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Diminished Camp Hyrule opens up after all
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NoE hosts Picross contest
The contest is open right now and ends on August 27th, so you'd better get cracking. The winning puzzles will then be included in a "Best of Europe" pack, available for download, from August 31st until September 7th. Then, another puzzle pack combining the "Best of Japan" will be made available from September 10th until September 14th, revealing the winners of a similar contest going on in that region.
Yay for user-generated content!
[Via Go Nintendo]
Mario reps for his profession
Despite our insistence that game t-shirts with jokes on them are terrible, we like this Mario shirt from Jeffrey Rowland's TopatoCo. Maybe it's because it implies Mario's skill in his apparent real job rather than his night gig as a princess-saving, kart-racing, tennis-playing, golfing, typing-teaching doctor. We also like that it appropriates something that, as Reggie's famous E3 line, has become a mantra for crazy Nintendo fans.
What we like about this shirt the most is that it comes in your choice of Mario red or Luigi green. We wish everyone would be so thoughtful!
What we like about this shirt the most is that it comes in your choice of Mario red or Luigi green. We wish everyone would be so thoughtful!
Use this to defeat Slight Draft Man
Dr. Light is a terrible parent. If we were taking care of a boy robot, we'd tell him to stay out of Dr. Wily's castle, because it's dangerous and full of those springy helicopter-head things. "Don't forget your Crash Bombs," we'd tell him as he headed out to Flash Man's level. We'd always pack a couple of extra E-Tanks in with his lunch.
Most importantly, we'd make sure Mega Man had a warm, cozy blanket, possibly with his own likeness on it. We don't want our poor fighting robot child to get cold. We love you, Mega Man.
Most importantly, we'd make sure Mega Man had a warm, cozy blanket, possibly with his own likeness on it. We don't want our poor fighting robot child to get cold. We love you, Mega Man.
The DS Life: Holding handhelds in public
Every July, over a million visitors flock to Osaka's Tenjin Matsuri, a thousand-year-old tradition and one of Japan's three biggest festivals. The city's streets are choked with wandering crowds, food vendors, and parading pageants; police officers struggle just to keep the flood of people in order. At the chaotic celebration's edges, though, quiet, romantic moments can still be found.
DSicons come to save the art-impaired
Do you sigh with jealousy when you see someone with a super-hot emblem in Mario Kart, but find yourself stumped when faced with the tiny, pixelated icon box? Then this may be your lucky day, friends, because DSicons is here to save you. You can get anything from the triforce to a hunk of cheese, and DSicons shows you blown-up pictures and just which colors to use so you can do it on your own with their helpful guide. We're pretty attached to the Transmetropolitan-influenced emblem drawn with love by the man of the house, but must admit that the peppermint emblem is pretty snazzy, particularly for someone with our musical tastes.For those of you who really want something special, DSicons also offers custom-designed icons for a fee. If you can imagine it in a 32x32 pixel box, they can draw it for you.
[Thanks, soulanger!]
Pikachu DS Lite is so yellow, we're posting about it again
UK gamer Drew Walters somehow managed to procure one of these special edition systems, the lucky git, and took several photos while he unboxed the yellow treasure. Considering that the handheld was only supposed to be available to a limited amount of people who submitted an application at Japan's Pokémon Centers, we expect that a great deal of shenanigans were involved, and not to mention crazy bucks.
We can all agree that the Pikachu DS Lite is quite yellow, but what sort of yellow is it? Drew broke it down on his blog: "It's the same yellow as Post-it notes, The Simpsons, Lego men, and my bedroom wall." See for yourself, past the post break!
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Who can object to a boot to the head?
You wanna watch it? You have two options -- you can check it out after the break, via YouTube, or you can go here to watch a Flash version with subtitles. Your choice, and both paths lead to awesome. You can't lose.
Vote for juvenile Mario humor on Threadless
Your mileage may vary, however. If you're into this design, you should vote for it at Threadless, because the number of votes will determine whether or not it gets printed. More gaming shirts on Threadless is a good thing, because it'll lead to better ones.
[Via GoNintendo]
Can't get enough Pokemans? Figures are coming
North America is going to be on the receiving end of more Pokemon goodness next month (September 19th, to be exact) as the arrival of the Pokemon Trading Figure Game hits. As if video games, cartoons and collectible card games weren't enough, this new While fans of the franchise will undoubtedly hop on board this ship as it sets sail, we must say the Pikachu figure pictured looks kind of stylish. We'd actually like to just flat out buy some of our favorite Pokemon, to tell the truth. They could sit next to our complete set of Resident Evil figures.
TV-show-starring, plushie-appearing, and screenshot-posting Marsh
Our favorite English-eating creature, Marsh, promoted its upcoming DS game recently with a week-long series of five-minute TV segments in Japan. Sisters Manami, Kinuyo, and Mikako posed an English problem everyday which Marsh would then try to answer. These interstitials served partly as commercials and partly as educational pieces to help viewers memorize English.
We would sell our souls to have one of those cute Marsh dolls that the sisters are posing with. We could probably make one of our own with a sharpie marker and a bag full of cotton balls, but, as we're sure all of you spoiled kids out there agree, it just wouldn't be the same! Don't look away! You know this to be true.
Developer Dimple Entertainment has posted screenshots for the pet-simulation/English-trainer title which you can see in our gallery below. Eigo wo Taberu Fushigi na Ikimono Marsh (Mysterious English-Eating Animal Marsh) hits stores in Japan this September 27th.
This is how the Japanese celebrate Pokemon
Hit up Famitsu for some more pictures of the event.
[Via Go Nintendo]
Itagaki speaks with Joystiq
It's no secret that we love Tomonobu Itagaki. Just about every game he has been a part of creating has been excellent in our eyes. So, every time he speaks, we listen. That's just the way it goes. And his latest interview, with big poppa site Joystiq, is no exception.Itagaki speaks about Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword and the choice to bring it to the DS. Apparently, he didn't do it because the DS sells like 24K gold hotcakes or because he believes it to be a superior system to the PSP (hint: he does), but because of his children. Yup, his kids wanted a game on the DS, so he obliged.
The remainder of the interview focuses on his other projects at the moment, which are for other platforms, but we suggest you read it anyway.
Limited edition Pikachu DS Lite found in the wild
Attempting to cope with the painful realization that we'll never receive one of these limited edition yellow DS Lites, we have adapted several "Your Mama" snaps to use as insults on the people who actually have them. Here is what we've come up with so far:
- Your DS Lite is so yellow, traffic slows down when you take it out.
- Your DS Lite is so yellow, we can't believe it's not butter.
- Your DS Lite is so yellow, Crest Whitestrips told it to go to the damn dentist.
- Your DS Lite is so yellow, you've mistaken it for corn on the cob at least twice.
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The DS Life: Letters to Ninomiya
Even if you're not familiar with his Japanese boy band, Arashi, you might recognize Ninomiya Kazunari from his role as Private Saigo in Letters from Iwo Jima. An accomplished actor and musician at only 24 years old, Nino, as his fans affectionately call him, admits to also being a gaming otaku.
The artist who painted this week's piece doesn't actually own a Nintendo DS, nor has she ever played with one. But she knows all about Ninomiya, painting his image, admiring him from an oceanic distance of five thousand miles.
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