DS Game News

Wii rides the storm, DSi due spring 2009

Increasing fortunes for Nintendo despite global recession; Wii bucks the trend in America to improve sales performance year on year. Nintendo will soon ...(Posted on 8 December 2008 01:12 PM)

Fake Handheld Alert!

Customs officials have seized batches of “dangerous” counterfeit Nintendo handhelds bound for the UK market. Erk!The DS and DS Lite consoles look like ...(Posted on 5 December 2008 11:12 AM)

Japan: Still crazy for handhelds

The Japanese software charts are a source of constant fascination - huge numbers involved, games we’ve never heard of, turnover like you wouldn’t believe ...(Posted on 5 December 2008 09:12 AM)

Mama goes gardening

Cooking Mama surprised us all by being more fun than it had any right to be. Now Majesco is hoping to repeat the success by moving the action into the ...(Posted on 3 December 2008 04:12 PM)

‘100 Classic Book Collection’ on DS from Boxing Day

Nintendo has set the release date for its pipe-’n’-slippers friendly DS title that contains great works from Austen, Dickens and Shakespeare. Forsooth!(Posted on 1 December 2008 08:12 AM)

Japan: A little bit of an Animal

If you believe Nintendo Europe’s campaign Animal Crossing: Let’s Go to the City is targeted at tea-drinking 20-something females with comfy sofas and simultaneously ...(Posted on 28 November 2008 01:11 PM)

Wii sales hit the skids in Japan?

Silver linings and wispy grey clouds abound in the land where the sun rises, and Enterbrain has just announced that the Wii has attained seven million ...(Posted on 26 November 2008 05:11 PM)

Nat-Geo pursues video games

National Geographic is investing more into video games this year, creating a brand National Geographic Games, and the first release is freebies. Although ...(Posted on 18 November 2008 08:11 AM)

Japan/USA charts overload!

It’s Friday, so that means a quick look at what our gaming counterparts have been buying in other parts of the world. Usually Japan, where console and ...(Posted on 14 November 2008 10:11 AM)

Nintendo trademarks indicate future for handhelds

Nintendo’s march into the mainstream continues apace with the registration of a sizeable bunch of new trademarks for their handheld consoles at the Japanese ...(Posted on 12 November 2008 10:11 AM)