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November 14th, 2004, 15:05 Posted By: Uzeless
Have checked out dvdboxoffice.com and lik-sang and I am very interested in pre-ordering myself a DS as a sort of Christmas present to myself. I can get one for around £130 with a top game.
Does anybody know if recent supply problems will stop me getting one before christmas?
Also, will I get stung an import charge once it arrives in the UK?
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November 14th, 2004, 12:59 Posted By: Johnny_Mike
I was just wondering if anyone knew when you might be able to go into a game store and play a DS in europe, I was wondering because seeing as the DS comes out in like 7 days in the US some game stores might get them from america?
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November 13th, 2004, 16:54 Posted By: Tithansi
Hey, I have preordered an american DS and a couple of games from importmadness for Xmas and i was just wondering if anyone knew why most of the games are released before the actual DS itself...seems a bit odd to me. And also with all this DS ordering madness going on in Japan do you think our import preorders will be affected in anyway? (i.e not enough stock).
Oh well fingers crossed eh.
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November 13th, 2004, 13:37 Posted By: Tiiger
hello, im playing leaf green on GBA 1.7.2..... im getting bored of playing it or leveling up pokemons.... Does anyone have any cheat codes so it will be easier..
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November 13th, 2004, 04:00 Posted By: wraggster
GBA WinS is a windowing system for the GBA, allowing developers to build their GUIs relying on an expandable library of graphic controls. GBA WinS also deals with text input, using a system called K+. People wanting to build WinS applications can get the GBA WinS Devkit including libs, documentation, examples and a one-click installer from the title URL. In addition, GBA WinS is now open source. [br][br]https://sourceforge.net/projects/gbawins/
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November 13th, 2004, 03:37 Posted By: wraggster
Knuckles a beta tester for Dolwin which is a great Gamecube Emulator for Windows has posted news that the new beta is playing more games than before and also also many are now faster, heres a selection of the best of the new screnshots, check them out Here
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November 12th, 2004, 19:45 Posted By: wraggster
Nintendo has the kind of headache most companies dream about. On one hand, Nintendo is confronting greater-than-expected consumer demand for its upcoming DS handheld. On the other hand--and here comes the headache--if Nintendo can't meet increased demand, Japanese consumers who can't locate a DS to purchase when it goes on sale December 2 might decide to spend their handheld budget on a Sony PSP instead. Sony's new handheld comes to market in Japan just 10 days after the DS, on December 12. [br][br][br]For now, the market is aggressively seeking out the DS. According to yesterday's Nikkei Journal, Nintendo has revealed that preorders for the Nintendo DS have reached 2 million units, double the company's initial expectations. [br][br]Nintendo had prepped the DS pipeline to manufacture 1 million units for the launch. With demand now twice that, the company has responded by bringing a third factory on board to produce the handheld. The DS is being manufactured in China. [br][br]Nintendo has already closed down most Internet shopping sites selling the DS--those closures came after just one day of order taking (which began, and ended, on November 3). [br][br]While bringing new production facilities on line now won't increase Nintendo's shipment numbers significantly during December, the company expects to meet long-term demand by having 2 million units in the retail channel shortly after the new year begins. [br][br]Nintendo is now raising its sales forecasts for the DS to 4 million, up from 3.5 million, in its current fiscal year (which ends March 31, 2005). [br][br]"Preorders are going smoothly with stores filling up on their online orders," Nintendo president Satoru Iwata remarked to the Nikkei Journal. [br][br]Major retailers in Japan are still taking reservations for the DS, although consumers need to go directly to the stores to reserve. [br][br]Nintendo shares closed today at 12,550 yen ($118.33), a jump of 460 yen (3.8 percent) from the day before.
