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Nintendo’s feature primetime advertisement featuring popular UK duo Ant and Dec has been named one of the most annoying adverts of 2009 according to a survey carried out by Adwatch.

Nintendo picked Ant and Dec because of their mainstream appeal to wide audiences ranging from children to grandmas. The ads they star in highlight the many faces of Nintendo including the Wii, DS and several of Nintendo’s family friendly titles such as Mario Kart.

Marketing Magazine lists the ad as tied for ninth most annoying advert of 2009. At the top of the rankings were GO Compare’s ‘ANNOYING’ opera singer followed by Cash4Gold, Glade Touch ‘n’ Fresh and very surprisingly the 188 247 advert (Created by Weebl, from Weebl and Bob).

It’s not just about being annoying says Andy Nairn of ad agency MCBD:

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Following disappointing  Q3 results Ubisoft has taken the decision to push back the release of key titles Splinter Cell: Conviction and RUSE. Both games which where scheduled for release very soon are now due in April of this year.

Ubisoft blamesa slow down in the DS market, amongst other things, for this latest decision saying that:

“The considerable contraction in the DS market during the year particularly affected Ubisoft, leading to a €160 million, or almost 50 per cent, year-on-year drop in the Company’s casual segment sales”

Ubisoft say they now intend to refocus there resources on to there major franchises for the PS3 and 360: Read the rest of this entry »

Nintendo’s head honcho, Satoru Iwata, has recently revealed that they are working on a new Nintendo DS system. The new system, which will possibly implement the tegra chip technology that Nintendo recently acquired, is apparently going to be HD and have motion control. Iwata failed to say more on this subject at this moment in time but I reckon we’ll be hearing more about this system and what type of motion technology it will have at either GDC or E3. Either way the thoughts of a new DS with lovely graphics is enough make my heart pulse. How about you?

If your a fan of Okami, put your hands up. Though according to fellow blogger Blake, the real question is, “Who isn’t a fan?” Finally, the critically acclaimed game for Wii and PS2 is finally getting a sequel as announced by Capcom in the latest issue of Famitsu.

The sequel is called Okamiden and we think it could either be a great choice of platform change on the DS or it could fail rather badly. As massive fans of Chibi Robo on the Gamecube we where disappointed by its DS outing and we hope that Okami will not follow the same pattern.

Not much is known about the game yet, but the screen-shots do show that it’ll be sporting the same watercolour style of the original. Okamiden will be out in Japan next year.

When talking of the harvest moon franchise there is one word that doesn’t usually spring to mind. That word is “innovation” and that is because, as its fans know, with each iteration of the series the game is always the same. Well I am pleased and disappointed at the same time to announce that the new DS harvest moon is the same. Some people that love the games will be happy about this because more of the same is good but some fans may be annoyed that Natsume have again not bothered to add anything new. The game is basically the same has the last harvest moon DS title and has just added the ability to go to different islands to farm rather than different areas. There is honestly not a great deal more I can say from my time with the game, I didn’t notice the story in the play I had, but it is the same game overall as the previous stuff so if you liked that and don’t mind more of the same then this could be something to look out for.

Harvest Moon: Sunshine Islands will be out summer 2009.

Here are some new screens for Devil Survivor by Atlus. This looks set to be one hell of an RPG.

The official Japanese Pokemon Website just announced the long awaited Gold/Siver remakes for the DS. They will be called, Pokemon Heart Gold and Pokemon Soul Silver and are scheduled for this fall in Japan. That should mean that America and hopefully Europe will get it around a year for now. I am very happy about this announcement as i loved gold and silver.

Recent game by Rockstar for the Nintendo DS, Grand Theft Auto Chinatown Wars, has been receiving positive feedback by press and public alike. The current Gameranking score at time of writing is an astounding 94.54% review average currently rankings highest in overall review on DS. Reviewers have noted that “It truly brings the feel of Liberty City to the DS” and “It does things that could not be done on the 360, PC, or PS3.” VGTribune will have its review up of the game soon.

GTA:CTW also currently has a 95/100 score on Metacritic.

Well we here at VGTribune made this list out about two months ago and until now it has remained secret. Now however i will finally report on out GOTY’s from 2008, one of the greatest gaming years yet!

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Image and Press Release via GamesPress.

Punch-Out Wii!!, Donkey Kong Jungle Beat, Bit.Trip Beat and 117 more games? That’s a whole lot of games Nintendo. And we underestimated your Q1-Q2 line up at first.

NINTENDO’S VIDEO GAME LINEUP DEMONSTRATES GAMING DIVERSITY

New Games Announced for Nintendo Systems

REDMOND, Wash., Feb. 26, 2009 – While everyone is still buzzing about the upcoming April 5 launch of the Nintendo DSi™ system, video game fans will have plenty of great games and experiences to keep them busy. Nintendo has an extensive, diverse library of about 120 games on the way for both the Wii™ and Nintendo DS™ systems. Upcoming Nintendo-published video games for Wii include:

Excitebotsâ„¢: Trick Racing has elements that make it one of the more unique racing games on the market. It launches April 20 and lets everyone in the family use the Wii Wheelâ„¢ accessory in unique and changing environments, play fun minigames and perform crazy tricks in a game that builds on the Excitebikeâ„¢ and Excite Truckâ„¢ franchises.

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