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Handheld gaming EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag Chugging along with Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks 12 I have to indulge in a little narcissism right: not only did I get farther along in the second dungeon of Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks than any other journalist who previewed the game, I had al... DSi LL got a big ol' butt, spotted in the wild 27 With the DSi LL set to be released in Japan this Saturday, display units have started popping up here and there to help Nintendo promote it. Anoop over at Andriasang got to peep some at the Bic C... Check out these proposed PSPgo colors 27 Destructoid reader Artimecion recently handed me a collection of hot PSPgo color suggestions put forth by Sony in a customer survey. The survey was created by Hall & Partners Europe, a firm t... Pachter: iPod Touch a huge threat to publishers 42 Videogame analyst and professional bear breeder Michael Pachter has been chatting about portable gaming, sharing his rather apocalyptic outlook for the future of handheld gaming devices like the ... New Pop'n Music Portable screens hint at story mode 11 In case you haven't heard the good news, Pop'n Music Portable is on its way to the PSP, complete with 9-button mode and the classic art style fans have come to love. Now according to these screen... Confirmed: Zune HD will be a portable gaming device 51 After months of speculation and rumors, a video spotted via Wired has finally confirmed that, yes, Microsoft's Zune HD will be a portable gaming device.The video above states right there in plain... iPhone to PSP ports are easy, claims Fieldrunners dev 7 Fieldrunners is a Tower Defense game that has enjoyed some success on the iPhone, and is gearing up to be at the vanguard of titles launching on Sony's PSP Minis service. Minis will see the PSP g... Leaked Famitsu Scan reveals Darius Burst for PSP 14 Hooray for Taito. After screenshots surfaced hinting at an HD remake of Raystorm on XBLA, a recently leaked Famitsu scan tells us the company is set to revive another of its classic shooter franc... Study says videogames are to blame for back trouble 52 Before we get started, I would like to note that naively searching "back trouble" on Google Images yields some unexpected results after a few pages. Anyway, a study conducted by a Queen... PSPgo.co.uk shows off the DSi 42 Oh, Sony isn't going to be too happy about this one. It seems that some very clever Nintendo DSi fan has registered PSPgo.co.uk and turned it into a giant advertisement for how amazing the DSi is... New game for an old console: Zaku coming to the Atari Lynx 20 In case you've never heard of Super Fighter Team, it's a Califonia-based company that specializes in releasing "new" games on retro consoles. I have to put "new" in quotes bec... Rise of the Triad coming to iPhone 22 Rise of the Triad is one of those games that time forgot. Overshadowed by its predecessors, Wolfenstein 3D and Doom, it never really grew into household name that those two classic shooters did d... Dsi firmware v1.4 brings Facebook to Japanese handhelds 10 Japanese DSi systems have just been blessed with the latest firmware. The update isn't stuffed to the gills with features, but it does bring one noteworthy feature -- Facebook connectivity. The o... Michael Pachter poo-poos idea of a handheld Xbox 37 Last week, Microsoft bigwig Shane Kim claimed that portable Xbox gaming was a matter of "when." Despite this, videogame analyst and dangerous shaman Michael Pachter has discounted the i... Shane Kim: Portable Xbox a matter of 'when' 47 While it's always been assumed that Microsoft would one day be unable to resist the opportunity to stick its big unwanted nose in portable gaming, the Xbox platform holder has often shied away fr... Bit Museum #4: what the hell is an Entex Adventure Vision? 7 If you ask most people to name a retro console that features bright red LEDs and monochromy and causes migraines and epileptic seizures, they'll start shaking in horror. "V-V-Virtual Boy...&... Exclusive: A sneek peek at Luc Bernard's next iPhone game 14 Luc Bernard's first iPhone game, Mechos Wars, is doing pretty well with the critics and the kids. I haven't played it myself, but I hear from very reputable sources that the game is a solid examp... Thinkgeek offers up the Retro Mini, a portable NES 28 If you had suggested the idea of a portable NES to me back when I was deep in the throes of my romance with it back in 1986, I would have probably passed out at the idea, despite the fact there's... Game Debate to the Death!Monster Hunter Freedom 2 VS Patapon 41 Last week's debate was the first round of the PSP odd debate brackets and it was a hell of a fight. For the first many votes, things were completely tied up. Then, as expected, LocoRoco took the ... Rolando 2 trailer looks a little bit wonderful 5 As you may have noticed from our review of the first Rolando, Destructoid really liked the game a lot and wondered might be next up from developers HandCircus. Apparently, that next project was a... Preview: Top Gun 9 Top Gun is a 3D on-rails flight sim for the iPhone. The game