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ds EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag Man and videogame are wed, face and palm meet again 24 You know, when I posted a video of Love Plus a while back to show off its quirky dating sim charm I thought that would be the last we saw of the game here on Destructoid. After all, it wasn't com... 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... Hands on: Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks train whistle 14 Along with a USB stick containing the opening of the upcoming Nintendo DS title The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks, Nintendo sent me a wooden train whistle. Oh, and there were also some pretty n... Black Friday: GameStop deals leaked for your pleasure 50 Black Friday and all its horror will soon be upon us, and the Internet has gotten its talons on GameStop's list of ludicrous offers. The list is absolutely huge, some great bundles such as a PS3 ... Sonic Classic Collection coming to DS because we need it 29 Jesus C*nting Christ! Despite there being roughly ten billion Sonic the Hedgehog compilations, it seems that Sega feels we can always have more, and has recently submitted Sonic Classic Collectio... 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... Rumor: Scribblenauts 2 and F.E.A.R 3 coming next year 40 If the latest gossip is to be believed, Scribblenauts is going to become a franchise, and it will do so as early as next year! Warner Bros. accidentally let slip its list of 2010 games, with Scri... Spike's Video Game Award nominations are here! 87 The VGAs may be looked at with cynicism and contempt by a great many among the gamer community, but there's no denying that it's about as mainstream an award show as we're going to get. With that... More Metroid Prime? Maybe a DS/DSi game, says Nintendo 44 Right now, all sights are set on Other M, the beautiful Wii Metroid game that is set to be released next year. But what about Metroid Prime? Was it all over with Metroid Prime 3: Corruption? Mayb... Rumortoid: Chipset info on next DS, PSP2 21 Nerdy gamers like myself want to know a bit about the electronic guts inside their gaming systems. I can still rattle off some of the specs of the last few generations of systems, in fact. And if... Awesome Little Red Riding Hood's Zombie BBQ videos 19 Little Red Riding Hood's Zombie BBQ. Has a nice ring to it, doesn't it? It's the best and probably only game featuring a sexy, busty Little Red Riding Hood as a gunner, gunning down all of histor... Play the first case of Ace Attorney Investigations 14 What has always been completely amazing about the Ace Attorney games is their incredible quality throughout the series. Most game series start losing steam around number three, but the adventures... Hotel Dusk getting sequel, The Last Window 41 Hotel Dusk really was a great little game. It took everything you loved about old school adventure games and made it all look like an A-Ha video. What wasn't to love? If you're one of those who g... Sgt. Frog procures an RPG from Namco Bandai 11 The paperwork finally went through, and the patriotic soldiers starring in the Sgt. Frog manga and anime getting the RPG-adaptation supplies that they've desperately clamored for. Entitled Keroro... SouthPeak to publish TNA wrestling titles in 2010 16 As Midway Games crumbled and was eventually gobbled up by Warner Bros., the fate of franchises and licenses hung in the balance. Games like Mortal Kombat, Spy Hunter... we were all concerned. But... Did a DS help save a girl from child abuse? 33 I knew that the Ninteno DS was quite useful for doing things like playing games and helping me make oyakodon, but fighting child abuse? That's wasn't on the back of the box. The Ayr Advertiser re... Tecmo's AGAIN and Monster Rancher DS coming March 2010 19 Tecmo is piling on the Nintendo DS games next March, dropping not one, but two titles onto retail shelves. The publisher has announced that both AGAIN and Monster Rancher DS will be available in ... New game from Hatsworth devs brings cookies and violence 22 IGN just put up an interview with the team behind Project Monster (working title), the new game from the developers of Henry Hatsworth. The game is about a young girl who takes a monster under he... Iwata: Digital distribution will be prevalent in 20 years 28 During his comments following the release of Nintendo's recent financials, company President Satoru Iwata laid out the connectivity rates for the Wii and DS in Japan. According to Nintendo's numb... Preview: Rooms: The Main Building 5 When we were figuring out who was going to cover what game at Hudson's Gamers' Day, one of the titles that we knew very little about (okay, nothing) was listed only as Rooms. Rooms, what's Rooms?... Deca Sports coming to the DS 2 Deca Sports has wildly been popular on the Wii for some time now. The first one sold over a million copies in North America and the sequel was