's Broadway chip for a "future Nintendo handheld -- presumably one that plays Gamecube discs."
Before the rumor managed to fully set in and plunge the masses into unyielding seizures of delight, the article was promptly pulled from the site and replaced by a decidedly unhelpful update. "At the request of our sources, who do not wish to go to jail this week, we have temporarily removed the Wii rumors piece that was posted earlier." Apparently, the oppressive and joyless Nintendo police were none too pleased with people blabbering about portable Gamecubes to IGN. When the article reappeared, all mention of it had been removed, spirited away to some great rumor recycle bin (send our love to the holographic projector).
Perhaps that's all there is to this story -- there is no portable Gamecube and the article's editing serves no purpose other than to make it more accurate. Of course, when an article is admittedly based entirely on whispered secrets and industry murmurings, why yank it just to edit out one rumor in particular? Or could it be another high-larious prank devised by Matt's IGN pals? Time will tell, though we'd rather it be an impatient and stocky time attending the Leipzig Games Convention.
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August 8th, 2006, 18:19 Posted By: wraggster
Via Washingtonpost
So what is it about Mario?
The portly plumber who's out to save Mushroom Kingdom and maybe get a kiss from the princess is still hopping, jumping, stomping his way from the original "Super Mario Bros." (released in 1985) to the latest "New Super Mario Bros." (released in May). He's still the friendly Everyman, still in the same red-and-blue overalls, still sporting the same mustached, rosy-cheeked, aw-shucks look.
And he's the most popular game character among 9-to-12-year-olds, says the NPD Group, which tracks game sales in the United States.
"Mario never gets old, kind of like James Bond," says Michael Pachter, a game analyst at Wedbush Morgan Securities. "And who doesn't think James Bond is cool?"
Twenty-five years after his debut, Mario is the angelic, lovable, all-too-recognizable face of the best-selling video game franchise ever, racking up sales of nearly $2.3 billion in the United States -- and that's only since 1995, as far back as NPD data go. There are currently more than 50 Mario-related games in the market. And the best ones attract tweens who are old enough to appreciate the games' complexity and beauty -- pipes that lead to secret mazes! Mushrooms that double your size! -- but young enough to want to have pure, easy, harmless fun. Who wouldn't want to break a brick by bopping it with your head?
It also doesn't hurt that many parents of these tweens, head-boppers themselves, have grown up playing Mario.
It's all Mario, all Nintendo, all the time at the Palamore residence in Arlington, where it's not entirely clear who's the biggest Mario fan.
Is it 8-year-old Matthew, who proudly declares, "I have Mario's voice," and spontaneously says " Mamma mia! "? Or Curtis, 10, who goes on and on about "Super Mario Sunshine"? Or 12-year-old Chris, who can't decide which of the family's eight Mario games is his favorite?
Or is it Brad -- the boys' 30-year-old dad, a minister at the Arlington Church of Christ -- who jokingly introduces himself as "Luigi" and has very fond memories of a five-day binge of pizza and "Super Mario Bros." on his Nintendo Entertainment System when he was 10?
"The thing about Mario is, you can play it with your kids," says Brad Palamore, a self-described "Nintendo dad." "You don't have to worry about what they're seeing on the screen because as a kid yourself, you've seen what goes on in a Mario game."
Mario is the creation of the legendary Japanese game designer Shigeru Miyamoto, also the man behind Donkey Kong. In the early 1980s, Mario was known as Jumpman, Donkey Kong's nemesis in an arcade game. But when Jumpman proved to be as popular as Kong, he transformed into Mario, the middle-aged plumber with a heart of gold. He's Tony Soprano but gentler, Tony Danza but cuter, Mickey Mouse but Italian by way of Japan, with a posse that includes Luigi, Yoshi, Princess Peach, et al. (It's been reported that the name is a homage to Mario Regale, the former landlord of Nintendo's warehouse in Redmond, Wash.) He's starred in "Super Mario Brothers," his very own live-action 1993 movie, and has appeared on "The Simpsons," playing an Italian tourist. He's the omnipresent mascot of Nintendo, which this fall will release Wii, its new game console, and if all goes well, a new game called "Super Mario Galaxy" with it.
"It's Mario's games that have made him so universally famous. 'Super Mario Bros. 3' is still my all-time favorite video game today. It's got such inventiveness -- not too simple, not too frustrating," says Dan Hsu, editor of Electronic Gaming Monthly. "Mario's games are consistently good. That's why the man is where he's at today."
There's a Mario game in practically every flavor and genre -- sports ("Mario Tennis: Power Tour"), racing ("Mario Kart: Double Dash!!"), adventure ("Mario Party 7") -- and like "The Sims," the hugely successful PC franchise, Mario has proven to be girl-friendly too.
