Details about Nintendo Power's Mario 2nd Edition

- 10 marvelous Mario posters
- Detailed looks at Mario’s defining games
- Profiles of Mario and his pals
- Mario’s coolest cameos, most prolific power-ups, and more
- order here

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-Dustin

Play for Japan's game auctions

Check out Akira Yamaoka’s Silent Hill Guitar + FX Amps and other auctions here

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-Dustin

Nintendo DS framed Signed by Miyamoto, Iwata and Martinet – 100% charity

This and many other auctions here
Thanks to GoNintendo for the heads up!
-Dustin

Cave Story 3D Hops Onto Nintendo 3DS In June

Nicalis and NIS America are giving Cave Storya full remake for the Nintendo 3DS. This version of Cave Story is still a platformer, but the game uses 3D models instead of sprites. Iplayed a tiny bit of it and it was just likeCave Story 2.5D.

When NIS America announced Cave Story 3D, they said the title was on track to be a "launch window" game. We honed in on the date and Cave Story 3D is scheduled to be in stores on June 28.

In addition to 3D graphics, producer Tyrone Rodriguez and creator Daisuke Amaya mentioned to Siliconera in an interview there will be new elements in this version ofCave Story. Amaya pointed out new and old music and Rodriguez said there would be elements from the unreleased Cave Story beta.

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-Dustin

North America 3DS Commercial 1 and 2

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Country Dance for Wii now available

MINNEAPOLIS, MN – March 29, 2011 – GameMill Entertainment’s Country Dance for Wii™ lands on store shelves nationwide today.


Country Dance features more than 25 songs from country music’s biggest names of past and present including Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert, Brad Paisley, Sugarland, Johnny Cash, Miley Cyrus, Brooks & Dunn, Zac Brown Band, Tim McGraw and more.

Hand-made 3DS AR Cards work!

As you can see, you can draw up your own 3DS AR Cards, and as long as they look similiar to the genuine item, you'll be good to go. Now who's going to test this out with custom-made character cards?! 

Thanks to GoNintendo and Tyler for the heads up!

-Dustin

Some 3DS owners experiencing loose hinge issues, Nintendo says 3DS issues aren't widespread

So...we have two black screens of death, and now some people are complaining that their 3DS hinges are a tad too loose. If you visit Nintendo's support site, you can see that they have already listed a possible hinge issue.

System Hinge Problems (Loose)
Situation:

The Nintendo 3DS system's upper screen will not stay open during use
Upper screen won't click into place
Upper screen flops back when opened

What to do:

To resolve this issue, the system will need to be repaired.

If you happen to have that issue, you can click here to resolve it. Just how many people are having this and other issues with the system? Nintendo says the numbers are extremely low.

"The number of calls and emails received by our customer support center is well below the rate experienced during past hardware launches, and there are no widespread issues. As always, people who have questions or comments about Nintendo 3DS or any Nintendo products can visit our support website at http://support.nintendo.com or call 800-255-3700."

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-Dustin

Nintendo - 3DS launch saw 'highest day-one sales of any Nintendo portable' (North America)

The following comments on the 3DS come from Nintendo...

- highest day-one sales of any portable system in the company's history
- first-week figures available on April 14th via NPD

"Nintendo worked hard to get as much product as possible to retailers on day one to meet demand, and we will continue with these efforts moving forward." - Nintendo statement

Well, now we finally have some concrete evidence of 3DS sales, and it looks like good news indeed! Topping every other Nintendo portable day-one sales is a big victory indeed.

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-Dustin

Big Bass Arcade - Gameplay

(Rated E)

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NEWS - 505 Games Announces Johnny Test Available Now for DS

Agoura Hills, CA—March 29, 2011—Global videogame publisher 505 Games announced today that Johnny Test™, Cookie Jar Entertainment’s hit animated TV show on Cartoon Network, is available now for Nintendo DS™ in stores everywhere. Johnny Test™ is the TV series’ first-ever full-length videogame and features all of the characters you’ve come to know and love, like Johnny’s dog Dukey, his twin genius sisters Mary and Susan, next door neighbor Gil and villains Bling Bling Boy, Mr. Wacko, and Brain Freezer. Players can expect to encounter them all in the quest to save Johnny’s hometown of Porkbelly in Johnny Test, available everywhere for only $29.99 USD.
“I can’t wait for everyone to see what experiments and trouble I get into in my new videogame,” said Johnny Test. “Join me in my new game as I tamper with my sisters' ‘real life simulator’ machine and end up having to save the entire city of Porkbelly - I’m definitely going to need your help to get out of this mess, so pick up my game today and help me save the day!”

3DS - StreetPass demonstration

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Super Monkey Ball 3D - latest trailer, screens

(Rated E)

Direct link and more screens here
Thanks to GoNintendo

Club Nintendo - Post-play surveys, product registration window of opportunity much smaller

If you have Nintendo products to register over at Club Nintendo, you better jump on the registrations as soon as possible. There have been some big changes according to the updated Question and Answer section.

Q: Do surveys expire?

A: Yes. In general, Product Registration surveys expire after 7 days, and Post Play surveys expire 120 days after registration. Please review the date listed next to the survey in your To-Do list to ensure that you take the survey before it expires.

120 days may be a big change from the years that were previously offered, but it's still not that bad. The 7-day survey window might be a bit tougher.

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Thanks to GoNintendo for the info!

-Dustin

WiiWare DSiWare Releases - Mar. 28th 2011

This week, players of any age are invited to check out new demo versions of games for the WiiWare™ service – one offering competitive darts challenges, the other giving preschoolers a fun way to learn by interacting with baby animals. For the Nintendo DSiWare™ service, there's a new version of a classic card game, plus a wild new photo-manipulation game that can turn an ordinary face into something eerie and outrageous. The wide selection of downloadable games for Nintendo systems truly has something for everyone.

A comparison of 3DS RAM to its peers

The 3DS has hypnotized me with its 3D visuals and near perfect port of Super Street Fighter IV, but are those visuals and static backgrounds the best it can muster? Well, according to a post on ifixit, there’s an wealth of untapped resources waiting to be unlocked in the darkest region of the 3DS.

The 3DS is equipped with a Fujitsu MB82M8080-07L, duh. I have no clue what that actually means, and if you do you’re a much better person than I am. What it boils down to is that this chip has 512 megabits FCRAM which equates to 128mb of RAM! Socks = BLOWN OFF.

The OS consumes a standard 32mb of RAM for its multitasking needs which leaves games to play around with 96mb of RAM. And you know what that means? Time to put on your perspective goggles!

• The Atari 2600 has 126 Bytes of RAM
• The NES has 2KB of onboard RAM
• Sega Genesis has 64KB of RAM
• The N64 contains 4MB of RAM (expandable to 8MB)
• Playstation 2 has 32MB of RAM
• PSP has 32MB of RAM
• The Wii has 88MB of RAM
• The PS3 has 256 MB of RAM
• The iPhone 4 has 512MB of RAM

What does this mean? That the 3DS is basically just four PSPs duct taped together.

Thanks to gamesareforidiots

-Dustin