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By Ludwig Kietzmann Filed under: Nintendo DS, PC, Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360, Action, Adventure

By Randy Nelson The magazine also offers a few more nifty details, such as the ability to whistle (or, we're guessing, yell irately) into the DS microphone to hail cabs, and that the PDA, GPS, and radio are all touch-screen based. On the topic of selling drugs, Hispana reports that It will be a "good way to ma...

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By Alexander Sliwinski Filed under: Culture, Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii

By Justin McElroy Filed under: Nintendo DS, PC, Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation 3, Sony PSP, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360

By Griffin McElroy Filed under: Nintendo DS, Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation 3, Sony PSP, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360, Business To my younger brother and sworn enemy, the DS Lite: The DS Phat Source: Media Create] See: The abandoned archives

By Ross Miller Filed under: Nintendo DS, Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation 3, Sony PSP, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360, Business October hardware sales in North America were not good for Sony, with all three of its consoles seeing at least an 18% drop, according to this month's NPD report. The Nint...

By Ludwig Kietzmann How certain are we that Square Enix's current, cryptic countdown will lead to the unveiling of a new RPG? Oh, positive. The latest issue of Japanese mag Shonen Jump (via Gamekyo) has the scoop on Blood of Bahamut, a new DS game that tasks up to four local players with defending their architec...

By Alexander Sliwinski Filed under: Culture, Nintendo DS, Sony PlayStation 3, Sony PSP, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360, Business

By Ludwig Kietzmann Filed under: Nintendo DS, Sony PSP, Microsoft Xbox 360, RPGs Star Ocean: The Last Hope (Xbox 360 / 3 Mar.): Being tri-Ace's long-awaited continuation of the science-fiction franchise. The subtitle implies that this is a big deal for the Xbox 360 in Japan.

By Jason Dobson Filed under: Nintendo DS, Action, First Person ShootersPublisher Mastiff sent word that the lunar orbit for its Renegade Kid-developed Moon has degraded, knocking back the DS first-person shooter from its previously announced November release date until January 13, 2009.

By Justin McElroy Filed under: Nintendo DS, PC, Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation 3, Sony PSP, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360

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By Griffin McElroy We were certain that the release of Nintendo's new shutterbug handheld, the DSi, would have a rather volatile effect on the Japanese hardware sales numbers this week -- and as the dastardly text-skippers among you already know, we were quite correct. The usual suspects played a thrillin...

By James Ransom-Wiley Filed under: Nintendo DS, Sony PlayStation 3, Sony PSP, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360, Business The ever-elusive European hardware sales figures were on display during Nintendo's financial results briefing this week. Rare glimpses at Chart-Track and GfK data revealed Nintendo'...

By Joystiq Staff Before you check out the juicy links below, be sure to pop in on our latest giveaways. We're hooking some lucky readers up with MySims Kingdom on the Wii and DS. Here's the DS contest post and here's the Wii contest post. After you enter in each giveaway, head back here and peep the latest from the...

By Randy Nelson As part of today's quarterly financial wrap-up, Activision Blizzard struck a high note with the announcement that the Guitar Hero franchise has topped the NPD Group's software sales chart for the first nine months of 2008. This includes, of course, every permutation of the rhythm game s...

By Justin McElroy Filed under: Nintendo DS, PC, Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation 3, Sony PSP, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360

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By Justin McElroy Filed under: Nintendo DS, PC, Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation 3, Sony PSP, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360

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By Ludwig Kietzmann Those looking to roll down the streets of San Vanelona and perform some flips, ollies and [error: skateboarding lexicon gap] via nontraditional controllers should be pleased to note the release date of EA's Skate It for Wii and DS. Both versions are slated to arrive on November 19th in Nor...

By Joystiq Staff Well, folks, we've got plenty of goodies for you this week. First of all, on DS Fanboy and Wii Fanboy, we've got reviews for a ton of games. On top of that, you'll find our regular weekly and bi-weekly pieces, all organized via the tried-and-true bullet point format. Enjoy!

By Griffin McElroy As we're sure you, dearest readers, already know, Sony had a killer week in the hardware sales arena (the PS3's diminishing sales notwithstanding) thanks to the release of the scanlinetastic PSP-3000 (or, as it has been cleverly monikered, the PSP Brite). Observing this radical increa...

By Joystiq Staff Filed under: Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii First of all, check out our latest giveaways. On DS Fanboy, we're giving away one copy of Kirby Super Star Ultra. On Wii Fanboy, one lucky person will walk away with a free copy of SimCity Creator. Best of luck to you all!

