SNK has an interesting solution for RPG fans that can’t commit dozens of hours to a single RPG. Stories in Kimi no Yuusha can be completed in half an hour. In the short amount of time you go through story sequences, a world map, towns, battles, and an epilogue. However, you can’t “beat” the game during one lunch break. Kimi no Yuusha contains 25 story missions and 50+ side story missions. If you want to complete everything expect to spend around 35 hours playing the game.

TECMO BOWL IS BACK, BABY

An interesting story involving a miraculous voice, a time-travel-enabled clock, and Quantum-Leap-style crime solving? Sign me up for more original S-E IPs, please.

Phoenix Wright + lolcats = contest. Way to go, Capcom.

Remember that freakishly cute Scottish Fold kitten who showed up holding a DS Lite and such? Yeah, her name's Fami, she's a 1-year-old kitten, and she has her own blog. This may be the best thing on the Internet.

Oh, hello, Mr. Fancy Polygonal Backgrounds. Yeah, sorry, we already made a decision. Have you met the ridiculously hot Ms. Parallax Scrolling? Thanks for coming down, though.

instead, it turns out that part of the game is that sometimes you need to win at Rock, Paper, Scissors ... and sometimes, you need to lose. We can't wait to see that screen. "Please lose!" Gee, thanks. Next you're probably going to tell me that I fail at

Looks like Panel de Pon (the game most of you may know as Tetris Attack, Pokemon Puzzle League/Challenge, or just Puzzle League) is making the leap to DS... and boy, does it look like Meteos. :)

"While browsing other Nintendo sites you may have heard of a strange song in Mario Paint that seems to crop up in several other games..."

Includes new stuff, too. Interesting and useful list for strategies.

A site geared specifically towards the DS Browser! I wonder how common these are?

How to set up the Wifi for the Nintendo DS Browser - apparently the only part of the interface that's not self-explanatory. (Man, I can't wait for it to get here!)

Instructional guides on composing music with Electroplankton.

Get a new year's gift from Satoru Iwata! Just log Animal Crossing WW onto Nintendo Wi-Fi.

"Nintendo DS, Mario Kart, Animal Crossing and Tony Hawk - Chat rooms, forums and friend code finder". Need a friend? Make a friend!

Modding your DS. With two DS-using housemates, two DS-using friends, a DS-using coworker, and a DS-using girlfriend, I have _got_ to do this simply because otherwise, I am going to get my DS mixed up eventually.

Unf. Looks *stunning*, even if they do have the wrong villain on the boxart (Kefka is from FF6, not FF3).

More on Contact, which seems to have a loose similarity to Killer7, as well as having some Earthboundesque elements. Sweet!

Sadly, the game Marvelous is working on is NOT an Earthbound sequel - it's called Contact, and is developed by Grasshopper and Suda51, better known for Killer7.