Zelda phantom Hourglass Trailer From somewhere

It looks like it is from E3 but anyways here is the video:

http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/lengend-of-zelda-phantom-mirror/zelda-phantom-hourglass-gdc-video-162598.php

Tingle survey ( Want the game do the survey)

Nintendo.com has put up a survey possibly for the sake of saving tingle game. So go post your thoughts on there survey. Make sure you sign up first.

http://www.nintendo.com/tinglesurvey/

Nintendo DS fastest selling console in Japanese history

The Nintendo DS is breaking records in Japan, and has now become the fastest selling console in Japanese history, according to reports from the Japanese-language newspaper Kyoto Simbun. The DS and DS Lite have combined for more than 10 million units sold since its launch in December 2004. The DS has reached that mark faster than any other console or portable gaming device in Japanese history.
According to data from M-Create, the DS Lite has sold an average of 166,818 units a week from April 10 to June 11, while the PSP has been relegated to an average of 29,307 units in the same time period. Even more impressive is that fact that the the original (bulky, ugly) DS outsold the PSP at the same time that the DS Lite was on the market. Of course, hardware sales don't mean much unless people are buying games, and the Japanese game charts also boast some impressive sales for Nintendo. Ten titles have reportedly sold more than a million copies.
In that same nine-week time period Nintendo managed to hold onto an average of 6.5 spots in the top ten list of Japanese games sold. These numbers are unheard of in portable gaming, especially since the overall sales in games have shrunk in the same timeframe. What gives?
If you look at the games that seem to be propelling the sales of the DS Lite, a trend becomes clear: from the New Super Mario Bros. to Brain Training 1 and 2 (Brain Age in North America) the games that are selling in quantity include titles designed to be easy to pick up and play. We also reckon that many of them cater to an audience that may not have played many games before; DS English Training, for example, also has held onto its spot on the top ten list week after week. Nintendo looks to be be tapping a combination of classic, easy-to-play games like Mario Kart, Pokemon Rangers, and Animal Crossing along with the "brain" and English training software to draw in new customers to their handheld (and maybe to gaming altogether). Whatever their exact strategy is, it's clearly working.
In the US the DS has also been quite the success, although Sony stated at Comic Con in July that the PSP has outsold the DS by over a million units in the United States. That data did not reflect sales since the release of the DS Lite, however, and we expect there to be a new leader in a few short months, at most.
Will the DS's success rub off on the Wii?

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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060802-7410.html

Nintendo DS fastest selling console in Japanese history

The Nintendo DS is breaking records in Japan, and has now become the fastest selling console in Japanese history, according to reports from the Japanese-language newspaper Kyoto Simbun. The DS and DS Lite have combined for more than 10 million units sold since its launch in December 2004. The DS has reached that mark faster than any other console or portable gaming device in Japanese history.
According to data from M-Create, the DS Lite has sold an average of 166,818 units a week from April 10 to June 11, while the PSP has been relegated to an average of 29,307 units in the same time period. Even more impressive is that fact that the the original (bulky, ugly) DS outsold the PSP at the same time that the DS Lite was on the market. Of course, hardware sales don't mean much unless people are buying games, and the Japanese game charts also boast some impressive sales for Nintendo. Ten titles have reportedly sold more than a million copies.
In that same nine-week time period Nintendo managed to hold onto an average of 6.5 spots in the top ten list of Japanese games sold. These numbers are unheard of in portable gaming, especially since the overall sales in games have shrunk in the same timeframe. What gives?
If you look at the games that seem to be propelling the sales of the DS Lite, a trend becomes clear: from the New Super Mario Bros. to Brain Training 1 and 2 (Brain Age in North America) the games that are selling in quantity include titles designed to be easy to pick up and play. We also reckon that many of them cater to an audience that may not have played many games before; DS English Training, for example, also has held onto its spot on the top ten list week after week. Nintendo looks to be be tapping a combination of classic, easy-to-play games like Mario Kart, Pokemon Rangers, and Animal Crossing along with the "brain" and English training software to draw in new customers to their handheld (and maybe to gaming altogether). Whatever their exact strategy is, it's clearly working.
In the US the DS has also been quite the success, although Sony stated at Comic Con in July that the PSP has outsold the DS by over a million units in the United States. That data did not reflect sales since the release of the DS Lite, however, and we expect there to be a new leader in a few short months, at most.
Will the DS's success rub off on the Wii?

Thanks,
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060802-7410.html

Microsoft announces Xbox 360 launch Sept-Oct in India

KOLKATA: Microsoft India would launch its seventh generation gaming console 'Xbox 360' in India and seven other countries in September-October.
"Microsoft has targeted to sell 10 million units of Xbox 360 by November this year from 5.5 million sold till June, Microsoft country manager (entertainment) Mohit Anand said on Wednesday.
The company would ultimately cover 40 countries with the high definition product now available in 19 countries, he said.
"New countries will help the company to achieve the numbers. India holds huge potential in volume terms," he told reporters at a roadshow of the gaming console.
India was a market of 1.6 million serious gamers and estimated at USD 50 million. The industry in India was growing by over 100 per cent in the last two years and was expected to continue with the trend in the next five years, Anand Anand said.
Microsoft also planned to use local languages for the games in the console, but further details were not provided. The games would be rated in India for proper parental guidance.
Xbox models would cost would cost between Rs 19,990 and Rs 23,990. They would be distributed by Redington.


