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Famitsu magazine has revealed a lot of information about the upcoming Pokémon games for the DS.

- The release date for Diamond and Pearl is Sepetember 28th, 2006 in Japan
- The two legendary Pokémon are called Diaruga and Parukia
- Second screen is used for the menus in battles
- Voice chat is said to be included in the WiFi battles

I haven't bought a Pokémon game since Pokémon Ruby came out for GBA, but I'm really looking forward to these games. They seem like they're providing a lot more value than the others. It's shaping up really well and I can't wait to get back into that fun, Pokémon feel.

Nintendo has just announced a series of games under a new category of "Bit Generations". The games are focused on gameplay, as most new Nintendo games are. These games will be the Gameboy's answer to the DS's "Touch Generation" series of titles. There are currently seven games planned for release in the coming weeks in Japan. The titles include: Dotstream, Boundish, Dialhex, Coloris, Digidrive, Orbital, and Soundvoyager.

The look for all of these games is very retro. The colors and themes are very bodacious to be sure. No word yet on whether NOA will localize these titles for American release. Here's hoping :) If not, these are definitely high on my import list.

Source: bit-generations

Some absolutely amazing shots from the Wii showcase in Spain this past week!

Source: Gamefront.de

The latest sales figures are in.

- DS Lite: 157,022
- PS2: 25,467
- PSP: 24,737
- DS Phat: 10,132
- GBA SP: 3,784
- Game Boy Micro: 1,502
- Gamecube: 1,197
- Xbox 360: 1,169
- GBA: 25
- Xbox: 10

Source: Media Create

Here it is folks! The infamous front cover to Wii in all its glory. :)

Rumors are flying around the web today of the possibility that publisher Take Two, and developer Rockstar might be making games for Nintendo's Wii. NGC France is where this rumor is coming from. They mention that Take Two's president Paul Eibeler made mention of Wii development. Games that were mentioned were all of the 2K sports games, and Rockstar's Table Tennis.

This is very interesting news indeed, especially since the Table Tennis game makes so much sense when used with the Wiimote. I'm hoping this comes true, because more support is always a good thing for Nintendo as it releases its very revolutionary console.

Source: Wii-x2

The latest issue of Game Informer magazine has an interview with Nintendo of America's President, Reggie Fils-Aime. In this interview, the Regginator dropped a couple bombs. He talked about ways the WiiConnect24 feature would work in certain games. He also had this to say about the mystery of the front cover on Wii:

What is the little door on the front of the unit?

Fils-Aime: That is where an SD card goes. That’s storable media. And on top, are the attachments for the GameCube controllers.

So will SD cards be the primary storage medium?

Fils-Aime: It will be one of the memory mediums, and it’s the only one that we’ve announced.

Reggie has confirmed what a lot of people expected, that the front slot would indeed be used for SD cards. He also says that this will not be the only method of storage on the system. We already know the Wii will hold 512MB of onboard flash memory. And we also know that the Wii has two USB ports on the back of the console.

Sounds to me like Nintendo is covering its bases when it comes to having plenty of storage for their games and their Virtual Console service.

Source: Game Informer