Now that we're out of the summer doldrums, game releases are picking up speed with each passing day. This week alone there are 20 or so new titles on the shelf, compared to, oh, five or so during June and July. Next Gen, our companion site-at-arms, has sifted through the upcoming tidal wave of releases and settled on 45 upper-deck games you have to play. That should give you an idea of how many games there'll be total, if 45 is the "must-have" list. Head here for the complete list, hitting all ...
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2 Oct 2006

Cool online features for Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam DS

DS News from N4G | Metroid Prime: Hunters

DS - Metroid Prime: Hunters - Cool online features for Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam DS

In-game voice chat, downloadable goals, sk8 crews, and others will be included.

According to a recent email sent to Sk8land community members, the incoming Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam DS will feature a couple online features new to the Nintendo DS. One of the most impressive is the in-game voice chat, by which Vicarious Visions means you can talk to your friends during gameplay and not only in the pre-game lobby like Metroid Prime: Hunters. Read on for more!
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2 Oct 2006

Pokemon Diamond Pearl Guide With Translation

DS News from N4G | Pokemon Diamond/Pearl

DS - Pokemon Diamond/Pearl - Pokemon Diamond Pearl Guide With Translation

Full menu, item, and dialogue translations are now available for Pokemon Diamond and Pearl. What are you waiting for?
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1 Oct 2006

Win: Pokemon Diamond + Pearl and Phoenix Wright 2

DS News from N4G | Pokemon Diamond/Pearl

DS - Pokemon Diamond/Pearl - Win: Pokemon Diamond + Pearl and Phoenix Wright 2

Heres your chance to get your grubby little mitts on the awesome pokemon diamond and pokemon pearl....
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29 Sep 2006

GamesRadar video podcast goes live

DS News | Nintendo DS

Originally posted on September 29, 2006 The editors we sent to this year's Tokyo Game Show might have been fresh off a plane and still reeking of jetlag when they came back to the office, but that didn't stop us from dragging them into a bright room and fixing our cameras on them. Why? To collect their raw thoughts on what they'd just spent the last week seeing, of ...
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29 Sep 2006

Newsdump

DS News | Nintendo DS

Seriously... what? We know corporate-level trash talking has to be done - Microsoft faces big-time competition - but just saying something doesn't make it true. Blu-ray will help the PS3 have better games; it's a fact. By the same token, though Phil Spencer of Microsoft Game Studios might pretend that the Nintendo Wii won't offer new types of gaming, he isn't kidding anyone. Asinine quote of the day: "I don't think the promise of a new input device means a new kind of game." Right, Phil... ...
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29 Sep 2006

Pokemon Diamond and Pearl sell out 2 million copies in Japan in a matter of hours

DS News from N4G | Pokemon Diamond/Pearl

DS - Pokemon Diamond/Pearl - Pokemon Diamond and Pearl sell out 2 million copies in Japan in a matter of hours

Pokemon Diamond and Pearl went on sale in Japan earlier today, and the results were stunning. Despite having shipped 1 million copies of each version, all 2 million games were sold out within hours of hitting the shelves. Demand for the game also sparked a jump in DS Lite sales, with over 500,000 units sold in the same time period.
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29 Sep 2006

Newsdump

DS News | Nintendo DS

Pokemon attack Tokyo We've got a preview of the import version in the works - never fear - but we thought we'd bring you a quick note to remind you: Pokemon Diamond / Pearl, for the DS, has hit Japan. The lines are long - 150 people outside of one store in Tokyo. As Wired blogger Chris Kohler points out, the DS has managed to ravage Japan before Pokemon even came out. Where is there to go but into the stratosphere? Raiding next-gen tombs Poring through very dull financial statements isn't ...
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27 Sep 2006

Newsdump

DS News | Nintendo DS

Get your hands on a PS3... easy You probably won't be able to buy one this November, but it shouldn't be too hard to get some time with a PlayStation 3 - behind glass, anyway. Sony has announced plans to install 15,000 playable demo kiosks of PS3 at retail locations in the US and Canada in time for the system's launch - five times what the company offered for PS2, our sister site Next Generation reports. It should be pretty simple to figure out if the thing's worth $600 when you see it in ...
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26 Sep 2006

Newsdump

DS News | Nintendo DS

Square Enix 3 Sony... but not too much Exactly like a loverboy with one main lady and a couple of bits on the side, Final Fantasy creators Square Enix has pledged big support to the PS3 while giving Microsoft and Nintendo some lovin' as well. According to one of its senior executives, the company doesn't want to see Sony as the "overwhelming winner" this generation so the company doesn't plan to "support them too much." A funny quote, and kind of arrogant - but judging from the FFXIII hype we ...
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