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The DS Life is a weekly feature in which we scour the known world for narrative images of Nintendo's handheld and handheld gamers. If you have a photo and a story to match it with, send both to thedslife at gmail dot com.

Sean Foreman mixes his advanced technical abilities as a photographer with post-processing effects to create images that almost seem magical in their composition. Check past the post break for a sample of his creative work and this week's edition of The DS Life.

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JoystiqThe DS Life: Crossing into reality originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 22:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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While the rest of you suckers are out looking like chumps with mismatched AC adapters, the more fashionable among us are rocking an $18 third-party power cord in the same color as our DS Lite.

We'll leave it to you to decide if, considering that Nintendo sells their official AC adapter for $9.95, it's worth the extra money to get extremely minor home decorating assistance from Toytech. On second thought, we won't leave it to you. It's probably not worth it.

JoystiqDS Lite AC adapters for vain people originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 01 Jun 2007 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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If you've been tethered to Nintendo consoles for the last eight years, then you might have missed Sega's epic Shenmue. Nominally, it was a game about taking revenge on the man who killed the protagonist's father. In play it was more about walking around town chatting with people.

Sound like anything you know? It did to Eric-Jon Rössel Waugh, as well, and his feature on GameCareerGuide is an excellently in-depth discussion of the open-ended, generally optional gameplay found in both games. It'll make you appreciate Animal Crossing more than you already do.

And since we're probably not going to get another chance to mention Shenmue on DS Fanboy, we'd like to suggest that anyone looking for a neat adventure game/RPG would do well to pick up a Dreamcast and a copy of the game. It's not everyone's favorite, but we couldn't have loved it more.

[Via GameSetWatch]

JoystiqAnimal Crossing is 'Shenmue without the plot' originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 02 May 2007 12:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Harvest Moon DS saw its US release over half a year ago, but the colorful farming sim didn't cross the Atlantic until earlier this month. A TV commercial advertising the game has been airing in the UK, and we were surprise to see how similar its presentation is to Nintendo's commercials for Animal Crossing: Wild World in Japan and Europe.

AC:WW was an indisputable success sales-wise in every territory, so we can see why Nintendo would want to mimic its marketing push with Harvest Moon DS. Compare the video clips yourself after the post break to see what we mean.

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JoystiqHarvest Moon Crossing originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 24 Apr 2007 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Animal Crossing: Wild World seems to be quite the popular game in Japanese schools as recently, a writer for 4cr who is also a teacher in the country, heard an announcement over the loud speakers at the school he works in telling all teachers and students that the game had become forbidden within its walls. The cause of the blacklisting of the game?

Well, turns out that the students who were going to the computer labs for math or what have you were using the internet-enabled computers to search for tips and tricks on the game, throwing up a red flag with the administration.What's interesting is that the announcement banned the game in school, not the use of the internet. Oh well, we're sure that won't last once the kids learn what the internet is really for ...

JoystiqAnimal Crossing forbidden in Japanese school originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 01 Feb 2007 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Dutch gaming site, Xboxworld, is reporting that Ubisoft has delayed the launches of both Assassin's Creed and Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway, pushing them into late 2007, possibly next Christmas. This information was contained in Ubisoft's quarterly earnings report, along with the announcement of a sequel to the massively popular Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter. There is some more good news here, too. GRAW 2 is apparently set to release in the first half of 2007. The delay of Assassin's Creed is upsetting to be sure, but GRAW 2 makes a damned fine replacement. Still, we're very excited to see Assassin's Creed and we hope that it comes out sooner rather than later.

[Via Xboxic]

JoystiqAssassin's Creed, BIA pushed back, GRAW2 coming originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 24 Oct 2006 15:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The official Assassin's Creed website has launched. If you've been following the game, the website won't show you anything new. Still, there is plenty of content there. There are plenty of downloads including screenshots, wallpapers, icons, webkits, and a screensaver. It's worth noting that the site retains the occasional digital glitching that pops up in the trailers, hinting at the rumored futuristic plot twist. Also worth noting is the unintentional bugginess of the site. I wasn't able to get any of the wallpapers, and the links to all the full size screenshots were broken, as was the link to developer diaries. It's not because of heavy traffic either, the links just don't work. Kind of shocking for such a high profile game, no?

[Via Xboxic]

Update: It seems some clarification is in order. Indeed, there has been an AC site for some time, but not with all the features described above. From the site:

"Thursday 10.12.06
Welcome to the Assassin's Creed Portal
Welcome to the Assassin's Creed portal! On this site you'll find new information that wasn't available with our previous site, as well as the most recent news about the upcoming game from the Ubisoft Montreal studios. Take a look around and tell us what you think of the site in the forums!"

JoystiqAssassin's Creed site sneaks onto the web [update 1] originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 13 Oct 2006 11:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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IGN has some fancy artwork from the PS3 exclusive that wasn't, Assassin's Creed. The artworks are all very large and very pretty. They're just right for that spiffy new desktop background you've been looking for. Now if we could just scrub out that pesky IGN watermark ...

Update: Fixed tiny grammatical error.

JoystiqNeed new wallpaper? Think Assassin's Creed [update 1] originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 21 Sep 2006 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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And the Assassin's Creed rumors just keep comin'. Pictured at right is the latest cover for 360 Magazine, a British rag that covers, you guessed it, the Xbox 360. It says it all right there:

"World Exclusive: Assassin's Creed, Ubisoft goes in for the kill."

Could the longstanding mystery behind Ubisoft's staunch refusal to reveal AC's 360 status finally be solved? Any Brits out there seen this magazine yet? Does it even exist? Hit the read link and then click "Latest Issue" to see the cover.

[Thanks, Les Doodis.]

Update: We know that you all know this by now, but AC has been officially confirmed. You may now commence chiding us for our delinquency in posting this sooner.

JoystiqAssassin's Creed confirmed (or not) again [update 1] originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 31 Aug 2006 20:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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When logging into Wi-Fi with his copy of Animal Crossing: Wild World, reader, and from what we're told one excellent basket weaver, Kev received a pleasant surprise from Nintendo HQ in the form of a letter and attached gift. The letter read:

"Dear K-Man,
Nothing says summer like camping and playing Animal Crossing under the stars! Now go outside!
From Nintendo"

The attached gift was a sleeping bag. Kev, being the excellent and most-organized tipster he could possibly be, also attached some pictures of said sleeping bag. He apologizes for the quality of his webcam and adds the question "is it just me or does that look like a Master Chief sleeping bag?" We're stumped because, frankly, we've never heard of this Master Chief.

Click the link to check out more pictures in greater sizes.

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JoystiqNintendo celebrates summer nights in Animal Crossing originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 28 Jul 2006 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Format Xbox 360
Developer Ubisoft
Publisher Ubisoft
Genre Action, Adventure

The above is a snippet from Computer and Videogames' latest preview of Assassin's Creed. In case you haven't made the connection yet, this more or less confirms the constantly shuffling status of the once almighty PS3 exclusive. That is to say, it's hitting both PS3 and 360, which almost everybody expected anyway. Now, lest this was merely a typo on the part of some poor soul at Computer and Videogames, I will sit here and wait to be shot down by Ubisoft.

The rest of you can dance in the streets.

[Via Evil Avatar]

JoystiqAssassin's Creed finally official, probably. originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 25 Jul 2006 15:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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