Archaic Sealed Heat, most formally known as ASH, seems to be heading stateside. ASH is a RPG game developed by Mistwalker and Racjin, and was released in Japan way back in October of last year. The ESRB has given the game a rating of E10+ for “Fantasy Violence, Mild Language, and Mild Suggestive Themes.”

Other updates include:

Helix (Wii) – E
FINAL FANTASY FABLES: Chocobos’ Dungeon (Wii) E10+
Looney Tunes: Cartoon Conductor (DS) – E
Etrian Odyssey II: Heroes of Lagaard (DS) – E10+
Biomiracle Bokutte Upa (Wii VC) – E
City Connection (Wii VC) – E

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New DS colours and Cooking Guide on the way

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21 May 2008 – Get ready for a double treat this summer as the season is set to be full of tasty food and colourful new Nintendo DS Lites!
Preparing breakfast, lunch and dinner with Cooking Guide: Can’t Decide What To Eat? on one of three exciting new Nintendo DS Lite colours of Red, Turquoise or Green – a European first for that colour – is set to be a whole new mouth-watering experience!
Cooking Guide: Can’t Decide What to Eat? Goes beyond the capabilities of printed cookbooks and literally talks budding chefs step-by-step through all the processes involved in cooking a tasty dish. With its numerous international recipe choices, dish search options, videos and simple step-by-step guides to choosing, preparing and cooking a dish, Cooking Guide: Can’t Decide What to Eat? can turn even the most hesitant of cooks into confident chefs. Cooks control the software through the Nintendo DS’s Touch Screen and by the user’s voice via the handheld’s microphone. It is simple for everyone to use, no matter what their previous experience – either with a Nintendo DS or in the kitchen!

Three new DS Lite colors launching in Europe

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Perhaps in an effort to continue their ongoing momentum, Nintendo has announced three new DS Lite colors will be releasing in Europe: red, turquoise and green. Gamers can expect the new colors to show up at retailers June 13th.

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Euro release list says Project H.A.M.M.E.R. still alive, more

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Nintendo has bluntly admitted – more than a few times – that Project H.A.M.M.E.R. was shelved. Because of this, people have given up on what appeared to be a unique title. However, an updated European release date listing shows that Project H.A.M.M.E.R. is still alive, and oddly enough, still on track for this year. It’s difficult to believe that the game is still in development and even has a chance of coming out this year based on the facts, but knowing that Project H.A.M.M.E.R. is on this release list is an encouraging sign.

Also worthy of note on the list is Animal Crossing, Disaster, Wii Music, and Pokemon Platinum for the Nintendo DS.

Famitsu review scores

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Front Mission 2089: Border of Madness (NDS, Square Enix): 7 / 7 / 7 / 7 – (28/40)
Mugen no Frontier: Super Robot Taisen OG Saga (NDS, Banpresto): 8 / 7 / 8 / 7 – (30/40)
Pro Yakyuu Team o Tsukurou! (NDS, Sega): 9 / 8 / 8 / 8 – (33/40)
13-Sai no Hello Work DS (NDS, Digital Works): 6 / 7 / 8 / 7 – (28/40)
Fushigi? Kagaku: Nazotoki Quiz Training – NazoTore (NDS, Beneese): 7 / 7 / 7 / 5 – (26/40) Kagaku: Nazotoki quiz Training – NazoTore (NDS, Beneese): 7 / 7 / 7 / 5 – (26/40)
Deep Aquarium: Kiseki no Shinkai (NDS, Ertain): 5 / 6 / 6 / 5 – (22/40)

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Nintendo Voice Chat podcast summary – New Zapper game discussed, more brief Kid Icarus chat

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Wii Fit
– No multiplayer

We Ski
– 4 player multiplayer, but only one can use balance board
– Wii Fit mini-game of skiing better than Wii Ski
– $30

Rock Revolution (DS)
-Choose one instrument (out of 4)
-Not too much praise given – forgettable

International Track and Field
-IGN team thinks it’s a good game
-Tons of movement with stylus

Castlevania DS
-Weren’t able to play it
-Wii Connectivity basically confirmed in interview
-Not sure if there’s actually a Wii game coming

DS Ubisoft release dates

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Lock’s Quest – September 17
Drawn to Life: SpongeBob SquarePants Edition – September 24
Naked Brothers Band – October 15
Tak Mojo Mistake – October 22
SpongeBob: Globs of Doom – October 22
Back to the Barnyard: Cowlympics – October 22
Drop Cast – October 14

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Koji Igarashi on Castlevania for DS

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Amazon top 10 charts

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All

01. Mario Kart w/ Wii Wheel—Nintendo (Wii)
02. Grand Theft Auto IV—Rockstar (360)
03. Grand Theft Auto IV—Rockstar (PS3)
04. Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures—Eidos (PC)
05. We Ski—Namco Bandai (Wii)
06. Wii Play w/ Remote—Nintendo (Wii)
07. Guitar Hero III Bundle—Activision (Wii)
08. Petz Catz 2—Ubisoft (Wii)
09. Super Smash Bros. Brawl—Nintendo (Wii)
10. Ninja Gaiden 2*—Tecmo (360)

Wii

01. Mario Kart w/ Wii Wheel—Nintendo
02. We Ski—Namco Bandai
03. Wii Play w/ Remote—Nintendo
04. Guitar Hero III Bundle—Activision
05. Petz Catz 2—Ubisoft
06. Super Smash Bros. Brawl—Nintendo
07. Wii Fit—Nintendo
08. Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party Bundle—Konami
09. Rock Band Special Edition—MTV
10. Boom Blox—EA

01. New Super Mario Bros.—Nintendo
02. Crossword DS—Nintendo
03. Mario Kart DS— Nintendo
04. My Word Coach—Ubisoft
05. Brain Age—Nintendo
06. Professor Layton and the Curious Village—Nintendo
07. Brain Age 2—Nintendo
08. Mario Party DS—Nintendo
09. Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness—Nintendo
10. Touchmaster—Midway

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