Nintendo DS News

Japanese developer CyberConnect2 released the first details today on Solarobo, a new robot action game and the first Nintendo DS title in the studio's history. It's set to be released in Japan from Namco Bandai Games; no US launch has been announced.Released to commemorate the 15th anniversary of CyberConnect2's founding, ...

There had been a few Nintendo DS successor rumors leading up to GDC this week, and now even more (unconfirmed!) details have emerged from various anonymous sources from the conference. Raymond Padilla reports (via Shacknews) that from the information he gathered at GDC, the DS2 will have a built-in accelerometer, ...

Over in Japan this week, Namco Bandai Games took the veils off Masou Kishin: The Lord of Elemental, the latest game in their sprawling Super Robot Taisen series of anime-inspired robot sims. The game is due out for the Nintendo DS May 27 in Japan for the retail price of ...

Scribblenauts was one of 2009's breakout hits, so it's no surprise to see a sequel already in the works -- and it's coming pretty soon, too. The latest issue of Nintendo Power reveals Scribblenauts 2 will be released on the DS this fall, just a year after the first game's ...

It's time once again to play everyone's favorite news game: Boarderline-Irresponsible Patent Speculation! On this episode, we have Nintendo filing a patent for what appears to be a new cartridge design for the Nintendo DS...or, maybe a new cartridge design for the heavily rumored DS 2?The patent was picked up ...

Kadokawa Games announced Metal Max 3 for the Nintendo DS in this week's spate of Japanese gaming magazines. The RPG, part of a series we last saw in the US with Atlus' Metal Saga in 2006, will hit Japanese store shelves sometime this summer; no American release has been announced.Like ...

At the Nintendo Media Summit today, a North American release date and price was revealed for the new supersized DS system, the DSi XL. Known as the DSi LL in Japan, the supposedly spectator-friendly handheld will launch a month from now, on March 28, for $189.99. Assuming there are no ...

So rumors are flying that Nintendo is already hard at work on the DS 2, and it might even be revealed at E3 in June. But can we add to those rumors that it might also feature built-in rumble functionality, too? Maybe! A patent filing by Nintendo has been dug ...

Flight Control, developer Firemint's best-selling iPhone app, is coming to DSiWare next week. The touchscreen-controlled runway management game is set to release next Monday, February 22 for 500 DSi Points ($5).Like the original on iPhone, this version of Flight Control tasks players with drawing lines over a busy airstrip in ...

This next week's a bit slow for new console releases in Japan, but two major Nintendo DS RPGs are worth overseas gamers' attention. Here's what Famitsu magazine thought about each of them in this week's issue:- Estpolis (7/8/7/8, 30 points): Square Enix's DS remake of Super Nintendo classic Lufia II ...