Need for Speed Carbon Trailer

You can already preorder this one for Nintendo Wii! Looking pretty good.

New Kirby Images

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Mario Reigns Supreme

According to the Bestbuy.com console sales chart, the New Super Mario Brothers for the Nintendo DS took first place from Sony’s Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories.

Second through fifth places on the chart were as follows; Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day, Big Brain academy, and Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow respectively. Castlevania was not even in the top ten last week, but somehow has shot up to fourth place. If anyone has hints as to why, please let us know.

Another DS title that climbed up the charts was the extremely fun Mario Kart DS, sitting at number seven. The other five spots were 2006 FIFA World Cup for both PS2 and Xbox, Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter, Hitman: Blood Money, and Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories

It seems that DS titles are still selling strongly and have maintained their presence in the United States as well as Japan. It is great to see how people have been responding to the DS. In my opinion, it is one of the best systems ever and it’s only going to get better. A strong lineup of games steadily coming out marks another great year for Nintendo’s DS.

Minor Site Updates

Hey guys just giving you a quick update on some site updates that are in the process and that have already been happening around your GameON site. First- we recently added polls to the right side of the screen. Please vote away and if you want to see a specific poll conducted, give us some ideas as to what we can ask you for opinions and we will be glad to add it to the next poll. The current one up and running asks which character should Nintendo include in the upcoming Wii fighter Super Smash Bros.. Brawl., so be heard and as P-Diddy used to say, VOTE OR DIE!

Secondly- With the popularity of podcasts sweeping the “internets” now-a-days, we are definitely looking into this area as a way to express our voice and extend our thoughts and opinions to our loyal readers. Look for this enhancement for the site to come in the near future. We have been looking at adding this feature since day one and now we are ready to move forward. All topics will be discussed so stay tuned.

Finally we would just like to sincerely thank all of you who come to the site every day and support us. Your comments help keep us running and we truly look forward to reading each and every one of them. If you are new to the site, welcome. If you are a loyal reader “thanks”. Anyone can leave a comment in the comment section so talk away. Please let me know what you to see in the coming months ahead. Leave us a comment on this post and I will take everything to heart. Remember this is your site, so lets hear from you. Thanks. Stay here, more updates to come! Game ON!

Nintendo Wii Development Kits CHEAP!

We all knew that Nintendo Wii was going to be user friendly and a nice and cheap alternative to 3rd party developers but I didn’t know how cheap. Nintendo held a Q&A at the company’s recent Corporate Management Policy Briefing. One of the things discussed was development kits for third party developers. Nintendo said that they plan to get many more third party developers on board than they did with the GameCube, and they’ll do that by offering low prices. Here is what Nintendo had to say:

Nintendo hopes to provide third-parties with development kits for as low as $1,732.

Other companies such as Sony’s PlayStation 3 kit is rumored to cost somewhere between $30,000 and $50.000. What an extreme difference in price. I know if I was a 3rd party developer, I would be standing in line waiting for my new Wii kit to arrive. Who knows, “GAME ON” the game…Could happen right? More to come so stay tuned and thanks for stopping by and checking us out.

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New Metroid Corruption Info

A load of intriguing information has hit the latest Nintendo Power. An interview with Metroid Prime 3’s producer and director have revealed a few updates on the final Prime game for Nintendo Wii. Here are the highlights;

-Samus can go into “hyper mode” as she did in Super Metroid (SNES) at any time for enhanced abilities although increasing your chances of dying.
-Cinematic improvements from previous additions with the Wii hardware being more powerful to work with than the GameCube.

-Corruption will be the last in the Prime series, although Metroid will continue to be expanded and taken forward.

Great IGN Update

The good guys over at IGN have a great read on new details about Nintendo Wii. Everything from Wii to Gameboy Micro was discussed. Here is what they had to say;

June 20, 2006 - So you said you wanted reading material? Well we’ve got some for you. Earlier today a transcript of Nintendo of Japan’s latest corporate management briefing went live on its official site, showcasing over 20 questions about the company policy in regards to nearly every aspect of Nintendo’s future. Everything from Micro sales, DS marketing and Wii hopes are covered in this monstrous Q&A session, which is currently the biggest chunk of info released to the public since E3 2006 earlier last month. Click here for the rest.