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The DSi LL is the larger brother of the recently launched DSi and is marketed toward an older crowd with it’s larger screens and stylus. Nintendo felt the larger screens would pique the interest of those who like large buttons on their telephones and television remotes. While the large screens make it less compact on [...]

It’s obvious that the Okamiden developers know who their target DS market is. It’s easier to sell a cute pup like this to Nintendogs owners than it is to sell the original snarling wolf. Regardless of what the new Okami looks like I’m sure most Okamiden buyers will be hardcore gamers who have played the [...]

I got a chance to check out the new Grand Theft Auto Chinatown Wars this weekend, and I have to say it lived up to all the hype. GTA Chinatown Wars is already rated as one of the highest Nintendo DS games of all time on the all encompassing Metacritic. From the start of the [...]

Other than the lack of an NFL license the recreated Tecmo Bowl Kickoff for the DS looks just as much fun as the original NES title. The graphics received the most significant upgrade but the developers tried to keep the game-play as close to the classic as possible.
In the features department the game received online [...]

I started playing the new Final Fantasy IV last night and I’m pretty hooked already so I’ll probably be playing that this weekend. The graphics are nice and the gameplay is old school which leads to overall goodness. I’ve never played the original so it’s like a whole new game to me.
Too many games, not [...]

I had a chance to check Super Dodgeball Brawlers for the DS this week and I have to say bringing back this game was a great idea. Even though they didn’t do anything fancy with touch controls the game is still addictive. Tournament mode will keep you playing for a good amount of hours but [...]

Now that my girlfriend is back in the states I get to have my DS back. While she was gone I had been meaning to try this game out and finally I got to playing it last night.
The game is actually really well done. I mean the DS and the Wii have become really huge [...]

This game has been all over Japan since 2007 and its finally getting translated into English. Why this always takes so damn long I have no idea. I really hope they leave the Japanese vocal track in for the cut scenes like other JRPGs do for the consoles. Judging from the size of the DS [...]

This weekend I decided that I will start playing all the top rated DS games on IGN starting with “Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time”. So far the game has been pretty entertaining. The active combat gameplay is enjoyable and continues to evolve as you learn new moves. The story is typical of all Mario [...]

The gaming scene has been pretty slow in recent weeks so the only thing to do is keep playing the games we’ve been playing since December until the good stuff comes out. Oh and my response to the recent Smash Bros. release is uninspired. I’m not saying its not a fun game but it definitely [...]