Nintendo Announce The Prices Of The Nintendo DSi XL And DSi Are Falling To $169.99 And $149.99 In The USA On 12th September

Nintendo have announced that from the 12th September in the USA, the prices of both the Nintendo DSi and Nintendo DSi XL are dropping. The DSi will have a suggested retail price of $149.99, whilst the DSi XL will have a suggested retail price of $169.99. The Price of the Nintendo DS is not dropping and will remain at $129.99

Press Release

REDMOND, Wash., Aug. 30, 2010 - Nintendo is dropping the suggested retail price of itsNintendo DSi™ and Nintendo DSi XL™ video game systems. Effective Sept. 12, the new suggested retail price of the Nintendo DSi system will be $149.99, while the new suggested retail price for the Nintendo DSi XL system will be $169.99. The Nintendo DS™ Lite model will remain at a suggested retail price of $129.99. The Nintendo DS family of video game systems is the best-selling in the history of the U.S. and worldwide. The new prices offer consumers tremendous value for their money while providing access to the best portable video game experiences possible.

"We know shoppers want to get the maximum value out of every dollar they spend," said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America's executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. "Our new Nintendo DSi prices make it easier than ever for consumers to access the tremendous variety of games, applications and social tools on the Nintendo DSi and Nintendo DSi XL systems."

The Nintendo DSi and Nintendo DSi XL systems offer consumers access to more than 1,300 packaged games and more than 200 downloadable games. Both systems feature two built-in cameras and photo- and sound-manipulation software that provide for a more social experience. Users can wirelessly upload photos to Facebook with the touch of a button (wireless broadband Internet access required). The Nintendo DSi XL system, which features a screen that is 93 percent larger than that of the Nintendo DS Lite, comes pre-loaded with software like Brain Age™ Express: Math, Brain Age Express: Arts & Letters, Flipnote Studio™,Photo Clock and the Nintendo DSi Browser.

Through the end of July, total Nintendo DS family hardware sales are more than 42.3 million in the United States alone, according to the NPD Group. Recent and upcoming software releases for the Nintendo DS family of systems include DRAGON QUEST® IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies™ (now available), Professor Layton and the Unwound Future™ (Sept. 12), Pokémon™ Ranger: Guardian Signs (Oct. 4), Art Academy™ (Oct. 25), Mario vs. Donkey Kong™: Mini-Land Mayhem! (Nov. 14) and Golden Sun™: Dark Dawn (Nov. 29).

Remember that Nintendo DSi features parental controls that let adults manage the content their children can access. For more information about this and other features, visithttp://www.nintendodsi.com.

About Nintendo: The worldwide pioneer in the creation of interactive entertainment, Nintendo Co., Ltd., of Kyoto, Japan, manufactures and markets hardware and software for its Wii™ home console and Nintendo DS™ family of portable systems. Since 1983, when it launched the Nintendo Entertainment System™, Nintendo has sold more than 3.4 billion video games and more than 565 million hardware units globally, including the current-generation Wii, Nintendo DS, Nintendo DSi™ and Nintendo DSi XL™, as well as the Game Boy™, Game Boy Advance, Super NES™, Nintendo 64™ and Nintendo GameCube™ systems. It has also created industry icons that have become well-known, household names such as Mario™, Donkey Kong™, Metroid™, Zelda™ and Pokémon™. A wholly owned subsidiary, Nintendo of America Inc., based in Redmond, Wash., serves as headquarters for Nintendo's operations in the Western Hemisphere. For more information about Nintendo, please visit the company's website at www.nintendo.com.

Hit X Podcast: All The News From QTE Gamers From Saturday 28th And Sunday 29th August

This is all the news from Saturday 28th And Sunday 29th August.

