The schedule heralds the return of some old friends with a brand new instalment in the The Legend of Zelda series for Nintendo DS and a totally new take on the Super Mario Bros. games which sees the dawn of simultaneous multi-player action in the Mushroom Kingdom.
Anoop Gantayat: "Dragon Quest IX is on its way to topping four million in sales. Meanwhile, the game's various guide books have combined for a major sales feat of their own: one million sold."
Nintendo gamers in South Africa will be spoilt for choice over the coming months. In addition to the Wii receiving a price cut here and Wii Fit Plus and New Super Mario Bros. Wii arriving in the next two months, a whole bunch of new games for both the Wii and the DS will be arriving on SA's sunny shores in late October/early November.
Media.Vision's awesome-looking and very Japanese Nintendo DS RPG based on the classic book The Wizard of Oz was released in North America today. Originally released on December 25th 2008 in Japan a RIZ-ZOAWD, the game has finally been brought to the West by publisher XSEED under the title The Wizard of Oz: Beyond the Yellow Brick Road.
Majesco Entertainment has released the first screenshots for Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel. Based on the highly anticipated theatrical release of the same name that opens Christmas Day, the game features The Chipmunks and their girl-group rivals The Chipettes as they rock the house in pulse-pounding concert locations around the world. Singing and dancing their way into audiences' hearts, the bands perform to hit songs from the popular Alvin and The Chipmunks library and from today's hottest artists.
THQ have confirmed that the UK release of the forthcoming Up videogame adaptation will arrive on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, PlayStation 2, Nintendo DS, PlayStation Portable and PC/Mac later this week, on Friday, October 2nd 2009.
Head over to the Flipnote Hatena website to check out the new animation created by Oscar-winning studio, Aardman, using Flipnote Studio on the Nintendo DSi. Icy Nicey is the hilarious second 'flipnote' in a series of twelve being created by Tim Ruffle of Aardman to demonstrate how simple and fun Flipnote Studio, which is available for free from the Nintendo DSi Shop, is to use.
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This November, everyone's favourite spud returns to the Nintendo Wii with a new collection of Hasbro games. Hasbro Family Game Night 2, the successor to the popular Hasbro Family Game Night Wii game, includes five new titles that give board game lovers a whole new way to play: Operation, Boppit, Jenga, Pictureka, and Connect 4x4.
Following the launch of the teaser website back in July, Capcom has launched the full website for Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth in North America and Europe, the newest title in the Ace Attorney series for the Nintendo DS coming in February 2010.