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Nintendo Australia’s 3DS Ambassador Program Now PDF-Free

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10:30AM August 30, 2011 | Alex Kidman

Nintendo’s making it just a little bit easier for Aussies to register your 3DS if you bought it before the August 11 cut-off date for the Ambassador program. Details after the jump. More »


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How Motion Detection Works In Xbox Kinect

1:20PM November 4, 2010 | Tim Carmody - Wired

The prototype for Microsoft’s Kinect camera and microphone famously cost $US30,000. At midnight Thursday morning, you’ll be able to buy it for $US150 as an Xbox 360 peripheral. Let’s take some time to think about how it all works. More »


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Cee Lo’s "F*ck You" As Performed By An Angry Nintendo NES

2:00PM September 29, 2010 | Rosa Golijan

newVideoPlayer( {"type":"video","player":"http://www.youtube.com/v/7HI-ZMjn9d8&hl=en&fs=1&hd=1","customParams":[] ,"width":500,"height":332.5,"ratio":0.615,"flashData":"","embedName":null,"objectId":null,"noEmbed":false,"source":"youtube","wrap":true,"agegate":false} ); Most of us are familiar with the popular song “Fuck You” by Cee Lo, but I doubt many of us realised just how perfectly the tune could be applied to one of gaming’s most torrid feuds: Nintendo vs Sega. More »


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Nintendo’s Virtual Boy Gets Torn Apart

11:00PM September 4, 2010 | Rosa Golijan

Nintendo’s Virtual Boy was among the first game consoles to display “true 3D graphics” and a cherished part of many childhoods. It’s also the “coolest device” the iFixIt crew has ever taken apart and it’s easy to see why. More »


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PlayStation Now Extra Spotty And Interested In Girls, As It Turns 15

10:54PM December 3, 2009 | Kat Hannaford

15 years ago today in Japan, the original PlayStation went on sale. It wasn’t until a year later that it hit US and European shelves, with Ridge Racer satisfying gamers years before GTA was ever a twinkle in Rockstar’s eye. More »


Gadgets

TV Tricklesaver Makes Sure Standby Consoles Don’t Cost You Money

8:40AM July 9, 2009 | Jason Chen

The Tricklesaver does two things: detect when your TV is off, and cuts off power to whatever console is plugged in so it doesn’t waste power when “off”. This is good, in theory. More »


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True Next Gen Wii Coming in 2011

4:25PM October 1, 2008 | Gizmodo US Edition

A true “next generation” Nintendo console, tentatively referred to as the Wii HD, will hit the market in 2011, according to the folks at What They Play. The site claimed that Nintendo is currently showing early presentations of Wii 2.0 to the game development community, and that Miyamoto’s new device will be based on completely new hardware and will contain HD visuals, digitally distributed content and expanded storage.

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