Nintendo-Pros IRC Channel! Nintendo-Pros.com now has a brand new IRC channel – #nintendo-pros. IRC (Internet Relay Chat) allows you to talk with nearly anybody in the world from anywhere! You can either use your own desktop client or you can use the online client here at nintendo pros! For those wanting to use their own client, here are [...]

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Nintendo 3DS Design Confirmed As Final When the Nintendo 3DS prototype was shown off at this year’s E3, it was said that the design wasn’t final yet, so there would be some room for Nintendo to perform a few tweaks if necessary. Now project designer Hideki Konno has assured fans that the design that we saw was final, and will remain [...]

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New site logo! I have now created a logo for Nintendo pros to help us stand out that little bit more. Spread it around using the handy codes below and get some readers in. Or, just gaze lovingly at it taking in the design.

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Kid Icarus Uprising – online versus play? In an interview with the Gamesmaster Magazine, the Kid Icarus Uprising developer, Masahiro Sakurai, has stated that his in-development 3DS game could feature online versus play. The online capabilities are currently being tested. There could be some versus play but we can’t go into any detail. There are a lot of capabilities that expand on [...]

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New Sonic Colours power up released A new power up found in the upcoming Sonic Colours has been announced by Sega. Titled the “Orange Wisp”, Sonic gains rocket power when it’s used. When absorbed, the Orange Wisp will blast Sonic into the air with an explosion of colour. Sonic will then be able to reach secret areas and hidden rings beyond [...]

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Mario Kart and Animal Crossing to get 3DS Tag Mode Revealed at E3, the Nintendo 3DS’ Tag Mode has been a little bit of a mystery. The mode allows gamers to share data both locally and via Wi-Fi hotspots even if they’re playing a game. The feature has been confirmed for Nintendogs and Cats, but in a recent interview with Wired, Hideki Konno said the [...]

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3DS screens “could get bigger” In a recent interview with Wired, Hideki Konno has stated that there is a possibility of the 3DS getting bigger screens before release. This news will be a major relief to owners of the DSi XL who don’t wish to downgrade to smaller screens come release day. He didn’t seem too sold on the idea, [...]

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3DS fixes the Nintendo Piracy problem According to THQ’s executive VP of global publishing Ian Curran, the all new anti-piracy technology found in the 3DS is believed to be completely foolproof to cracks from both homebrew lovers and pirates alike. Curran told CVG that the levels of piracy had seriously affected game sales by his company in the past on the [...]

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Sweet Mario Paint tunes We all know Mario Paint, right? Users have been using a windows/mac program that emulates it and uploading some great recordings of tunes to youtube. Here are 3 of my personal favourites – post yours below! There are, of course many more greats out there – just search Youtube and you’ll find an abundance! Via [...]

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Nintendo TV – Zelda Special The most recent episode of Nintendo TV (available via the Nintendo Channel for those unaware of the show) takes a different format – the team have been playing through all the past and present Zelda games in order to sort out those worth playing from those, well, not. Spanning from the first ever Zelda on [...]

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