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Nintendo 3DS: What We Know So Far

Kris Erickson • March 27 2010 • comments

Nintendo of Japan has revealed that the company is hard at work on a true successor to the Nintendo DS. This new device, tentatively called the 3DS,...Read more

Cave Story Wii Release Date: March 22

Kris Erickson • February 24 2010 • comments

Downloadable game services like WiiWare enable indie game developers to showcase creative titles that might never otherwise gain a larger fan base. Cave Story is perhaps the best-known...Read more

Batman To Be Latest Victim of Poor Wii Sales?

Kris Erickson • February 23 2010 • comments

Third party publishers have had a difficult time selling traditional action games on Nintendo's Wii. The console seems better suited to first party titles and motion control activities...Read more

Classic N64 Game Headed to Xbox Live

Kris Erickson • February 20 2010 • comments

In the history of video games, there is a shortlist of titles that would make the top of any fan's list of favorites. GoldenEye, originally released for the...Read more

Wii Still On Top, But Industry Down in January

Kris Erickson • February 16 2010 • comments

January 2010 has been a slower month for the video game industry in the United States, according to monthly data released by market tracking firm the NPD Group....Read more

Trade In Old Games and Earn Big Rewards with Swagbucks

Kris Erickson • February 9 2010 • comments

Swagbucks is an interesting new company that awards users points for visiting its internet search engine. Simply by surfing using the toolbar or by referring friends, users can...Read more

Explore Red Shell and the GameFlavor Network

Kris Erickson • January 26 2010 • comments

The blog you are currently reading is part of the GameFlavor network, a community of websites devoted to all of the major video game consoles (PS3, PSP, Xbox...Read more

Ben 10 Coming to Wii Ware

Kris Erickson • January 21 2010 • comments

The next entry in the popular Ben 10 series of video games will abandon the PSP for digital distribution on Xbox Live and WiiWare. The last Ben 10...Read more

Do You Plan to Use Netflix With Your Wii?

Kris Erickson • January 20 2010 • comments

Nintendo surprised a few of us in the video game industry this week when the company announced that it will be bringing the popular Netflix streaming service to...Read more

Just Dance Wii is Top Selling Game in UK

Kris Erickson • January 18 2010 • comments

January has arrived without any major game releases, and that has given less conventional titles a chance to rise in the charts. One of those is Ubisoft's Just...Read more

Nintendo Stalks Target Shoppers with Wii Fit Plus

Kris Erickson • January 17 2010 • comments

Nintendo is 'targeting' fat people with demo kiosks for its Wii Fit Plus personal trainer software. On weekends from Jan. 16-31, shoppers at certain Target stores in the...Read more

Is It Time For a New DS?

Kris Erickson • January 17 2010 • comments

Nintendo may be preparing to launch a successor to the successful DS handheld console, according to some market analysts. Jesse Divinich from market research firm EEDAR thinks that...Read more

Capcom Exec Says Real Gamers Abandoning Wii

Kris Erickson • January 7 2010 • comments

The French are not known for their politeness, and Capcom France's director Antoine Seux had some very rude things to say about Nintendo's family-friendly Wii console. It seems...Read more

More Yu-Gi-Oh Coming to Nintendo DS

Kris Erickson • December 17 2009 • comments

We don't know much about Yu-Gi-Oh, other than that it comes from Japan and it is super popular. Konami knows fans want more of it on the Nintendo...Read more

Upcoming Nintendo Releases for 2010

Kris Erickson • December 14 2009 • comments

Wondering what Nintendo games are coming up for the year 2010? Nintendo today sent us their release schedule for the first part of next year. Hardcore gamers are...Read more