Kim Possible is making her way to the DS and this time its in 3D!

Im not sure how many of you actually know about Kim Possible, so Ill explain a little. Kim Possible is an awesome show on the Disney Channel. The character designs are to die for, the animation is some of the best on television and the characters and stories are tons of fun. Not to mention that it has a female lead who, even though she is a cheerleader, isnt a pansy damsel in distress. Frankly, I love Kim Possible.

Now, on the gaming front, Kim Possible has been equally succesful. There have been 2 GBA games and surprisingly, both have been really good. Both recieved industry wide praise, and having played both I can totally recommend them. So, as you can tell, Im pretty excited about this new version on the DS and it looks like I wont be disappointed.

Kim Possible Pics

Nintendo’s Japanese site has released a program that allows the main character of Chibi Robo to walk around on your desktop. I’m not sure what else the little guy does since I have a Mac and therefore can’t actually play this, but it certainly looks cool enough. Check it out!

Chibi Robo Windows Support

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News coming in today indicates that Nintendo Pennant Chase Baseball and Geist have both been delayed…again.

For Geist I dont see this as a bad thing. For one, it was scheduled to come out in June and compete with the much more stylish and ‘media’ worthy Killer 7. Also, every little bit of development time seems to help this game, as each new incarnation seems better than the last.

Pennant Chase is another story though. There is a reason Baseball games are released at the beginning of Baseball season. Still, it sounds like the game is going to be great and little more time wont kill anyone. However, I have to wonder, is Nintendo planning to continue this franchise? If they are, and its on a yearly basis, this certainly will eat into development time for the next iteration.

Anyway, Nintendo Pennant Chase Baseball is now scheduled for a July 5th, and Geist will now arrive sometime in August 2005.

source: N-Sider

I love Boktai. Its a wonderful concept that was executed superbly and brought something fresh to gaming. Kojima, father of Metal Gear if you didnt know, has dropped a little info on this next iteration of his pet project…this time on the DS. Aw yeah!

Gamespot: Speaking of Boktai, how do you see the series evolving to fit either the DS or PSP?

Kojima: We are not thinking about PSP actually, but for DS, yes we already have this in the plan, and we have surprises that you can never imagine. And I can’t tell you right now what the surprise is, but we do have a big trick up our sleeve, and you are sure to be surprised.

Gamespot Article

I somehow happened upon an Ign E3 review which was actually pretty decent. Matt Casamassina managed to do a good job on this one. Take a read.

Ign E3 Wrap-Up

Sorry, this probably isn’t news but it’s a slow day.

Also, dont forget to keep checking the 4cr E3 page too. All the rest of the news that trickles in from E3 will be posted there.

www.4colorrebellion.com/e3

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Here is a great game I am looking forward to geting my hands on. Trauma Center: Under the Knife lets you play doctor, as you use the stylus as your scalpel to solve complex surgical puzzles with extreme precision. All the while experiencing a compelling story with intriguing characters. At first you think it’s just another day in the OR, but when a mysterious outbreak sweeps the area, the patients lives are in your hands…no pressure. Should be very fun and here is a link to some gameplay footage from the game.

Gameplay Footage

source: happypuppy

I was reading hands-on impression of Metroid Pinball for DS, and people are saying that some of the demo units had a rumble feature in it, coming from a GBA cart.

here’s is a quote from PlanetGameCube

One major surprise is that some copies of Metroid Prime Pinball on the show floor featured rumble capability. Yes, rumble as in force feedback like Pokemon Pinball. This obviously couldn’t be built into the tiny DS packs, so I had a look underneath the DS playing the game and it had a GBA cartridge plugged in as well. I figured that the GBA cartridge was the one doing the rumbling, and this was later confirmed by PGC chum Chris Kohler. Apparently Chris saw someone booting up a DS with Metroid Prime Pinball in it, and the initial selection screen said that there was a “GBA Option Pak” in the GBA cartridge slot. I’m not sure whether or not Nintendo will sell this standalone Rumble Pak for use with rumble-enabled games, but it definitely exists. Hopefully it will be a pack-in when Metroid Prime Pinball is released, because it works like a charm.

