As many of you have likely noticed, AC has taken over the site! Over the next month, I will be keeping a log of what I do in the game, as well as joint coverage with Josh of WiiFolder.com

To find our AC Coverage, simply click the “Animal Crossing City” link to the right, and you’ll see the daily blog with Pictures!

To Celebrate AC:CF’s Release, one last Wii Music video:

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I know, I know, the pun was terrible, but this game isn’t. Let’s start with the basics. De Blob is a Wii platforming game about a world filled with color. Suddenly, all the color is being taken away by an invasion of “inkies.” Everything is being turned into shades of grey and there doesn’t seem to be any hope. Enter de Blob and the rest of the color underground. You take control of de Blob and bring back color to your world. Now, lets dig a little deeper shall we?
continue reading "De Blob: De Review"

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So, earlier Nintendo trademarked “DSSCAN” as DS Equipment. BUT! Equipment isn’t always hardware. What if Nintendo’s new trademark is actually for a QR Code reader?

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Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Official Casebook: Vol. 1: The Phoenix Wright Files
Author: Capcom
Publisher: DelRey
Rating: 13+
MSRP: $14.95

If your looking for the same episodic adventures that you find in the game, I’m afraid this isn’t it.  The Phoenix Wright Files is a collection of works from 24 various authors, each one giving there own take on the daily life of Mr. Wright, with the appearances of familiar faces from the first three Ace Attorney games.

For $15, your getting a thick, around 300 pages of Phoenix Wright goodness, complete with 20 chapter stories, some four-panel comics, author comments, translation notes, and a preview of volume 2, the Miles Edgeworth file.  The value is about right, though it may be abit smaller than other mangas of that price range, but just having Capcom bring this to the states makes it well worth it.

Each chapter is set up in there own world, and are unrealated, at least officially, in the main story line, and to the other capters in the book.  The theme of story is up to the author; so in one chapter, you may have Phoenix Wright discover the reason of why he became a defence attorney, and in another, you may find him trying to get his attorneys badge back from a cat by objecting.  The chapters keep the charm found in the game, with all the characters having maintaining who they are.  Because these stories are random, they take place in various times in the story, and reflect on events that happened in the game, so this is not a pick up and read type book, this is for the seriously devoted fans out there.

The characters share the same models, but their art style varies to the mood of their story, which is to be expected.  I do find it amussing that most of the artist/authors like to have Maya Fye redesigned to match their minds set about her.  The art style can’t be judged here, but I can’t help but wounder why Mr. Wright looks alot like Vageta (Dragon Ball Z) in one of the chapters, but that may just be me.  With the games limited character sprites, it’s nice for them to break the mold and have them have classic anime expression, which is priceless picturing Edgeworth getting all puffy faced.

My final word is that this is a nice collector’s item for any Phoenix Wright fan, but other then that, would leave anyone else confused.  This collection is a very nice gem, and I can’t wait for the next installment.  Hopefully, Capcom will decide to bring over the other Wright comics they have over at Japan.

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Why not start out my first real article with a bang? New writer and event correspondent Hyperfludd here, and I have some goodies for you!

Luigi always gets the girls.

I’ve attended Nintendo Power’s 20th Birthday Party, and it certainly was something! Not only did I get to see tons of cosplayers and personally meet the NP Crew, but I got to play a few games before they come out here in the US! I will write up previews of Mushroom Men (Wii/DS), Rayman Raving Rabbids: TV Party, Rock Revolution (Wii/DS), Castlevania Judgement, My Sims Kingdom & Sim City: Creator!

For now though, you can check up on the official full picture set here at Picasa or the majority of photos at Flickr.

-Hyperfludd

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So, you may have noticed I myself haven’t wrote anything lately. This was due to backend work. See the sidebar. (To the right!)
The new icons are links to our Comics, which are covering NintendoMagic’s time with Pokemon Platinum (Which you can see the progress we’re making by clicking “Platinum” in the header bar.) The other one is a link to Animal Crossing: City Folk news. Why have this when the link is right in the header? This will let you know if there’s a new update within the last 5 days. If there is, the trees will be green. If there isn’t, they’ll be the dull autumn brown.

Just a heads up to some changes, expect a review or two soon!

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The popular Guitar Hero series heads to the DS.  Does it work?  How is the sound?  Is it still Guitar Hero?  And, most importantly, is it fun?  I’ll try my best to answer all these questions in this review after the jump.
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Murphy’s Law:  What can go wrong will go wrong and at the worst possible time.

That law pretty much describes the road to my first review for Nintendo Magic.  I had planned on reviewing Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn for you all, but my Wii decided to have the infamous disc drive error (remember Brawl’s launch?) right as I was getting near the end.  I have a strict policy on not reviewing a game until I have completed it, so now it looks like I am going to be unable to review it for you.  Plus, as it turns out, my Wii’s warrantee expired last February.  So, it looks like I am going to be Wii-less for a while. 

BUT, there is good news.  I wanted to get my first review out there for you guys soon, so I ran to Blockbuster today to see if there were any games I’d want to rent and review for you.  I was happily surprised when I saw Guitar Hero: On Tour available for rent.  I picked it up and plan on having a review for you guys by the end of next week *crosses fingers*.  So, stay tuned for that and keep reading Nintendo Magic.

-MetroidFreak

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N+ is a port of the popular Flash game, N: The Way of the Ninja, made by Metanet Software. This being a port, if you’ve played the original N, you know the basis. Run through level, collect gold, avoid traps, activate door, go to next level, then repeat. It sounds like it would get repetitve, but suprisingly the game stays fresh for hours. The DS only helps this factor with it’s Pick Up and Playability. While XBLA got the game a while ago, the wait was no doubt worth it.

The graphics and music are what you’d expect of a flash game, simple and to the point. Not much to say about this than I usually play with the music off, as it gets repetitive after more than a few minutes. The graphics however are so simple they’re perfect.

WiFi play adds unlimited replayability, as users can create and upload maps. My lack of design skills have kept me from trying the creator, but seeing some of the possibilities, it’s amazing. I’ve played about 10 user-created maps, and they’re really fast to download. The game also has you register a username/password for online, or you can do it as guest.

Keeping this review short and sweet, N+ is a fantastic game for quick play and long periods of time, though after a while the gameplay gets just a tad tedious, but for the budget price of $19.99 you can’t really go wrong.

N+ gets a A-.

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