Tecmo dates Again, dusts off Monster Rancher DS

In addition, the company surprised us with another March 2010 release date for a Cing-developed DS game: Monster Rancher DS. Two DS games in Tecmo's once-massive monster generating and collecting series came out on DS in Japan in 2007 and 2008, featuring the ability to unlock monsters by drawing on the screen or talking into the microphone, but nothing was ever said about a North American release until now. Monster Rancher DS features both local and online monster fighting, and the return of many of the nostalgic monsters you may remember from the older games, like that one with the big eye.
Gallery: Monster Rancher DS (11/10/09)
Gallery: Monster Rancher DS (11/10/09)
The House of the Dead: Underpriced at Newegg

Be warned, there really is a lot of cursing. Even the first 15 minutes of the game sounds like someone stepped on Samuel L. Jackson's foot. That's what that M rating is about. Well, that and all the disgusting dead people exploding and stuff.
[Via GoNintendo]
New Super Mario Bros Wii launch event in NYC this Saturday

The event takes place from 3-7PM and NSMBW is available to purchase early from the Nintendo World Store during that time. The game officially launches the following day, November 15. If getting it a day early seems worth the trip, remember to add NYC's lovely (8.875%) sales tax to your budget.
Shaun White Snowboarding World Stage trailer is all big air, winding grinds
Also, what's with that logo? Why is Shaun White's hair the dot on the "i?" If we were him, we'd try to steer as far away from being associated with that other red-headed dude as possible. We'd also be too rich to blog for you people.
EEDAR predicts Nintendo dominance, weak GTA and Brutal Legend performance in October sales

Other games expected to pick up in the holidays include Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City and Brutal Legend. Divnich expects both games to underperform in October (coming in at under 100,000 and 300,000 units, respectively), but to receive significant boosts in the holidays.
Demon's Souls, however, may exceed expectations. Divnich estimates that Atlus's punishing RPG sold 100,000 copies in October.
Japanese Nintendo downloads: Street Fighter II', Panel Connection

DSiWare offers a Chinese vocabulary learning tool and a new puzzle game by Intelligent Systems. Panel Connection involves setting panels into a grid to create an uninterrupe\ted exhaust path for a rocket.
- Street Fighter II': Champion Edition (PC Engine, 1-2 players, 600 Wii Points)
- Grobda (Arcade, 1-2 players, 800 Wii Points
- Tank Force (Arcade, 1-4 players, 800 Wii Points)
- ACT Series: Chinese-Japanese Vocabulary (DSiWare, 1 player, 500 DSi Points)
- Panel Connection: 3 Minute Rocket (DSiWare, 1 player, 500 DSi Points)
Interview: Wicked Studios president Yves Bordeleau on Dawn of Heroes (DS)

Gallery: Dawn of Heroes (DS)
VC in Brief: Wonder Boy III (SMS) and Cybernoid (C64)
- Cybernoid (C64, 1 player, 500 Wii Points)
- Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap (Sega Master System, 1 player, 500 Wii Points)
ToeJam & Earl creator says XBLA port not so certain; future games in franchise still a possibility

But it's not so simple! Johnson says Sega may have "got ahead of themselves a little bit" with that announcement "and didn't realize that they don't have the rights to the property." Apparently, Johnson assures us, "it's an easy mistake to make." This same shortcoming is also the reason why the characters will not be appearing in the upcoming Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing, though showing up as DLC is still a possibility. "TJ&E will not be included ... and the option for including them as downloadable content is still open," Johnson said. "Sega said they're not ready to talk about that yet because they haven't started making any definite plans, but they promised to give me a shout when they get there – so hopefully we'll be able to work something out."
More interesting yet, it seems that Mr. Johnson shopped around the idea for a Nintendo DS multiplayer ToeJam & Earl game – though his pitch unfortunately met with deaf ears at "pretty much all of [the game publishers]." Check out some images of what could have been in the gallery below and continue past the break for more from our conversation with Greg Johnson.
Gallery: ToeJam & Earl 4 concept art/pitch
This Week on the Nintendo Channel: It's a New Super Mario Bros. world

But, before you boot up your Wii and check 'em out for yourself, head past the break to see the rest of this week's Nintendo Channel content.
Portable GameCube hack brings Sunshine everywhere it goes
The disc drive out back may be a bit precariously placed, but 'Hailrazer"'s portable "NCube" reeks of everything we'd want in a handheld version of the last-gen Nintendo console (except for wireless multiplayer, of course). Engadget spotted the 90-hour-in-the-making portable GameCube over on – surprise, surprise! – the Ben Heck forums. A breakdown of the construction process can be found just after the break in video form, though you may want to set up the drool tray now before proceeding.
All set? Alright, now go ahead.
[Via Engadget]
All set? Alright, now go ahead.
[Via Engadget]
Gallery: 5 Great GameCube Mods
Nintendo extends Ultra Hand to Japanese Club Nintendo members

The game uses the Wiimote and Nunchuk to simulate the handles of the Ultra Hand, and tasks players with picking up meat from grills and depositing it on plates. It's available today for just 50 Club Nintendo points, one third the cost of a Wiimote stand.
[Via GAME Watch]
Now Playing: November 9-15, 2009

Yup. That about sums it up for this week, folks.
PEGI: Moonwalker throwing a magical hat into Virtual Console

We don't know if this will be the Genesis version or the very different arcade game -- or even, we suppose, the Master System port of the Genesis game. We're contacting Sega for those and other details. Right after we catch a shooting star and turn into robotic, missile-firing versions of ourselves. Ow!
[Via Nintendo Life, image by Orioto]
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