Got an email from our ninja at Nintendo of America's headquarters. Our ninja confirmed that the Cobalt Black Nintendo DS Lite would be release as one of the official Nintendo DS lite colors. No release dates yet though.
I already warned you once by editing your signature. You were suspended for bringing the oversized image back. smile.gif
I hope you won't have any hard feelings on this. (And besides, I can suspend you right now for violating the above rule and for evading your suspension, so I'm begging you - please comply.)
I posted on a 2nd account this
LOL
I said no lame reasons
the mod suspended me because of my sig
I changed the dimensions and the size to comply with your "law" and I did that like 3 weeks ago? no other mods or GM gave a damn about it, so why now?
She replied
I don't really know why would it be necessary to just leave it as is. But the important thing is... You were notified, right? smile.gif
If ever there's a good reason to unban you (okay, don't give me that "that GM is advertising" reason, see first paragraph), then okay -- I will. Probably, it's just an alibi or an excuse, probably it's the real thing, but... You see, I cannot just do what you guys like, since all of us have our own limitations.
*sigh* Guess I can't please everyone. ^_^
Was it really about the sig? So it was 16 pixels larger, she didn't noticed the other sigs which is much larger than mine? The one with 2 sigs?
Before the suspension, I was commenting on the post of GM Tristan III by promoting his blog on Ragnaboards via Midgard Congress section, which is a lame excuse of getting hits on his blog
I'm not a fan of Apple Mac but when I saw that Macbook Air , I forgot I was a Microsoft fanboy!. Come on, do you see that thin notebook? Heck, maybe it's as thin as a potato chip! It's like a mammoth trampled over that piece of gadgetry! For a price of $1799 dollars, You'll have on your hands the worlds thinnest notebook! See the pictures after the jump!
Recently, players of Philippine Ragnarok Online were complaining that their GMs (Game Master) are posting the updates of the game in their own blog rather than posting it on the official website. Two GMs of Philippine Ragnarok Online are using their Game Master status to attract users to come to their site. Now, they even place game updates on their blogs rather than announcing it on Ragnaboards (the official forum of pRO) or on the official pRO site. Users now question the actions of these two GMs as what is their reason behind this.
A whopping 8gb touchcreen phone from the Walkman series. The W960 is armed with features that aimed againts Apple's iPhone. From the WiFi connection to the touchcreen display. Full specs after the jump Network UMTS / GSM 900 / GSM 1800 / GSM 1900 Dimensions 109 x 55 x 16 mm Weight 119 g Display Type TFT touchscreen, 256K colors Size 240 x 320 pixels, 2.6 inches - Handwriting recognition - Wallpapers, screensavers Ringtones Type Polyphonic (40 channels), MP3, AAC Customization Composer, download Vibration Yes Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall Call records Practically unlimited Card slot No - 8 GB internal memory GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps HSCSD No EDGE No 3G Yes, 384 kbps WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11b Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP Infrared port No USB Yes, v2.0 OS Symbian OS v9.1, UIQ 3.0 Messaging SMS, MMS, Email, Instant Messaging Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML(Opera 8.0), RSS reader Games Yes + downloadable Colors Vinyl Black Camera 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels, autofocus, video(QVGA 15fps), flash; secondary VGA videocall camera - Java MIDP 2.0 - FM radio with RDS - Walkman Touch player - TrackID music recognition - T9 - Image viewer - Picture/document editor - Organiser - Voice memo - Built-in handsfree Standard battery, Li-Po 900 mAh (BST-33) Stand-by Up to 370 h Talk time Up to 9 h
Mathieulh and Dark_AleX (who was on retirement) have dumped the PSP Slim’s NAND memory. They say their doing it for educational purposes only but I doubt we'll see some hacked firmware soon enough. The actual dump after the jump
There's no sidetalking here, but instead a new image for Nokia's N-Gage. After failing to capture some chunks of Nintendo's handheld market, Nokia decided to lay the smackdown on their N-Gage hardware and converted it to a download portal of games for their latest line of smartphones.
