New DSiXL colours

Some new DSiXL colours came out In Ireland last week or so including a blue one which is the colour I was always waiting for.

I will not get a DSi anything until the new Shantae game is made available here though!

No rush or anything Nintendo, just saying!

Famitsu article of Donkey Kong Country Returns shows a difference in the game's title.

In this page of Famitsu, the Japanese games magazine, Donkey Kong Country Returns' title is shown here to be without the "Country". Is the title just going to be "Donkey Kong Returns"?

The Donkey Kong Country games are known in Japan as "Super Donkey Kong". On top of that the sequels are also numbered so it's "Super Donkey Kong 2" and "Super Donkey Kong 3". Maybe this will be "Super Donkey Kong Returns"?

Gonintendo podcast #269

This week RMC talks at length about Shantae Risky's Revenge and encourages one of the others to buy it, constantly trying to reason with him. That was pretty interesting! He also didn't like that there were people trying to get the game without paying. I promise you I will pay good money and points to get that game if it comes out here in Ireland!

Retro Gamer editor replays Donkey Kong Country

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrnAcwyUjoI


Retro Gamer is one of my favourite magazines besides NGamer. Here's the editor Darran Jones refamiliarising himself with Donkey Kong Country.

He says he's preparing for a special feature in the magazine that ties in with the release of the new DKC on the Wii. I'm really looking forward to reading it!

At one point during the video he skips Cranky's Cabin, saying he's going to go straight to the boss. The thing is, it was only the end of the first part of the first area's map. Is he less familiar than he thought he was with the game? No matter, as long as he gets more so (and has a bit of fun in the process of course) so he can produce that article with his team.

Here's some interesting DKC trivia for free:
-Like Darran mentioned, Cranky Kong is the original Donkey Kong and the current Donkey Kong we play as in the game is his son who used to be Donkey Kong Junior.
-Diddy is the current Donkey's nephew.
-Dixie is Diddy's girlfriend.
-Kiddy is Dixie's cousin.

My favourite in the trilogy is DKC3 as that's the one I grew up with. I really hope they don't treat it like it was the "worst" one. None of those games are the worst anything!

Angry Video Game Nerd revisits Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/angry-video-screwattack/705627

In case you didn't know, The Nerd is doing a revisit to one of the first games he ever talked about, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. I think my favourite part of this video is the build up to him turning the game on. He often said it was his most hated game and he really hesitates! Enjoy!

Tesco still lists Official Nintendo Magazine by its old name

 

Has anyone else noticed this? Tesco still lists Official Nintendo Magazine(which is Nintendo's official magazine for UK and Ireland) by its old name, "Nintendo Magazine System". It was the original name for the magazine which changed around the time the N64 was released. 

Super Mario 25th Anniversary disc has the SNES Mario All Stars versions of the Mario games.

Just saw a Japanese tv spot that showed footage of the Mario games on the new upcoming Wii compilation. It has the SNES All Stars versions of the games that appeared on the NES so if they're what you prefer, this is the collection for you!

Remember, it's currently scheduled to come out in Ireland and the rest of Europe on the 3rd of December! I wonder if America will get a release date for it soon? You guys must be anxious about it...