GameStop spent all its money on videogames. Nintendo ones.

According to this report, the majority of GameStop's purchasing power went to stocking its stores with fine Nintendo products.

You need an analyst to tell you this?

Analyst: Nintendo's Wii to outsell the XBox 360 and PS3 combined in 2008. Save your money next time and just ask us here at Leave Luck To Us. We would have been happy to let you into the loop for nothing.

Rumble Pak turns 11

The Rumble Pak, another Nintendo innovation to the world of video games (along with the D-Pad and thumbstick) turns 11 this year. IGN has an article on the "original mover and shaker, now a double digit midget." In related news, Sony is proud to announce that their new controller, the Dual Shock 3 now supports rumble. Congratulations Sony.

Wizard needs food badly! A new Gauntlet?

Gauntlet is being readied for everyone's favorite handheld. Gauntlet DS can be expected to drop around June 30th and is based on the original arcade classic.

Barnyard Blast Tip

Hey hey Nintendo Brothers and Sisters, boys and girls, cats and dogs...

So there seems to be some tech difficulties in Leave luck Land. So i thought i'd do what i do best in the meantime, act like a clown.

So Barnyard Blast. Here's a little tip for those of you who might be pissed off at the eyeball. Don't use your guns or dynamite. but rather use your whip. I kept trying the guns and it barely scratched it. The dynamite kept missing my target. But the whip takes it's energy down in chunks.

Thats about it for now.

Peace

The Warped Zone by Vanilla Assassin

Hey, hey everyone,
Assassin here.

So for those of you who listen to the Podcast, have learned that i don't sell, trade or even throw away my games. I never have. But i have fallen victim to doing something far more disturbing.
You see i grow attached to my games and yes even to crap titles. Problem is i have lost a few games in the past. It's quite the disturbing feeling. I mean how am i supposed to cook chicken spring rolls without my cooking mama game. Yes i have lost my kitchen-in-a-pocket, which makes me somewhat sad. Also, I can't find Sea Monsters. Which i' m not losing much sleep over.

But the worst is the following; i lost Animal Crossing Wild World. It's in my room somewhere but i don't know where. Here's my setup. I sleep on a mat on the floor. Reason for this is so that nothing can pull me under my bed at night. Beside my head is a jacket with a soft interior where i rest my DS and a game or two. A couple of days ago my room was stone cold. Don't get me wrong, i love the cold but as i was crying from it's pain, my tears were rolling down my face in the form of cubes. I didn't know what to do, so in my dazed zombie state i reached for this jacket, in the dark and must have flung the game into who knows where. It could have very well bounced off the Burger Time Arcade beside my window.
So, i' m kind of bummed now. It's been a couple of days and i don't care which character moves out except for Mitzi. She's due for packing her boxes by now. So if I find my game and find that Mitzi has left....i' m officially calling it quits with Animal Crossing Wild World.

I'll keep you all updated on progress or lack there of in finding the cart.
That's about it for now.

If it ain't worth the dime, it ain't Nintendo.
Peace.

The Warped Zone by Vanilla Assassin

Hey, hey folks and welcome to another edition of The Warped Zone.
For those of you who know me, understand the warped part and it's also in reference to Super Mario Brothers.
I've recieved a few emails about my name, Vanilla Assassin. What does it mean? I was thinking of setting up a contest but i didn't because i don't have any prizes to give to the winner. So i'll just tell you what my name refers to. Super Mario World, Vanilla Dome. I've killed enemies there. So in my-style logic, i' m an assassin.

Now onto the meat and turnips.....

The Reggie man has said there will be a blockbuster announcement in the Nintendo world. What could this be? Will it be a new Zelda game? I doubt it. You don't want to release too may Zelda games too fast and create a bottleneck. You want the gamer to finish up the current game before feeding them a new one. Von Kaiser has mentioned a new Animal Crossing for the Wii or a totally new franchise. I know alot of AC'rs are dyin for a new version. The last AC was tossed at us back in 2005. We're due for a new one.

I recently purchased a copy of Barnyard Blast. What a great game. For those of you who are Catlevania fans, buy it. Great graphics, music, gameplay. Basically it's a parody of the Castlevania franchise. There are alot of funny spots in the game. Like when an evil minion from the castle makes known why they kidnapped your son. Apparently your offspring was caught tee peeing their castle. I kind of feel bad for the villains. their just teaching a bad seed, your son a lesson. If i caught somebody doing that to my house, i'd toss them into my dungeon. This game will totally quench your Castlevania thirst and hold you over for the next Vania.

Fatal Frame. This game promises to deliver on terrifying. This is what i want. Badly. Not since Pooyan has a game scared the Lego outta me. From what i saw of the game, it looks dark and eery. You have no weaponry except for the camera which you carry. You have to wait for the ghost to come real close to you and then ask him politely to say cheese. Cool part about this game is that you don't have to worry about red eye.
I saw a clip where you notice your sister's hand on your shoulder. The problem is, that your sister walks right past you and through a doorway, while this mystery hand slowly slips off of your shoulder. I'm definately gonna drop some cash onto this game.

Finally i'd like to say YAY. I finally purchased season four of Dragon Ball Z.

Anyway, that's about it for now. I've recently signed myself up at twitter.com. So i'm going to see how good that is. As of now, i feel restricted because of their word limit. But i don't know, some people say it's better than blogging while others like using both twitter and blogs. We'll see.

Talk to y'all later.
If it ain't worth the dime, it ain't Nintendo.
Peace.

Wii Remotes used in battlefield bomb disposal

The US military has integrated Wiimotes into it's Packbot bomb disposal bots. Operators can now operate the bot using the Wii Remote which New Scientist reports has allowed handlers to more intuitively navigate the bomb disposal unit. The rumble feature of the Remote is also used as a feedback system to warn the user of the proximity of an explosive.

Wii shortage continues

Wiis are still in short supply. Unbelievable when you remember that the Wii was released in 2006. The latest theory is that the Wii shortage is related to the recent weakening of the US dollar.

Colors, colors.

Looks like there may be some new DS colors hitting Europe around May Day. I think I just heard my wallet crying.