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November 12th, 2004, 19:44 Posted By: wraggster
Golfing gamers looking to hit the links with the Nintendo DS version of Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005 are now facing a slightly later tee time. Originally slated to launch alongside Nintendo's handheld gaming system on November 21, the game has been pushed back by roughly one month and is now scheduled to land in retail stores on December 14. [br][br][br]EA confirmed the delay to GameSpot News this week by admitting the move was initiated to allow for additional development time. Another EA Sports title, Madden NFL 2005, is still scheduled to launch alongside the DS. [br][br]Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005 will make full use of the DS's dual-screen capabilities, with the upper screen displaying the traditional golfer's view of the course and the lower screen displaying an interactive course map. More exciting is the game's stylus-based swing mechanic, which the company hopes will add an innovative new wrinkle to video game golf.
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November 12th, 2004, 11:54 Posted By: wraggster
Late Thursday, Nintendo revealed their release schedule for the first half of 2005. And while they emphasized that "new titles for Nintendo franchises like Mario Kart, Animal Crossing and Advance Wars remain in development," the lineup offered few surprises. [br][br][br]What was somewhat surprising was the dearth of new titles for the company's newest format, the DS. Besides the nine previous announced titles, the most notable being Metroid Prime: Hunters and Need for Speed Underground 2, no new titles were for the two-screened handheld. That is likely to change, however, if the platform does well following its November 21 release. [br][br]On the GameCube tip there weren't any new revelations either. That platform's big gun will be Resident Evil 4, which is still arriving in January. That will be backed up by Star Fox: Assault in February and Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Chaos Theory in March. Notably, the schedule did not nail down any firm dates for two of the most anticipated GambeCube titles, Geist and still-unnamed Legend of Zelda game. [br][br]Last but not least, the Game Boy Advance schedule will feature several favorites, but, again, few surprises. The year will kick off with The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap and Banjo Pilot, followed by Ace Combat in February and Mario Party Advance in March. Q2 will see Fire Emblem 2 hit the venerable portable, along with Pokémon Emerald in April. [br][br]However, Nintendo is notorious for throwing surprises every year, so expect more than a few titles to appear on this roster in the coming months. [br][br]Nintendo DS [br]Feb. 14: WarioWare Touched! (Nintendo) [br]March 14: Pokémon Dash (Nintendo) [br]March: Yoshi’s Touch & Go (Nintendo) [br]March: Atari Classics (Atari) [br]March: Pac Pix (Namco) [br]Q1: Need for Speed Underground 2 (Electronic Arts) [br]Q2: Metroid Prime: Hunters (Nintendo) [br]May: Ultimate Card Games (Telegames) [br]June: Ultimate Brain Games (Telegames) [br][br]Nintendo GameCube [br]January: Resident Evil 4 (Capcom) [br]January: Virtua Quest (Sega) [br]Feb. 8: NBA Street Vol. 3 (Electronic Arts) [br]Feb. 14: Star Fox: Assault (Nintendo) [br]February: Winnie the Pooh (Ubisoft) [br]March 14: Donkey Kong Jungle Beat (Nintendo) [br]March: Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Chaos Theory (Ubisoft) [br]March: Dragon Ball Z Sagas (Atari) [br]Q1: Mortal Kombat: Deception (Midway) [br]Q2: Donkey Konga 2 (Nintendo) [br]Q2: Fire Emblem (Nintendo) [br]Q2: Geist (Nintendo) [br]Legend of Zelda (working title) (Nintendo) [br][br]Game Boy Advance SP [br]Jan. 10: The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap (Nintendo) [br]January: Banjo Pilot (THQ) [br]February: Rave Master: Special Attack Force (Konami) [br]February: Shaman King: Legacy of Spirits – Soaring Hawk (Konami) [br]February: Ace Combat (Namco) [br]February: Klonoa 2 (Namco) [br]February: Winnie the Pooh (Ubisoft) [br]March 21: WarioWare Twisted! (Nintendo) [br]March: Mario Party Advance (Nintendo) [br]March: Backyard Baseball (Atari) [br]March: Pac Pinball (Namco) [br]April: Pokémon Emerald (Nintendo) [br]Q2: Fire Emblem 2 (Nintendo) [br]Q2: Ultimate Pocket Games (Telegames)
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November 9th, 2004, 10:07 Posted By: wraggster