Starting in November 2007, N-Gage will be compatible with these phones: - Nokia N73 - N81 - Nokia N81 8GB - Nokia N93 - Nokia N93i - Nokia N95 - Nokia N95 8GB
Nintendo, Sony, and Electronic Arts will all be present on this year's Games Convention Asia, with game titles and consoles on display.
Sony will display several PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable titles, while Nintendo will be using the event to launch the Wii console in the territory.
EA will also showcase over 15 titles on both PC and console, including Crysis, FIFA 08 and Rock Band.
Other publishers exhibiting games at the event will include Blizzard, 10tacle, Nokia NGage, AMD and Asiasoft.
Does this mean we'll get Sony and Nintendo to launch the PS3, PSP, Wii, and DS here in the Philippines? The Philippines is part of the upcoming conference that will be held in Singapore this September. Source
According to the press release from Nintendo of America, Mexican authorities have confiscated 15,000 counterfeit Nintendo products from a market in Guadalajara, Mexico.
August 17 2007 - Mexican authorities conducted raids today against 12 alleged distributors of counterfeit Nintendo® products in a major "fayuca" (contraband) market in Guadalajara. Authorities seized 15,000 counterfeit Nintendo products, including 4,500 counterfeit Wii™ game discs.
The Guadalajara raids follow other Nintendo actions in Mexico during the past few months. Last month, Nintendo worked with customs agents to stop a shipment of more than 5,500 counterfeit Nintendo products entering Manzanillo, exported from China. Prior to that, Nintendo assisted local authorities in a raid of the San Juan de Dios market in Guadalajara, where 23 stores were shut down and more than 56,000 counterfeit Nintendo products were confiscated, including 11,000 counterfeit Wii discs.
"Mexico is Nintendo's largest market in Latin America, where the problem of video game piracy is widespread," said Jodi Daugherty, Nintendo of America's senior director of anti-piracy. "Since January, Nintendo has worked with law enforcement agencies worldwide to seize 100,000 counterfeit Wii games."
Earlier this month, U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents executed 32 federal search warrants in 16 states as part of an investigation into the alleged sale and distribution of illegal Wii modification chips designed to circumvent the security embedded in the hardware and allow users to play counterfeit Wii software.
Nintendo and its developers and publishers lost an estimated $762 million in sales in 2006 due to piracy of its products.
If you haven't heard it yet, some guys got irked when our Wii-GameCube article reached GamePro. One reasoned that our article could have affected how Microsoft, Nintendo, and other companies would deal with gamers in the Philippines. Blocking of credit cards, IPs, and racial discriminations are just the few effects our article has "supposedly" caused...
Posted by AngelsCircle
If you haven't realize it yet? Our gaming is affected by that article. Microsoft block our locally issued credit card in buying in xbox live marketplace and our IP are recognized already to be block in downloading video medias because they do not trust us anymore. That article reaching gamepro website will have an impact on Wii gamers using their credit card to pay for Virtual Games downloadable and other things an ordinary Nintendo Gamers usually have.
How many gamers in xbox live will have a negative feedback on their gamertags once the other foreign players learned they are filipinos because they have bad impression of us because some articles like that stating we are modders and we are reverse engineer even most of us are not? An article like that has a greater impact against xbox gamers locally than those of Nintendo gamers because of the online persecution are extended thru audio means also in xbox live.
Damage has been done and all of us has to live with it now, Another nail to our crosses and another nail for the coffin of our gaming recognition with Halo 3 is coming to the xbox and more online games coming for the Nintendo with our country is listed as one of the location that can be chosen as seen in Pokemon Battle Revolution but all of that will hang in balance after that articles impact.
Well this raid in Mexico doesn't affect my relations with my Mexican online buddies, and neither should yours. Regarding the blocking of credit cards, companies have been doing this before. Not just Microsoft. Heard or PayPal?
