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Archive for the ‘Nintendo DS’ Category

June 24th, 2008

Sonic Unleashed not heading to the DS

Apparently, Nintendo caused some recent confusion when it released its Nintendo DS summer release schedule, which curiously included Sonic Unleashed on the list. However, Sega quickly clarified the mistake with and said that Sonic will not be unleashed on the DS.
Additionally, Nintendo listed Beijing 2008 as heading to the Nintendo Wii, but Sega also said […]

By Chris -- 3 comments

June 24th, 2008

Them there’s fighting words, Miyamoto!

Reading an interview on Wired today, I was suddenly drawn back into the bitter war from the 90’s.  No, not the Gulf war, but the war between Sega and Nintendo, the Megadrive vs SNES.
The war was so bitter it wasn’t just fought between the two companies, but it invaded, magazines, media advertising (”Sega […]

By Graham -- 23 comments

June 23rd, 2008

Infinite Line developer used to make erotic PC games

Unlike the rest of the writers here I don’t follow erotic PC games, so I didn’t know Nude Maker used to do erotic games. Though it is a  fitting name now, but still doesn’t explain why Infinite Line doesn’t look sexy ….
Nude Maker’s Hifumi Kouno tries to explain why hes an artist and not a […]

By George -- 9 comments

June 20th, 2008

Sonic Chronicles: Hands-on community event

On Thursday June 19th, we were invited to the Wii Flat, in London for a preview look at the latest build of Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood on the DS.
As with most Sega Community Events, the affair is a relaxed one, which means everyone gets a damn good go on the game(s) on offer. […]

By Graham -- 16 comments

June 13th, 2008

HULK: Combat trailer

With the release of The Incredible HULK today, Sega Europe has unleashed another trailer, entitled “Combat.”
I know many people here are a tad weary of this movie tie-in, what with the disappointing Iron Man, and some sub-par reviews.  But hopefully this trailer, showing off many fighting scenes, might entice you to try the game.
Well, if […]

By Graham -- 0 comments

June 10th, 2008

Sega Superstars Tennis hits up a million

Sega Superstars Tennis has now reached over a million copies sold world wide! If you didn’t find something to like in Sega Superstars Tennis, you are not a Sega fan! This game was a overdose of Sega love, sweet sensual Sega love.
This number comes from VGchartz, so it could be well off.  Something to add, […]

By George -- 24 comments

June 4th, 2008

First official Sonic Chronicles trailer shown

IGN has put up the first trailer for the upcoming DS title, Sonic Chronicles, the trailer may only show a little bit of gameplay, but so far it’s looking pretty solid.
While Sonic may not be the most popular Sega character these days, we are pretty excited about this game here at Sega Nerds, as we […]

By Graham -- 20 comments

June 2nd, 2008

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic games gets more ads

Instead of focusing on its current games released, Sega has decided to stick with Mario & Sonic at the Olympic games. I thought they should have spent this sort of advertising dollar on other titles, but whatever. It seems that Sega is thrilled with this game. According to Alan Pritchard:
We’ve sustained sales at 25,000 […]

By George -- 6 comments

May 30th, 2008

Sega hits a home run in Japan

For the last few weeks, in Japan, two titles have been battling it out over the pole postition, Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (PSP) and Mario Kart Wii (Wii). However it was all change last week, when Sega released Let’s Make a Pro Baseball Team!
However it may not all be as great as it sounds.

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By Graham -- 1 comment

May 29th, 2008

New Dinosaur Kingdom videos released

Sega shot us a couple new gameplay videos for its upcoming Nintendo DS Pokemon ripoff RPG Dinosaur Kingdom that’s set to release this fall. In the game, you’ll be tasked with excavating dinosaur fossils, then bringing them back to life with a DinoShot, allowing you to battle them against your foes.
The game features more than […]

By Chris -- 4 comments