http://portablevideogamer.com All the news on PSP and DS that's fit to print Sun, 19 Apr 2009 20:59:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Rockstar may have had high hopes with its first adult-oriented title on the DS handheld, but Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars has sold well below expectations. The recent NPD sales figures for March 2009 show that the game sold only a paltry 88,704 units in North America. This is ... http://portablevideogamer.com/2009/04/chinatown-wars-ds-sells-poorly/ Introducing the Blaze Sega Mega Drive handheld gaming system. This neat little device comes with 20 classic Sega Genesis games that are playable on its own color LCD display. Unlike the bulky old Sega Nomad and Game Gear, however, this svelte retro handheld easily fits in your pocket. ... http://portablevideogamer.com/2009/03/new-sega-mega-drive-handheld-surprisingly-awesome/ Yet another ball-bouncing, brick-breaking game has been released for the Nintendo DS. Although Arkanoid is a clone of the Breakout pioneer that started this puzzle-esque genre, the title means quality, as many have tried and failed to recreate this experience on the system, whereas Arkanoid DS succeeds. Think of it ... http://portablevideogamer.com/2009/03/ds-review-arkanoid-ds/ The results may surprise you. As the Sony PSP and Nintendo DS battle for supremacy in the handheld gaming market, the struggle inevitably comes down to games. The Nintendo DS has a lot, which gives players a great deal of choice but also brings accusations that the system ... http://portablevideogamer.com/2009/03/what-are-the-highest-rated-psp-and-nintendo-ds-games/ Sure, this December has been kind of a wash. But the list of PSP releases coming in 2009 have us very excited. Sales of PSP hardware have been astronomical in Japan, aided by the popularity of games like Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G and the newly-redesigned PSP 3000. ... http://portablevideogamer.com/2009/03/upcoming-psp-games-for-2009/ Capcom has released some new information today for its upcoming Nintendo DS game, Mega Man Star Force 3. MMSF3 will be coming to North America in early Summer 2009, and it will be available in two different versions, Black Ace and Red Joker. Having a different version of ... http://portablevideogamer.com/2009/01/mega-man-starforce-ds-preview/ The R4 Revolution was a popular brand of linker cartridge used to run homebrew software on the Nintendo DS. We say “was”, because the original R4 is no longer in production. A series of other companies have taken the R4 design and produced knockoff clones. Many of ... http://portablevideogamer.com/2009/01/r4-sdhc-install-guide/ UK Accessory manufacturer Datel is facing legal trouble from Sony Computer Entertainment Europe over its plans to release a service mode battery that can hack the PSP 3000. The British firm triumphantly announced that it had cracked the mysterious encryption preventing homebrew from running on the new PSP back ... http://portablevideogamer.com/2009/01/datel-faces-legal-trouble-over-lite-blue-tool/ People looking to buy the Datel Lite Blue Tool to hack their PSP 3000s will be disappointed (at least for the moment). Datel has officially changed the product specifications on the company website, removing any reference to the ability to unlock the PSP 3000. Instead, the product description now ... http://portablevideogamer.com/2009/01/lite-blue-tool-only-works-on-psp-2000/ Feast your eyes on this beautiful piece of machinery. The ceramic white PSP, long promised to North American gamers but never delivered, remains an import-only prize for now. When the PSP 3000 officially launched in Japan, it came in three colors: Piano black, Mystic Silver, and Ceramic White. ... http://portablevideogamer.com/2008/12/where-is-my-ceramic-white-psp-3000-sony/