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– 13 different background themes to listen to whilst you read (14 if you include ‘No BGM’!), e.g. Easy Listening, Beach, Airport and Summer Day.

– Change font size from small to large (small is probably more like a ‘medium’ – no strain on the eyes)

– Can choose to just show the current page number, or show page number and total pages (for those that want to know how long is left)

– Use either the D-Pad or L/R buttons to change pages (remember the DS is held sideways, like in Brain Training and Hotel Dusk to emulate a real book!)

– The DS orientation can be changed to suit left-handed people

– Local Wireless: Send a trial version to another DS (‘Send Trial’, ‘Send Book’, ‘Receive Book’)

– Wi-Fi: Download New Books (ten available right now – seems like there’s about 1MB of free space on the cartridge and the books are less than 100KB – took about six seconds to download a 70KB book and a further five to save it to the DS card), and Update Rankings (book popularity – ranked by users of the game or categorised by ten different user-attributed criteria, such as ‘Exciting’, ‘Shocking’, ‘Profound’ and ‘Bizarre’)

– Tutorial: tap either edge of the touch screen to change page or slide stylus across screen to flip pages back and forth. Tap the bottom of the screen to bring up a scroll bar that lets you jump to whatever page you want. Tap the top of the screen to bring up a menu that lets you bookmark the current page (automatically removed when you go back in and change the page) or exit the book.

– Books that have been read will be highlighted with an ‘R’ on its spine in the selection screen.

– Quiz feature: The in-game owl asks several questions (‘What did you dream last night’, ‘What is your favourite colour’, etc) to determine what books will most likely be interest to the user (for me the three were ‘Tales of Mystery and Imagination’, ‘The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes’ and ‘The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes’!)

– Choosing books is as simple as going to the in-game bookshelf and using either the stylus (slower) or scroll bar at the bottom (faster) to browse what’s on offer. When a book spine is tapped on, its specific menu pops up, where users can read the book, learn more about it or learn about its author.

– Search and sort functions also exist by tapping the top of the screen in the bookshelf mode. Search Alphabetically, By Length, Genre, Era, My History, Ratings and/or Description. Sort by Author or Title.

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Best Buy

Guitar Hero World Tour (Wii) – $39.99
Carnival Games: MiniGolf (Wii) – $29.99
Shaun White Snowboarding: Road Trip (Wii) – $39.99
Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Lightsaber Duels (Wii) – $39.99
Spectrobes: Beyond the Portals (DS) – $19.99
Ben 10: Alien Force (DS) – $19.99
Zenses: Ocean (DS) – $14.99
Zenses: Rain Forest (DS) – $14.99

Circuit City

Skate City Heroes (Wii) – $19.99
My Fitness Coach (Wii) – $19.99
NCAA Football ’09: All Play (Wii) – $19.99
Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? (Wii) – $19.99
Guitar Hero On Tour: Decades (DS) – Free gift card with purchase

Target

Guitar Hero World Tour (2 guitars + game) – $88
Guitar Hero On Tour Box Set (DS) – $59
Tinker Bell (DS) – $25
The Cheetah Girls: Passport To Stardom (DS) – $25
Ultimate Band (DS) – $25
Bolt (DS) – $25
Spongebob Squarepants: Globs Of Doom (DS) – $25
Spectrobes: Beyond The Portals (DS) – $25
Clube Penguin: Elite Penguin Force (DS) – $25
Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Lightsaber Duels (Wii) – $39.99
Wario Land: Shake It! (Wii) – $46

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Sonic Unleashed (Wii) – 79%
Skate It (Wii) – 78%
Tomb Raider Underworld (Wii) – 70%
Pokemon Ranger: Shadows of Almia (DS) – 84%
Star Wars: The Clone Wars Lightsaber Duels (Wii) – 71%
Facebreaker: KO Party (Wii) – 42%
Guitar Rock Tour (DS) – 80%
Call of Duty: World At War (Wii) – 92% / Gold Award
Need For Speed: Undercover (Wii) – 39%
Forgotten Worlds (Wii Virtual Console) – 61%
The Prince of Persia: The Fallen King (DS) – 80%
Exit DS (DS) – 77%
Tomb Raider Underworld (DS): 77%
Mega Man 3 (Wii Virtual Console): 64%
Guinness World Records (Wii): 72%
SNK Arcade Classics: Vol. One (Wii): 81%
Tom Clancy’s EndWar (DS): 61%
Dragon Ball Origins (DS): 70%
Monster Lab (Wii): 79%
Strong Bad: Dangeresque (WiiWare) – 88%
World of Goo (WiiWare) -95% / Gold Award
Art Style: ORBIENT (WiiWare): 81%
Art Style: CUBELLO (WiiWare): 86%
Art Style: ROTOHEX (WiiWare): 72%

Thanks to Joclo for the news tip!

