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  • PlayStation Spots Expand

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    Well, it’s about time. Kotaku reports that Sony is planning on expanding the number of PlayStation Spots — where you can download and play demos of games for your PSP — to 150 in Tokyo. I don’t know how many they have now, but I’ve only seen one at the Sony Building in Ginza.

  • Katamari Damacy Online

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    2D old-school Katamari Damacy, playable online! I’m sure Patrick is going to be all over this… Link via Boing Boing.

  • Nintendo DS Lite Color Variations

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    Nintendo Japan has announced that the Nintendo DS Lite will launch (March 3) in three colors: crystal white, ice blue, and enamel navy (you can see all three here). Me, I’m all about the white!

  • The Best Game Controller Ever

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    Found in last week’s issue of METROPOLIS (in “The Small Print”): Nissan has fitted an Xbox 360 game console into the trunk of its new Urge model, so that when the car is parked the driver can play a wild driving game using the steering wheel, accelerator and brake pedals of the car itself. I’d…

  • PSP Navigating

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    A reader sent me a link to this, which looks quite useful — it’s a map of Tokyo that comes on a UMD disc for the PSP. Sure, you can get something similar on your mobile phones these days (navigation software is especially big on AU phones), but the big PSP screen does make this…

  • Animal Fun

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    I’ve alluded a few times to the fact that Yuko has developed a bit of an obsession over DOUBUTSU NO MORI (ANIMAL CROSSING) and that I’ve pretty much lost access to my DS because of it — I won’t tell you how many hours she plays a day, but I think you can already figure…

  • New DS Feature!

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    Sorry, had to share this, it made me laugh (you know, cause it’s sort of true). Good to see Miyamato and Iwata in such good moods! Found at DS Fanboy.

  • Shigureden

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    Kotaku has huge coverage of the Shigureden interactive museum in Kyoto, in which you roam all sorts of environments (based on a traditional Japanese card game) with a specially tricked-out Nintendo DS as your guide. Looks fascinating, although it does seem as if you’d need a minimum of Japanese ability to take everything in. There…

  • Rez on PSP

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    Oh my, great news: Kotaku is reporting that it looks like REZ — by Tetsuya Mizuguchi, who is also behind the PSP’s excellent LUMINES and the DS’ METEOS, which I’ve yet to play — is going to make it to the PSP. If you’ve never played REZ on the Dreamcast or PS2, shame on you!…

  • Flirting on the Keitai

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    I absolutely loved playing Sega’s FEEL THE MAGIC on the DS, and even though I haven’t played the sequel yet (WHERE DO BABIES COME FROM?), being able to play it on your mobile phone — even if for now you’re limited to one mini-game — sounds great, and the simple graphics of the game should…