Here's a much better example intro: "Sonic’s career is as chequered as those famous green hills" http://bit.ly/kdEPij
How not to start a Sonic the Hedgehog retrospective. Thanks, Eurogamer: http://bit.ly/mBKWAe
Jumping the gun?
We're still over a month away from Nintendo's official reveal of its Wii successor, but that doesn't mean retailers aren't keen to get in there early and start securing customer interest.
Listening to some Hayley Westenra while Mrs N is out and about. If she were here I'd be dead!
Appy days on the way?
Yesterday we reported that Fruit Ninja might be coming to Kinect, and we know that Doodle Jump in bounding to Kinect too. In fact, of late we've had more announcements of smaller games than big AAA titles coming to the sensor, prompting us to ask "are small games Kinect's future?"
Playing Virtua Tennis 4. Nice to see Sumo's Steve Lycett aka S0L make an appearance!
Submitted to lotcheck now
Topsy-turvy DSiWare outing Antipole is on its way to the download service in the coming months, as developer Saturnine Games has announced the game's submission to Nintendo's lotcheck.
Start your engines
Last year's Wii version of Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit didn't go down brilliantly with gamers, but hopefully EA can atone for its errors with this year's entry Need for Speed: The Run on Wii. It's not just Wii getting a look in though, as Need for Speed: The Run is coming to 3DS as well.
Will you be the lucky one?
If you didn't win our 3DS giveaway you might want to take a look at Spanish developer Abylight's website on Monday.
Thanks, Korean ratings board
Popular smartphone game Fruit Ninja is as simple a concept as it gets: fruit comes flying in, you slice it with your finger. Fancy doing that with your whole body? You might get the chance, as the Korean Game Ratings Board has given the game a run out.
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