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Is seeing Travis Touchdown a completely crazy thought? Would Nintendo actually allow and M-rated character to appear in their fighting series? It’s a tough call to make. Obviously, Travis could be put into the next Smash Bros. and kept at the ‘Teen’ rating that the franchise achieves, but just the mere nod [...]

Incase you didn’t know, an SNES pops up in Toy Story 2, a film that has been out for quite some time. You can see a shot from the original version above. Why are we talking about it now? Well, reader HUELEN just got back from seeing the 3d re-release of the [...]

Hachi Koi is a dating sim that we’ve been featuring on GoNintendo for some time now. The latest bit of information we have on the title is a promotional web game for the title. It’s a Tetris clone that features Kasugaoka Kurumi, a young girl that loves to each chocolate, among other things. [...]

Nintenho snapped these pics while out at the local mall, and she was particularly blown away by the Bowser ad. She said that the ‘poster’ actually moved, breathed, and lit up! I’m going to have to see this one for myself!

Just reading these tips made me miss my Nintendog, Martha. I’m thinking I should get back into that game. I think I could manage to put aside a few hours a week for virtual puppy.

That's it, folks -- the game industry has finally made it into the bigtime! With Brütal Legend's dark overlord Tim Schafer appearing on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon leading up to the game's October 13 release (video found after the break), it's become clear to us that we've finally made it. What more could we ask than one of the game industry's greats appearing on a late night television show? Next thing we know, editors of Joystiq sister site Engadget will be appearing on Fallon and Halo will have its own soda! Yeah, right, like that will ever happen. [Via Kotaku] [Image credit]

I guess everyone should be expecting to get a paper sleeve with their game, instead of an actual box. That’s a bit disappointing, don’t you think? Click here to check out more pics (thanks Josh!)

Ever dreamed of owning your very own ridiculously high-priced fake drum set? No no, silly goose, not that ridiculously high-priced fake drum set! The Logitech Wireless set, of course! For Swag Saturday this week, we're giving you (and consequently ridding ourselves of) a mammoth wireless drum set care of Logitech (only for the PS3/PS2, folks!) and a complimentary copy of Guitar Hero 5. All you have to do is leave a comment below telling us how you're going to celebrate your Rocktober. When the contest runs out tomorrow, we'll pick one lucky winner to receive the whole schebang. Leave a comment telling us how you're going to celebrate your Rocktober. You must be 18 years or older and a resident of the US or Canada (excluding Quebec, mostly because of the accent) Limit 1 entry per person per day This entry period ends at 8:31PM ET on Sunday, October 4 At that time, we'll randomly select one winner to receive Guitar Hero 5 ($60 ARV) and a Logitech Wireless Drum Kit ($230 ARV) For a list of complete rules, click here

This price drop sees the Wii going from 1,100,000 Colombian pesos to 700,000. Doesn’t seem like a huge drop when you’re talking in those kind of numbers, does it?! Thanks to Bloodwalker for the heads up.

Reader Mewtaker got this awesome balloon Mario creation for his birthday. It’s going to be a sad, sad day when he deflates. I wonder if balloon Mario can hold out for another 365 days!

Hall of Fame from Zoo Games Thanks to TheGame for the heads up!

Level 5's Yoshiaki Kusada recently spoke with Kotaku at the Tokyo Game Show about whether the developer was working on a new installment in its debut franchise, Dark Cloud. "At this moment we don't have a specific plan for a sequel in the Dark Cloud series," Kusada explained, but later added, "there are some who decided to join Level 5 because they love the Dark Cloud series. So, if requests from users should increase in the future, we would seriously consider making it." Level 5, please consider this our humble request: Please, please, please make Dark Cloud 3. Would it help if we went ahead and reviewed it? Fine, here we go: "Dark Cloud 3 is the greatest game ever created by anyone in the entire universe. Everyone should own it. In fact, failure to own it should be considered irresponsible. Its purchase should be federally mandated. If we did numerical scores, we'd give it a 68,439 out of 3." There's more than a few box quotes for you, Level 5. Now get to work. [Thanks to everyone who sent this in!]

