I’m actually considering getting a NDSi this Christmas to replace my aging NDS (the screen is a little shot, and the battery life isn’t that great anymore). However, I’m also taking stock on what I won’t be able to run from my games library on the NDSi. First up, the lack of GBA port will [...]

Now you can bring home Mario, Wario, Yoshi, Bowser, and Luigi, along with their respective race karts, back home with TakaraTomy’s Q Steer Mario Kart Wii Remote Controlled (R/C) Karts. Each of these remote-controlled Karts comes with an extra set of wheels and a pair of weapons (banana peel and turtle shell). 2 LR44 batteries [...]

Remember the Gyakuten Saiban Tokubetsu Hout Orchestra Concert 2008 Official DVD Book I blogged about not too long ago? It’s a bit on the expensive side at USD 49.90 (click here for details), you can get the Gyakuten Saiban Tokubetsu Hout Orchestra Concert 2008 CD alone for just USD 33.90. Interested? Click here for details. [...]

Do you know what would be a great complement to your imported copy of Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Cross Generation of Heroes for the Nintendo Wii? That would be the Exar produced Taksunoko vs. Capcom Stick, an officially licensed (by Nintendo) fighting (arcade) stick with some embellishments from the game. It is scheduled to be available [...]

Day One: The mission just came in, a mysterious lady just asked me to “make it big”. In fact I find myself involved in a bank heist and I’m at the wheel of a getaway car. I’m supposed to make it to a safe house and avoid the police. Heck, I don’t need a mission [...]

Mention the words tokusatsu and henshin, and immediately the Power Rangers and Kamen Rider come into mind. According to Wikipedia, henshin is the Japanese word for transformation; and it’s usually used when a character transforms into a superhero; complete with outlandish costumes and sometimes vehicles. On the other hand, the word tokusatsu means “special effects”, [...]

This stuff IS  so expensive you can actually purchase a current gen console with the same price tag. What you are looking at is a bundle for the Xbox 360 consisting of one game, one arcade stick and some can badges. The game in question is the shmup Otomedius Gorgeous and the bundle is called [...]

I remember reviewing the homebrew version of Tower Defense back when I first got my R4. A lot of time has passed since then, and the game has been superceeded by 3rd party tower defense games such as Locke’s Quest and the recently released Ninjatown. While I’m in the opinion that current Nintendo DS games [...]

If you are a shmup fan, especially classics such as R-Type, Fantasy Zone and RayStorm, today is your lucky day. Yujin’s Shooting Game Historica 2 SP – Classic Game Figthing Plane Trading Figure and Gashapon sets are both selling at discounted prices. The collection features R-Type III (R-90), Star Blade (Geo Sword), Fantazy Zone (OPAOPA), [...]

I come from a family where everyone is a James Bond fan. Dad was training on board the HMS Fearless when The Spy Who Loved Me (starring Roger Moore as Bond) was being filmed on it. He declined the part of an extra. Mum has pretty much seen every single James Bond movie. My brother [...]