Beginning Monday, any Animal Crossing: Wild World players living near a Toys "R" Us will want to head over to the store for Nintendo's Free Download Week event. The promotion, which runs from July 23 through July 29, will enable fans to download six "exclusive virtual gifts" for free from in-store DS Download ...
» Read More

Nintendo has admitted responsibility for a 'red tulip plague' that has affected many US gamers' experience of playing Animal Crossing: Wild World on DS. Wild World - currently enjoying significant success in the US - puts gamers in the boots of a cartoon dude inhabiting a small animal village and passing time collecting and trading items to decorate their virtual homes and gardens. Unfortunately, many gamers have recently furnished their houses with a certain type of red tulip that has just ...
» Read More

411mania talks about this week's game releases. Highlights include Cross Edge, Yosumin!, Crimson Gem Saga, Zenonia, Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, Jake Hunter Detective Story: Memories of the Past, Gyakuten Kenji, and Days of Memories 3.
» Read More 

Gamer Limit writes "For quite some time, there has been talk of a new game in Japan. While it's set for a May release in the land of the rising sun, the rest of us haven't heard so much as a peep about an international release. That is, until today."
» Read More 

Those who didn't take advantage of certain Nintendo Channel downloadable demos for the Nintendo DS, such as Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword and Cooking Mama 2 are now officially out of luck.
» Read More 

Capcom will add a Miles Edgeworth game to its Ace Attorney series, marking the first time in the history of the property that players will be playing a prosecutor.

According to a translation of the latest issue of Famitsu, Perfect Prosecutor (working title) puts players in charge of the one-time nemesis of Phoenix Wright, one of the best prosecution lawyers in the world of Ace Attorney.

Alongside familiar favourite Dick Gumshoe, ...

» Read More

A number of Nintendo games score very well in EGM this month including Professor Layton and Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword. Full review scores and rumors below.

Wii:

Destroy All Humans! Big Willy Unleashed - C+ D+ C+
No More Heroes - B A- B-
Obscure: The Aftermath - D+ D D+ (Shame of the Month)

Multiplatform:

Sega Superstars Tennis - B- C+ C

DS:

Professor Layton - A- B+ A- (Silver)
Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword - A- A- B (Silver)
Ace Attorney 4 - A- B+ A- (Silver)
Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles - A B- B-

Rumors

EA plans on making a mixed-martial arts game
Wii Fit delayed in the US because Nintendo is making a bigger Balance Board
» Read More 

Minae Matsukawa, Ace Attorney series producer, has started a developer blog on the official Ace Attorney website. In the first entry, she discusses the early planning of the U.S. version (and therefore the DS port in general) of the first game, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney.

A link to the producer's blog is available via DS Fanboy.
» Read More 

According to Capcom's official blog on January 24, this Apollo Justice keychain will be available from GameStop as a preorder gift, and from Capcom's online store as a gift with both preorders and post-release orders of Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney. People who have already placed their preorders will receive the keychain.

Notes: This is an offer in the US.
» Read More 

DS Fanboy
Posted Jan 19th 2008 12:00PM by JC Fletcher

Court Records users spotted a Capcom Blog webcam shot that revealed the preorder gift for Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney. (See the first image attached below.) It's a swanky keychain featuring a metal silhouette of Apollo, and, if it's completely identical to the Japanese version sold on e-Capcom, Phoenix Wright as well. Capcom hasn't made any official announcements yet, and their store doesn't reflect the offer.
» Read More