We have no idea how we missed this, but better late than never. See, the above was loving cross-stitched by flickr user CrystalPowell and presents just what we look for here at DS Fanboy: a rabid love of Nintendo. Proudly displaying such games as Tetris, Duck Hunt, Donkey Kong, and the Mario Bros. from Super Mario Bros. 3, with the icing on the cake being a bold red Nintendo logo dead center at the top, we find ourselves wishing that we could envelope our body in warm Nintendo love every night when we go to bed.
An event held in Japan to celebrate the release of Professor Layton on an unsuspecting public, we wonder exactly what was going on. Machine translation isn't the best, so we're left just staring at a couple of pictures from the event, some of which are rather odd. Take, for example, the post picture to the right. Why in the world is the Professor taking such a careful eye to that OJ? I guess we'll never know ...
More pictures have been included past the post break.
We've tallied up the votes and our Game Night title has been chosen. We'll be meeting up in the same room as last week, at the same time. All of the details, including the results of the poll determining what game we'll be playing tonight, are after the break.
Sure, the practicality of such a thing is almost non-existent, however you're neglecting to take into account the sheer amount of fun it would be to run around, in public mind you, pretending to be a Thundercat. What, don't look at us that way! We can dream, can't we?
The sword costs about 850 Yen, or around $7 USD. Worth the price?
We don't normally display boxart here on DS Fanboy, but we do tend to make exceptions. Revenant Wings dresses to impress with minimalistic flair; its DS predecessor was also rather impressive. A beauty, no?
Square-Enix is bombarding the DS with meteor showers of love. Here's a little "DS Bi-Daily" for ya: do you think Square-Enix's support means as much as it once did? By diversifying its game library and stepping into the realms of spin-offs and direct sequels, many feel as though they've watered down the intense quality of software they once provided. Or are we just insane? Still, We await FFXII: RW with open and eager arms.
Sure, you've probably heard the Mario theme played on a guitar before, or maybe even on a piano, but have you heard it played on a beat-boxing flute? Or have you heard it hand farted? Probably not, so the gathering of all these oddities from Fan Tent is a welcome one. All of the videos are from You Tube, so we've gone ahead and embedded them past the post break.
Remember the cute, yet scary DS kitty? That little Lite-playing furball has been turning up all over, and the site where the picture originated features several other examples of adorable kitty antics. Unfortunately, it looks like this is the only Nintendo-themed set, but we have high hopes that kitty will someday again be tempted by the DS ... or that the owner will decide to encourage more pictures.
Available for pick-up in Akihabara, Japan (or via the world wide wub), this DS Lite stationery set is made from HORI, who you may know are responsible for some of the best accessories available for Nintendo's dual-screened beauty. The kit includes everything the DS Lite lover/workaholic could need for their handheld, including:
DS Lite pencil case
Pencil-shaped stylus
Eraser-like cleaner attached to strap
Now, if after reading that you're still confused, realize that these items only look like stationery. That pencil isn't real, it's just an oddball way to enjoy certain games on your DS Lite. Boy, people aren't going to believe what they're seeing when you whip out a huge pencil and start writing all over the touch-screen.
The folks over at Modojo love DS mods as much as we do, as their latest feature sees their favorite, along with their most-despised, modded DSes collected all in one place. In fact, their top choices (along with some of their worst) were already showcased on this very website. We also assume that they only counted mods to the original DS design, as none of the awesome DS Lite mods made it on the list.
There are as many philosophies about what to do with games you've finished as there are types of gamers. Some people keep everything, building collections which can later be sold for fat stacks of cash on eBay. Others need a revolving door installed at their local gaming store to handle the volume of their trade-ins. So what about you? Do you rent? Scheme games off your friends? Or are you planning to build a fort of discarded games strong enough to fend off an undead invasion?
Siliconera has documented the above game cases, which are distributed in Japan by company Takara Tomy, available for the small price of 200 yen (about $1.61 USD) each. The only snag is that you do not get to pick which one you get, instead offering your money int he hopes that you'll randomly get any case other than the bricks.
We've included the Pokemon cases after the post break, which will become available next month.
Man, Japan gets all the best stuff! The above are two different board games (Crystal Attack and The Tower variety) based on the smash hit New Super Mario Bros. and, while they do not look entirely like the traditional board game, they certainly bring the kid in us out. With moving parts and warp pipes, we would love to import ourselves both of these, but in all honesty the price is a bit too steep.
The games are set for a March release in Japan and will cost importers $45 USD for the Crystal Attack version and $35 USD for The Tower version. The site makes no mention of shipping and handling costs, but we're sure it has to be at least $10 USD a piece.
Duct tape: 4 dollars
Scissors: 2 dollars
Making your cheapskate father proud: priceless
... at least, that's what it'd be like for us if we were to actually go ahead and make one of these, but our E3 gift from Nintendo works good enough for us. Anyone plan on giving this a try?
This story is really more geared for our wealthy oil tycoon readers, to tell the truth, however us smaller lifeforms (according to that tycoon) on the planet might be get a kick out of it as well. See, Ebay user sonyabscott is selling one HUGE NES collection consisting of every North American released game on the system, as well as the system and, finally, every accessory. That's 670 cartridges ...
If you won the auction, what would be the first game you'd play? For us, it'd be a close call between Bad Dudes (we're bad enough to save the President from ninjas, y'know) and Burgertime.
Available from ThinkGeek for the small price of $8.99 USD, these exact recreations of their 80's counterparts look to be worth every penny. Obviously the Donkey Kong game has Mario leaping over barrels to rescue his damsel in distress, whilst Link must navigate complex dungeons in Legend of Zelda. These also keep excellent time!
An event held in Japan to celebrate the release of Professor Layton on an unsuspecting public, we wonder exactly what was going on. Machine translation isn't the best, so we're left just staring at a couple of pictures from the event, some of which are rather odd. Take, for example, the post picture to the right. Why in the world is the Professor taking such a careful eye to that OJ? I guess we'll never know ...
Remember the cute, yet scary 
There are as many philosophies about what to do with games you've finished as there are types of gamers. Some people keep everything, building collections which can later 