released just two months ago. Now, Deca Sports is he... Zelda useful for the first time in 23 years 48 Princess Zelda -- always getting herself into trouble, be it getting kidnapped by Ganon or getting kidnapped by someone who isn't Ganon who then later turns out to be Ganon. But no longer w... Watch this Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks ad 13 A new commercial for The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks is hitting the United Kingdom, showing off a little bit of new footage as well as the GAME-exclusive limited edition set. It also features... Dragon Quest IX becomes best selling game in the world 26 During the third quarter, Dragon Quest IX not only managed to be the best selling DS game in the world, but the best selling game, period. When you consider the fact that the RPG has not even bee... Atlus announces Strange Journey for North America 33 We've been patiently waiting for Atlus to announce the DS game Strange Journey. The next in the line of Shin Megami Tensei games looks...well, strange, and we dig that in Atlus games. It just cam... German rating boards lists Phoenix Wright for the Wii! 31 Capcom's classic DS game, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, may possibly be heading to the Wii if Germany's recent USK rating is to be believed. The game has been listed for Nintendo's white waggle b... Legend of Zelda Spirit Tracks bonus: Feather stylus 19 There's a new Japanese website for DS game The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks. There's not much going on there. Really, there's only one link to click and when you do, it shows you the above imag... Fast Food Panic brings back some tough memories 4 Prior to my illustrious career as a games blogger, in my younger years,  I had the pleasure of working in the food service industry. Wait, "food service industry" is how I'm putting it? More... Band Hero commerci...hey! Travis Barker! Put down the DS! 17 I don't know what this guy Travis Barker's problem is, man.  During the recent filming of one of those Risky Business spoof promo spots for Activision's Band Hero, the drummer can bare... Nintendo DLC Update: Fighting Street and stuff 18 There isn’t a nice package to wrap the Nintendo downloads in this week, unlike the previous two which had Halloween or Domo themes. Still, games came out and the point of this is to tell yo... Professor Layton lands in action figure form 13 Sometimes a picture says a 1,000 words. This is one of those cases. Look above. You want it. I don't even need to write anymore, do I? Professor Layton toys would be the bomb and now they exist o... Nintendo hints at free 3G Internet with next-gen DS 42 There's no escaping the fact that, despite the DS being a brilliant platform for games, its technical prowess leaves a little to be desired. According to Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata, the next iter... Zombie BBQ now out for DSiWare in Europe 9 Little Red Riding Hood’s Zombie BBQ has been released for DSiWare in Europe this past week. The game is going for 800 Nintendo Points and it's unknown if this is actually the full retail ga... 5th Cell wishes you a happy Halloween with some art 6 It's happened. I now know Scribblenauts more for its cute art than the actual DS game itself. In anticipation of tomorrow's festivities, developer 5th Cell sent over an awesome Halloween wallpape... Video interview: Dementium II 8 I won't lie, I've done my fair share of interviews in strange places, however this one takes the cake. In the basement of the Bright Dawn Treatment Center, I had the opportunity to speak with Aub... Miyamoto has a cat, but there 'won't be a Nintencats' 16 Since this is important information to know, Kotaku has learned that Shigeru Miyamoto is now the proud owner of a cat. No details on the cat's breed, color, size of stool, or name are known at th... Dementium II debut trailer will chill you to the bone 12 The debut trailer for Dementium II is upon us and it will creep you out. The video begins with scenes from the first game and then jumps over to the sequel. The Doctor, main bad guy of Dementium... Review: Space Invaders Extreme 2 16 Space Invaders Extreme is regarded by many as among the greatest DS games of all time, and an essential component of any portable gaming repertoire. It was undoubtedly a brilliant game, and so a ... DS sells 113 million units worldwide 39 Hot off the heels of announcing the DSi LL, Nintendo has rubbed its vast profits in our faces by announcing that the DS as an overall product has shifted 113 million units worldwide since its lau... Nintendo officially reveals the DSi LL 101 Early adopter burning FTW! Nintendo has announced that, less than a year after the launch of the DSi, a brand new, bigger, better DSi is on the way. We had already heard that a DSi with a bigger ... Band Hero DS impresses girls and big hair 19 Band Hero ships on November 3 for a wide variety of platforms, including your