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The Re-Cap: News From QTE Gamers From Saturday 28th And Sunday 29th August

• QTE Blog: The Re-Cap: News From QTE Gamers From Friday 27th August http://ht.ly/18LnCP
• TellTale games have released a teaser trailer for a game starring Sam & Max, Team Fortress 2, Penny Arcade and Strong Bad http://ht.ly/2w8kn
• There are reports and rumours that L.A.Noire has been delayed until 2011 http://ht.ly/2w8l8
• Its reported that Acclaim is dead after being dropped by Playdom. they were together for just over 3 months http://ht.ly/2w8mh
• QTE Blog: THQ Have Released A New Trailer For uDraw Tablet And uDraw Studio http://ht.ly/18LsYz
• QTE Blog: Funcom Have Released New Screenshots, Concept Art, And A Video For The Secret World http://ht.ly/18LuSI
• QTE Blog: Konami Have Released New Screenshots And A Trailer For Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Transer http://ht.ly/18LwJF
• QTE Blog: Konami Have Released New Screenshots For Hard Corps Uprising http://ht.ly/18LyKV
• QTE Blog: Konami Have Released New Screenshots, Character Art, And A Trailer For Adrenalin Misfits http://ht.ly/18LAnR
• PS3: Kaz Yamauci reveals that Gran Turismo 5 will require a 256MB install but recommends the10GB http://ht.ly/2wmRR
• PS3: The Playstation Move website lists inFamous 2 as a game that supports it. there's been no official word if it does http://ht.ly/2wmUx
• PC: Firaxis reveal the Civilization V demo is coming out in the USA on 21st September, the same day the game is released http://ht.ly/2wmV1
• QTE Blog: What Have You Played This Week? http://ht.ly/18MiDZ
• QTE Blog: QTE Tweets Of The Week http://ht.ly/18MkiG

QTE Tweets Of The Week

This top 10 shows the most clicked tweets from my News in brief Twitter stream. There was no clear big story this week with most of the top 10 getting around the same attention. Its great to see a story from the site making number 1, but there were no surprise entries in this weeks top 10, especially with the stories on hacking and banning making it in.

10 Rockstar announce from tomorrow on 360/PS3, those with hacked Red Dead Redemption game saves will be banned http://ht.ly/2tmIx

9 Tetsuya Nomura announces Final Fantasy Versus XIII and Final Fantasy Agito XIII will be briefly shown at TGS http://ht.ly/2v8gG

8 PS3: its reported that the PS3 is able to detect if your using a device like PSJailbreak, but only when your online http://ht.ly/2u97C

7 PSP: Patapon 3 has been reportedly delayed in Europe until next year. http://ht.ly/2tmJV

6 360: Microsoft announce they are aggressively investigating the Halo Reach leak http://ht.ly/2tmOb

5 DS: Pre-orders in Japan for Pokemon Black and White have already exceeded 1 Million, its out there 18th September http://ht.ly/2tq3L

4 QTE Blog: Guerrilla Games Announce Joris De Man Is Providing The Music Score For Killzone 3 http://ht.ly/18GRHt

3 PS3: Q-Games will show PixelJunk Lifelike, the visualiser for the PS3, at Tokyo Game Show. http://ht.ly/2tuas

2 UK Game Charts, Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days, Toy Story 3, Red Dead Redemption, Lego Harry Potter Years 1-4, Just Dance http://ht.ly/2tq6a

1 QTE Blog: Sony Announce UK Playstation Plus Members Will Get The R.U.S.E Demo On 25th August http://ht.ly/18IJL7

What Have You Played This Week?

Even though that week was fairly calm news wise, it took a lot of my time to get through 3D Dot Game Heroes. It was nice to put a decent amount of time into Football Manager 10 and to play some Demos that interested me. I would've preferred to have got more Transformer trophies, but overall I had a good game playing week.

Football Manager 10 – PC – well Christmas came and I had to sell many of my big players as I couldn't afford their contracts. Its a shame, but it bought in good money for the club. I bought some youngsters and a couple of replacements. Still in mid-table and looking fine, but I was just knocked out of the FA Cup quarter Final Replay by Chelsea.