takes place after the events of the Top Gun movie as Ice Man and Maverick are now instructors teaching the next batch of fighter pilot... Sony/Nintendo 'freaking out' over iPhone, claims Hawkins 41 EA founder and mobile games advocate Trip Hawkins has today made the bold claim that Apple's trendy iPhone is causing Sony and Nintendo to "freak out." Apparently, the device's potentia... PSP is a 'huge opportunity' according to Slitherine 12 Slitherine Software is not a studio I am overly familiar with, but it has an awesome name. It is also one of the few developers out there that still seems to believe in the PSP, claiming it is a ... Bit Museum #2: Better than setting up your NES in the bathroom 15 Robotube's latest episode of Bit Museum couldn't have come at a better time. I'm in France, jetlagged as balls, and I need something to do -- while the rest of the country is sleeping, I know th... 79% of portable gaming done at home, no word on how much is done on the toilet 31 Research done by the NPD has revealed that 79 percent of iPhone, PSP, and DS owners use the handhelds at home more so than out of the house. The research has also shown that people are playing on... Apple takes on DS/PSP, claims iPod is the future of gameplay 23 Whereas some may be skeptical about Apple's impact on the gaming world, Apple is naturally confident that products like the iPod Touch are the future of this industry, even making a passive-aggre... DSi and DS games trailer from the Nintendo Press Conference 33 [video]105959:454[/video] Nintendo showed off this trailer during the Fall Press Conference where we get to see the DSi and the new games coming out for the DS. Among the shots of the DSi and ga... Homemade cartridge-based handheld is called Bacteria 6  I have absolutely zero ability to build my own custom handheld from scratch, so I don't have much room to bitch, but I've got to say it: Bacteria is among the names that I would most defini... Pandora handheld gaming beast should be out by Christmas 37 Remember the Pandora? It's a new Linux-based handheld with a beefy 600Mhz processor, an 800x600 resolution, 4.3" touchscreen and a 43-key QWERTY keyboard that we told you about back in April... EA Showcase 08: Hands-on with Brain Quest Grades 3 & 4 and 5 & 6 4 Brain Quest is a game for the chilluns. It's based on the Brain Quest card deck, and it's basically Brain Age for grade schoolers. Each game will feature over 6,000 questions in subjects like Eng... Mass Effect for DS? Bioware says maybe 15 Speaking of downgrading next-gen games, here's another concept to chew on: BioWare's Miles Holmes says that the developer is considering bringing Mass Effect, Dragon Age and Jade Empire to the DS... Rummikub coming to the Nintendo DS 17 Today, the Netherlands-based publisher Games Factory Online announced that they are overseeing the development of Rummikub for the Nintendo DS. Slated for a release in late 2008, Rummikub is sure... Tipsy Prinny Night 08: Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure being rereleased for the DS 9 NIS America is bringing back a classic RPG from the PlayStation 1 days. Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure is being rereleased for the Nintendo DS with updates that will take full advantage of the DS ... The N-Gage Lives: Konami adding games to the service 29 I never really anticipated ever writing the name "N-Gage" again, but that's how unpredictable life is. Nokia's much maligned mobile gaming brand is still lurching forward in a sick paro... Ugly Betty and American Idol winner to shill for new 'Metallic Rose' DS 14 Simply introducing a new color to the Nintendo DS line-up, Metallic Rose, is not enough for Nintendo. The company has also announced that they've hired some celebrities to promote their popular h... Advance Wars: Days of Ruin NYC launch event 42 [Editor's note: Phist is our go to guy when it comes to event coverage in New York. Mostly because he's the only one we trust to do a good job. Read on for Phist's coverage of the Advance W... For the ladies: Mint Green PSP coming to Japan 30 Some people pick up a console for its games. Some people pick up a consoles for its horsepower or features. Others, well, they just want to make sure it matches their eyeshadow.Introducing Sony's... Price point and first photo of USB Skype mic for the Slim PSP 21 Nick told you yesterday about the official announcement of Skype features coming to the Slim PSP, and now Famitsu has revealed a few more details for anyone interested. The service hits later thi... C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER: New God of War: Chains of Olympus trailer is combotastic 15   In this latest trailer for God of War: Chains of Olympus, we see Kratos go C-C-C-COMBO CRAZY! Nothing too new is really shown, except for one of Krato's new abilities. You'll notice a... Two teens beat the crap out of a guy for his PSP 47 Joseph Morales was watching a movie on his PSP when two teenagers beat the sh*t out of him and stole his PSP. The kids grabbed for the PSP and when Joseph didn't let go, they beat him down to the... Brazil gets a semi-awesome portable Genesis 30 Brazilians will be getting a handheld Genesis system on December 5th. It