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Capturing the same energy of a console game on the DS is a rather tricky matter. The resolution drops the graphics down a significant amount and environments are a little more limited but, even if those aren’t an issue, glitches and poor camera or mapping (or both) can really drag… Continue Reading »

Check out the gallery: Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 DS screen shots

Nintendo has ruled the handheld market for quit a while, producing two of the best-selling systems ever. With the DSi, the GameBoy is entirely forgotten, at least in physical form, as the GBA cart slot is removed and has been replaced with a much more modern (and potentially useful) SD/SD-HC… Continue Reading »

Check out the gallery: Nintendo DSi handheld game system product shots

With the release of the new DS system, it’s not always clear exactly what has changed. As a super simplistic comparison, here’s a side-by-side physical and observational breakdown of the similarities and differences between Nintendo’s DS Lite and the DSi handheld game systems. Also check out the Photo Gallery of… Continue Reading »

Check out the gallery: Nintendo DSi compared to the Nintendo DS Lite

Rumors first broke about the iPhone/iPod Touch game earlier this morning (December 17, 2008), when someone noticed that Famitsu” title=“Famitsu’s” target=“external”>Famitsu’s upcoming issue contains scans” title=“scans”>scans of a game dubbed Metal Gear Touch. I was linking to the official Kojima Productions website, when the teaser disappeared and unveiled confirmation that… Continue Reading »

FROM APPLETELL - Konami has confirmed that Metal Gear Solid Touch is coming to the iPhone and iPod touch with gesture-based gameplay. It will be an original title set in the MGS4 universe. MORE »

System: iPod Touch Price: $229 (8GB), $299 (16GB) and $399 (32GB) Release Date: September 2008 (2nd generation) Publisher (Developer): Apple Pros: Incredible audio support and very accurate touchscreen and accelerometer (motion) controls. Lots of games to choose from including standard casual, card and puzzle games, as well as several system-only… Continue Reading »

Check out the gallery: iPod Touch - Installing a game from the Apple App Store

As if responding to Sony’s redesigned PSP, rumors are circulating that Nintendo is working on a redesign of the DS. Sales of Nintendo’s handheld system continue to show remarkable market stability in the US and Japan and Nintendo obviously wants to keep that trend going by giving the DS a… Continue Reading »

Jube808, a Pspzproject member, has created a PSP modification that is a step closer to some sort of strange DS-PSP hybrid. The user created a touchscreen PSP. Jube808, an electronic engineer by trade, has decided that his PSP was nice, but could be nicer. So he has set out to… Continue Reading »

My wife was getting an oil change the other day and my baby gamer wandered into the dealership’s Videogame Room. Kudos to them for providing such a room. Sadly, it only has a slimline PS2 and four games (I think I saw Madden NFL 2002 in there). But, there was… Continue Reading »

Title: Kung Fu Panda Price: $29.99 System(s): DS (Wii, PS2, PS3, Xbox 360, PC) Release Date: June 3, 2008 Publisher (Developer): Activision (Vicarious Visions) ESRB Rating: “Everyone 10+” for cartoon violence Pros: Utilizes the touchscreen extremely well and maintains a fair amount of humor. Nice looking environments and smooth panda… Continue Reading »