10 Oct

From Samurai to Ronin: The Tale of India’s Wii

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In August, several media outlets in India announced to the world that Nintendo’s Wii and DS were finally making their official appearance in India, on September 30. This has not happened, and we felt it was our duty to find out why. In August, during the launch event of Spore held in Delhi by Electronic [...]

5 Oct

DSi: What is the big deal?

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by Ravi Sinha If you’ve been following the latest news or simply stood next to a Nintendo PR far longer than you may have liked, you’ve doubtless heard of the DSi, the newest and overall second redesign of Nintendo’s dual-screen console after the Lite (that bears a scary resemblance to the Pokedex from the first [...]

2 Oct

Nintendo DSi announced

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The Nintendo DS is the most successful console of this generation, continuously outselling the 360, PS3 and even Nintendo’s very own Wii console. After the DS Lite redesign, who’s main features included different settings for brightness, a lighter frame and a bigger stylus, Satoru Iwata at Nintendo’s Media Summit has finally confirmed what the gaming [...]

29 Sep

Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood (Review)

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by Ravi Sinha Sonic the Hedgehog was always touted by Sega fans as Mario’s one true competitor, before Sega discontinued hardware manufacture and brought the famed blue furball to all major consoles. Nonetheless, leaving his recent bungling 3D forays aside, it was always a given that Sonic could match up on the action/platform level and [...]

26 Sep

GTA Chinatown Wars: What Did You Expect?

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Despite the success and critical reception of both GTA Liberty City Stories and Vice City Stories for the PSP, Rockstar had recently announced the cel-shaded and isometric GTA Chinatown Wars for Nintendo’s DS platform. The game will take place in the more NY-esque Liberty City which Nico Bellic hell-raised to the ground in GTAIV. A [...]

30 Aug

Pimp My Brawl: Hackers Create SSBB Skins

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When the word Nintendo flashes before one’s eyes or in one’s thoughts, “kid-friendly” usually follows it but some one apparently didn’t tell the folks of Ghosteo. This formidable group of hackers released their first images of alternative costumes for the cast of Super Smash Bros. Brawl on the Wii on NeoGaf not too long ago. [...]

15 Jun

Jaffe to the rescue… Or not

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by Nike Okami It has happened several times. Developer makes a telling comment, departing from the earnest etiquette of public relations. Someone retaliates. Developer subsequently apologises with proverbial hat in hand. Case in point: Laurent Fischer, marketing director for Nintendo of Europe, being reprimanded by none other than famed God of War creator and designer [...]