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Monday, Nov 9
ToeJam & Earl creator says XBLA port not so certain; future games in franchise still a possibility
More interesting yet, it seems that Mr. Johnson shopped around the idea for a Nintendo DS multiplayer ToeJam & Earl game - though his pitch unfortunately met with deaf ears at "pretty much all of [the game publishers]." Check out some images of what could have been in the gallery below an...
Wednesday, Nov 4
Joyswag: Cooking Mama 3 and Cake Mania 3 (DS)
At that time, we'll randomly select one winner to receive Cooking Mama 3 for the Nintendo DS ($30 ARV) and Cake Mania 3 for the Nintendo DS ($20 ARV)For a list of complete rules, click hereJoyswag: Cooking Mama 3 and Cake Mania 3 (DS) originally appeared on Joystiq Nintendo on Wed, 04 Nov 200...
Wednesday, Oct 14
Rumor: Nvidia Tegra chip going into next-generation DS
According to Bright Side of News' secret sauces sources, Nvidia is in talks with Nintendo about the hardware for the successor to the Nintendo DS. Nintendo is reportedly interested in Nvidia's Tegra line of chips for mobile devices, like the one in the Zune HD. Considering that the Zune HD c...
Tuesday, Mar 17
Metareview -- Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
Eurogamer (10/10): "Those hoping for another gritty, complex narrative spine bound in the flesh of an openworld action-adventure may be disappointed by the rather more frivolous and silly antics of the Chinatown Wars cast, but even cynics should be converted by the huge, densely pack...
Friday, Jan 16
Metareview -- Moon (DS)
Developer Renegade Kid has shown it is quite technically proficient when it comes to making a first-person shooter on the DS. In 2007, it surprised us with Dementium: The Ward, and now the small development team brings Moon to the dual screens of the DS. The early reviews are all across the ma...
Wednesday, Dec 17
Opinion: Nintendo Fanboy Weekly: Dec 11 - Dec 17
Filed under: Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii First of all, check out some giveaways currently going down at DS Fanboy and Wii Fanboy. Here is your chance at a pair of Tecmo titles, and here is your chance at Animal Crossing: City Folk. Hit up those posts to find out how to enter.
Wednesday, Nov 5
Opinion: Nintendo Fanboy Weekly: Oct 30 - Nov 5
Before you check out the juicy links below, be sure to pop in on our latest giveaways. We're hooking some lucky readers up with MySims Kingdom on the Wii and DS. Here's the DS contest post and here's the Wii contest post. After you enter in each giveaway, head back here and peep the latest from the...
Wednesday, Oct 29
Opinion: Nintendo Fanboy Weekly: Oct 23 - Oct 29
Well, folks, we've got plenty of goodies for you this week. First of all, on DS Fanboy and Wii Fanboy, we've got reviews for a ton of games. On top of that, you'll find our regular weekly and bi-weekly pieces, all organized via the tried-and-true bullet point format. Enjoy!
Thursday, Oct 23
Opinion: Nintendo Fanboy Weekly: Oct 16 - Oct 22
Filed under: Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii First of all, check out our latest giveaways. On DS Fanboy, we're giving away one copy of Kirby Super Star Ultra. On Wii Fanboy, one lucky person will walk away with a free copy of SimCity Creator. Best of luck to you all!
Wednesday, Sep 24
Opinion: Nintendo Fanboy Weekly: Sep 18 - Sep 24
Filed under: Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii First up, we're giving away a copy of Mega Man 9 on WiiWare. Hit up the original contest post by clicking on the image above or hitting this link. Now that we have that out of the way, let's get to the good stuff: links!
Thursday, Sep 4
Opinion: Nintendo Fanboy Weekly: Aug 28 - Sep 3
We've got some great features and other original content that went down on the Nintendo Fanboys over the past week. Below, you'll find some great content to jam into your eyeballs from the world of Nintendo, so skip this unimportant text and hit the links below to check out our best stuff fro...
Wednesday, Aug 20
Opinion: Nintendo Fanboy Weekly: Aug 14 - Aug 20
Wha? What is this? Well, to offer you a more streamlined recap of the goings-on in the Nintendo world, we've combined the DS Lite and Wii Fanboy Weekly recaps into one powerhouse, now dubbed Nintendo Fanboy Weekly. Hopefully, you'll like the new approach.
Wednesday, Jul 9
Opinion: Zero Punctuation whips it good with Lego Indy
Filed under: Culture, Nintendo DS, Sony PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360, Adventure
Friday, Jul 4
Opinion: DS Fanboy Lite: June 28 - July 4
Filed under: Nintendo DS Community DS Fanswag: Space Invaders Extreme, Arkanoid, and a paddle to play 'em with Because we had to start a Space Invaders giveaway today. How could we not?Homebrew paint application adds Guitar Hero controller support
Friday, Jun 20
This Week in Review wants to rock (ROCK!)
Filed under: Nintendo DS, Sony PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360 A multi-instrument Guitar Hero World Tour means only one thing: more plastic controllers strewn about our living room. So goes the life of the virtual rocker. Check out all of our impressions and reviews from t...
