THQ has announced the closure of Universomo studios.
The folks at Universomo were responsible for the mobile phone version of de Blob and had just completed their first ever non-mobile phone game, Beat City, for the Nintendo DS.
Beat City is apparently similar to Rhythm Heaven and will be released in April.
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Nintendo of Australia has announced they will publish the hit title Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies in Australia.
This new Dragon Quest game is the very first in the series to be released on a handheld and also exclusively on the DS. When the game was released in Japan, Famitsu magazine gave it 40/40.
So far, more than 4.15 million copies of Dragon Quest IX have been sold in Japan. Continue Reading…
The rumours of a DS2 development kit aren’t rumours anymore. According to gaming website CVG, the kits are in the hands of select developers around Japan.
An employee at The Pokémon Company has informed the gaming website that they have indeed received the development kits.
The new machine, which is still in its early stages of development, apparently has Continue Reading…
Yesterday the Federal Court of Australia ordered a local R4 flash cartridge distributor to pay Nintendo more than $500,000 in fines.
The R4 distributor, RSJ. IT Solutions, was ordered to stop selling the cartridges immediately and relinquish all remaining stock. Continue Reading…
A Japanese man calling himself Sal9000 need not be lonely anymore, after wedding a character from a Nintendo DS game.
Sal met “school-teacher” Nina Anegasaki in Girl’s Side 1st Love Plus, the latest iteration of the popular Tokimeki Memorial series of dating simulators. The titles are renowned for their non-linear gameplay that lets players meet virtual girls, take them on dates and even… touch them.
The wedding ceremony took place on November 22nd and was webcast by Nico Nico Douga, a popular Japanese video sharing site. A “real” priest presided over the event, which was held at the Tokyo Institute of Technology.
Don’t hate the player, hate the game!
The Alpha Pokémon, Arceus, is now available to anyone with a copy of Pokémon Diamond, Pearl or Platinum thanks to a walk-in event being held at most K-Mart and EB Games stores Australia-wide.
To get Arceus, you will need to use the Mystery Gift function to download the Pokémon into your game before November 16th. So far, this is the only legit way for gamers in Australia to catch an Arceus, and works with all released versions of the game. Continue Reading…
Owners of Pokémon Platinum Version that are still trying to catch ‘em all will be excited to learn that the Gratitude Pokémon, Shaymin, is now available through the Nintendo Wi-Fi connection.
To get Shaymin, you will need to use the Mystery Gift function to download the item Oak’s Letter, which will grant you permission into an area called Flower Paradise, where you can find and capture your very own Shaymin.
So far, this is the only legal way for gamers in Australia to catch the rare Pokémon, and, unfortunately for Diamond and Pearl owners, it only works with the Platinum version. For more detailed instructions, head to the official website, but make sure you get there by November 8.
According to reports from retailers, the two latest versions of Pokémon (HeartGold and SoulSilver) sold almost 1.5 million units in Japan during only the first two days of release.
HeartGold and SoulSilver are enhanced remakes of Pokémon Gold and Silver, which were originally released for the Game Boy Colour back in 1999. The games allow players to capture a range of “older” species of Pokémon that were previously unavailable in the newer games belonging to the series.
Changes made to the original versions include plenty of audiovisual enhancements, as well as utilising the DS touch-pad during gameplay. Australian gamers won’t be able to get their hands on HeartGold or SoulSilver just yet, however, with no English release of the title expected before 2010.