Game companies know how rampant piracy is in Asia, and our simple article wouldn't affect their decisions if they wanted to give official support to Philippine gamers or not. Nintendo knows how rampant piracy is in Mexico, so why do they still offer official support there?
This is possibly the first iPhone in the Philippines to work on a local network. We earlier posted a link to the procedure to clone your current SIM card to work with the Apple iPhone and apparently, the method works!
So if you have some spare 35,000 pesos, head over to Yugatech's blog and order one. We're also accepting iPhone gifts :~)
Remember the time when PlayStation 2s were banned in Iraq because clusters of them might be used to launch nuclear weapons? Well, lots of PlayStation 3s are being networked as servers for the PS3 game Warhawk that will connect gamers around the world. The PS3 servers are being built by the SCEA IT Team. Source
Fortune Magazine recently reported that the title "richest man on the world" is no longer held by the Microsoft founder Bill Gates but is now given to Carlos Slim Helu, owner of Telefonos de Mexico Fortune Magazine said:
"By our calculations, the 67-year-old Slim has amassed a 59 billion-dollar fortune, based on the value of his public holdings at the end of July," Fortune magazine reported in its latest edition, due to hit newsstands this week.
"This number puts him just ahead of perennial number one, Microsoft founder Bill Gates, whose net worth is estimated to be at least 58 billion dollars.
Mexican financial website Sentido Comun reported last month that Slim had overtaken Gates, and put his personal fortune at almost 68 billion dollars.
"Gates is selling off his single greatest source of wealth, Microsoft stock, to fund his foundation, while Slim's fortune is growing at a stunning clip. His net worth jumped 12 billion dollars this year alone,"
Slim's family holdings represented more than five percent of Mexico's gross domestic product last year and companies under his control make up one third of the Mexican stock market, according to Fortune.
Slim's holdings include banking, automotive and especially telecoms interests. His Telefonos de Mexico controls 92 percent of Mexico's phone lines
Globe Telecom has just changed their logo from nice to worse. Just look how cluttered the new logo is!
They even spent millions of pesos just to promote their "new" brand on ABS-CBN and GMA-7's primetime spots. Globe Telecoms has also revamped their website's look and how the information is organized to match Smart Communication's new website.
Hey Globe, just give us P10/30 min rates for 3G/GPRS browsing and improve the capabilities of our MMS, just like with the ability to receive emails on our MMS emails. Smart has done that, why won't you? AND PLEASE OPEN YOUR INTERNET APN TO US PREPAID SUBSCRIBERS!
Mattel has ordered a recall their toys manufactured in China fearing that the toys contains too much lead. These toys have already been removed from Toys 'R Us and Toy Kingdom here in the Philippines. For more information about these toys, please visit Mattel's website here.
Official statement from Mattel after the jump.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firms named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.
Name of Product: Sesame Street, Dora the Explorer, and other children’s toys
Units: About 967,000
Importer: Fisher-Price Inc., of East Aurora, N.Y.
Hazard: Surface paints on the toys could contain excessive levels of lead. Lead is toxic if ingested by young children and can cause adverse health effects.
Incidents/Injuries: None reported.
Description: The recalled involves various figures and toys that were manufactured between April 19, 2007 and July 6, 2007 and were sold alone or as part of sets. The model names and product numbers for the recalled toys, which are all marked with “Fisher-Price,” are listed below. The toys may have a date code between 109-7LF and 187-7LF marked on the product or packaging.
Sold at: Retail stores nationwide from May 2007 through August 2007 for between $5 and $40.
Manufactured in: China
Remedy: Consumers should immediately take the recalled toys away from children and contact Fisher-Price. Consumers will need to return the product and will receive a voucher for a replacement toy of the consumer’s choice (up to the value of the returned product).