The game world, like other entertainment media, is an industry built on brand loyalty -- there are "Legend of Zelda" people, "Final Fantasy" people, "Madden NFL" people, "Halo" people, "Grand Theft Auto" people and the folks who sweat and swear and live by "World of Warcraft." Then there are Mario people like Michael Koyfman. Five years ago, at age 12, Koyfman started his own Web site, the Super Mario Fan Club ( http://www.smfc.us/ ). The club has 239 members.
Koyfman, 17, who will be a senior at John A. Rowland High School in Los Angeles County in the fall, says he got hooked on Mario 10 years ago and still takes the time each day to play one of his 30 Mario games -- "Mario Kart DS" and "Super Smash Bros. Melee" are his favs -- save Mushroom Kingdom and kiss the princess.
"I guess I should be getting tired of the games now, but I'm not."
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August 8th, 2006, 18:16 Posted By: wraggster
A special collector's edition of the classic board game Monopoly has been created that stars the finest heroes and villains from various Nintendo games.
Mario, Luigi, Link and Kirby all appear on the board, with the two moustachioed brothers taking up the prized Park Lane and Mayfair squares. Even the pieces you guide around the board have been Nintendoed, with Mario's cap, Link's iron boots, Donkey Kong's barrel, a Hylian shield and a Koopa shell all having been recreated in pewter.
The board game is currently available on this US website for $35.95 (about £19).
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August 8th, 2006, 17:43 Posted By: wraggster
News via CVG
Nintendo DS owners will soon be able to take full advantage of those free Wi-Fi hotspots thoughtfully provided by the Japanese company: Nintendo will launch an Internet browser for the machine, designed by Opera Software, across Europe on October 6.
As if the DS wasn't already enough of a polymath, purchasers of the Nintendo DS Browser (which, Nintendo says, will cost around 30 GBP) will be able to surf the Web, read and send emails and indulge in live chat. It can hook up to home and public Wi-Fi when out of range of one of Nintendo's free hot-spots.
It sounds as though the DS Browser has been cleverly designed to minimise the machine's limitations in comparison with PCs which have keyboard and mouse - and it includes an onscreen virtual keyboard and support for handwriting recognition.
And it even makes use of both screens - in Overview mode, it will show a complete website on one screen and highlighted areas on the other, while in Fit-to-Width mode, websites will be scaled to fit inside both screens, eliminating the need for scrolling. The DS Browser will be available as a cartridge, designed to fit into the GBA slot; there will also be a slimmer, more aesthetically pleasing version designed not to ruin the DS Lite's sleek lines. And there's more good news: it will come with a memory expansion pack, in a bid to minimise loading times for multimedia-heavy sites.
Come October 6, PSP owners will no longer have any excuse to argue that their machines can do stuff which is beyond the capabilities of the DS. Indeed, anyone who has tried to use the PSP's (shockingly unfriendly) Web browser would never dream of trying to establish bragging rights.
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August 8th, 2006, 17:39 Posted By: wraggster
The Prince of Persia is one of Ubisoft's most iconic series, delighting gamers with its winning mix of visceral sword-swinging gameplay and acrobatic antics, straight out of the Tales of A Thousand and One Nights.
No surprise to find the series heading Wii-ward, then, as a Ubisoft spokesperson told IGN only today: "I can confirm that a game based on the popular Prince of Persia franchise is one of many titles Ubisoft has in development for Nintendo's Wii. At this time we cannot provide an official date for the game or any additional information about it."
So details are stealthier than the Prince himself, but rubbing our magical lamp of speculation, we'd hope a new Prince title would accompany a Wii launch later in the year and that the Ubi Wii development team (probably Ubi France) will find some innovative uses for the Wii-mote, possibly involving plenty of involved swordfighting/slashing along the lines of Red Steel. You can unleash your own frenzy of speculation in the comments field below, but chalk one iconic series up for Nintendo as its next-gen challenger continues to gather momentum.