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– Combat is in real time
– Move character on battle field attacking directly
– Wait gauge – wait for it to fill before attacking again
– Access magic through circles on touch screen
– Online compatible – groups of three, can send chat messages to each other while taking on quests
– Complex character customization system – Start with default male or female, then can change parts
– Eyebrows, eyes, hair styles/color, mouth shape, voice can all be changed
– Equipment has visual effects on the characters
– Single player also has parties of three
– Takes two years after events of the original
– Still on track for 2009

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News from a month or so ago came about that Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days would ship in February over in Japan along with a special edition DSi for the game. Sadly, this is no longer the case. It was revealed at Jump Festa today that the game has been pushed back. 358/2 Days is now on track for a “Spring 2009” release. No word yet if the special edition DSi will still launch alongside the game, but the chances are likely.

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Rock Band 2 (Wii) – 9.0
Skate It (Wii) – 6.0
Prince of Persia: The Fallen King (DS) – 7.0
Quantum of Solace (DS) – 6.0
Quantum of Solace (Wii) – 5.0
Skate It (DS) – 5.5
Elebits: The Adventures of Kai and Zero (DS) – 7.0
Rune Factory 2: A Fantasy Harvest Moon (DS) – 7.0
Call of Duty: World at War (Wii) – 8.0
Tony Hawk’s Motion (DS) – 4.0
Retro Game Challenge (DS) – 8.0
Guitar Hero On Tour: Decades
Big Bang Mini (DS) – 8.5

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[PSP] Dissidia Final Fantasy (Square Enix) – 350k
[PS3] Gundam Musou 2 (Bandai Namco) – 106k
[PS2] Gundam Musou 2 (Bandai Namco) – 50k
[360] Gundam Musou 2 (Bandai Namco) – 14k
[NDS] Tales of Hearts: Anime Movie Edition (Bandai Namco) – 107k
[NDS] Tales of Hearts: CG Movie Edition (Bandai Namco) – 14k
[PS2] Fate/Unlimited Codes SP-Box (Capcom) – 32k
[PS2] Fate/Unlimited Codes (Capcom) – 19k
[NDS] Gensou Suikoden Tierkreis (Konami) – 40k
[360] Fable II (Microsoft) – 30k
[NDS] Ragnarok Online DS (GungHo) – 28k
[NDS] Momotarou Dentetsu: 20th Anniversary (Hudson) – 28k
[WII] Karaoke Joysound Wii (Hudson) – 24k

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Nintendo Wii

North America:
1. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
2. Wii Fit (Nintendo)
3. Wii Music (Nintendo)
4. Active Life Outdoor Challenge (Namco Bandai)
5. Shaun White Snowboarding: Road Trip (Ubisoft)

Japan:
1. Machi e Ikouyo: Doubutsu no Mori (Nintendo)
2. Machi e Ikouyo: Doubutsu no Mori WiiSpeak Bundle (Nintendo)
3. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
4. Wii Fit (Nintendo)
5. Taiko no Tatsujin Wii (Namco)

UK:
1. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
2. Rayman Raving Rabbids: TV Party (Ubisoft)
3. Shaun White Snowboarding: Road Trip (Ubisoft)
4. Wii Play (Nintendo)
5. Wii Fit (Nintendo)

Nintendo DS

North America:
1. Club Penguin: Elite Penguin Force (Disney)
2. Personal Trainer: Cooking (Nintendo)
3. Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
4. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
5. Brain Age (Nintendo)

Japan:
1. Hoshi no Kirby: Ultra Super Deluxe (Nintendo)
2. Wagamama Fashion: Girls Mode (Nintendo)
3. Ragnarok Online DS (GungHo Works)
4. Pocket Monsters Platinum (Nintendo)
5. Gensou Suikoden Tierkreis (Konami)

UK:
1. Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training (Nintendo)
2. More Brain Training (Nintendo)
3. Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
4. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
5. Puzzler Collection (Ubisoft)

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