And, the next game show of the season has begun…

Funny thing here is, it feels like a slow news day, but we have a rather healthy number of items here for you today.

1) Boss Frog talks about changes to Boktai DS in its US-localized form, Lunar Knights.

Most bizarre indeed. Not entirely unheard of, but still. At least you can change the names back.

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2) brings us word of RPG Motivational Posters, for those times when you’ve rolled one fumble too many.

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3) posted an awesome little product: Power Up! Energy Drink, featuring Mario!

I want one. No, two. One to try, one to keep.

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4) Win.

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5) Hmm, regarding the whole Mega Man ZX sans voices thing? And the weird shake-up of MegaMan Battle Network 5 Double Team DS? This explains a lot.

…except for the fact that there seems to be absolutely nothing new happening on the Classic/X front. And the fact that Legends saw some of the best voice acting in games, ever. Which makes me wonder what Johnson is doing now…

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6) Lots of stuff coming out of Leipzig… the official trailer for The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass being one.

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7) As rumored, Super Mario Strikers Charged has been announced for the Wii, and has its own trailer as well, plus a stage demo as well.

Looks like Bowser’s taking a new approach to playing…

Gamespot gives their first impressions.

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8) Meanwhile, Gamespot also has coverage of Konami’s annual Gamer’s Day.

Sigh, still no new Contra.

At least Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin is looking good. And Charlotte just keeps looking better…

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9) Ultimate Ghosts N’ Goblins is coming to PSPs sooner than later.

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10) New from Artoon and Nintendo comes new Yoshi’s Island 2 screens.

N-Philes makes a good point: “If Donkey Kong Jr. grew up to be the modern DK that we all love, why does Baby DK not look like Donkey Kong Jr. at all?”

My answer? Retcon/unexplained story. Sort of the same as “why was Luigi born with a green hat?”

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11) Still looking forward to Project H.A.M.M.E.R..

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12) Once more, Nintendo curiously thumbs its nose at the US by releasing a pink DS Lite in Europe, to accompany the white and black versions.

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13) I accidently misread this as GC 2006: Karaoke Revolution Snags American Idiots”

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14) Wow, and here the Wii is claimed as being revolutionary…

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15) Hmm, Nintendo’s E3 press conference this ain’t. Zzzzz…

Oh well. Can’t win them all. I imagine it might’ve been better to see it than read it, though.

Then again, without Miyamoto swinging a sword around and Iwata telling Reggie who his daddy is, I guess this makes a hard follow-up.

(Yes, I know those were prior E3s, still)

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16) Just for the record, it seems a lot of pages are offering up a lot of “new shots” of previously-announced Nintendo games, and I haven’t linked many here. Why?

Because they aren’t really that new. Mostly stuff we’ve seen, or screencaps of videos we’ve seen.

Boo.

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17) Lots of new gameplay videos for Sonic the Hedgehog over at GameTrailers, including Sonic and Silver in action. HD and regular included.

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18) Next-Gen gets answers from Danny Ledonne about “why I made the Columbine game”.

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19) Goody, not to be outdone by its 360/PS3 counterpart, Sonic and the Secret of the Rings has a new trailer.

Nice ending.

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20) This is bizarre. No Resident Wiivil? Hmm. That sucks.

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21) Ooh, I wish I’d gone to LGC, so I could get these.

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22) Damn Mexicans.

No, that’s not a racist remark. It is in fact a term of jealousy here, as Pizza Huts in the Mexican Republic are giving away Nintendo DS’s and Wiis.

…or should that be “Mexican Republicans?” I dunno.

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23) Over in Europe, it seems that the price of the Wii will be… less than 250 Euros.

Man, they just love teasing us with that number, don’t they?

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24) More Uwe Boll hijinx.

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25) “Violent Pac-Man” researcher responds over at Joystiq.

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26) The Console War in analogies.

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27) I’m still not sure I care about Bully, new trailer or not. I mean, it’s hard to take a guy who looks like Bobby Hill in a boarding house uniform too seriously.

At the same time, I’m a little compelled to at least take a look at it…

…but lack of a PS2 easily solves that modest dilemma for the time being.

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28) New Metal Gear Solid 4 video.

It doesn’t really get interesting until a little over halfway through.

At which point, it brings to mind an old saying…

“This is gonna hurt.”

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29) Cool, from The Allspark, a link to some images of the TransFormers Classics Optimus vs. Megatron 2-pack.

And pics of upcoming characters like Grimlock, as well, via the sides of the package.

Ha-cha…

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LBD “Nytetrayn”

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