TEMPORARY CLOSING

I must report that the site will NOT stay open for reasons that I am not at liberty to present to you. I wish I could tell you, but then it… wouldn’t be a surprise.

Stay tuned! 😉

Darth says:  Sorry guys, Bul just won’t lemme keep it open for some reason.

TEMPORARY SHUTDOWN

The site is being temporarily shut down.  It is currently scheduled to re-open sometime in the time frame of mid-September to mid-October.  Thanks for the cooperation.

NSMB’s Success

New Super Mario Bros., released this past May, has hit the milestone of a million games sold in the US, in only 3 months.

DBZ: Tenkaichi 2 for Wii Delayed

DBZ:T2 was going to be a launch title for the Wii, but it will not be coming out until 2007 in Japan, and most likely the same in North America as well.

Here are some screenshots of the game, which were released less than 2 weeks ago:

TBT Site Newsletter

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Nintendo Announces Pink and Black DS Lite!

NINTENDO LAUNCHES NEW DS LITE COLORS AMID RECORD-BREAKING GAME SALES

Onyx and Coral Pink Follow Sale of 1 Millionth New Super Mario Bros.

REDMOND, Wash., Aug. 24, 2006 – The only thing more fun than new Nintendo® DS Lite hardware colors is trying to keep up with the breakneck sales of the software to play on the popular little portable! On Sept. 13, two new colors – Onyx and Coral Pink – join Polar White, which is enjoying its own incredible sales peak and getting noticed everywhere.

The new colors also complement numerous DS games, including New Super Mario Bros.®, which has hit the 1 million unit sales mark after just 12 weeks on sale in the United States. That’s an average of roughly eight games sold each minute continuously since launch, making it the fastest-selling DS title in the United States for a 12-week period. Overall, DS system and game sales are both up more than 300 percent in July alone.

Two Sequels Announced at Nintendo’s “Wii prove our promise” conference

Battalion Wars 2 and Mario Strikers Charged have been announced today by NOE. Both games were rumored before, but now they are official.

IGN’s BW2 article: http://wii.ign.com/articles/727/727452p1.html

IGN’s MSC article: http://wii.ign.com/articles/727/727449p1.html

Both games will be playable at tomorrow’s Games Convention 2006 in Leipzig, Germany.

Twilight Princess Controls Changed

Straight from one of Japan’s official Nintendo magazines, titled “Nintendo Dream”, Miyamoto spills some details on the highly anticipated dual-system game, Twilight Princess. Apparently, the controls for the Wii version have been changed drastically since E3. At E3 2006, the player used “B” to swing the sword, and the D-Pad to use arrows. Now, the controller will be swung to swing the sword likewise, and the B button will be used to fire arrows.

Seems like great news indeed, as this was the control mechanic many anticipated if TP reared its head on the Wii.

Call of Duty 3 Postponed

Yes as sad as it is Call of Duty3 for the Wii has been postponed until 2007. This will be a tragic fall in the world. Well not really, this could mean that they are making the game better.

Here is the article.

Wii Airplane Video

Click here, and choose the first video.

Thanks to GCcafe.com for the video. The graphics look better than I thought in this game, and since this is still early in development, I suddenly have high hopes for Wii’s graphical capability!