Archive for September, 2004
TGS 2004: Rez Creators’s PSP Game Finally Revealed
One of the bigger news events we were anxious to hear from the Tokyo Game Show is the showing of the latest work from Tetsuya Mizuguchi. Mizuguchi is the famed producer of Rez and Space Channel 5. (He also was a big part of Sega Rally.) We didn’t know if his new title would be [...]
TGS 2004: Tiger and Need for Speed Bundled with PSP for Launch
Every game show has media events with companies so excited to meet the press that they can’t contain themselves prior to the doors opening. The Tokyo Game Show is no exception. No, we’re not complaining. According to 1UP, this time it was EA’s CFO Warren Jenson who gave the first TGS dish of news. The [...]
Photo Contest: Win A GBA Movie Player
Want some goodies?
We’re partnering up with Lik-Sang to hand out some nice prizes! Lik-Sang will be shipping the prizes to you directly from Hong Kong. Up for grabs for first place is the new and improved GameBoy Movie Player. Second place is a sweet Super SmartJoy SNES controller to USB adapter, perfect for the full [...]
Gizmondo Adds Titles, Screenshots Even.
Gizmondo didn’t want to be left out of all the news and press releases yesterday, so they leaked out some news and a few screenshots of upcoming games. Not sure if the titles will make it for the UK launch or not. Seeing they have actual screenshots, they appear miles ahead in development over the [...]
More Official Nintendo DS Pictures
As with most press releases, photos usually come included. Here’s the latest batch of the Nintendo DS, this time courtesy of Lik-Sang.
Random thought: Perhaps they made it a little bulky so they could release a slim-version a year or two down the road, like they did with the GBA SP?
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Nintendo DS additional details, PSP Japanese pricing and speculation.
Additional details we should know.
Nintendo DS Battery life: 6 to 10 hours depending on usage. (The 6 hour figure factors in with the WiFi wireless use. Aside from that, the normal battery usage is similar to the usage figure of a GBA SP with the front light on.)
Additional embedded software: Touch Screen Calibration program, internal [...]
PS2 Redesigned, Announced.
In other gaming news today, Sony announced the next generation of PS2 systems in a slimmer, sleeker (we love to say “slimmer, sleeker” - it sounds so edgy) profile (we like to say profile a lot too!). It’s network ready, but not big enough to house a hard drive. Which may or may not matter. [...]
Nintendo DS = $149.99 on November 21st, 2004.
Sorry for the lack of a fancy picture, but expedience is of the essence in this case. Nintendo just recently updated their website with the following information.
“Nintendo’s newest innovation, Nintendo DS, will make its worldwide debut in North American stores on Nov. 21, and then in Japan on Dec. 2. It will sell at an [...]
Nintendo DS Japanese TV Commercial
For those anxious to get a peep at Nintendo’s marketing strategies for the Japanese DS launch, Lik-Sang.com has the new Japanese TV commercial featuring J-pop singer Hikaru Utada (who also is the voice behind Square Enix’s Kingdom Hearts theme song).
Along with the video are a bunch of other Nintendo DS updates. Nintendo DS Pre-order terms [...]
Nintendo Set for Go for Oct 7 DS Press Conference
Looks as if Nintendo is going to keep its secrets to itself during the Tokyo Game Show. Instead, they scheduled a press conference for October 7th to reveal all the specifics of the Nintendo DS platform for the Japanese launch. On hand for the press conference will be president Satoru Iwata and the big [...]
