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High Scores And Egos: There's Always A Bigger Doodle The Xbox 360 DualShock? The PS3 Xbox 360 Controller? Over at Xbox-Scene Forums, moderator RDC has modded an Xbox 360 controller into a PS3 controller, writing: “The D-pad, Select, PS, Start, Square, Triangle, Circle, Cross, L1/R1 and L3/R3 buttons are all wired up right now and working, as are the LEDs for showing which controller it is”. So, yes, this Frankencontroller will work with a PS3. And if that wasn’t enough, RDC did the same in reverse by modding a DualShock 3 into an Xbox 360 controller. Take a look after the jump.
For a game built upon endless repetition, Brain Training’s certainly making an impression on some people, because years on from release, the two games are still selling like fancy, heated cakes. So Nintendo are surely working on more, yes? Itprintsmoney.gif and all that? No. Having most likely noticed the fact people can’t tell the two games apart, and still buy more of the original than the sequel, it’s been announced by Nintendo (grain of salt notice: Nintendo Europe) that two will do, and they’ll just keep on selling them for millennia until our sun expands, killing us all in a blinding flash of white.
More Brain Training from Dr Kawashima [TVG, via Go Nintendo]
The more people buy PS3s, the more people sign up to the the PSN. The more people sign up to the PSN, the more it costs Sony to keep the thing running. So will there come a time when Sony start charging you for the use of the PSN? Maybe! You can never rule that kinda thing out. But if they are, they’re not doing it soon, with PSN boss (and man of the moment) Eric Lempel saying:
We’re happy with what we’re doing right now and we’re going to stick with it. I think being free is always an advantage. The fact that it’s free is nice for consumers who want to try out the online experience, those who may be new to it and may not be ready to commit to spending dollars, and that’s a really good message for us.
Course, Eric then says that leaves you with money free for game subscriptions (and he doesn’t mention Qore), but his basic point remains valid! Free stuff is nice.
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According to a Nintendo Australia, we’ve apparently been spared the problems US gamers faced after the original release of Super Smash Bros. Brawl. The company did admit the dual-layer nature of the game disc had caused issues in the past, but that it hasn’t had any reports from Australian users.
The thing is, this statement contradicts comments from Kotaku AU readers who have had SSBB give them less than their money’s worth. I can’t say I’ve copped any grief from my review copy, but I might just be lucky.
Regardless, Nintendo Oz recommends you call its support hotline (1300 362 746) if you are experiencing problems, and it’ll do its best to fix you up.
Who’s Having Problems With Super Smash Bros. Brawl? [Kotaku AU]
How many Tales games are already on their way? Dunno. We’ve lost count. Especially now that we know there are two more coming, one for the PSP, one for the DS. The PSP one’s called Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 2, which will feature the same main character as the upcoming Tales of Vesperia for the 360. The DS one’s called Tales of The Heart (pictured). Both will be out in Japan by the end of the year, no word yet on Western dates.
[via Shonen Jump]
Wii Fit has done big business in Japan — and pretty much everywhere, for that matter. The peripheral and game went on sale late last year in The Land of the Rising Sun, and Japanese website IT Media poses the question: Do Wii Fit owners actually still play Wii Fit everyday? Short answer: Nope. According to the thousand IT Media readers polled (for whatever that’s worth), the majority of them do not play their copies of Wii Fit (ditto). Here’s the breakdown:
I don’t know about you, but 2Day FM’s Hamish Blake is a funny guy. Along with Tony Martin, his appearances were by far the best on Ten’s Thank God You’re Here. But enough about that! Nintendo has recruited Blake for a local TV spot advertising the publisher’s Cooking Guide on DS. You won’t wet yourself, but it’s definitely worth a couple of laughs.
Nintendo says the ad will appear starting from tonight, so consider this a sneak peek. We like those, we do.
Just because Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G sales are waning (finally) doesn’t mean that the urge to buy PSP hardware is becoming any less intense. And even though the PSP doesn’t have any software showing in the top ten for the week doesn’t mean that it can’t continue to rule the roost on the Media Create weekly sales charts. Nintendo hardware continues to nip at its lead and we imagine fortunes will change soon.
Somewhat more surprising is the big boost that the Xbox 360 got during the week of June 23 to 29. The release of Mobile Suit Gundam: Operation: Troy certainly seems to have helped Microsoft move some hardware. They really should just rebrand the thing the Xbox RX-78-2 locally. Can’t hurt.
Vivendi made it clear back in mid-January that another Leisure Suit Larry game was in development. If the news didn’t grab your attention, I can’t blame you – Larry’s previous outing, Magna Cum Laude was refused classification by the OFLC in September of 2004. Not a point in Box Office Bust‘s favour, as I’m sure you’ll agree.
Despite Magna Cum Laude‘s fate, and the fact Box Office Bust has yet to be rated, EB Games Australia has preorders going for the new title. While this isn’t unusual – many retailers make unrated games available for preorder – until the OFLC passes judgement, my hopes remain subdued.
Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust [EB Games Australia, thanks Michael]
Well, would you? Seriously. Reason we’re asking is that last week Atari sought to have their name trademarked in association with “internet protocol phones” and “residential telephone apparatus composing telephones and telephone connecting units”. Before you ask, yes, that’s the gaming Atari doing the trademarking, not some random, other Atari. This would be the part where we try and find a good reason the company would be bothering with this, but really, there’s no salvation to be found amongst the thought of an Atari phone.
Atari [Trademork]
