North America 3DS Commercial 1 and 2

-Dustin

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)

-Dustin

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!”