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http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1045018

Tingle's Rose Coloured Rupee Land

Due for release on 2nd September, 2006 over in Japan, Nintendo's Tingle's Rose Coloured Rupee Land looks just as weird and kooky as the character himself. The company appears to have ditched most of the usual aspects of an RPG, with most of the action focusing around the currency of Hyrule - Rupees. So far the main developer has yet to be uncovered, but many are assuming that either Tose (Legend of Starfy) or AlphaDream (Mario & Luigi) are behind it. There was recent coverage in US magazine Nintendo Power, with a link offered leading to a Tingle survey. Unfortunately that link appears to be dead, but hopefully that does not mean the chances of a translation are equally dead. In the meantime, check out this new batch of screens...

Click here to veiw more screens:

http://www.cubed3.com/screens/834/

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Cubed3

Playstation 3 release date and HUGE price

PlayStation 3 due in November, with hefty price tag
After months of silence Sony Corp. named the launch date and price for the PlayStation 3 on Monday, confirming its place as the most expensive game console yet produced.

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After months of silence Sony Corp. named the launch date and price for the PlayStation 3 on Monday, confirming its place as the most expensive game console yet produced.

The full version of the PlayStation 3 will be priced at US$600 in North America and '600 (US$763) in Europe. It will first go on sale in Japan on Nov. 11, followed by North America, Europe and Australasia on Nov. 17.
The price is double that of the first PlayStation in 1996 and the PlayStation 2 in 2000. Microsoft Corp.'s first Xbox console cost $300, and the Xbox 360, which was launched in November, cost $400.
The announcement caps much speculation about the pricing, sparked when Ken Kutaragi, president of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., said last year that the machine would be expensive.
There's a reason for the high price. The console is based on the new Cell processor, which has cost Sony, Toshiba Corp. and IBM Corp. billions of dollars to develop, and includes an optical disc drive for the new Blu-ray Disc format.
The disc drive will likely cost around $350 per unit and the Cell processor as much as $230 initially, according to an estimate from Merrill Lynch. The brokerage firm estimated the production cost of each console would be as high as $900 to begin with.
Games consoles are typically sold at a loss to drive demand and expand the user base, with profits made on subsequent sales of software. But a larger initial loss means it takes longer to recover the investment.
Sony said last month that it expects its game division to lose '100 billion (US$896 million) in the year to March 2007 because of start-up and promotional costs associated with the PlayStation 3. It expects to ship 6 million of the consoles during that period.
The console includes a 60G-byte hard-disk drive, a memory card reader, a Wi-Fi adapter and a digital high-definition video connector.
Sony will also offer a lower-end version of the console for $499 with a 20G-byte drive and none of the other features. Both versions will have USB, a Gigabit Ethernet adapter and Bluetooth.
The absence of a HDMI (high-definition multimedia interface) digital video connector with the cheaper console might cause problems for users who want to use the built-in Blu-ray Disc drive to watch HD movies. Movies can be encoded to allow HD playback only through an HDMI connector, so without it users might have to make do with a standard-definition picture on movies.
Sony also announced a new controller for the PlayStation 3. A mock-up the company has been showing was criticized by gamers, and Sony now says it will offer a wireless Bluetooth controller with a motion-sensing ability that resembles that of the current controller.

I got Magical Melodies but lost ds Lite

Hurray I am happy I got a new game but the only downfall I lost ds lite but whatever. Magical melodies is a sweet harvest moon game just like the others. Well thanks all for coming to my website.

Nintendo ds Headset revieled

The Nintendo ds headset image was released to the public about maybe 6 hours ago. Well the headset looks cool but I probly won't buy it. You just have to think ds headset or savings for like harvest moon DS I choose that way. Anyways it's been reveiled.

Microsoft rumored to cut Xbox 360 price by US$100

Microsoft is planning to cut the retail price of its Xbox 360 Pro System from US$399 currently to US$299 in an attempt to compete with the PlayStation 3 (PS3), which will be launched by Sony in November of this year, according to Taiwan-based OEM component makers.
Microsoft Taiwan denied the report, asserting that it is misinformation.
Microsoft, to prepare for the price cut, has negotiated reduced production costs for the Xbox 360 with Taiwan-based manufacturing partners, stated the sources. The manufacturers estimate that the total production cost can be reduced by 15-20% due to diminishing costs for most components along with increasing production scales and decreasing defect rates, the sources pointed out.
Considering Sony will sell a 20GB HDD (hard disk drive) and 60GB HDD PS3, each with a built-in blue-laser Blu-ray Disc drive, for US$499 and US$599, respectively, Microsoft plans to maximize the price competitiveness of its Xbox 360 Pro System by dropping prices so that the model can be equipped with an external HD-DVD drive in the future for under US$399, the sources indicated.