Nintendo DS

We?re about to take you on a whistle-stop tour through the ins and outs, highs and lows, the laughter and tears of videogames? most prolific forefather. From playing cards to Pokémon: we'll even show you how Mario can improve your sex life! Here?s the complete history of Nintendo.

While we?re waiting with bated breath for a possible new updated Nintendo DS model that has been rumored, we thought we would take a look at some of our favorite DS mods. Some are weird, some are awesome, some will make you wonder what?s in the modder?s local water supply, but all are creative.

The current generation of consoles still has three to four more years before newer hardware hits the market, but Nintendo's next may arrive sooner, according to one analyst.

Since retail Wii games aren?t the only thing you can play on your Wii, I?m also including some of the most critically acclaimed WiiWare titles so far and my picks for the best cheap Gamecube games that would complement a solid Wii library.

How do you feel about Nintendo at the moment? Probably not too great, we'll wager. We've had time to properly reflect on just how bad the future might be for the dedicated Nintendo fan. And we've found that things may not actually be so bad at all. Don't believe us? Read on. We'll get through this together, people.

By installing a small, hidden channel on a system, this package blesses the console with a libdi file (DVD access library), and allows you to watch your favorite videos with the MPlayer application, an open source media player.

After Shigeru Miyamoto developed a love of puzzles, the ?brain-training? software that has proved to be an international ?killer application? on the Nintendo DS console was born. He became interested in taking more exercise, and Wii Fit was created. He took up music lessons, and Wii Music was the result.

I had a broken NES, a rotary tool, two small hinges, some glue and Alpha Flight's Sasquatch. What I ended up with was a lunchbox that gets all kinds of funny looks.

Women in Japan will soon be able to have their own hand-held beauty consultant after games company Sega teamed up with cosmetics giant Shiseido to offer make-up tips on the Nintendo DS.

Some characters work, and some don't. When a character that doesn't work keeps hanging around a story, and especially a video game, you have a recipe for frustration. Game characters can go bad in a lot of ways, ranging from poorly balanced enemies to flat-out irritating concepts. Here's a rogue's gallery of the eight worst, most annoying game char

No game, no gain. A Manhattan gym is charging customers $110 an hour for a personal training session - with a Nintendo Wii.

From E.T. to Lost, video game spinoffs of TV shows and films have a consistent track record of being lame. This phenomenon was never more apparent than during the heyday of the Nintendo Entertainment System when it seemed like every third game released was an attempt to cash in on a screen property.

We don't know if this is going to be the Nintendo DS 2, but that's the most probable scenario, as Iwata is not very optimistic about new breakthroughs, and the DS touch concept works quite well. On the other side, it could be something that combines the DS with another device.

Nintendo is bringing suit against companies who make and sell DS carts designed to open the platform to hackers and homebrew applications... but are also used for piracy.

Since Nintendo has come out and apologized for not appealing to the ?core? gamer with their E3 conference, a major argument I?ve been hearing in several places, including some of the comments on my previous article, is that Nintendo doesn?t HAVE to care about hardcore gamers. They?re doing just fine without them, so why bother?

With the arrival of downloadable content like WiiWare titles and Virtual Console, as well as dedicated games channels, the laughable storage [0.5GB] on the Wii console has jumped to being a priority for Nintendo.

The Nintendo DS has been available for less than 3 years, but there are already five rarities that collector's clamoring for.

Nintendo seems to be on a losing streak with its fight against patent-holder (and apparent one-man shop) Anascape. With Anascape's patents being so broad, without any actual products on the market, this is a case every one in the gaming industry needs to be watching.

Big announcements at E3 cannot hide that Microsoft had a rough June with its game console: Nintendo?s Wii surpassed the Xbox 360 as the most sold current game console in the U.S. every other game console, including the PSP and Nintendo DS, sold more units. Has the Xbox 360 lost its appeal?

The Japanese video game titans, Nintendo and Sony, announced wide-ranging, if not entirely breathtaking, constellations of new games and services at the E3 convention here on Tuesday, but did not appear to significantly alter their overall strategies in the fast-growing game market, as Microsoft did on Monday.

It?s easy to just forget this year?s Nintendo conference, pretend it never happened, or ignore it entirely. That won?t change the fact that by and large, it was a miserable trainwreck of failure and easily the company?s worst in history. What went wrong? Oh, about a thousand things, really, but nobody has time to relive it. So here's the run down.

During Nintendo's keynote address, the company carjacked the audience's attention, announcing that Grand Theft Auto is coming to the Wii. Titled GTA: Chinatown Wars, little is known about the game, save for that it will feature a new game engine, characters, and the series' standard sandbox-style gameplay.

