Kick arse scans of the Final Fantasy III for the DS.

Check out these cool scans of the Square-Enix remake of Final Fantasy III for the Nintendo DS over at Jeux-France. This game is looking off the friggin charts.

Final Fantasy III images at Jeux-France

Cool new scans of The Legend of Zelda : Phantom Hourglass.

 

Check out these cool scans of the Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass for the Nintendo DS over at Jeux-France. Looks like you will be using the DS stylus to swipe at enemies.

jeux-france.com

Madden comes to the Revo…er… Wii.

Gamespot has a big article on Madden for the Nintendo Wii system. The game will not be a port, but a ground up new Madden just for the Nintendo Wii. Check out the article.

GameSpot Madden Nintendo Wii article

The new Revolution name is revealed. Nintendo Wii.

 

While the code-name “Revolution” expressed our direction, Wii represents the answer.

Wii will break down that wall that separates video game players from everybody else.

Wii will put people more in touch with their games … and each other. But you’re probably asking: What does the name mean?

Wii sounds like “we,” which emphasizes this console is for everyone.

Wii can easily be remembered by people around the world, no matter what language they speak. No confusion. No need to abbreviate. Just Wii.

Wii has a distinctive “ii” spelling that symbolizes both the unique controllers and the image of people gathering to play.

And Wii, as a name and a console, brings something revolutionary to the world of video games that sets it apart from the crowd.

So that’s Wii. But now Nintendo needs you.

Because, it’s really not about you or me.

It’s about Wii.

And together, Wii will change everything.

Nintendo Wii Official Homepage

Revolution in September? More rumors.

 

I was doing my nightly check on the Nintendo blog circuit. And I came across this bit of info. Remember this is just rumors. Nothing is in stone until E3, so don't look into this. (Personally, the SE Zelda $60 bit has me thinking its total BS, but thats my opinion. Nintendo does not do that kind of marketing stuff).

Serving 264,400 daily.

 

The Nintendo Wi-Fi connection is a huge success in the US. 264,400 unique users log on to the Wi-fi Connection every day and usually peaks above 300,000 users on weekends. The breakdown of how each game performs, however, may surprise you:

• Animal Crossing: Wild World 116,901 (44.2% of total)
• Metroid Prime: Hunters 70,954 (26.8% of total)
• Mario Kart DS 59,544 (22.5% of total)
• Tetris DS 15,842 (6% of total)
• Tony Hawk: American Sk8land 1,159 (0.4% of total)

Source: Revogaming.net

Spongebob and Avatar announced for Revolution from THQ.

THQ Inc. today announced its 2006 video game lineup based on Nickelodeon’s top brands for kids. The announcement follows the success of THQ’s Nickelodeon-branded games, which have shipped more than 40 million units worldwide to date. Games based on Nickelodeon’s highly rated television series “SpongeBob SquarePants(TM),” “Avatar: The Last Airbender(TM),” “Danny Phantom(TM)” and “Unfabulous,” as well as a new installment of Nicktoons, are anticipated to ship across multiple game systems in 2006. THQ is also scheduled to release Barnyard based upon Paramount Pictures’/Nickelodeon Movies’ upcoming summer theatrical release.

Atari announces Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi for Revolution.

Budokai Tenkaichi 2 Game Set for Nintendo Revolution -Atari, Inc. today announced that Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2 is in development for Nintendo Revolution. Combining action, fighting and light role-playing game (RPG) elements, Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2 will send players into a rich story mode that spans the entire Dragon Ball, DBZ, and Dragon Ball GT series. Developed by NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc. / Spike, Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2 is slated to release during the 2006 holiday season.

E3 2006: PS3 Not on floor at E3?

Source: Kotaku

The PS3 launch looks bleaker and bleaker. We already reported that, yes, Sony will have no bananas — or rather, PS3s — at E3 this year. But a couple more insidious rumors about the PS3 are going around.

The first rumor is that, currently, the innards of a Playstation 3 are too large to functionally fit in the case. Although fat people can suck in their massive guts or cram fists fulls of cellulite down into a slimming girdle, no such option exists for the PS3, meaning that either the sleek and empty cases they’ve been showing off will have to grow larger to accommodate the electronic bulk or the components themselves will have to shrink… and soon.

The second rumor? Sony is still bidding on components. As Inquirer states: “This means the development is far from final, and it will be debugging up to, and in a Microsoft overheating manner, past the last minute. Not a good sign.”

The last bit of bleakness is the rather astounding news that the OS that the PS3 will be running on will consume 25% of the system’s core and 18.75% of the system RAM! Holy crap! Don’t we buy consoles so we don’t have to deal with that sort of OS overhead?

Kid Icarus for Revolution?

from Spong.com

The next little gem we have is the belief amongst trusted Japanese press sources that Nintendo will reveal a new Kid Icarus game for Revolution at E3. We have no other details at time of going to press, other than several sources we have worked with on major Nintendo news in the past indicate to us that this classic NES platformer will be revived in a few weeks.