home consoles like the Wii, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360. But when it comes to the Nintendo DS this fall, it brings al... Miyamoto wishes you'd like Star Fox as much as he does 72 Nintendo has released five Star Fox games since the series was introduced in 1993, along with Super Nintendo "Super FX" chip like it was the second coming. Problem is, it just hasn't be... Going to Hell and back in Dementium II 21 Dementium: The Ward was the first game by the folks at Renegade Kid. It was an impressive first outing for the company -- they were able to make a great first-person shooter and survival horror g... Majesco to publish Ghostwire for DSi 6 Remember that "augmented reality" Nintendo DSi title Ghostwire? No, well Majesco has snatched up the publishing rights for the game, which is set for release in late 2010. Now let'... Pre-order Dementium II, get a horrifying poster 13 And by "horrifying," I of course mean "awesome."The poster attached below could be yours, assuming reserving Renegade Kid's DS game Dementium II is something you wouldn't be o... New DSi with bigger screen to hit Japan this year 51 For those of you straining your eyes to see the Nintendo DSi's 3.25" screen, Nintendo hears your cries. According to Japan's Nikkei post, Nintendo will be releasing a Nintendo DSi with a 4&q... Nintendo DLC Update: Ghosts and pirates 13 Another week, another set of Nintendo downloads. No Domo is coming our way, but there are a few treats among the Halloween-themed downloadable offerings across Nintendo’s three digital plat... Dementium developer wants your help 18 Renegade Kid are the guys behind the second best FPS on the Nintendo DS, Dementium: The Ward (the first being Metroid). For some reason a system that seems tailor made for some really great FPS g... Nintendo error code leaks DSi Speak Channel news 6 Wii Speak is regarded by our very own Jonathan Holmes as the greatest invention of modern man. Before the Wii came along, who could imagine that people might one day be able to talk to each other... KORG DS-10 Plus hitting US shores early next year 4 XSEED Games has announced that they'll be bringing over KORG DS-10 Plus over to America in early 2010. KORG DS-10, in case you're an idiot and haven't been following, is a music-creation program ... God of Pokemon DLC coming next month to Toys R Us 36 No, its not Bidoof, though I could see why some may worship that cute/ugly little mongrel. It's the other guy, Arceus; he's the God of all Pokemon. I still think he looks more like a bad cross be... OFLC rates Ubisoft's Ghost Recon Predator and Rabbids Lab 12 Yesterday, the Australian Office of Film and Literature Classification rated the mostly-unannounced Ubisoft title, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Predator for a multiplatform release. While not mu... Need for Speed: Nitro's release gets pushed up 3 While Need for Speed: Shift may be seemingly pushed to the wayside by Forza Motorsport 3, EA's next attempt at finding a NFS game that will stick, Need for Speed: Nitro, may find more success. It... Nintendo DLC Update: LostWinds sequel and tons of Domo 8 Those hot for Domo are in for a surprise this week as Nintendo is unleashing not one, not two, not even three Domo downloads on DSi -- but four complete, absolutely thrilling and satisfying Domo ... The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks gets limited edition 33 It's not just console games that get extravagant collector's editions. The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks is hurtling ever closer to its December 7 release date, and a special edition has been re... Need for Speed: Nitro screens have cars 6 Those of us unhappy with Need for Speed: Shift's shift to a more "realistic" style of racing and overall general crappyness might actually be looking forward to a Wii racer that isn't d... No promise we'll see Super Guide in other Nintendo games 15 Responding to a question from Wired Game|Life's Tracey John during a recent press event, Shigeru Miyamoto said the future of Super Guide-like features in other Nintendo games is uncertain. "... Former journo tells Miyamoto that Mario is dead 49 Earlier this week, wrestling legend and actor "Captain" Lou Albano passed away at the age of 76. In the late '80s, Albano portrayed Nintendo's Mario on the short-lived television series... Nintendo, 53 publishers taking R4 sellers to court 30 The R4 has been a pirate's dream for many years, allowing gamers to essentially rip off the DS' entire library and carry it around on one little cart. Sure, many people claim to buy an R4 to &quo... Rumor: New, more powerful DS coming in 2010 77 Nintendo released the DSi just this year, but there are already rumors that a brand new system is in the works, and this could be a very big one. Gossip has surfaced concerning a new generation o... « 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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