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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 [...]

I stumbled across this sweet mouse cursor set today. Reminds me of the old Mario Paint days.
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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 [...]

I beat this game this week. It took longer than the other reviews said it would but I was on a trip and that’s what the DS is for. This isn’t one of those games that you’d start up while waiting to be seated at a restaurant so this game requires its own dedicated playing [...]

Let me just say right now that the Wii is still considered last gen in graphics and it seems like developers treat it last gen when it comes to features. The only reason the Wii can sometimes be considered next gen is because it was released in competition with the PS3 and Xbox 360.
So I [...]

I had a chance to play a little Wii Boogie last night and to tell you the truth I wasn’t too thrilled. I think the previews hyped it up a bit and the final product fell short of its potential. While, I didn’t get to play the “karaoke” portion of the game I’m just gonna [...]