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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix ships today

According to EA, the newest Harry Potter game is shipping today to stores, where it will release on June 28th in Europe and the US. The game takes you through the 5th book, where you are creating an army slowly to defeat the users of the dark arts. While the game has a story line, it encourages you to explore all around the school, attending classes is mostly optional in the game.

The game releases for the PS3 and the Xbox 360 ($60 dollars), Wii ($50 dollars),  PS2 and PSP ($40 dollars), and the Nintendo DS, GBA, PC, and Mac OSX ($30 dollars). There will also be a port for cell phone users as well.

Pokémon Battle Revolution is in stores now and sets new records

According to Nintendo, Pokémon Battle Revolution has just released today into stores. Sorry that we didn’t give you a heads up Pokémon fans, we will do better next time. The game will be the first to be able to go online and play using the Wii. It will also be the first Pokemon game for the Wii (fans, this is your time to rejoice). The game has the ability to use the DS as a controller and trade Pokémon to and from said DS to the Wii. Unfortunately, battling and trading online requires friend codes (oh boo).

But here’s something new in the Pokémon series, the narrator from the Pokémon show is also doing the narration for the Pokémon game, coolio! The graphics are highly improved from the E3 beta we were shown last year, and the detail to sound effects was over the top. And here’s another new cool thing, you will be able to customize your trainer. Enjoy the news, Pokémon fans!

Phantom Hourglass gets near-perfect score from Famitsu

How colorful!I don’t know if any of you readers have heard of Famitsu, but it’s a very popular Japanese magazine that’s notorious for being fairly tough on games (though, it gave Nintendogs a 40/40)- giving Resident Evil 4 a 38/40 and Yoshi Touch ‘n’ Go a 35/40. The latest score to come out of Famitsu-ville was the DS’s next monster hit: The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (official website here). This puts it ahead of many games, as it’s not commonplace for Famitsu to dole out such a high score, which will make cel-shaded-Link-fan’s heart’s across America leap with joy.

Well, maybe not.

Update: Apparently only six games have ever received a perfect score (mind you, this goes back to ’86), and only 17 have received a 39, one of which is Phantom Hourglass. So, it’s safe to say you can go ahead and bust out some preorder money.

New screenshots of EA Playground

Apparently, EA has started developing EA playground (a little late from their original announcement). And they have released two screenshots that are supposed to get us “excited” for the new game.

Here are the screenshots (click this one to view both screenshots):
Wii Playground Teatherball

I am not very “excited” now that I have seen these screenshots…I think they worked in reverse…

2 Pokemon DS Lites for sale in Japan

Pikachu DS LiteRemember the Pikachu DS Lite that was given away during a contest for japan? Well now it’s for sale (for winners in a drawing) as well as a Pokemon Pearl and Diamond version of the DS Lite but it comes only as a package with other games. The Pearl and Diamond versions you can just pick up at the store but the Pikachu DS Lite (in order to maintain it’s rareness) will be able to be purchased in a drawing. Available for ¥16,800 if one enters the Pikachu DS Lite lottery and wins. From the website it most likely reads “you will/can enter more than once”. People can enter from now till July 1st. Purchases and notifications go out July 20.

Pikachu DS Lite Closed

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