News from IGN [br][br] Well, it's official, folks. The Nintendo DS is being prepared to ship out to retailers for its November 21st launch. We were able to get our hands on the final, boxed units two weeks before the system's official release date, and we wasted no time ripping the packaging to shreds to show you exactly what you get in the box. And it's always oh-so-satisfying tearing into a new gadget, let me tell you.[br][br]For 149.99, you get a rather sleek box packed with goodies. Along with the system that's nicely packed up in a poly-bag (with a pink styrofoam cushion), there's an AC adapter, a wrist strap, a copy of Metroid Prime Hunters: First Hunt boxed in a cardboard sleeve and protective plastic pouch, two stylus pens, as well as tons of paperwork you're sure to read from cover to cover about epileptic seizures, charging the system, warnings about not taking the system in with you during a bath...that sort of thing. [br][br]The wrist strap actually doubles as the "thumb strap" that Nintendo's Chris Campbell revealed at the Nintendo Gamers Summit during his presentation of Super Mario 64. On the end of the strap is a little centimeter bit of plastic that rests on the tip of your left or right thumb. It's slightly rounded, but not pointed like a stylus. The intention is to give players an alternative way of touching and sliding across the screen without using the player's greasy thumb smearing the plastic.[br][br]The pack-in game, as previously announced, is a demo version of Metroid Prime: Hunter. It doesn't come packaged in the usual plastic "keep case" of the retail games, instead, it's in a cardboard sleeve keeper with a slot for the cartridge itself, as well as a pocket for the instruction manual. The cartridge, much smaller than a GBA cart, also comes in a sleeve, not unlike a smaller version of the sleeves you'd put a trading card in for safe keeping. Notice the three letter codename for Nintendo DS cartridges: NTR. Remember "Nitro"? [br][br]The AC adapter isn't any different than the GBA SP unit's AC adapter, except with Nintendo DS printed on the unit instead of Game Boy Advance SP. There's a good reason for this: both systems can use either adapter. And as an added bonus, if you have Game Boy Advance SP headphones, they can plug in and use the Nintendo DS' adapter port. The system recognizes the headphones plugged in back there, turning off the Nintendo DS speakers so you can listen to the audio through the ears. Interesting that this happens since the DS already has a standard headphone jack as well.[br][br]Out of the box, the system has enough charge to get you started, though Nintendo encourages owners to give it a full charge before using it. Boot up at the start brings up the usual start-up screen of the Nintendo DS: [br][br][br]The first time, though, players will have to adjust the user's language, enter in the system name, the current date, time, as well as the player's birthday. All this is used in Pictochat, and if it's the player's birthday, PictoChat will tell everyone in the current network that it's time to celebrate.[br]
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November 9th, 2004, 09:59 Posted By: wraggster
Reggie Fils-Aime, the larger than life head of sales and marketing at Nintendo of America, has stated that Nintendo is not interested in music and movie playback on the company's DS handheld system.[br]In an interview with The Wall Street Journal yesterday, Reggie confirmed that Nintendo was marketing the DS purely as a games platform and that delivering multi-functionality was not Nintendo's aim.[br][br]While Reggie did not comment specifically on the Sony PSP's movie and music playback features, he did refer to Apple's iPod, which has just seen a new colour screen LCD model with photo viewing features added to the range. "If you deliver multifunctionality," said Reggie, "it should be the gold standard."[br][br]It's another reinforcement of Reggie's own enthusiastic assertion at last May's E3 that DS is "all about the games", and if you're looking for reasons to start an argument then his comments could be construed as a subtle attack on the PSP's multifunctionality.[br][br]Sony's handheld is offering video playback from the system's UMDs and MP3 and ATRAC3 music playback. It will be possible to store files on the PSP's memory stick, although space is an issue: the 32MB cards will only hold around 8 MP3 songs, depending on file size (a top-of-the range iPod has a 60GB memory capable of storing 15,000 songs).[br][br]And with the PSP's much publicised battery problems (only last month Fils-Aime quipped: "Those little women at the Tokyo Game Show with those portable [PSP] consoles... were having to go recharge the batteries every two hours!"), there are whispers that Sony may have been wiser to concentrate on the system's primary function: gaming. These are opinions that Nintendo has been quick to encourage with its 'strictly games' stance.[br][br]Not that the Japanese gaming giant will always ignore the possibility of a handheld with multifunctionality. Reggie would not be drawn on whether there were any plans to include movie and music playback in future Nintendo handhelds, but he did not rule it out.[br][br]With the DS's November 21 US release date closing fast (it's December 2 in Japan) and PSP's Japanese release date confirmed for December 12 (no US or European date has been announced) the handheld battle is about to kick off in earnest, and we'll be in the trenches bringing you the war reports.