By Griffin McElroy Filed under: Nintendo DS, Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation 3, Sony PSP, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360, Business

By Ross Miller Filed under: Retro, Meta (about Joystiq) We return to the roots of Joystiq's WRUP series, celebrating one of the best examples of a "missing link" between handheld and home consoles. Nintendo's Virtual Boy wasn't exactly sure which one it was supposed to be; 13 years later, we're still no...

By Griffin McElroy Filed under: Nintendo DS, Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation 3, Sony PSP, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360, Business

By Griffin McElroy DS Lite: 42,385 15,462 (26.73%) PSP: 26,045 374 (1.46%) Wii: 25,330 984 (3.74%) PS2: 8,618 1,230 (12.49%) Xbox 360: 8,271 3,020 (26.75%) PS3: 7,232 1,043 (12.60%) Source: Media Create] See: The time-sensitive archivesPermalink | Email this | Comments

By Joystiq Staff Before we get into all of the tasty links, check out our two latest giveaways. On DS Fanboy, we're giving away a copy of Mystery Case Files: Millionheir. On Wii Fanboy, we're hooking up one lucky reader with a copy of Wario Land: Shake It! Head on over and check out those posts for details on how t...

By Justin McElroy OK, video game publishers, we know we said we weren't complaining about the torrent of new releases last month, but now, we totally are. Do you know how long this features takes to write now? Do you know how broke we're going to be by month's end? (Answer key: Too long; very.)

By Griffin McElroy DS Lite: 57,847 3,395 (5.54%) Wii: 26,314 3,607 (12.06%) PSP: 25,671 3,003 (10.47%) Xbox 360: 11,291 2,486 (18.04%) PS2: 9,848 2,128 (27.56%) PS3: 8,275 119 (1.46%) Source: Media Create] See: www.archives.funRead | Permalink | Email this | Comments

By Griffin McElroy Update: You're incredibly fired.] DS Lite: 61,242 2,617 (4.10%) Wii: 29,921 235 (0.79%) PSP: 28,674 1,482 (4.91%) Xbox 360: 13,777 14,411 (51.12%) PS3: 8,156 103 (1.28%) PS2: 7,720 51 (0.67%) Source: Media Create] See: The recently widowed archivesPermalink | Email this | Comments

By Joystiq Staff Filed under: Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii First up, we're giving away a copy of Mega Man 9 on WiiWare. Hit up the original contest post by clicking on the image above or hitting this link. Now that we have that out of the way, let's get to the good stuff: links!

By Griffin McElroy We here at the Japanese Hardware Sales Institute of Hardware Sales (yes, it's a tad redundant -- our R&D department is working on a new moniker) take great pride in our weekly charge of bringing you the console sales rankings from the Land of the Rising Sun. In fact, as our catalog of post...

By Andrew Yoon We don't know what to make of Konami's DS version of Rock Revolution. The PS3/360 version is pretty easily summed up: it's Rock Band + a ridiculous drum - a functional GUI. While Rock Revolution screams "me too" on the home consoles, it's a rather innovative concept for Nintendo DS. Shouldn't...

By Griffin McElroy We find ourselves in a predicament, dear readers. As many of you already know, Included in Rock Band 2 is an online World Tour mode, allowing the widely dispersed Joystiq crew to form a musical supergroup the likes of which Xbox Live has never seen before. Unfortunately, we found ourselves a...

By Ross Miller Filed under: Culture, Nintendo DS, Mac, Sony PSP At today's Apple event (aptly titled "Let's Rock"), Steve Jobs unveiled a new ad for the revised iPod Touch, essentially showcasing the iPod Touch's (and similarly the iPhone's) gaming capabilities, claiming, "It's the best portable d...

By Griffin McElroy Filed under: Nintendo DS, Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation 3, Sony PSP, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360, Business

By Griffin McElroy DS Lite: 56,439 444 (0.79%) PSP: 41,664 5,940 (12.48%) Wii: 35,755 582 (1.65%) PS3: 9,775 755 (8.37%) PS2: 8,810 390 (4.63%) Xbox 360: 3,124 427 (12.02%) Source: Media Create] See: The Black Eyed archivesPermalink | Email this | Comments

By Joystiq Staff We've got some great features and other original content that went down on the Nintendo Fanboys over the past week. Below, you'll find some great content to jam into your eyeballs from the world of Nintendo, so skip this unimportant text and hit the links below to check out our best stuff fro...

By Griffin McElroy DS Lite: 55,995 22,671 (28.82%) PSP: 47,604 16,809 (26.10%) Wii: 35,173 17,863 (33.68%) PS3: 9,020 2,373 (20.83%) PS2: 8,420 1,748 (17.19%) Xbox 360: 3,551 3,807 (51.74%) Source: Media Create] See: The travel-weary archivesPermalink | Email this | Comments

By Zack Stern We're starting to get a little sick from Spore fever, since we gamers have been hearing about it for what seems like eons. But once the title launches September 7 in North America (and September 5 in Europe and Asia), we'll have to ride the wave of hype again when the rest of the world hears abou...

