Nanostray 2 reappears, now due out in "early 2008".
Nanostray 2 has had quite a rough ride. The brilliant-looking sequel to the scrolling shoot-'em-up that launched in the early days of the DS has suffered one delay after another, but it finally looks like it's on the way.



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Feature: Alone with the Godfather of strategy.
Sid Meier is a strategy guru who has been buried deep in game design since the early 1980s, and is today regarded as one of the best designers games have ever seen.

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But PSP is making a charge.
Nintendo's pockets are getting fatter and fatter as its dual screen handheld breezes past the 50 millions global sales mark.

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Poo Snakes to invade the Dual Screen?.
Mistwalker's epic 360 RPG, Blue Dragon, is on its way to DS according to Japanese magazine, Jump.

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Olympics party game to sell like hot cakes, boldly claims Sega exec.
Sega believes that Mario and Sonic at the Olympics will sell 4 million units, equaling the feat of the original Sonic title released in 1991.

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Feature: Just how often do they get it right?.
We all make predictions - but some people get paid for it. Just because of that we put the microscope on the world of videogame market research and analysis to see if their bar charts are worth the graph paper they're written on.

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Review: Sonic Rush To Ruin A Perfectly Good Game, more like.
Retrospectively speaking, 2005's Sonic Rush wasn't the best thing since Jaffa Cakes, as was commonly touted upon its release. But it was still the best Sonic game in ages, and that's because it skimmed out all the extracurricular nonsense that we've grown to associate with Ol' Blue. No interminable minigames. No heat-packing 'Dark Sonic'. Clingy, sycophantic hangers-on kept to a minimum. It was a Sonic game based around going very fast in a number of 2D environments. Genius!



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In MySims, why do we smile at Sims that we'd rather kick in the eye?.
Any similarities between this gameplay and Animal Crossing have got to be purely intentional. MySims on DS is like finding out that the maniac that hot-wired your car before driving it into the local orphanage is a cute puppy dog with a comedy over-sized head. On one hand, it's an evil thief that needs its head shoved in, but on the other hand, aww, it's just so cuuute!!!



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Silver version to be released on October 12.
Nintendo is giving DS Lite a fresh lick of paint and is releasing a silver version of the handheld to join the black, white and pink versions.

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Codies shows off its surprisingly detailed touch-screen course editor.
Race Driver: Create & Race looks and plays really well, but what are particularly interesting are its many customisation options, including a touch-screen course editor.

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Secret message in Prime 3 got us all excited for nothing.
Nintendo and Retro Studio are messing with your minds, as Nintendo tells CVG it's not developing a 2D Metroid game, despite hints in the latest Wii game, Metroid Prime 3.

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A huge step forward for the series says Konami.
Brazil, Portugal, Greece, Scotland and Ireland are among the new officially licensed National teams on offer in PES 2008.

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EA's Boogie is coming to DS and PS2 in time for Christmas. First DS screens inside.
The singing, dancing, rhythm-action game is no longer exclusive to Wii - as new versions are bound for PS2 and DS before the end of the year.



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Not losing internal energy and momentum due to hardware success "probably Nintendo's next obstacle", says Satoru Iwata.
Wii and DS have been such a huge success that Nintendo must now avoid that breeding complacency within its corridors, the company's president Satoru Iwata has stated.

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Please keep off the grass - tiny robotic gardener at work.
Japan Import: On GameCube he's the little robot who selflessly trudges between power sockets to help a family with just about everything that's troubling them. On DS his duties are altogether more specialised, but Chibi Robo still has a heart of gold and a limited battery life.



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Feature: Getting that Friday feeling already?.
It's a bit of an RPG-fest this coming Friday with Monster Hunter: Freedom 2 (PSP), Rogue Galaxy (PS2) and Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria (PS2), all getting a release on Sony related equipment. Pity there's still nothing out on PS3 to pay with, which will be pleasing Microsoft execs no end.

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Check out the game, then Zelda-up your PC with sweet new art.
The wait is killing us. The UK release of Phantom Hourglass is drawing nearer (October 19), and just in case you haven't seen enough of Link's lush DS adventure, Nintendo has launched a new official site with a bunch of new goodies.



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Final report says games played no role in the tragic event.
The final report of Governor Tim Kaine's Virginia Tech Review Panel shows that Seung Hui Cho, the perpetrator of 32 murders following a gun rampage at Virginia Tech in April of 2007, was not a gamer, and that games played no role in the tragic event.

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Get yourself a button-mashing pen and some screen protectors.
We can almost hear the cries of soon-to-be-wrecked A and B buttons on DS units across the world because New International Track and Field is sprinting its way to DS.



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See for yourself why Sonic Rush Adventure is a must-buy.
We're so excited about Sonic Rush Adventure, and after seeing this new trailer you'll know why. It's old-school Sonic platforming, sped up to a ridiculous pace, and combined with new 3D action stages that actually look like fun little excursions.



