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by Stephen Lunn on February 23, 2010
All the hype currently surrounds Call of Duty and the Modern Warfare franchise. These games, in our eyes, are vastly over-rated, and this is why when Activision revealed that they would be releasing a...
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by Stephen Lunn on January 21, 2010
Despite having two cameras and digital music applications, one of the best features of the new Nintendo DSi is the DSiWare store. It's like the WiiWare store, and with a wifi connection you are ab...
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by Stephen Lunn on January 16, 2010
Yet again going against the trends and doing something truly original, the Nintendo DS team have told us that in March they will release the DSi XL in Europe. It is our version of Japan's DSi LL, ...
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by Stephen Lunn on January 12, 2010
It's 2010 and many will find it hard to believe that the Pokemon craze began over a decade ago. The millions-selling Gold and Silver versions of the Gameboy's most successful franchise are, ac...
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by Stephen Lunn on December 28, 2009
House of Nintendo didn't have to think hard for this list, so here is our (admittedly subjective) rundown of the top five games for the DS to help you in the January sales season.
5) Assassin...
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by Stephen Lunn on December 15, 2009
Nintendo DS has become the highest selling games console in UK history - and that doesn’t just mean handheld ones. The record had previously been held by the PS2. As only Nintendo could, the DS has ...
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by Stephen Lunn on December 9, 2009
Enid Blyton’s legendary series of novels, The Faraway Tree are to be made available on Nintendo DS, EA Games have revealed in the Telegraph. The books, written in the 1930s and ‘40s, have stood the t...
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by Robert Howard on October 1, 2008
Sonic the Hedgehog has had some rought times, but it is undeniable that he remains a bankable IP. To that end, Sega has been working hard in recent years to reinvent the franchise, to put him back o...
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by Robert Howard on August 31, 2008
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For all 2 of you that don't yet have a nintendo DS, you now have a new color option! The silver DS Lite is going to be available very soon. Gamestop apparently already hav...
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by Robert Howard on August 31, 2008
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I'm filing this under Nintendo DS because Renegade Kid's first two titles, the already released Dementium: The Ward and upcoming Sci-Fi FPS(!) Moon, were and are D...
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by Robert Howard on July 31, 2008
Let's take a look at some of the more interesting recent offerings on the Nintendo DS, shall we (I admit, I never do enough DS updates here at the House!):
Final Fantasy IV
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by Robert Howard on June 24, 2008
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MLB Power Pros, which is in fact a long running baseball video game series in Japan, was finally localized for the United States last fall with the excellent MLB Power Pros 2007 f...
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by Robert Howard on May 18, 2008
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Note: from here on out, I'm changing my format for reviews. Instead of grades or scores, I simply intend to write about the game for a bit. Hopefully these impressions help wi...
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by Robert Howard on April 2, 2008
I haven't reported on the DS in a little while, so here's something that caught my eye:
It's a video of MLB2k8 Fantasy All Stars, which is 2K Sports' latest attempt to leverage thei...
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by Robert Howard on February 5, 2008
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I've been playing a whole lot of Advance Wars Days of Ruin for the Nintendo DS, and it rocks. Of course, nobody does turn based combat games like internal Nintendo studio Inte...
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by Robert Howard on January 22, 2008
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Tomorrow is a big day for Nintendo DS owners. The Advance Wars series has been a bellwether of terrific strategy gaming on Nintendo's hand held systems in America since the or...
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by Robert Howard on December 12, 2007
Contra IV is a game made by fanboys for fanboys.
And that's a great thing.
Perhaps that is because the game was created by an American developer, Wayforward Technologies. Sometimes the Japanes...
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by Michael Pick on November 17, 2007
If you prefer your monster battlers a little less cutesy-pie than Pokemon, you might want to check out Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker from Square Enix.
Okay, this is basically Pokemon in fantasy cost...
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by Michael Pick on November 17, 2007
The second spin off game from the Mega Man star Force anime franchise is due to hit Japanese DS's any time soon.
In this video, originally from Game Trailer, we get a whole lot of anime and a s...
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by Michael Pick on November 17, 2007
I've been looking forward to seeing if Dementium: The ward was up to much ever since the trailer came out. Survival Horror on the DS is a great prospect, so what's the verdict?
Portable Vid...
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by Michael Pick on November 14, 2007
the simpsons DS game looked pretty ropey when I last saw some screens of it, but Cubed3 gives it a not bad 7/10 in their comprehensive review.
Mark Riley writes:"The Simpsons Game turns out to...
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by Michael Pick on November 14, 2007
If you can't get enough of cooking sims after cooking mama 1 & 2, maybe you'll be hungry for a game that seems to totally rip them off and package the content in an even more vile cutesy s...
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by Michael Pick on November 14, 2007
What do you get if you cross cutesy pet sims like nintendogs with the thrills and spills of surgery sims? Zoo Hospital, of course.
Over at Family Friendly Gaming there's a good review of the ga...
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by Michael Pick on November 14, 2007
Nicktoons make some pretty awesome cartoons, the best ever being invader zim IMHO. The most recent Nicktoons game for the DS isn't so bad either (at least compared to the last two, which sucked).
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by Michael Pick on November 1, 2007
Square-Enix Mech strategy game Front Mission has hit the DS, and IGN has given it an in-depth review.
The net result seems to be a game that might not turn-on the casual gamer, but will have true s...
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by Michael Pick on October 29, 2007
EA Games soon to arrive port of Orcs & Elves looks like an impressive dungeon crawler of a title.
With all new DS content, the ability to cast spells using the DS stylus, some pretty awesome DS...
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by Michael Pick on October 24, 2007
Victorious Boxers Revolution for the Wii has finally been given a nice, in-depth review over at Family Friendly Gaming, and scores a very impressive 90%
Paul writes:" Victorious Boxers Revolut...
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by Michael Pick on October 24, 2007
kingdom hearts 358/2 Days is looking mighty fine, and I for one am looking for to it landing on a Japanese DS some time soon.
DSFanboy has managed to get hold of some great looking teaser stills. A...
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by Michael Pick on October 24, 2007
Phonenix Wright's latest outing for the DS hits the shelves today, but hasn't received a huge amount of coverage so far.
dsfanboy gathers together the reviews that have been written on the ...
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by Michael Pick on October 22, 2007
As if to torture us, this all to brief Japanese commercial for Final Fantasy Tactics A2 has been leaked to YouTube.
If you haven't caught up on the game yet, Gamespot bring you up to speed:&quo...