Consumer Contact: For additional information contact Fisher-Price at (800) 916-4498 anytime or visit the firm’s Web site at www.service.mattel.com
Product List: 33662 Elmo Light Up Musical Pal 33664 Big Bird Light Up Musical Pal 39038 Elmo Tub Sub 87946 Elmo Keyboard 90609 Elmo Collectible 90612 Zoe Collectible 90614 Big Bird Collectible 93068 Elmo Boom Box 93307 Press N Go Elmo 93492 Cookie Saxophone 93615 Splash Tub Puzzle
B7554 Count To Beat Elmo B7987 Elmo In The Giggle Box B9620 Dora's Talking House C6908 Dora, Backpack, Perrito Figure Pack C6909 Diego Figure Pack C6911 Boots, Tico Figure Pack G5112 Sing With Elmo's Greatest Hits H2943 Grow With Me Elmo Sprinkler H3344 Birthday Dora H5570 Elmo & Pals (Elmo, Zoe, Bigbird) H4628 Water Fun Tote H8237 Blue 3 Pack Figures In Tube H9124 Chef Dora H9186 Giggle Grabber Ernie
J0338 Diego Talking Field Journal J0344 Go Diego Go Deep Sea Rescue J0346 Go Diego Go Talking Rescue 4 X 4 J5936 Giggle Grabber Chef Cookie Monster J6537 Sesame Street Giggle Toolbelt J6763 Royal Boots And Tico J7983 Sesame Street Tub Pots & Pans J9692 Dora's Talking Pony Place K3414 Diego - Talking Gadget Belt K3580 Fairytale Adventure Dora K4140 Toucan Motorcycle Rescue
L3194 Surprise Inside Diego Eggs L3488 Sesame Street Birthday Figure Pack L3507 Sesame Street - Super Boom Box L5202 Birthday Dora L8905 Pablo & Pals M0352 Dora Figures Diego & Bear M0527 Sesame Street Giggle Doodler M2051 Lets Go Rescue Center
33663 Ernie Light Up Musical Pal 34658 Elmo Stacking Rings 39054 Sesame Street Shape Sorter 90267 Ernie Splashin' Fun Trike 90611 Cookie Collectible 90613 Ernie Collectible 90745 Construction Playset 93107 Action Fire Engine 93308 Rev & Go Cookie Monster 93493 Elmo's Guitar 93780 Music And Lights Phone
B7888 Shake, Giggle & Roll B7989 Silly Parts Talking Elmo
C6910 Swiper Figure Pack G3825 Dora Talking Vamonos Van G9717 Giggle Doodler H3343 Cousin Daisy H5569 Elmo & Pals (Elmo, Cookie, Ernie) H4187 Dora Figures In Tube H8236 Dora 3 Pack Figures In Tube H8238 Sponge Bob 3 Pack Figures In Tube H9125 Bedtime Dora H9188 Giggle Grabber Oscar The Grouch
J0343 Go Diego Go Antarctic Rescue J0345 Go Diego Go Mountain Rescue J5935 Giggle Grabber Soccer Elmo
J6762 Queen Mami J6765 Prince Diego J9518 Sesame Street Giggle Drill K0617 Twins Nursery K3571 Go Diego Go Mobile Rescue Unit K4139 Go Diego Go Dinosaur Rescue L0305 Dora Figure
L3215 Sesame Street Elmo Jack-In-The-Box
L5813 Diego Tub Trike M0351 Dora Figures Dora & Kitty M0524 Go Diego Go Talking Gadget M0732 Dora's Talking House M2052 Fairytale Castle
Retro gamers are the target of a new computer worm making its rounds on the internet. An email containing a Super Mario Bros game carries the Romario-A worm and when executed, the worm is dropped to your system. Just a tip, don't open email attachments with file extensions like .exe, .pif, and .bat.
After the large demand of Wii and Nintendo DS, Nintendo is now ranked 5th Largest Company in Japan overtaking NTT and Honda.
