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Man, why did Thursday have to be so long? That’s certainly how it felt, anyway. I’m very glad to be done with the day. My bed is calling…it’s been doing that for the last 3 hours or so! See you guys in a few, short hours. P.S. - We are recording the [...]

“It’s a much better match for handhelds than home consoles.” - Toshihiro Nagoshi, Super Monkey Ball and Yakuza creator With one statement, I bet Mr. Nagoshi sends the Dragon Quest fans into a tizzy. I kind of agree with his statement, though. With all the grinding you have to do in a game like [...]

What better way to celebrate the Japanese redesign of the Nintendo Channel than with a demo of Puyo Pop 7?! This demo can be grabbed from the Nintendo Channel, or through download kiosks throughout Japan. More screens here

It appears that there’s some sort of special contest involved with grabbing one of these for yourself. I wouldn’t worry about the details, seeing as we have no way of entering! At least we can look at the figurines, and wait for them to hit eBay! Link

Capcom is gearing up for the launch of Monster Hunter 3 by doing a cross-promotion with karaoke chain Pasela. Starting on August 1st and running from August 31st, customers that stop by one of the karaoke chain locations will get to take part in the Hunter’s Banquet Final event. Patrons will be able [...]

Looks like XSEED is going to be localizing RIZ-ZOAWD. I was wondering if someone was going to pick this up! You can check out the GameFly listing here (thanks AusGamer!) Now, on with the rest of the boxarts!

Hiroki Kikuta is the man behind the soundtrack to Secret of Mana. As of today, he has announced that he’ll be presenting Germany with a pair of concerts entitled ‘Symphonic Fantasies: Music From Square Enix. There will be two tour stops in Germany, with the dates set for September 11th and 12th. [...]

A portion of a Zelda Universe interview with Tony Janning, main character and co-writer… ZU: Season 2 will be launching as soon as next week! Do you have any hints for us as to what will appear in it? Tony: Well, we definitely open up the world even more than we did in season one. More characters [...]

Sealed case of F-Zero games Sealed case of International SuperStar Soccer ‘98 Auction here Auction here Link

This email just dropped into my inbox, and it’s from an anonymous source. I wasn’t going to post, but The Conduit sales number that I just posted below matches up on this list. Nintendo Wii WII EA SPORTS ACTIVE BUNDLE 289,083 WII FIT W/ BALANCE BOARD 271,556 WII TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 10 MOTION PLUS BUNDLE 204,899 WII MARIO [...]

Rumor is floating around concerning The Conduit’s sales in June. Remember, The Conduit was only out for about 9 days of June’s NPD tally, so fact that in when you see the rumored number below. The Conduit - 71,913 SEGA said that they had a big first week with The Conduit. Now we just have [...]

How many of you remember The musician brothers, Flat and Sharp? You know, the duo from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time? I would hope that you do, because they play a pretty important part in the musical aspects of Ocarina of Time. Last time I checked, music was an integral [...]

“Developers in the East and West should not be too separate. It should me international, and we need to work with more international artists. I’m very concerned about this point, and perhaps it could be bad for the industry. I hope things change very soon.” - PaRappa the Rapper creator Masaya Matsuura Why aren’t [...]

A portion of a 4cr interview with Telltale’s Mike Stemmle… 4CR: Tales of Monkey Island is a nice title for an episodic series. It sounds like we could see more “Tales.” Are there plans for more Monkey Island seasons down the line, or do you see this as more of a one-off thing? MS: I’d personally love [...]

Atlus made one little mistake when putting together their latest teaser site. They left the link to a image in the source code…and that image was a logo. Allow me to do a little translation for you. The logo above says Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey. We also get a date out of [...]

Wow, that’s a pretty costly super bundle. I wonder what in the world it comes with to justify that much of a jump over stand-alone. Thanks to AusGamer for the heads up! Link

It’s been awhile since we’ve heard from this fan project, and it looks like all that quiet time was time well spent. I’m surprised Nintendo hasn’t squashed this one yet. Famous last words… Video Games | Star Fox: Shadow of Lylat (PC) XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii Direct link here

Well…should they? That’s what the entire industry is trying to figure out right now. Of course, there are two different sides to this story, which is why the discussion has gone absolutely nowhere. I don’t see a friendly compromise coming anytime in the near future. While I would love for things [...]

SEGA of Europe had a video yanked from YouTube. The video contained gameplay footage of Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games. Within that video was a tiny clip that showed off a flag in the background…a flag with Boswer Jr.’s face. Lucky for us, someone grabbed a screen cap before [...]

UPDATE - And just like that, the mystery is solved. Check out the teaser site reveal here Teaser site here And now for all the information that has been pulled from the source code of the site… 滅びの地の出現。 それは避けられない運命。 THE RUINED EARTH appears. This was an unavoidable fate. 人類の未来のため、ともにがんばりましょう！ For the sake of the future of humanity, let’s go for it together! 裕福な国からわざわざ死にに来たか？ Did [...]

Teaser site here And now for all the information that has been pulled from the source code of the site… 滅びの地の出現。 それは避けられない運命。 THE RUINED EARTH appears. This was an unavoidable fate. 人類の未来のため、ともにがんばりましょう！ For the sake of the future of humanity, let’s go for it together! 裕福な国からわざわざ死にに来たか？ Did an affluent nation bring this purposeful death? どいつもこいつも浮き足立ちゃがって。 Everybody be prepared to run. 南極 South Pole 自分を見失うなよ！ Don’t lose sight of yourself! 私たちは「希望」だぞ！ We are [...]

A portion of a GameSpy review… Pros: A ton of levels are available, and single-cart multiplayer play is a great addition. Cons: Difficulty bounces around at times; the storyline is kind of pointless. Full review here