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November 9th, 2004, 02:56 Posted By: tringo
I have had a look on the web for information relating to Zelda DS. I know its a while before it gets released but does anyone know if it is going to be 2D or 3D. I am guessing that it will be 3D i.e. similar to ocarina of time on the nintendo 64. Also has anyone heard of rumours about a ports of the nintendo 64 zelda titles. I am looking forward to the new made for DS zelda game but ports of the nintendo 64 titles would be excellent.
Thanks
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November 8th, 2004, 10:49 Posted By: wraggster
WarioWare Inc, one of the DS's launch titles has just landed itself a new official site as Nintendo gears up for the launch of its exciting new handheld and face the challenge of Sony's PSP.[br]Although providing remarkably little new info for non-Japanese readers, we're reliably informed there's a couple of details on two new characters who'll feature in Wario's DS locker. Ashley is an apprentice witch, who'll examine your sliding skills in a series of every more challenging mini-games, abetted by her fiendish looking friend Red.[br][br]The second new character is Mike, a Karaoke robot created by Dr. Crygor, who'll provide a stern test of your singing skills using the DS's in-built mic. Mike's mini-games should an intriguing test of the DS's speech and sound capabilities and possibly the source of a lot of funny looks on the tube if you decide to join in.[br][br]Warioware Inc. DS is set to launch alongside the handheld console's release in Japan on December 2 and will feature a host of mini-games, returning Wario favourites and a whole bunch of stylus sliding fun.
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November 7th, 2004, 14:03 Posted By: wraggster
Ubisoft, one of the world’s largest videogame publishers, today announced Rayman® DS, Sprung™ and Asphalt Urban GT™ as official launch-window titles in the U.S. for the upcoming release of the Nintendo DS™ system. In fact, Asphalt Urban GT is one of only five launch-day titles arriving on store shelves nationwide on November 23, 2004, at the manufacturers suggested retail price of $29.99. [br][br][br]“We’re thrilled to bring three genre-leading titles to the Nintendo DS that each reach a very different, yet broad, audience,” said Tony Kee, vice president of marketing, Ubisoft. “The Nintendo DS is an innovative and unique portable videogame system. We’re excited to match that level of creativity and provide an all-new experience with our titles, especially Sprung.” [br][br][br]Asphalt Urban GT flies onto the Nintendo DS on four very fast wheels, combining the virtues of both simulation and arcade racing. Players will hit the streets in a wide range of licensed high-performance cars, including Lamborghini, Jaguar, Hummer and more, on tracks from around the world. [br][br][br]Sprung creates an entirely new genre for portable gaming by putting players in the middle of an engaging, risqué and daring adventure with sexy singles at a hip ski resort. The dating simulation, or “stimulation,” title features gender-specific adventures, entertaining dating missions and a hilarious script written by North Shore (FOX) writer Colleen McGuiness. [br][br][br]Rayman®, one of the most recognizable videogame characters around the world, arrives for the first time in full 3D glory on a handheld as he battles to defeat the pirate terror that has enslaved his world. Rayman DS is poised to repeat the successful performance of its predecessor, Rayman® Advance, which was among the top-ten selling launch titles for the Game Boy® Advance system in 2001.
