[Revolution Is Backwards Compatible With Gamecube]

Over at Gametrailers they have a nice hi-res version of the Zelda trailer. Check it out:

Zelda trailer in GTHD

[Animal Crossing DS Will Be Online!]

Wants to see Iwata’s keynote speach where he broke the news about DS online capabilities, played eight player Mario Kart DS, talked about the Revolution and showed off a new Zelda trailer?

Well then, download these torrent files and get the video. Iwata is awesome! He is very friendly and pretty damn funny. Plus, the man has the power! A head of Nintendo that is accesible? Who would have ever thought.

Bittorrent links at Eurofiles

Nintendo has also transcribed the whole speach into a PDF. Get it here:

Iwata Keynote

[Now Playing| Mario Sunshine - GC]

Well, that was the longest class ever. Not only was it hard and I pulled an all-nighter to get my work done, but the GDC was going on and I was missing all the action!

Heres what we learned:

DS is going online!!!! And its free. Animal crossing will be fully supported.

Revolution will be backwards compatible with the Gamecube and have built in WiFi

The Legend of Zelda for the Cube looks awesome:

Trailer at Gamespot

Trailer at Nintendo.com

Ill update with pictures and more info as soon as I get home. Awesome!

Full Press Release at Nintendo.com

Reggie is out there pimping Nintendo to the fullest. This is one of the best gaming interviews I have ever read and after you finish reading this you will all be cheering for the fate of Nintendo now that the Reggielution is here. All I have to say is; Reggie, you rule. Thank you.

Unfortunately, it sounds like there wont be too much Revolution stuff at E3. Reggie says it will mostly be behind closed doors. Boooo!

More…

[Now Playing| Wario Ware - DS]

GCAdvanced was able to sit down with Beth Llewelyn, involved with marketing at Nintendo, and ask her a few questions. Pretty good interview. GCAdvanced had great coverage of E3 last year, so Im betting they will do well at GDC. Hopefully the site doesnt go down like it did in the past.

Follow the link and scroll down to the bottom for the wav file:

GCAdvanced Page

[Now Playing| Mario Sunshine - GC]

‘Banpresto once again pimps out retro Nintendo themes but this time, they’re expertly woven into cotton towels which measure 120 x 60cm or 47 x 23.62″ in size. Four styles are available and we’re partial to (B), where Mario runs across blue bricks amidst a black backdrop.’

Check out these cool looking Nintendo beach towels:

Get a tan and still be dorky

source: Kotaku

[Now Playing| Mario Sunshine - GC]

The IGN crew conducted a very nice interview with Reggie. The credit, of course, goes to Reggie for being so cool and really opening up to the media about the workings of Nintendo. Even the boys are IGN get excited when he talks. Dont miss it:

More…

[Now Playing| Pikmin - GC]

Some new pictures of the possesion based FPS Geist have been released.

Scoot on over to JuexFrance to see the hi-res screens. While your there, check out the frontpage…DS style! Aw yeah, feeling the love.

Geist Screens

[Now Playing| Mario Sunshine - GC]

Holy…my god this looks awesome! I cannot wait to see this movie. Check out the newest trailer and then head over to the offical movie site for all kinds of goodies.

Newest Trailer

Sin City Movie Site

[Now Playing| Mario Sunshine - GC]

Nintendo is using ‘Bo Selecta Bear’ as a sort of spokesman (spokesanimal?) for the DS in the UK. I have no idea who this Bo Selecta is, but apparently he is a foul-mouthed sexual deviant.

Bo Bear Article

Bo Selecta Info

[Now Playing| Mario Sunshine - GC]

Wow, what in the world is this? Sonic goes mature! I guess this is the result of the poll that Sega had a few months ago.

I mean come on, he has a gun! Whaaa?? Not that any of the 3D Sonic games have been very good, but this certainly isnt going to help.

Head on over to GCAdvanced to see some hi-res screens:

Sonic Goes Gangsta

Here is the Walk of Fame video. It shows a lot of great Sonic footage from days gone by. Then we get to the new Sonic game…

Sonic Video

[Now Playing| Mario Sunshine - GC]

Famitsu has revealed some new info about Nintengogs. Now you can take your doggies outside. There will be a frisbee competition, an obstacle course and apparently one more outside mode. Sounds great. With the whole ‘not a simulation’ thing I was starting to wonder where the gameplay was going to come in.

Check out this link for the offical Nintendo press release and some new screens:

Nintendogs Media

[Now Playing| Alien Hominid - GC]

Take a look at these sweet drawings that came out of the 4CR-NDSArt Pictochat Comic Giveaway. Pretty awesome stuff! I thought this was a great contest. Congratulations to the winners and thanks to everyone who entered. Your free comics are on their way.

(Prince_of_Nintendo will read up on Wolverine: Origins)

(funtographer wins The Thing mini-series)

(and Wovi takes home the Spidey comics)

Here is a link to the original info:
4cr-NDSart Comic Giveaway

Direct Link to the competition thread:
Draw Spidey, Wolverine or the Thing

And the final results over at NDSArt:
Contest Winners

[Now Playing| Alien Hominid - GC]

Here is another cool game. Its got a weird Oddworld kinda vibe to it. You control Wik, who moves around like a frog and can use his tongue to grab onto things. Give it a shot.

Wik & The Fable of Souls

[Now Playing| Alien Hominid - GC]

The lastest Nintendo trinket; little plastic pups to go along with your new copy of Nintendogs. Only in Japan.

Buy it here for $18

source: gba.n64europe