This could be interesting if more game uses it after that. But i wonder how it will affect the battery life.

source: PlanetGameCube

E3 2005 is offically over. Well, media will still be coming in for a few days, but wow, what a show! It may not have been as intense as last years show, but it certainly made up for it in content. Remember, you can check it all out here 4colorrebellion.com/e3.

Follow the link to read my impressions of the show:

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer has a good interview with Iwata online. They ask a lot of good questions about Nintendo’s stance in the market, whether they will be a niche player this time around, market timing, and Nintendo’s overall M.O.

I like the way Nintendo thinks….very Zen like.

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When Reggie reached into his jacket at the Nintendo Press conference, many people thought they knew what to expect. Rumors of a revamped GBA with added multimedia capabilities had been floating around for a while. When they saw it, they were surprised… and then underwhelmed. Impressions around the web seem to be ‘Yeah it’s cute, but my SP serves its purpose fine.’ No doubt the smaller screen and lack of screen protection or hardware modifications make this GBA nothing ‘new’ per se. However, it’s still a very important product for Nintendo, and it makes a bold statement about the future of the Game Boy platform.

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I went to see Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith Wednesday night at midnight. Neither myself nor my girlfriend are huge Star Wars fans, but she wanted to go to see all of the people dressed up.

Well, she turned out to be one of them. Two days before the show she decided she was going to make a costume, since she loves doing so. She pulled it off and it looked great. All of the people at the showing loved it and took a ton of pictures. Yup, thats her in the picture with Vader and a Storm Trooper. She was the Jedi Aayla.

I also managed to snap a pic of the coolest guy there. Amidst all the Star Wars chaos this guy was still rockin his Nintendo shirt. Oh yeah.

Anyway, I really enjoyed the movie. Not only was it far better than Ep 1 & 2, it was on par with the original trilogy. And in something of a shocker, at least to me, Hayden Christensen was actually the best actor in the movie. At times Anakins’ fall to the Dark Side felt a little forced or odd, but in the end it worked out beautifully. Im glad to see this movie come out and ended Star Wars on a good note. The Force was with Lucas on this one.

[4cr Reader Contribution - Nick Rumas]

For the last few days, we’ve been given a good glimpse of the wonders that are to come our way in the next generation of video games. Microsoft was hit-and-miss, Sony unleashed its ferocious beast upon the masses, and then there’s Nintendo. The message boards are ablaze with ridiculer’s and hecklers attacking the company for showing nothing more than the Revolution hardware, proclaiming doom for Nintendo over the statement that the machine will be only two to three times more powerful than the GameCube. While the ridiculer’s and supporters will be battling it out for the foreseeable future, the focus here is on the branding of the upcoming Revolution—what the overall angle should have been from the outset, how things have been handled thus far, and what can be learned from the DS, which seems to be a sort of forerunner of the upcoming console. Most importantly, what will Nintendo need to do to bring on another generation of ‘Playing Nintendo’? That’s what this column is about.

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Will Wrights amazingly ambitious PC game, Spore, looks great. Along with some E3 precense a site has also been launched for the game.

The animated intro is great! Does anyone know a way to rip a flash animation so I can have a copy?

Spore Site

UPDATE: Will Wright Interview at Wired.com

Wired has an article on its front page that talks about some of the odder Japanese games that are being released in the US.

The article mentions some DS games, namely Nintendogs, Electroplankton, and Phoenix Wright. Gotta love the fact that the DS helping to bridge this cultural gap. I for one couldnt be happier.

Wired Article

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The Nintendo/Namco collaboration, Mario Kart GP looks great. So far though, all indications are that the game will not be ported to the Cube. I guess if you want to play you have to hunt down an arcade.

Anyway, LSK got some hands on time with the game at a local arcade and sent us some impressions. Check it out:

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