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November 6th, 2004, 05:21 Posted By: wraggster
According to the Seattle Post, Nintendo has begun shipping DS handheld units from their distribution center in Redmond, WA. This does not indicate an early launch of the system. Nintendo is simply shipping them out now so they will be in stores and ready for the November 21st launch date. What it does mean is that there might be a handful of stores across the country that accidentally (or purposefully) break the date and begin selling the systems early. This same thing recently happened to Microsoft and Bungie's Halo 2 for Xbox. [br][br]In a related story, some Nintendo promoters received their DS systems today. They'll be using their systems to spread the word on tours in various countries to get people hyped up for the system launch.
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November 6th, 2004, 04:54 Posted By: wraggster
A new version of the Multiplayer version of Visual Boy Advance has been released not much is known or posted about whats new apart from Zelda now working?[br][br]Download from Here
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November 6th, 2004, 03:28 Posted By: wraggster
Nintendo has peeled back the gift wrap on WarioWare, Inc. DS, a title slated for release in the country simultaneously with the launch of the DS on December 2. The company has recently taken a dedicated Web site for the game live. While the site doesn't offer much in the way of additional insight on the title, it does give a brief overview on the characters and what kind of minigames to expect. [br][br][br]In particular, WarioWare, Inc. DS will have two characters that will be appearing for the first time in the series. One of them is a robot named Mike. Mike is a Karaoke Robot invented by the nutty Dr. Crygor. Gamers will play through minigames by using the handheld's internal microphone, a hardware function used by only a few launch titles. [br][br]The second new character is a small girl named Ashley, who is a witch in training with a devilish-looking friend named Red. You’ll be sliding objects on the screen during minigames in Ashley’s stages, using the touch-sensitive lower screen of the handheld. [br][br]Most of the characters from past releases in the Warioware franchise are returning to the DS: Mona's stage will feature games where you slide the stylus pen to prompt movement; Jimmy T.'s stage will feature games where you scratch the screen using the pen; Kat and Ana's stages will require you to draw long strokes to advance gameplay; Dr. Crygor's stage will require you to draw circular motions on the screen; and 9Volt and 18Volt's stages will feature nostalgic Nintendo games that can be played for the first time with a touch-sensitive screen. It isn’t known yet whether Orbulon the Alien or the taxi-driving duo, Dribble & Spitz, will be appearing in WarioWare, Inc. DS.
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November 6th, 2004, 03:25 Posted By: wraggster
A report this morning in a UK magazine has speculated that Nintendo plans to launch the DS handheld in late March 2005 in Europe, with a UK price point of UKP 129.99 (186 Euro), significantly higher than the equivalent US dollar pricing.[br][br]Citing unnamed sources "close to the Japanese games giant," retail magazine MCV claimed that the system's launch would be accompanied by 20 to 25 games on its arrival, with 40 to 50 available "within weeks" of the launch.[br][br]Nintendo UK could not be reached for a comment at the time of publication, but several retailers contacted by gi.biz confirmed that no pricing information has been conveyed to them as yet, although the late March launch window is indeed likely, and would tie in with Nintendo's previous use of this time of year for the launch of the Game Boy Advance SP.[br][br]If Nintendo really does opt for a UKP 129.99 price point, as MCV speculates, the console giant is likely to come under fire for overpricing in Europe - where that UK pound price point would translate as around 185 Euro, compared with the $149.99 price point in the United States.[br][br]By comparison, Nintendo sells the GameCube for $99 in the USA and 99 Euro in Europe, having brought the price points in line with a series of price cuts in September. The GBA SP, however, remains more expensive in this territory (99 Euro) than it is in the United States ($79).[br][br]The Nintendo DS is set to launch in the United States later this month, and will be accompanied by six software titles at launch with a further six expected by Christmas. Although several more games are expected to appear in the US early in the New Year, speculation of 40 to 50 titles being available in Europe next Spring seems massively optimistic.[br][br]Sony's challenge in the handheld market, the PlayStation Portable, is also widely expected to ship in Europe next March, in a move which promises the first major face-off in this market sector in over a decade - and the first ever genuinely serious challenge to the Game Boy Advance's dominance of the market.
