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[GAME Watch]
In a press release announcing its European lineup for the next three months, Nintendo made sure to include a couple of surprises. Last Window: The Secret of Cape West, the DS sequel to Hotel Dusk (developed by the now-bankrupt CING), will bring the first game's unique style of sketchy noir to Europe on September 17.

One week later on September 24, Nintendo of Europe is resurrecting an extremely odd title from Japan: Face Training: Facial exercises to strengthen and relax from Fumiko Inudo, a game about facial exercises designed to keep your face youthful and expressive. The original Japanese version shipped with a camera that attached to the DS through the GBA slot. The European version is for DSi and DSi XL only, and uses those systems' built-in cameras, along with an included stand.

The other major new release in Nintendo's European lineup is Art Academy: Learn painting and drawing techniques with step-by-step training, out on August 8. This is a full DS game based on a series of DSiWare art education apps. More DS and Wii releases can be found in the full schedule.

JoystiqHotel Dusk sequel and ... Face Training announced for DS in Europe originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 14 Jul 2010 10:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>Art-AcademyCingdsEuropeFace-Trainingfacetraininglast-window-the-secret-of-cape-westnintendoq3-2010Release-DatewiiWed, 14 Jul 2010 10:30:00 EST<![CDATA[Square Enix's 'Game with No Name' broken up for DSiWare]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2009/09/04/square-enixs-game-with-no-name-broken-up-for-dsiware/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/09/04/square-enixs-game-with-no-name-broken-up-for-dsiware/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/09/04/square-enixs-game-with-no-name-broken-up-for-dsiware/#commentsThe sequel to Square Enix's retrogaming/horror game Nanashi no Game (The Game with No Name) features a "cursed" platform game, an 8-bit sidescroller with creepy axes everywhere. That game-within-a-game is being brought to DSiWare in Japan on the 9th as Saikyouyoko Square Action Vol. 1 Noroi No game Chi and Vol. 2 Noroi No Game Dake (Extreme Misfortune Side Square Action Vol. 1 Cursed Game: Blood and Vol. 2 Cursed Game: Prison).

Also broken up for DSiWare: Face Training, the game that introduced the camera to the DS. It's being sold in single exercises for 500 DSi Points each, as Kyou kara Hajimeru Facening Kao Toremini (Start Today Facening Face Training Mini). Also there's more mahjong, but when isn't there.

JoystiqSquare Enix's 'Game with No Name' broken up for DSiWare originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 04 Sep 2009 17:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Remember Otona no DS Kao Training? Non-game. Free camera. Facening. Well, the folks at French site JeuxActu are just absolutely goshdarn convinced that Intelligent Systems' face training non-game is packing its bags and heading to Europe during Q2 this year.

As Nintendo has yet to pass official comment on this, we're cautiously treating this as rumor for now, but the incessant popularity of training games in Europe makes us think there could be some truth in the speculation. If it does turn out to be correct, it also means Europeans will be getting that rather dinky camera add-on. As well as having totally awesome faces.

JoystiqPeople of Europe to receive improved faces in Q2? originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 07 Jan 2008 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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

Is that who we think it is, plopped over there by the steps and playing a DS? You'd think he'd have one of the newer models, right? And doesn't he look a lot "portlier" on TV?

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JoystiqThe DS Life: A moustache, a hat, and a duffel bag originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 17 Oct 2007 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We couldn't help but giggle when we saw this article on "facial yoga" that described it as the hot new craze. It's certainly not new to us DS hipsters; after all, we've already got a game dedicated to stretching and firming our faces, and since the practice is apparently the latest it-exercise (despite being around for years, much like regular yoga), it seems likely that Otona no DS Kao Training may sweep in on the heels of Let's Yoga and hit the United States.

Of course, then the real question becomes: will Nintendo (and others, like Konami, the company behind Let's Yoga) start to change the way they advertise the DS in the United States? We can't help but wonder if it seems unlikely; after all, we still have no official "face" for Brain Age beyond our favorite disembodied head, and it's rare that we see advertisements for our favorite piece of hardware on the scale that we see those for the Wii.

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JoystiqFrom Face Training and yoga to the world originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 13:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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