It's really difficult for us to write clever observations about any installments in Sony's "It Only Does Everything" ad campaign. For instance, the recent commercial for Uncharted 2 (posted after the jump) is already really funny -- trying to get a few cheap lulz at its expense would be a Herculean comedic task. Regardless, we'll give it the ol' college try: Man, that guy's girlfriend sure is confused, isn't she? She thinks it's a movie! What a silly misconception. Oh, look, she's got popcorn! Man, don't you hate it when you eat popcorn and a piece of shell gets stuck in the back of your throat? That's the worst, isn't it? You're all like "Hacccckkkkk! Caahllllkkk!" And it just won't come out! Yeah, we're done here.

At Tokyo Game Show 2009, NIS America took the time to announce a few new games for Western release. Amongst them was the sequel to Holy Invasion of Privacy, Badman!. The retro-themed anti-hero game comes equipped with 4 times more stages, 3.3 times more monsters and 2.3 times more heroes than the first game. The hilarious sort-of-localized trailer makes note that creatures at your disposal can also mutate through deformity, obesity and gigantism.Most likely, the Badman sequel will skip UMD and head straight to PSN release. Makes sense, considering the bite-sized nature of the game. But if for some reason you insist on having plastic packaging, go to the PlayStation.Blog to tell NIS that you really want a UMD version of the first game.

A lot of fans of the Max Payne series have been hesitant to get completely excited about Rockstar's third installment in the series, largely due to the unfamiliar setting of San Paolo, Brazil, and the obvious aesthetic changes undergone by the game's titular anti-hero. Perhaps their fears will be abated by a recent Game Informer preview of the title, which analyzes the big differences between the first two installments and the boldly redesigned threequel. The preview mentions a few intriguing gameplay additions, including improved Bullet Time physics (thanks largely to the implementation of the Euphoria engine), and a cover system, which the game's devs promised would be optional. The article also explains the aforementioned aesthetic shifts. For instance, we learned that this older version of Max Payne isn't actually chubby. His beefier frame can be attributed to muscle, not obesity. That makes sense -- a diet consisting solely of whiskey and painkillers probably isn't loaded with saturated fats.

Uncharted 2's release is only ten days away (unless you're Justin McElroy -- then you've already beaten it). Considering the Joystiq community's excitement for the game is palpable, we decided to showcase the various characters you'll encounter in the game. Thankfully, these mini-bios, provided by SCEA PR, are spoiler-free. Click to begin the tour!

* Final Fantasy — Main Theme (PE’Z) * Final Fantasy III — Yuukyuu no Kaze (De De Mouse) * Chrono Trigger — Chrono Trigger & Toki no Kairo (Novoiski) * Chrono Trigger — Harukanaru Toki no Kanata e (livetune) [...]

Reader wait1minuteplz snapped us this picture from a mall in Jersey City, New Jersey. My local mall actually has ads like this from time to time. I’ll have to pop in this weekend and see if these have turned up!

“Sacred Ash Coffee” by Efrain Farias and Hans Tseng I don’t even want to think how crazy Pokemon could get if they downed coffee every day. I think there’d be a lot more ‘fainted’ Pokemon.

Okami Wii cover art in Japan, sans Wii border Remember when Okami hit North America on Wii, and the credits were in shambles? There were tons of people left off from the original PS2 credits. Capcom heard the complaints, but never really did anything to rectify the situation. Fast-forward to Japan in 11 days, and [...]

- New Super Mario Bros. Wii offers a combination of cooperation and competition. Players can pick each other up to save them from danger or toss them into it. - Mario™, Luigi™ and two Toads are all playable characters, while many others from the Mushroom Kingdom make appearances throughout the game. Players can even ride different [...]

Reserve Red Steel 2 and receive 2 GameStop Exclusive in-game swords. These swords are so beautifully designed that your enemies would be honored to be stabbed by one. Available online and in-store while supplies last. Online Customers: A code and instructions to unlock exclusive in-game swords will be emailed when the game releases. Store / In-Store Pickup [...]