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Nintendo Gives us an Average Update

Today saw the announcement of the Nintendo DSi, the follow-up to the 2nd version of the Japanese company’s DS lite. The new handheld comes with a few new features including a camera, larger screens and an SD card slot.

The new handheld also features Opera Browser, and the promise of an download store based on the WiiWare store, that should help fans of the Game Boy Advance as Nintendo has chosen to remove the slot for old games.

With the rumour mill swirling around, I can’t help but feel under-whelmed by the features. The camera is a shoddy 0.3-megapixel job (of which there is two) that sounds like a cheap afterthought, the thought of the download store does make things a bit better, but I’m sad at the loss of the GBA slot.

I hate to say it, but the update of the DS lite is remarkably similar to the promised upgrade of the Sony PSP (the 3000). However, if you compare the DSi to the original DS, then it’s a massive improvement on the chunky, slab of plastic that looks more like a cheap toy from a market, rather than a piece of touch screen genius.

The new DS is coming out in Japan next month, and should land on UK shores at the start of 2009.

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Thursday, October 2nd, 2008 Nintendo No Comments

Rubbish Video Game Characters in Fight to the Death

We love games, and we love all the heroes of these games. Who can’t love Mario, Sonic, Snake, and other iconic characters. But have you ever met a terrible character in the game that you wish you could pit in a battle to the death against another such bit part player? If so, how would the fight do down? Who would win? Well wish no longer as I present: The top five rubbish video game characters in a fight to the death.

Round 1.
The dog (Duck hunt) Vs One of the Rabbids (Rayman Raving Rabbids)

Both of these characters would start their battle by hiding, neither of them wanting to appear unless they can cause maximum annoyance to each other. After a while the rabbid would get impatient, call for back up, and send wave after wave of little white critters yabbering toward our hapless hound (who’s still hiding as ever), before the mutt realises going on, he’s pounced on by hundreds of rabbids who disco dance there way over his face, trying to smash Fido into submission. But its not over yet, our faithful mutt calls on his own backup, and a spotty 13yr old takes aim with his plastic NES laser gun, and after years of torment takes aim and blows man’s best friends stupid little head off.