According to YAHOO! News:
TOKYO (Reuters) - Nintendo Co. Ltd. (7974.OS) zipped passed telecoms giant NTT (9432.T) and a major financial group to become Japan's fifth-biggest company by market value on Thursday, propelled higher by a stellar earnings performance on demand for its Wii and DS game gear. ADVERTISEMENT
By mid-afternoon Nintendo's stock had climbed 8.1 percent to 614,000 yen, adding to a 3.5 percent gain made on Wednesday after its earnings announcement.
Nintendo lifted its annual outlook above market expectations after quarterly operating profit more than tripled, as its strategy to expand the gaming population to women and the elderly paid off handsomely.
Offering innovative and easy-to-play games, the company's DS handheld player and Wii console have outsold rival Sony Corp. (6758.T) and Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq:MSFT - news) machines in recent months.
Its market value now stands at 8.69 trillion yen ($72 billion), outstripping Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (8316.T), NTT or Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp (9432.T), and Honda Motor Co (7267.T) which had placed higher in the rankings only a day before. It shot past Sony last month.
The Kyoto-based company revised up its operating profit forecast by 37 percent to 370 billion yen ($3.1 billion) for the year to March 2008, topping a consensus of a 305 billion yen profit in a poll of 20 analysts by Reuters Estimates.
It also lifted its annual dividend forecast to 960 yen from an earlier estimate of 700 yen.
Nintendo's DS lets users control play with a stylus instead of manipulating a keypad, while the Wii, which competes with Sony's PlayStation 3 and Microsoft's Xbox 360, comes with an unusual motion-sensing controller that can be swung like a bat or a sword.
The creator of such game characters as Mario, Zelda and Donkey Kong raised its sales forecast for the Wii by 18 percent to 16.5 million units for the current business year, while lifting its DS sales target by 18 percent to 26 million units.
So Nintendo, can you now have a price cut with your Wii Consoles? please ^^
The widespread piracy of films, music and video games is forcing many international companies to have second thoughts on manufacturing software in the Philippines, a Sony Corp. executive said.
"Piracy is the big concern and this is the reason why we cant do business here," said Hiroaki Kobayashi, president and managing director of Sony Philippines.
"I think its also the problem of other companies," he said, citing the widespread availability of pirated versions of movies, audio products, video-games and computer software.
He said this was why Sony would not even import copies of video-games for their popular Playstation Portable (PSP) into the Philippines.
Kobayashi said he could not say just how much the industry lost to piracy saying: "Its very difficult to quantify."
The International Intellectual Property Alliance said the loss to US copyright industries in the Philippines in 2004 was 139 million dollars. Pirated versions of movies, music and software are widely available in many shopping malls in the Philippines despite numerous complaints from companies and foreign governments. Kobayashi said Sony hardware, however, continues to enjoy success in the Philippines with its widescreen televisions, digital video cameras and bluetooth headphones all getting increases in sales.
He estimated sales in 2006 amounting to 4.4 billion pesos (90.2 million dollars), up from 3.5 billion pesos in 2005.
No, it wasn't Raiden's fault. Brazilian gamer Aguinaldo César Alves was struck by lightning the other day while playing Mortal Kombat in his Super Nintendo Entertainment System. He was teaching his 8-yr old cousin a move when the lightning struck him and knocked him unconscious. He's ok now and didn't sustain any major injuries. Just a burned SNES.
So next time you'll be teaching younglings some M-Rated games, prepare to be zapped by lightning :P Via Gizmodo
A recent survey from 1,500 US children and teens 10-19 years old showed that adolescent gamers spent 30 percent less time reading and 34 percent less time doing their homeworks than their non-gaming counterparts.
The study showed both groups spend a similar amounts of time with parents and friends, but homework was something else, WebMD.com reported.
"Although gamers and non-gamers did not differ in the amount of time they spent interacting with family and friends, concerns regarding gamers' neglect of school responsibilities (reading and homework) are warranted," the researchers said.
The survey also showed that the participants played video games an hour on weekdays and 90 minutes on weekend days. I won't speak for Rocky but when we were still in school, I don't play video games. Just some TV and lots of reading, reviews and homeworks. It's just a matter of discipline and self control ;)
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