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August 8th, 2006, 07:42 Posted By: wraggster
The UK Modchip and Flash cart seller Mr Modchips is now selling the G6 LITE 4GBIT *ENGLISH* for £59.99 heres the details:
The G6 Lite *ENGLISH* is the flagship product from G6 Flash. It has internal memory and comes with 4G memory card (1G = 1 Giga bit = 1024 bit ). It supports both DS and GBA games but also includes emulators for playing FC, NES, SNES, GB, GBC, PCE, SEGA-MS and GG. The unit has a built in media player for playing the following formats:
- Dolby AC3 audio frequency file (*.AC3)
- target's file of DVD video (*.VOB)
- wave form sound file of Microsoft (*.WAV)
- MPEG-1 Audio Layer-2 file (*.MP2)
- MPEG-1 Audio Layer-3 file (*.MP3)
- Real media file (*.RA, *.RM, *.RAM, *.RMVB)
- MPEG-1 media file (*.Mpeg, *.Mpg)
- MPEG-2 media file (*.M2V)
- Windows media file (*.AVI, *.ASF, *.WMA, *.WMV)
- VCD video file (*.DAT)
- QuickTime media file (*.MOV)
- MPEG-4 media file (*.AVI)
- DivX media file (*.AVI)
The G6 Lite also has a built in PDA program with full english menus
- G6Flash 3rd Generation 4 in 1 Multi Media Card is the innovative and the most powerful device of GBA(SP) and NDS Console. It doesn’t like other general Flash Cards just only for playing game. It has all functions of other Flash Cards that had before, and now you can use our Multi Media Card on GBA (SP) / NDS and watch movies, play music, browse pictures, read E-Books …... As one of important and exclusive functions, it's a true USB disk (Standard FAT Format), and it can be used for saving and transferring any files and materials on the GBA or PC rapidly and conveniently. You can save all media materials with enough capacity 1G / 2G / 4G. Such as: Movie, Music, Games and PC data ….
- Games Compatibility Can perfectly and directly run all games without needing any adding patches or any converting before playing. (Can directly run GBA games, and Emulator games, FC=NES / SNES / GB / GC / S-MS... and can perfectly hold various
saving modes and RTC function )
- Super Real Time Save Function
- Instant Save Function, unlimited revive.
- High compatibility. Can be compatible with most games.
- No need any database or X-code for using this function.
- Easily operate, the user only press A, B, L, R key at the same time, it is very suitable for NDS, GBS(SP), GBA.
- Not only it has one real time save record and but also can offer up to 3 real time save records.
- Works as U Disk, just plug and play, with fast burning speed
- It's a Flash card with the fastest speed of Read / Write in the world. Only take about 10 sec. to download 128M games from PC.
- It doesn't need any drivers (Except Win98). It's so easy to operate that you even needn't know more about PC software operation, and you just need do duplicating or pasting operation. It likes simple operation mode of USB disk on the PC interface.
- Media Player Function: It is the official GBA Movie Player has exclusive function of Crystal Engine.
- Movie function:
Crystal engine.
High clear picture processing system.
The new boundary of GBA video and audio.
- Picture function:
Direct compatible BMP picture documents.
specialized transformation software.
Many kinds of pictures browsing pattern.
- Music function:
BBE enhancement sound effect.
Clear, nature and bright treble.
Strong, powerful and vigorous bass.
Accurate and incomparable localization.
- Ebook function:
Direct compatible TXT Text documents.
Easier to seek text format.
WHATS IN THE BOX:
G6 Lite (Crystal white )
Cartridge case (Enamal Navy ) or (Ice Blue) Cartridge case (Black )
GBA cartridge case
USB reader
Buy yours at Mr Modchips
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August 8th, 2006, 00:28 Posted By: wraggster
mastertop101 has posted an entry for the Neoflash Summer Coding Comp. Heres the release info:
Hi, here is my Nintendo DS game. It's like Dance Dance revolution, but on the DS, you can use the D-pad, ABXY buttons, and even the touch screen! It includes a few music and arrows follow the beat of it ! I hardcoded them. You can even play 2 players on the SAME nintendo DS (player 1 uses D pad while player 2 uses ABXY buttons) If there are more than 1 arrow at the same time, use both D pad and ABXY buttons ! I hope you will like it !
Screenshot and downloads are included.
PS: I'm going in vacation so it may take some time for me to answer you questions and feedbacks..
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August 8th, 2006, 00:13 Posted By: wraggster
Birslip has posted an entry for the Neoflash Summer Coding Comp. Heres the release info:
lo.mp3 is a mp3 player that's skinnable. For running this app you need a method of running homebrew on your nintendo ds which is compatible with Rein FAT libraries like MK2/3, supercard, GBA MP, M3,...
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August 7th, 2006, 21:31 Posted By: wraggster
Well details have been forwarded to me tonight of a new DS Flashcart thats the same size has a normal DS Game, so that means no bootcart etc.
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August 7th, 2006, 21:09 Posted By: wraggster
New GBA Homebrew release:
Takayama Fumihiko posted this:
Vulkanon is a new bullet hell shmups for GBA. A marvelous barrage that challenges the limit of GBA attacks you. Please enjoy to destroy the barrage by overwhelming power shot.
http://gba.pqrs.org/vulkanon/
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August 7th, 2006, 21:08 Posted By: wraggster
New GBA Homebrew release:
Release of a 3D Engine by Jespa:
Features
- semi 3D Map based on 2D map subdivided in convex sectors.