Friday, Jun 13
Opinion: DS Fanboy Lite: June 7 - June 13
Filed under: Nintendo DS How do you play?Show and Tell: Don't throw that Game Boy away Instead, make an awesome case! Features Trauma Center: Hands-on the Knife 2 Yes, okay, we like Shiren. You should, too. News of note Wet your wireless whistle at new Nintendo DS Centers
Sunday, Jun 8
This Week in Review is Captivated
Filed under: Nintendo DS, PC, Sony PlayStation 3, Sony PSP, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360 The biggest event of this past week was Capcom's Captivate event, where they showed off a handful of games from the surprisingly good Neopets Adventures to the expectedly-good Bionic Commando....
Friday, Apr 25
Opinion: DS Fanboy Lite: Apr. 19 - Apr. 25
We added a new feature this week at DS Fanboy: an index of all of our game reviews to date, which we'll update every week as needed with our latest reviews. Anytime you need to find it, you can just click on the "Reviews" button on the upper right of the DS Fanboy homepage, as seen here. That's not a...
Friday, Apr 11
Opinion: Today in Joystiq: April 11, 2008
Filed under: Nintendo DS A reader-submitted (via IGN) from January 2004, brought back to our attention by DS Fanboy in light of today's DS revision rumor. We gotta say, they were oh so close to the final design. (Fingers crossed for the "DS Evn Liter" announcement.) Check out the highlights f...
Friday, Mar 28
Opinion: DS Fanboy Lite: Mar. 22 - Mar. 28
Filed under: Nintendo DS Have you noticed? We've been giving away a ton of stuff lately! This week, it's amazingly cute cases. Next week? THE WORLD. Or, y'know, probably some games. For now, we're giving away links to the best DS Fanboy's had to offer in the past seven days.
Tuesday, Mar 4
Which publisher gets the best review scores?
Filed under: Nintendo DS, Hacks, Sony PlayStation 3, Sony PSP, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360 Ah, review scores. Besides letting us skip all that long, boring text that actually describes a game's high and low points, it also allows for some excellent statistical analysis and fanboy-...
Tuesday, Feb 12
DS, mobile version of Spore titled 'Spore Creatures'
In short, the game's been designed from the ground up for the smaller platforms, eschewing all but the creature creation portion of the game. It's even adapted a different art style based on Japanese flat rod puppets (one of our top three favorite kinds of Japanese puppets). The mobile phon...
Tuesday, Jan 15
Wii Worms not getting online multiplayer
Worms: A Space Oddity for Wii will not include online multiplayer like developer Team17 had previously announced. ShackNews confirmed the info with THQ and the publisher put some great spin on the situation saying, "Worms: A Space Oddity is a social gaming experience that is best enjoye...
Tuesday, Jan 1
Opinion: Best of the Rest: Griffin's Picks of 2007
Filed under: Nintendo DS, Features, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360 Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition (Wii) Pokémon Diamond and Pokémon Pearl (DS) Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords (DS) The Bigs (Xbox 360) Crackdown (Xbox 360)
Saturday, Jul 21
How To: DIY Nintendo DS Lite rumble pak
Got an old Pokemon Pinball cart laying around? Then you, friend, have a one-way ticket to frugal gaming fun ... with rumble! Xyzzy has just posted a tutorial on Instructables on how to build a rumble pak that fits smoothly into your DS lite GBA slot. Yes, Nintendo released a smaller version of th...
Monday, Jun 25
Pokemon takes Wii online in US
A few more online Wii titles are coming on the horizon: Battalion Wars, Super Mario Strikers and potentially Metroid Prime and Smash Bros. Brawl. Notice anything missing? Various third-party developers have claimed that Nintendo early on had not provided code for online play, but we kno...
Wednesday, Jun 6
Opinion: Today in Joystiq: June 6, 2007
Vampire Rain demo sucks Japanese Xbox Live dry New DS game comes with slide controller attachment PSA: Resident Evil 4 Wii not censored in North America ESRB: Sonic the Hedgehog 2 rated E for Xbox 360 Guitar Hero 80s trailer is really quite tubular
Thursday, May 24
Joystiq Podcast 008 - Sony Gamer's Day edition
Filed under: Nintendo DS, PC, Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation 3, Podcasts, Sony PSP, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360After a short break marred by technical difficulties, Ludwig rejoins the podcast to go over the Halo 3 beta, the StarCraft 2 announcement, and Guitar Hero III. Song....
Friday, May 4
Weekly Webcomic Wrapup: comical review edition
Filed under: Culture, Nintendo DS, Online, RPGs, Polls Jeremy Parish from 1UP is known for adding a little flair to his reviews. Like turning them into full-fledged comics and rhyme. Such is the case here with Pokemon Diamond and Pearl. Almost, at least -- Parish eventually scrapped the ide...
Monday, Apr 2
E for All expo ticket prices set
Though mention of Gamepro's E for All Expo may prompt you to envision a discreet gathering of drug dealers or a wild party where people bash each other over the head with giant foam letters, the truth is that entertainment will be the only thing being distributed. With Nintendo acting as a "f...
Monday, Mar 12
Podcast: SXSW: Game Perverts
Bob Sabiston's Nintendo DS animation project -- this is a homebrew kit that Bob began developing after sending Nintendo a letter explaining that he was a fairly decent programmer and engineer (he is - he wrote the rotoscoping software used for the animation in Richard Linklater's A Scan...
