Win a Pikachu DS Lite

Today the pokemon company announced that they will be giving away a 150 “I Love Pikachu” DS Lites (not in stores). These special models are basically the Ceramic White color with images of Pikachu.

To enter you must go to the I Love Pokemon Club Web site and enter (can’t find the right link but I believe this is it) via mobile phone or PC. 100 units go to the PC entrants and 50 to the mobile phone users.

Could be for Japan only.

StarFox is ready for action

screenFor the rumble park. Star Fox Command, the DS version which goes back to the N64 starfox roots is coming to japan in less than a month. And for fun, Nintendo has released a few facts to the public.

As said before, players who own the DS will be able to use it with the game as they are playing. StarFox will feature 30+ stages which are set in deserts, space, oceans, and lava….places. It is also confirmed that there will be quite a few pilots from the previous Star Fox games, each with their own special abilities.

The game will support Wi-Fi and wireless offline gaming (WiLan). Star Fox Command is set to launch in Japan on August 3 and will cost about $41.50.

The American version is predicted to come out around August 28.

DS Lite gets pretty.

pinkdsNintendo has planned to release a new DS Lite color, pink. Who knows why they decided to release pink, but they are going to make one. Maybe it’s because the “rise of girl gamers” but it’s unclear. I think they just like pink for no reason. Anyway the Pink edition (called noble pink) will come out near the time the will will release and will be priced at $144.

DS Browser Revealed

Nintendo has reveled it’s DS browser today, which features full stylus controls and inputs direct handwriting to the Opera Browser (which is the DS browser). The downside is that it won’t be able to display video, sound, PDF and flash objects. You can save bookmarks but not elements from your pages (or images). The browser will be available on Nintendo’s Japanese site on July 24.

Need For Speed Carbon News Update

carbonEA previewed Need for Speed Carbon at E3 this year and today we learned more about the game.

In the game, players will race as part of a crew in a turf war for the city to gain your rivals’ stomping grounds. But it doesn’t stop there. The Police eventually force the war out into the Canyon area where you continue to fight.

EA is going to finally be serious about customization by giving you new options in Carbon, like the ability to set the configurations of your car, as well as controlling and modifying your crew.

Need for Speed Carbon will be released this November on all current generation systems plus the PS3 and Wii.