Check out our up-to-the-nanosecond coverage from the Nintendo E3 2008 press conference!

The add-on attaches to the bottom of the Wii-mote and more accurately traces motions in 3-D space by better orienting the controller.

Say goodbye to homebrew (at least for now, until they figure out how to exploit something else).

Women working out on Nintendo Wii Fit are helping to cause millions of dollars worth of damage to their homes.In Britain alone, it has been reported that bungling fitness fiends have contributed to a STG 20 million living room repair bill.

FireNes allows you to play around 2500 Nintendo games, without the need to download anything or emulator or roms. Super addictive - prepare to do no work whatsoever!

It's been said that Nintendo has already exhausted their franchises on the Wii and don't really have a lot up their sleeve for the next year or so since Brawl, Mario Kart Wii and other favorites have already made an appearance on the console, but we beg to differ. Join the Slobs as we dish out 20 games we want to see come to the Wii!

Rare unveiled a trailer yesterday for its forthcoming Xbox 360 vehicle-based platformer Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts. It looks very lovely, as Rare games often do, but discussion about the video now seems to be less about the game, and more about a brief cameo from Mario.

Sometimes it's best not to ask "what if"...

Shacknews editor Aaron Linde goes in depth on the history behind EarthBound journey to the Wii's Virtual Console.

Here?s the metaverse mystery of the week: This strange new private island with a very familiar name recently emerged on the server grid of virtual world Second Life...

Nintendo does not plan to cut prices of its popular Wii gaming console or DS handheld game system anytime soon, the company's president said Friday.

Videogames come and videogames go, but nothing will ever hold sway over an entire generation like the good ol? Nintendo Entertainment System.

Nintendo Wii's Virtual Console games have been fully dumped, decrypted, and extracted. We found there are ROMS in the virtual console games and they are even playable in emulators (ex: Snes9x). Most of all, the documentation for a virtual console game that is viewable on the Nintendo Wii is just a bunch of HTML files! SCREENSHOTS INCLUDED.

The Big N gives us a glimpse into the next several months. Our video wrap up and post-show thoughts.

WITH PICS AND VIDEO! Super Genintari is the latest mega-console mod by Richard DaLuz, a perfect cocktail of Atari 2600, Nintendo Entertainment System, Genesis and Super NES enclosed in a retro-80s bronze acrylic case, "formed and shaped on a homemade stript heater."

There?s at least one area of gaming Nintendo just doesn?t get, and it?s online play. We analyze how Nintendo has failed in taking its games online in this critical editorial.

Nintendo U.S president Reggie Fils-Aime has teased the audience of GameTrailers TV with a promised ?Big? announcement around Nintendo?s second half of 2008 line-up. The bomb is set to drop at the upcoming E3 event.

What a complaint letter from Mario would look after all these years of Nintendo putting him in every game possible.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl online is not working. Sure, you might find a good match or two during the day, or late at night, but at 9PM Eastern on a school night? Forget about it. Nintendo's forums, our tips box, and my television set are all chock full of Error Code: 85010, which kicks you back to the main menu of the game, disconnecting you from Nin

Apparently, ?Imagination Is The Only Escape? will never see life on the shelves in North America. Nintendo has confirmed that the title will not be released in the states. However, the game will more than likely see some life in Europe and Asia. And yes, you read the title right. It's a Nazi game for the Nintendo Wii.

Nintendo of America already has a site up dedicated to repairing Wii that won't play SSBB.

Nintendo launched a new Wii Channel in its homeland Japan today according to IGN, called the Television Friend Channel, or Terebi no Tomo Channel, according to IGN. Like the Mii Contest Channel, Everybody Votes Channel, and etc. before it, it?s available for download free of charge.

Nintendo sold 331,627 units of the Wii in the four weeks to February 24, compared with 89,131 units of the PS3, Enterbrain said on Thursday.

Cheesy, Dramatic, and just TOO funny - you can't help but laugh at this piece of Nintendo's past. This is a compilation of some of the best (and funniest) Nintendo commercials of yesteryear!

Get your daily dose of Nintendo nostalgia : Super Mario Brothers, Super Mario Brothers 3, Ninja Turtles 2, Tetris, Zelda, Double Dragon, ExciteBike, Off Road + MANY MORE!

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Did any of you draw this exact comparison between the two when you first saw this commercial unveiling Apple's "ultra portable?"

Impatient to get your Brawl on? Some of you North American gamers could get a chance to play Nintendo's all-star fighter as early as this Saturday, when Nintendo kicks off the first of four regional Smash Bros. Brawl tournaments across the United States.