Nintendo

Sex Up Your Nintendo Console With Giant Stickers Of Cats. Or Horses. Or Seals.

I’ve been meaning to post about these for years now, but they keep slipping my mind. Or does my mind sweep them out to preserve its own sanity? Probably the latter.


December 30, 2011
Nintendo

I Agree With This Little Girl About Pink Things

In the above video, little Riley goes off on the way toys are marketed to kids: blue and superheroes for boys, while girls get pink and princesses.


September 14, 2011
Nintendo

3DS Owners, You Just Helped Nintendo Beta Test A Product

Nintendo is no stranger to hardware iterations. Its last portable, the Nintendo DS, saw several major revisions. The 3DS is a different story. It just came out a few months ago but is already seeing half-hearted hardware upgrades. (A snap-on second slide pad? Ugh.) And 3DS owners should be pissed.


July 11, 2011
In Real Life

What Happens When A Stupid Person Burns A DS Lite?

We’ve already seen some idiots deep fry a PSP and then try to eat it. Now, let’s look at photos taken by—I assume—a less stupid person.


June 10, 2011
Nintendo

Does The Wii U Have Yellow Screen Issues?

Before we start, note that the Wii U hasn’t gone into production. Nintendo can (hopefully) fix any Wii U Controller issues before the new console launches, and it’s better to bitch about this shit now than after the fact.


June 1, 2011
Nintendo

Nintendo Clearing Out Nintendo DS Lites For $US99.99

The Nintendo DS Lite, rumored to be discontinued, is getting a price drop, down to $US99.99 effective June 5, according to a Nintendo press release that went out this morning. That’s a $US30 drop for history’s first non-ugly DS, a model that’s been supplanted by the DSi, the DSi XL and the $US250 brand-new 3DS.


May 11, 2011
Nintendo

Almost As Good As The Real Thing: Functional Bootlegged DS Lite

1UP.com‘s Jeremy Parish had been looking for a new DS Lite to replace a well-loved (and steadily deteriorating) Zelda-themed unit. He turned to eBay to fulfil his need for the recently discontinued piece of tech, and found a model that appeared to fit the bill.


April 28, 2011
PC

What The Hell Is This? A Squid Cable?

Holy crap, this is bananas. Thanko, purveyor of odd electronics, is back with a USB cable that branches off into ten different cables.


April 22, 2011
Nintendo

Say Goodbye To The DS Lite

If this image showing an email circulated amongst GameStop stores is legit, then the humble Nintendo DS Lite may now be a thing of the past.


April 6, 2011
Nintendo

The Rainbow-Coloured Will Accessory The World Never Got

We got the DS Lite, a slimmed down version of the Nintendo DS, but we haven’t got the Wii Light, a LED light for the Wii. Yet.