Nintendo Power Issue 205

Contents

Pulse (Editorial & Letters to the Editor)

News: DS Lite makes its North American debut, Mario Hoops 3-on-3 (DS), Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis (DS), Super Paper Mario (GameCube, but actually released on the Wii), Star Fox DS (DS, released as Star Fox Command), Magical Vacation (DS, released as Magical Starsign), Children of Mana (DS), Custom Robo Arena (DS), Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team (Game Boy Advance), Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team (DS), Pokemon Ranger (DS), Final Fantasy V Advance (Game Boy Advance), Final Fantasy VI Advance (Game Boy Advance), Hotel Dusk: Room 215 (DS), Mega Man ZX (DS), Chibi-Robo! Park Patrol (DS), Cooking Mama (DS), Yoshi’s Island DS (DS), Spectrobes (DS), DS Air (DS, Japan only release under the title Jet Impulse), Panzer Tactics DS (DS), Deep Labyrinth (DS), News on the Wii, Clubhouse Games (DS), Elite Beat Agents (DS), Madden NFL 07 (GameCube, Game Boy Advance, DS, Wii), DK King of Swing DS (DS, released as DK: Jungle Climber), DK Bongo Blast (GameCube, never released, but would release on the Wii as Donkey Kong: Barrel Blast), Kirby (DS, released as Kirby: Squeak Squad), Touch Detective (DS), Game Watch Forecast

Previews:

·         Final Fantasy III (DS)

·         Point Blank DS (DS)

·         Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation (Game Boy Advance)

·         Summon Night: Swordcraft Story (Game Boy Advance)

·         Pac-Man World Rally (GameCube)

·         Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi: The Genie & the Amp (DS)

·         Alex Rider: Stormbreaker (DS, Game Boy Advance)

·         Barnyard (GameCube)

·         Mega Man Battle Network 6 (Game Boy Advance)

The Wii Experience – Feature on Nintendo’s next system, the Wii and its upcoming games

Seeing Red – Red Steel (Wii)

Everybody Loves Rayman – Rayman: Raving Rabbids (Wii)

Pigskin Preview – Madden NFL 07 (Wii)

Honor Role – Medal of Honor: Airborne (Wii)

Race Trick – Tony Hawk’s Downhill Jam (Wii)

Sega Goes Bananas – Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz (Wii)

Signal Strength – Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection

New Super Mario Bros. (DS) miniguide

Touched by a Legend – The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (DS)

Slime Time – Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime (DS)

Classified Info:

·         Lego Star Wars: The Video Game (GameCube)

·         Disney’s Kim Possible: Kimmunicator (DS)

·         Bust-A-Move DS (DS)

·         Ice Age 2: The Meltdown (GameCube)

·         Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 3: Night of the Quinkan (GameCube)

Back from the Brink – Tomb Raider Legend (GameCube, DS, Game Boy Advance)

Reggie to Rumble – Interview with Nintendo Executive Vice President of Sales & Marketing Reggie Fils-Aime.

Heavy Mental – Big Brain Academy (DS), Brain Age (DS), Sudoku Gridmaster (DS)

Inside Zelda – Nintendo Power’s monthly check-in from the Zelda development team

PlayBack – Blast Corps (Nintendo 64)

Reviews:

·         Major League Baseball 2K6 (GameCube)

·         X-Men: The Official Game (Game Boy Advance)

·         X-Men: The Official Game (GameCube)

·         New Super Mario Bros. (DS)

·         Over the Hedge (DS)

·         Over the Hedge (GameCube)

·         Magnetica (DS)

·         X-Men: The Official Game (DS)

·         Over the Hedge (Game Boy Advance)

·         Dino Master (DS)

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