By Joystiq Staff Ross Miller: I'm taking a break from the ION drum set until I can try it with Rock Band 2 (the verdict with RB1 wouldn't be so good, as the cymbals don't register without some serious drum thwacking). Instead, I will be working through his first week of homework (one more semester to go!) and, w...

By Joystiq Staff Filed under: Culture, Nintendo DS, Sony PSP, Meta (about Joystiq) In honor of the new PSP Brite moniker, we present the Lite Brite. Here's what we'll be playing this weekend. Be sure to let us know what games will be occupying your time! Alexander Sliwinski: Well, after a debilitating incid...

By Randy Nelson Filed under: Nintendo DS, Action Behold: Tornado. What's the game about? Does it really matter? From what we can stomach gather, this ludicrous video - complete with a crappy rip-off of Danny Elfman's Pee-Wee's Big Adventure score - shows a game that looks like a Katamari Damacy clone, is...

By Joystiq Staff Wha? What is this? Well, to offer you a more streamlined recap of the goings-on in the Nintendo world, we've combined the DS Lite and Wii Fanboy Weekly recaps into one powerhouse, now dubbed Nintendo Fanboy Weekly. Hopefully, you'll like the new approach.

By Griffin McElroy DS Lite: 60,434 3,036 (5.29%) PSP: 58,501 2,680 (4.38%) Wii: 38,506 2,603 (6.33%) Xbox 360: 24,962 19,603 (365.80%) PS3: 9,673 165 (1.74%) PS2: 8,503 542 (5.99%) How entirely predictable," you remark. Source: Media Create]

By Griffin McElroy PSP: 61,181 6,271 (9.30%) DS Lite: 57,398 430 (0.75%) Wii: 41,109 85 (0.21%) PS3: 9,508 1,184 (11.07%) PS2: 9,045 246 (2.65%) Xbox 360: 5,359 418 (8.46%) Source: Media Create] See: The incredibly athletic archivesPermalink | Email this | Comments

By Christopher Grant Best of Show Fallout 3(Bethesda Softworks for PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360) Best Original Game Mirror's Edge(DICE/Electronic Arts for PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360) Best Console Game LittleBigPlanet(Media Molecule/Sony Computer Entertainment for PlayStation 3) Best PC Game Spore(...

By Griffin McElroy PSP: 67,452 6,572 (8.88%) DS Lite: 56,968 2,437 (4.47%) Wii: 41,024 221 (0.54%) PS2: 9,291 244 (2.56%) Xbox 360: 4,941 733 (17.42%) Source: Media Create] Continue reading Japanese hardware sales, July 21 - July 27: Expansion editionPermalink | Email this | Comments

By Andrew Yoon Thanks to Brain Age, millions of kids have been able to trick their parents into thinking that the Nintendo DS is being used as an educational device. With the help of popular college prep company Kaplan, the trickery can continue. They announced their plans to create a SAT prep game for the N...

By Griffin McElroy PSP: 56,998 559 (0.99%) DS Lite: 48,540 1,085 (2.29%) Wii: 41,768 2,757 (6.19%) PS3: 12,458 1,901 (13.24%) PS2: 10,405 1,363 (11.58%) Xbox 360: 3,807 969 (20.29%) Source: Media Create] See: The mullet-clad archivesRead | Permalink | Email this | Comments

By Griffin McElroy PSP: 56,439 2,422 (4.11%) DS Lite: 47,455 1,429 (2.92%) Wii: 44,525 3,955 (8.16%) PS2: 11,768 4,095 (53.37%) Xbox 360: 4,776 328 (6.43%) Source: Media Create] Continue reading Japanese hardware sales, June 30 - July 6: E4 editionPermalink | Email this | Comments

By Ross Miller Filed under: PC, Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360 Part of this year's Into the Pixel collection is a sketch from "Half Life EP3" (wonder what that could be), coming to Xbox 360, PC and PlayStation 3. We're not exactly surprised to learn there's concept art for Episode 3, but it's still...

By Kyle Orland Sacrifice doesn't have much of a gaming pedigree to live up to -- the two THQ-published Game Boy Advance Buffy games scored 39% and 50%, respectively, in the GameRankings averages. With review scores like that, maybe this is a gaming franchise that should learn when to stay dead.

