04.26.2009 12:31 am
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Photo courtesy of Nintendo
Just what mom always wanted — something green in her kitchen other than food.
Starting May 3, Nintendo will market lime-green DS Lite systems packaged with copies of “Personal Trainer: Cooking” to lure moms in honor of Mother’s Day.
The…
04.13.2009 7:22 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The circus is coming to your Nintendo game console, perhaps by Christmas.
Take-Two Interactive and circus-show producer Feld Entertainment say they’re teaming up to produce circus-themed video games using the most famous name in the three-ring business: Ringling Bros. and Barnum &…
04.05.2009 1:39 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
In Game Guy’s office are four Nintendo DSes — three Lites of various colors and an original model from 2004. In his hands at home today, however, is the new DSi — the “i” is supposed to mean “individual,” or…
03.22.2009 11:38 am
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
“Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars”
Genre: Third-person action-adventure
Developer: Rockstar Leeds
Publisher: Rockstar Games
Platform: Nintendo DS
ESRB rating: “M” for mature
Price: $34.99
Grade: A-
Up to now, the chief problem with Nintendo DS titles has been their presentation: a lot of games are either corny or cartoony and fail to maximize the full…
02.09.2009 8:28 am
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
“SimAnimals”
Genre: Life simulation
Developer: Electronic Arts
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Platforms: Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS
ESRB rating: “E” for everyone
Price: $49.99
Grade: C-
Someone once said the Nintendo Wii hasn’t lived up to its potential because the majority of games made for it are drop-dead dreary.
In fact, I think I was the one who…
09.26.2008 9:03 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
If you’ve got time to kill this weekend, stop by Six Flags and help foster civic pride.
On Saturday afternoon, Nintendo will invite all the theme park’s visitors to participate in an online contest pitting Six Flags of St. Louis against gamers…
09.12.2008 11:56 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Game publisher Konami announces three anime titles for Nintendo’s Wii and DS, two of which are coming very soon.
* Lost in Blue: Shipwrecked! for Wii continues the popular multi-ending “Survival Kids” series started three years for DS ago but adds Wii-wand and…
02.02.2008 8:49 am
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
For the stylish types among the gaming crowd, this is big news: Nintendo plans to ship a new DS Lite touch-screen system in a color it calls “cobalt/black” starting next week.
Rumors about the new color had circulated for days but were confirmed…