- Render based on raycasting.
- AntiAliasing via MipMaping.
- Render slices whitout mapping.
- Render 2D Objects with animation.
- Maps ceil & floor.
- Aritmetic Point Math 16.16 & 16.8.
- Variables heights ceil & floor for any sector.
- 30 percent coded in assembler.
- Portals textured by a transparent image (texture type sprite).
- Enverionment mapping.
- Flat Z shading.
- Light functions.
- Collision management for wall, floor & ceil.
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August 7th, 2006, 21:06 Posted By: wraggster
New GBA Homebrew release:
Federico Severi posted this:
To celebrate the victory of Italy at the Germany FIFA World Cup 2006, i've coded this funny gba demo Also it shows what Materazzi said to Zidane. Of course it's not offensive vs French people. I have french friends that laughed to see this way to waste time http://digilander.iol.it/tipika/zidane.htm
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August 7th, 2006, 20:56 Posted By: wraggster
Joshua Zimmerman has posted a 9 Minute video review of the new Starfox game for the DS, watch it here -->
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August 7th, 2006, 20:50 Posted By: wraggster
If you've been wondering how you're going to control an Arwing with the stylus in the upcoming DS title, Star Fox Command, this Japanese TV advert - which you can see by clicking the movies tab above - should clear a few things up for you.
Fox McCloud's debut on the Nintendo handheld is a flight-based combat game set in free-flying 3D arenas. It uses the DS touch screen to partly control the ships of McCloud and his interstellar band of mammal chums as they battle invaders to protect the Lylat system.
To boost forward players must double tap the top part of the screen, a double tap of the bottom part of the screen applies airbrakes and barrel rolls are executed by scribbling left and right. Firing is controlled by the d-pad and the shoulder button.
It's a similar combination of d-pad and touch-screen interface that was used in Metroid Prime: Hunters. It may take some getting used to, but Star Fox Command looks like it will reward gamers with some truly explosive action.
Trailer at Gamesradar
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August 7th, 2006, 16:52 Posted By: wraggster
Interweb speculation is mounting that Nintendo is planning to unveil several new Wii games at this month's Leipzig Games Convention, with a sequel to Mario Smash Football being mentioned as the most likely candidate for a debut Wii appearance.
After the success of the original Mario Smash Football, it would come as no great surprise that Nintendo would want to deliver a follow-up.
Other murmurings suggest that Nintendo's NES platformer, Kid Icarus, is also scheduled for a dusting off. The appearance of the game's hero, Pit, in the E3 Super Smash Bros Brawl trailer has fuelled rumours that a Wii version of Kid Icarus is in the pipeline.
As expected, Nintendo is keeping tight-lipped, with our calls regrettably bearing no fruits of confirmation. Hopefully, all will be revealed when we attend the Nintendo press conference at the show.
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August 7th, 2006, 16:28 Posted By: wraggster
Activision has released a new trailer for Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam, demonstrating exactly how the Wii version of the game will work with Nintendo's motion-sensing controller.
Downhill Jam is a bit of a departure from the more traditional Tony Hawk's games, shifting the action away from the skatepark and over to the steep city streets for some head-to-head (wait for it...) downhill racing. As you can see from the vid, you can use the Wii controller to manoeuvre your skater much like a steering wheel, while at the same time flicking the pad around to perform the Hawkster's famous moves and tricks.
You can try out the new Wii-powered Tony Hawk for yourself when it grinds into the shops later this year.
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August 7th, 2006, 12:28 Posted By: newgen64
This is probably not "News" so feel free to move/erase this post, move it to GC section or whatever. But I feel it's so BIG and nobody mentions it, probably because GC is pretty much dead!
Cobra 2.0 W.I.P. BIOS was released some time ago for Gamecube & Viper owners. Now I'm totally against piracy. But for the first time since 10 years or so, it's possible to create "state saves" anywhere in a game and to restore them at will on REAL hardware. Yes, the same kind of state save we could use on emus.
I've personally tested it and while it's not yet rock solid I am totally amazed by how good and convenient it is. Now I say WTF ? Why now ? How is it possible, is it easy to do ? If it's easy why doesn't it exist on XBOX or PSP ? If it's not that easy how could they do it on GC ? Could we expect this kind of feature on other systems?
I know this kind of feature existed on old 8-bit computers, but well... as you probably understood, i'm just amazed and feel like it's a small revolution 
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