By Ross Miller uery Guitar Hero / Rock Band guitar compatibility matrix v2 Sony's E3 2008 press conference: let's play bingo! Law of the Game on Joystiq: Time for Trademarks Zero Punctuation whips it good with Lego Indy Wii Fanboy Weekly: July 3 - July 9

By Alexander Sliwinski Filed under: Culture, Nintendo DS, Sony PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360, Adventure

By Ross Miller uery The Joystiq Free Game Club: GemCraft feet-on: Skate It Poll: Who do you want to hear about at E3? hands-on: Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (Wii) hands-on: Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (DS) hands-on: Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (PS2/PSP)

By Ross Miller DS Fanboy Lite: June 28 - July 4 Japanese hardware sales, June 23 - June 29: Nineteen hundred and ninety-five edition Joyswag: C&C 3: Kane's Wrath (Xbox 360) giveaway, Day Four Joyswag: C&C 3: Kane's Wrath (Xbox 360) giveaway, Day Five

By Griffin McElroy With the recent announcement and then following super double announcement of Square-Enix's plans to bring Chrono Trigger to this week's second place finisher, our minds began to to wander like a starry-eyed, formerly monastic governess, vacationing in the hills of Austria. If Squeen...

By Alisha Karabinus Filed under: Nintendo DS Community DS Fanswag: Space Invaders Extreme, Arkanoid, and a paddle to play 'em with Because we had to start a Space Invaders giveaway today. How could we not?Homebrew paint application adds Guitar Hero controller support

By Ross Miller The Rise and Fall of PS3 Firmware 2.40 and (the Spiders from Super Stardust HD) PS3 Firmware 2.40 is now live PS3 firmware 2.40 spruces up PSN Store PlayStation 3 2.40 firmware update not available (pulled?) Sony responds to adverse firmware 2.40 effects

By Griffin McElroy PSP: 59,351 5,324 (8.23%) Wii: 41,037 4,527 (9.94%) DS Lite: 36,599 2,602 (6.64%) PS3: 20,336 54,975 (73.00%) PS2: 6,346 951 (13.03%) Xbox 360: 2,555 392 (18.12%) Source: Media Create] See: The bullet-riddled archivesPermalink | Email this | Comments

By Ross Miller Nintendo announces new Wario Land for Wii, Kirby for DS We can't resist new Fallout 3 screens PSP firmware 4.01 is here to fix 4.00 1Up talks Gears of War 2 multiplayer with Bleszinski I am Murloc' track creeping onto Guitar Hero 3 tomorrow Microsoft brings Chobot, 'IGN Strategize' to XBL

By Ross Miller Filed under: Nintendo DS, Sony PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360 A multi-instrument Guitar Hero World Tour means only one thing: more plastic controllers strewn about our living room. So goes the life of the virtual rocker. Check out all of our impressions and reviews from t...

By Ross Miller uery A week with Spore Creature Creator: Day Three Counting Rupees: Bust Blox Metareview -- Don King Presents Prizefighter (Xbox 360) Off the Grid reviews Power Grid X3F Week in Review: June 13, 2008 - June 19, 2008 Wii Wheel + Balance Board = racing simulator

By Alisha Karabinus Filed under: Nintendo DS How do you play?Show and Tell: Don't throw that Game Boy away Instead, make an awesome case! Features Trauma Center: Hands-on the Knife 2 Yes, okay, we like Shiren. You should, too. News of note Wet your wireless whistle at new Nintendo DS Centers

By Ross Miller Filed under: Nintendo DS, PC, Sony PlayStation 3, Sony PSP, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360 The biggest event of this past week was Capcom's Captivate event, where they showed off a handful of games from the surprisingly good Neopets Adventures to the expectedly-good Bionic Commando....

By Ludwig Kietzmann IGN (80/100): "Traveller's Tales has once again delivered an experience that boils down to smashing stuff over and over again while searching for secrets, while also managing to make that formula fun and addictive. It's certainly not a huge leap over the LEGO Star Wars titles, and in fact...

By Alisha Karabinus We added a new feature this week at DS Fanboy: an index of all of our game reviews to date, which we'll update every week as needed with our latest reviews. Anytime you need to find it, you can just click on the "Reviews" button on the upper right of the DS Fanboy homepage, as seen here. That's not a...

By Ross Miller Filed under: Nintendo DS A reader-submitted (via IGN) from January 2004, brought back to our attention by DS Fanboy in light of today's DS revision rumor. We gotta say, they were oh so close to the final design. (Fingers crossed for the "DS Evn Liter" announcement.) Check out the highlights f...

By Alisha Karabinus Filed under: Nintendo DS Have you noticed? We've been giving away a ton of stuff lately! This week, it's amazingly cute cases. Next week? THE WORLD. Or, y'know, probably some games. For now, we're giving away links to the best DS Fanboy's had to offer in the past seven days.

By Kyle Orland Filed under: Nintendo DS, Hacks, Sony PlayStation 3, Sony PSP, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360 Ah, review scores. Besides letting us skip all that long, boring text that actually describes a game's high and low points, it also allows for some excellent statistical analysis and fanboy-...