will have 20 built in games ranging from Sonic, Altered Beast, Ecco, Golden Axe, Kid Chameleon and more. This is an offici... InLight Entertainment speculates on developing for the DS 7 In a recent interview with Eurogamer, Darren McGrath and Mike Lowry of InLight Entertainment shared their thoughts on developing for the DS and had lots of positive things to say:"The DS cap... Imabikisou now joins Lair as a PS3 "remote play" title 6 For some reason I love playing selections from my favorite games of all time on handhelds. There's something about the charm of having PSP games, a full SNES library and a copy of Chrono Trigger ... Spanish for Everyone: This game was written by crackheads 45 At first, Spanish for Everyone looks like a beneficial game everyone in the family would love. That's what I thought of anyway when GameBrink sent in the above video. Instead, what I ended u... Destructoid Interview: Jools and Gregg of Renegade Kid on Dementium: The Ward 15 HuskyHog and I recently interviewed Jools Watham and Gregg Hargrove of Renegade Kid on their game Dementium: The Ward for the DS. I asked Jools and Gregg on the story in Dementium, inspirations, ... New footage and screens for Mario Party DS [Update] 18 I've lost track -- Is this the ninth or tenth installment of this series now? Sure, there has been a lot of sequels to this game, but the DS one should help in revitalizing the series. From the l... HP reveals gaming handheld, wants us to go outside 55 Computer company HP has just revealed a new handheld gaming unit called the MScape. This unit uses GPS location-based technology to make the actual world a sort of game arena.The Sci Fi Tech blo... PAX 2007: Dead Head Fred hands-on 25 PAX 2007 was a veritable maelstrom of partying, gaming, schmoozing, pavement pounding, murder scene investigating, and sexual assault. The Destructoid crew represented at PAX in full force by boo... Nintendo patent reveals a possible Wii portable system thingy 12 A really bored writer over at TechnaBob went hunting through the USPTO Patent database (guess he was tired of Minesweeper) and discovered a patent application from Nintendo detailing a portabl... RetroforceGO!: Episode 9: Hold my handheld 24 Ahh, Thursday. The only day that I wake up in my warm, comfy bed made out of newspapers and milk crates with a good feeling towards the world. The reason for this rare moment of mirth and merrime... RetroforceGO!: Episode 9, recording tonight 35 Remember that cool cousin you used to have? You know, the one that wrapped his Camaro around a telephone pole on New Years Day?  Remember, before the accident,  how he could always be f... Touch Detective 2 1/2 announced for DS; Mackenzie still looks creepy 11 California-based developer Atlus, (makers of Trauma Center, Odin Sphere, and other neat-o games,) announced today that everybody's favorite little nosy person is back and ready to poke aroun... UK gaming market rises 42% from last year's sales 9 Now that all three new consoles are out this year, UK isn't letting the Manhunt 2 ordeal sour their sales, with the gaming market generating far more money than it was the year before. The f... Hands on with the DS Opera browser; it's everything you thought it would be 35 In case you weren’t aware, Nintendo recently released the Opera web browser for their Nintendo DS. Being a person who likes all things DS, and is also one of the five people left on the pla... New Phantom Hourglass gameplay videos show you how to crash Link into a tree 14   Fronsh gaming site Jeux-France is waving around some new videos featuring more gameplay footage from The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, the Nintendo DS game whose empty case has... Nintendo DS to harness the raw power of THE ABACUS! 179 Tip lord BlindsideDork sent us a link to this Famitsu page with details of a brand new Nintendo DS game that very well may be the greatest artistic triumph known to modern mankind. A GAME ABOUT A... Napoleon Dynamite game coming; I tried suicide, but the rope broke! 27 According to Siliconera, the only website I would trust to watch my kitten while I'm on vacation, Crave Entertainment has picked up the license to create two portable titles based on Napoleon... New images from PSP fog simulator, Silent Hill Origins 20 If Orcist was underwhelmed with the recent videos of the upcoming PlayStation Portable title, Silent Hill Origins, wait until he gets a load of these. These new screenshots of the upcoming prequ... Nintendo is further segmenting the market, according to at least one analyst 29 According to Kaufman Bros. Analyst Todd Mitchel, Nintendo's success with the Wii and DS might come at the expense of third-party publishers who hope to gain traction on the these platforms. I... GDC 2007: Mobile Games? People play those? 33 The scary thing about the Mobile Game Industry is that they seem no more sure of its ability to succeed than the gamer who reacts apathetically to it. I was curious about the real deal, so I chec... « NEXT « next - expanded blog view		Save cash!   See "Black Friday" video game deals New on Destructoid.TV play all videos Loading Destructoid Videos Win this! 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