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Farewell To The DS, My Favourite System Of All

There’s a little dead pixel on the top of my DS Lite. It hangs out on the bottom of the screen, green and dull, stamping every game like an eye floater that just won’t go away.


No Sales Projections From Nintendo Hint At The DS Going Into Sunset

The long-lived and long-loved Nintendo DS, the thing that’s sold more than 150 million devices (in four formats) and damn near a billion games, received no projected sales in financial statements the company filed today. Is this the end of the world’s most successful gaming handheld?


DS Homebrewing Still Going Strong With Portal Adaptation

The DS still is home to a robust homebrew scene, as we see here in this Portal port that modder Smealum has been working on for about the past six months. “Still nowhere near playable,” he writes under the latest video, but it’s brought along Portal staples like turrets, cubes, switches and energy balls.


Don’t Object To This Ace Attorney Cosplay

Legal eagle game series Ace Attorney has players use their wits as they collect evidence and go to trial. But the legal sleuth aspect isn’t only why fans love the Ace Attorney games. They love the sense of humour and colourful characters.


Ni No Kuni’s Jump Is Useless And Amazing

When playing video games, it’s easy to get caught up in the notion of utility. Is this ability useful to me, does this skill make my character more powerful, will it improve the ratio of my numbers to my opponents’ numbers, robot, robot, numbers, beep, boop, etc.


Let’s Rank The Pokémon Games, Best To Worst

We did it with Halo, Grand Theft Auto, and Final Fantasy, and now we’re back at it again to rank the Pokémon series.


Ni No Kuni Makers Respond To Wizard’s Edition Fiasco, Debunk Conspiracy Theories

Fans were not pleased this week when they learned that their orders of Ni no Kuni Wizard’s Edition were cancelled due to stock shortage. Some were puzzled as to why an eBay merchant, Play Canada, was able to get hundreds of copies of the game; many postulated that there was something sketchy going on.


No, The DS Is Still Alive In Japan

Nintendo’s DS. With over 152 million units sold worldwide, the dual-screen portable console is without a doubt Nintendo’s biggest seller ever. But now, eight years after its initial release, currently being outsold by its successor, the 3DS, it seems the DS is almost completely ready to quietly disappear into the night from the Japanese market. Almost.


The Best Games For Your New Nintendo Handheld

There’s a reason Nintendo owned the on-the-go gaming market for decades. From the Game Boy to the 3DS XL, the House of Mario consistently packs a one-two punch of great software and clever hardware in its portables. Want proof? Take a gander at our compilations of the best games on current Nintendo handhelds. You’ll see that these titles offer up great experiences with one of video games’ best pedigrees behind them. That’s the reason you got one, right?


The Wii U Isn’t Just A Large Scale DS, It’s One In Spirit As Well

Nintendo’s Wii U is out, and say what you will about the innovative new controller or long loading times, it’s definitely making its mark on the gaming world.


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