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November 5th, 2004, 07:03 Posted By: wraggster
Nintendo has taken the top spot in the Japanese sales chart this week, with Mario Tennis GC selling some 186,000 units as the launch of several new games saw overall game software sales rising by almost 40 per cent week on week.[br][br]Other key new titles to be launched during the week included From Software's latest Armoured Core game, Armoured Core: Nine Breaker, with the PS2 mech action title coming in at number three, while Atlus' Stella Deus and Sony's RPG Wagy Ryu wo Miyo came in at number five and six respectively.[br][br]The Japanese obsession with pachinko gambling machines propelled yet another pachinko game into the top ten, with Tecmo's Raksuho! Pachinko Slot Sengen 2 in at number seven, while SNK Playmore's The King Of Fighters 2003 proved the continued popularity of 2D fighting games, in at number eight.[br][br]EA's Burnout 3 dropped out of the top ten this week in Japan, but was replaced by another western-developed title - with Capcom publishing Activision's True Crime: Streets of LA in the territory, and scraping into the top ten at number ten.[br][br]While none of the other new releases managed to challenge the sales of Mario Tennis, chart supremos Media Create do note that both Stella Deus (which sold 34,000 units) and Waga Ryu wo Miyo (around 31,000 units) sold out their initial allocations in most stores, and could have performed much better if additional stock had been available.[br][br]In terms of hardware, the PS2 is at its lowest ebb in quite some time, with market share of only 34 per cent as stocks dry up and the market waits for the arrival of the slimline redesigned model in the near future. Game Boy Advance rules the roost once more, with 55 per cent market share, while the Cube experiences a significant boost thanks to Mario Tennis, rising to 11 per cent share.
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November 5th, 2004, 06:59 Posted By: wraggster
Internet rumours are circulating that Nintendo's DS handheld will launch in the UK with a thoroughly acceptable £129.99 pricetag attached.[br]British games industry journal MCV is reporting that the touchscreen system will launch towards the end of March 2005 with a launch line up of 25 to 30 games.[br][br]The March release date has been common knowledge for a while, and the fact that the US and Japanese dates are so close (November 22 and December 2 respectively) means that there'll be plenty of games around for the UK launch.[br][br]It's the price that (almost) impresses: with the system retailing for $149.99 in the US (approximately £81) and 15,000 yen in Japan (about £76) we were expecting a retail price of around £150-200, given the usual European mark-ups. [br][br]Still, given those conversions from the US and Japanese prices it would seem that we're still getting a slightly raw deal, but we're used to it, eh?[br][br]For your £129.99 you'll get the system itself, an embedded copy of communication game PictoChat, and a demo of Metroid Prime Hunters.[br][br]MCV is quoting "sources close to the Japanese games giant". We've been in touch with Nintendo directly and are currently awaiting confirmation. We'll let you know as soon as we do.[br][br]If so, it's another early salvo from Nintendo in the upcoming DS versus PSP battle. Sony stunned everyone a couple of weeks ago by announcing its new handheld would launch in Japan on December 14 at 20,790 Yen (approximately £105 and $195), a whole lot less than anticipated. The UK and US pricepoints are yet to be announced.
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