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Doodlers fight by drawing runes on the DS touch screen and blasting spells at each other.
Spain-based developer Tragnarion Studios, which recently revealed Unreal Engine 3-powered, squad-based shooter The Scourge Project for console and PC, is also working on a DS game.



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How will the guitar game convert to a handheld? RedOctane boss drops hints...
You can't plug a massive guitar into a DS and play Guitar Hero. That would be silly. But you can't play Guitar Hero without those five fret buttons either. That's the challenge facing RedOctane, who's working on the portable version.

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THQ brings animal antics to Nintendo's handheld.
Now, we know what you've always thought - if only I had a zoo management simulation sequel on my DS, I'd be as happy as a monkey in a banana factory.

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"Best selling" cooking sim gets a second serving on Wii and DS next year.
505 Games has snagged the rights to serve up a sequel to the "best-selling cooking simulation game", Cooking Mama on Wii and DS.

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Ubisoft targets girls with baby-raising DS simulator.
Girls like babies, cooking food and rubbish stuff like that, right? Yes they do, and Ubisoft knows this because it's putting out baby-raising and cooking simulators for DS.

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New patent suggests Wii-style Game Boy in the works.
Nintendo has filed a new patent for a motion-sensing portable games console, hinting the next step in handheld gaming beyond the DS.



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Article: World domination by Christmas.
It's strange. With more than 46 million units sold, the DS is a phenomenal success and the most popular format of the current generation, yet the handheld was barely mentioned at this year's E3.



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Face-busting action in exclusive images of Empire's chaotic 2D brawler.
We're hoping Fullmetal Alchemist: Dual Sympathy can live up to the brilliant anime show, which we're not ashamed to admit we watch.



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Good top speed but low acceleration means anyone can win, Sega tells CVG.
As you'll find out shortly, we recently got to sit down the Sega product manager Grant Gie to see a demo of the historic gaming icon tie-in, Mario and Sonic at the Olympics.

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Futuristic hover ship racer, Rapid Racoon, looks familiar.
It's perfectly fine to rip off other people's ideas in videogames. Just change the game name and no-one will care. That's the lesson to be learned here as Rapid Racoon turns up on DS wearing a WipEout disguise.



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Who made it to round two? Who will win a gong? Only your votes can decide.
Well, the first round of voting in this year's Golden Joystick Awards has come to a close and we're now proud to announce the games, companies and technical wizardry that have received your nominations and made it to the shortlist.

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It's "a full-size Viva Pinata game in your pocket", says the developer as it spills first proper details and screenshot.
Rare has now revealed details on its Viva Pinata game on DS after announcing the title was in development at last week's Comic-Con in the US.



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Well, Viva Piñata does, anyway...
Microsoft chose Comic-Con in the US to reveal that a version of Viva Piñata is in the works for DS.

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Nintendo sells 200 copies of Pokémon Diamond/Pearl a day early at London launch event.
Pokémon fans crammed into Hamleys in central London this afternoon where Nintendo held a special Pokémon event to mark the launch of Pokémon Diamond/Pearl tomorrow.



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Why are we waiting, why-yy are we wa... oh, we're not.
Oh, so it's July, is it? That showed us. Based on Nintendo's past record of Japan-to-England transfers, we puff-chestedly predicted that Europe wouldn't see this until 2008. So much for that. The DS Pokémon twins are here, now. And after 10 million sales worldwide already, expect the game charts here in the UK to combust like a bale of hay left in a saucepan by an idiot.



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Net income QUADRUPLES thanks to Wii and DS owning the world.
You'd have to have been in cave for the past year to not have heard how Nintendo is making more money than Mario games at the moment. All those sales have now converted into major coin for Nintendo's bulging corporate wallet.

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"I'd definitely like to try a DS version personally" says SC: Legends director, Jin Okubo.
The beat-'em-up scene is one that's surprisingly lacking on DS at the moment - but while we still eagerly await Capcom to make Street Fighter DS, recent comments from Namco Bandai honcho Jin Okubo gives us hope of Soul Calibur coming to the handheld.

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First image of a red and black DS released - "no plans" for a UK release.
A new Brain Age 2 bundle set for the US will come packed with a brand-new mixed-colour DS to coax you into the deal.



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PSP, PS2, Wii and DS to get new Tales games care of Namco Bandai.
Namco Bandai has revealed four new games in its popular Tales series for Nintendo and Sony platforms, in the pages of Japanese Famitsu magazine.

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But nothing ever officially sanctioned; however, Bungie appears to be keeping handheld options open.
It's the top secret bit of info that's been whispered about in dark alleyways, behind bike sheds and under tables in McDonald's - psssssst, there's a version of Halo being developed for Nintendo DS.

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