3D Dot Game Heroes – PS3 – I've finished the game. That fire dungeon was by far the hardest part of the game as was its boss. Despite this, I still enjoyed it and I do recommend the game. Its more than just its unique look, and a game that fans of old school games will enjoy. Because its an homage to old games, some parts maybe frustrating but I believe that it is good enough to look beyond that. I do recommend that you use a FAQ for the game. Some games, like this, are built with an FAQ in mind and by the time I looked for help in the fire dungeon...i had missed plenty of things. In the end I still managed to get some of the hidden items which help you play immensely and you should use a FAQ to get them. Also, this game is longer than it looks. I clocked in just over 24 hours and if I had a FAQ I doubt it would've been shorter as there is plenty of things to do. For me this was a good rental, the game does have a play+ mode and another hidden mode for which there are collectables and trophies to earn, but I only recommend people do this if they are hardcore for the genre and buy the game as it could easily take 70+ hours to complete it all.

Transformers: War For Cybertron – PS3 – I've gone back to the single player campaign to get some of the trophies I missed. Its taking longer than I thought it would but I should get it done in the next day or so.

Shank – PS3 – Demo – I was intreguied by this game. Its art style is great and I wondered what its gameplay would be like. The demo is 2GB but you do get to play the start of the game right through to the first level boss. The action was fast and bloody and, for me, good. There are some interesting things in the game, like a good use of picture in picture. This is a good demo and I would buy the game if I had the money.

Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 – PS3 – Demo – I've got into Naruto recently and I decided to download the demo for the latest game, thankfully there don't appear to be any spoilers for me as i'm only up to the end of the Naruto Anime. The graphics are very good and fit well for the Anime. The combat is a little more complicated and integrates Quick Time Events in cinematic moments. After playing the demo i'm very interested in playing the game and will look to rent it when it comes out.

Did you manage to play more games than I have over the week, or do you have any comments on my experiences or questions about the games i've played? If you do, feel free to add them in the comments section.

Konami Have Released New Screenshots, Character Art, And A Trailer For Adrenalin Misfits

Konami have released new screenshots, Character Art, and a trailer for their upcoming Xbox 360 Kinect game, Adrenalin Misfits. currently, this 1-2 player Kinect game does not have a release date but it does 7 worlds to race in and 50 boards to try to win. The trailer shows in-game action and how you use Kinect with the game, revealing the game to be a board racing game. the screenshots are also in-game and show a couple of different tracks and characters in the game.



Screenshots


Character Art


Fact Sheet

Publisher: Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc.
Developer: Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
Release Date: TBD
Platform(s): Kinect for Xbox 360
ESRB: E (anticipated)
Genre: Action
Multiplayer: 1 – 2
Website: www.konami.com/adrenalinmisfits

Brief Game Description:
Experience Konami’s first ever Microsoft Kinect title with full body motion controls! ADRENALIN MISFITS thrusts gamers into 7 unbelievable fantasy worlds with exciting sideways stance, boarding battles in amazing environments. Compete in crossboarding action through freestyle, time and collection challenges against boss characters each with unique abilities. Battle Boss’ from around the world growing your abilities and gaining more impressive boards each with their own special features. Win a race, steal that boss’ board and do battle to collect all 50. Kinect controls mean anyone can play because your body is the controller. The Kinect camera reads your body’s natural motions converting them into character actions on screen. It’s not just a race, it’s a battle!

Key Features:
• Kinect full body motion controls mean anyone can compete and play in single player mode or two player battles
• Perform tricks, ride and glide in this snowboard inspired riding game by moving your head, feet and body
• Kinect sound controls mean that the more your friends and family cheer the faster your rider will go
• Race through 7 unique fantasy worlds including the snowy mountain, stormy desert, glacier lands, limestone caves, volcanoes and more
• Compete, win and become one of 7 monsters you just defeated or play as an original avatar or XBOX 360 avatar
• Win tournaments and acquire as many as 50 crossboards each with special abilities
• Various items scattered around the course can be acquired to amp up your boards abilities like speed boosts, special attack powers and shooting abilities
• Track rankings, time and scores with other players via live leader boards
• Challenges include time challenges

Konami Have Released New Screenshots For Hard Corps Uprising

Konami have released new screenshots for the upcoming XBLA and PS3 PSN game, Hard Corps Uprising. the name, Hard Corps Uprising, is a working title and it could change in the future. these screenshots are in-game and appear to be from the same one level and they mostly show the main character taking on a large number of enemies.

Screenshots