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Pach Attack - Ep. 104

Returning participants will notice that most of the rules and guidelines are the same as last year, but we’ve been working hard to make exciting changes that will make the 2010 Pokémon Video Game Championships better than ever! These changes include: * Players now using Pokémon HeartGold or SoulSilver Version games exclusively * Pokémon Level 51 and higher being automatically graded down to Level 50 for the duration of the battle using a new auto-leveling feature o Each Pokémon keeps all of the moves it knew before being adjusted o Pokémon that evolve after Level 50 don’t devolve o Any Pokémon below Level 50 will stay at its current level * Virtually every Pokémon found in the National Pokédex of Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver Versions is eligible, including Pokémon traded in from earlier games, with the following exceptions: o Arceus, Celebi, Darkrai, Deoxys, Jirachi, Manaphy, Mew, Phione, and Shaymin cannot participate o A team cannot contain more than two of Dialga, Giratina, Groudon, Ho-Oh, Kyogre, Lugia, Mewtwo, Palkia, and Rayquaza during a battle Stay tuned for more information regarding the upcoming Pokémon Video Game Championships! Look for details around March 14th when Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver Versions arrive in stores! Thanks to LaserSamurai for the heads up! Link

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Get ready for the Pokémon Video Game Championships, returning in spring 2010 to cities across the globe!

Time for me to shuffle off to bed. I had a great night off, and it seems like you guys had a great time with Deux. Now that my house-hunting issues are settled, I can rest a little easier, and get back to having a permanent smile on my face! That is, right after I get some sleep. See you guys in a few, short hours! I don’t know, is it too early to be claiming a Rinry video as her best work yet? If not, then I have to give this latest feature my biggest nod of approval! As you guys know, I’m a huge fan of boxart. I often talk about how important I believe boxart to be, and how not enough people pay tribute to the hard work that goes into these creations. Little did I know that Rinry was working on a video about this very subject! She takes us through the history of boxart, and shows us just how important it is. We also get to see some of the best…and worst boxarts from the past 30 years. That’s enough chatter from me. Time to let you guys enjoy the video! Please make sure to share your thoughts with Rinry in the comments below! Direct link here

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GoNintendo ‘End of Day’ thoughts - Rinry takes us through the history of video game boxart

Nicky Hill said something to me earlier today that I picked up on as well. Game industry news has been a little slower than usual lately. I had a feeling things would go this way. Right after Thanksgiving, everyone really seems to be in the Winter holiday mood. On top of that, December really doesn’t have the big-name titles it usually does. There are only a handful of AAA titles on the way. All that leads to a quiet time of the year. With that said, I’m still doing/have been doing my job as usual! Sorry if the quiet nature of the game industry has you craving more news! Sometimes, there’s just not a lot to report! Hopefully this video will be a perk for your day. See you all in a few, short hours! As promised, I have some footage from The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks for you guys. It turns out that I decided to record my footage at the perfect time! This 10 minute segment of play includes some traditional Zelda puzzling and enemy bashing, as well as some Spirit Flute play. You’ll have to excuse my rather lackluster play in some portions of the video. I had the camera in front of me, and then the DS in front of that. I had to reach around the camera to play, and try not to block the screen with my hand/stylus! Also, a second apology for the portions where I have to blow into the mic. You’ll see where blowing in the mic and strange stylus position really screw me over! With that said, I hope you enjoy the footage. I recorded my play on the DSi LL, so the video should be of a better quality than usual. Please, if you have any video requests or questions in general, feel free to leave a comment. I’d be more than happy to do more video footage for another night, if you guys want that. Direct link here

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GoNintendo ‘End of Day’ thoughts - 10 minutes of Spirit Tracks: enemy fights, story bits, puzzles and Spirit Flute

Seems like Deux’s first day on the job went well. Glad to see you guys enjoyed his work! Also, thanks for all the fan-made banners for Deux! He couldn’t be happier, trust me! Glad we could all make his day. On that note, I’m off to bed! I’ll see you all in a few, short hours. I can’t believe that New Super Mario Bros. Wii is just around the corner. It feels like I was back at E3 for the announcement just yesterday. I also remember thinking that the launch would seem like a million years for now. Lucky for me, the time decided to fly by! That is, until this past couple of weeks. I swear, time seems to have slowed to a halt. When I can barely make it through a day without thinking about the game, I know I want it bad. Making the wait even worse would have to be all the coverage that’s coming out. For the last week or so, there has been an insane amount of video coverage for the title. I bet you could watch the entire game, start to finish, if you just hunted around YouTube long enough. Talk about spoilers! If you’ve been watching all the videos we’ve posted, there’s not much left to the game to learn! You’ll just be going through the motions when you pick it up. With all this coverage, I’ve been wondering how you guys have been dealing with it. Did you decide to go on a self-imposed NSMBW media blackout a few weeks back? Perhaps you’ve embraced all the video footage, and still can’t wait to get your copy. I’m sure there’s some middle-of-the-road people as well. Leave a comment and let us know how you’ve been fighting the urge!

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GoNintendo ‘End of Day’ thoughts - New Super Mario Bros. Wii is almost here…are you spoiler-free?

I swear, someone is stealing my weekend time. Each weekend feels like it passes by faster than the last. I guess it has something to do with staying busy on Saturday and Sunday! At least I used the time well, as Mom Brain and I cleaned up the warehouse quite considerably. A sense of accomplishment on the weekend…not too shabby! I’m off to bed, gang. See you all in a few, short hours. I am going to try and keep this short and sweet. I don’t want to convey my opinion on this topic in any way. I want you guys to discuss it in the comments, and play off of one another to see how you feel. A number of weeks ago, I was contacted by Eddy Fettig. I’m sure a few of you guys know him from some of his previous work on other sites, as well as content that we’ve featured on GoNintendo. Long story short, Eddy is getting a shot at becoming part of the team here at GoNintendo. Eddy’s focus on GoNintendo would be completely in the review territory. Be it written or video review, Eddy would be there. That doesn’t mean that I would stop doing reviews, but I do admit that it’s extremely hard for me to find the time to do reviews. Running the site’s daily content takes a ton of time, which makes it really tough to put together reviews. I never want to slight a game, which means that I take tons of time to play it before I feel comfortable scoring it. With Eddy focusing solely on reviews, he should be able to present some high quality stuff in a timely manner. With that said, Eddy’s first test review is for Punch-Out!!. The footage he used is from official trailers, as well as videos from YouTube. With that in mind, check out his review below. Direct link here As I said in the title of this article, Eddy’s fate is in your hands. If you like the review and want to see more of Eddy’s work, leave a comment saying so. If you think there are things that he needs to work on, feel free to share that as well. Even if you’re feeling like a bit of curmudgeon and don’t think Eddy’s work is a good fit for the site, share that thought with us. I’ll be checking out the comments late tomorrow to see what you guys have to say. You know that from day one I have always said that it’s you guys that make the site what it is. I trust your judgment and opinions. The ball is now in your court, gang. We’ll see how this all plays out in a few days!

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GoNintendo ‘End of Day’ thought - Are we getting a new staffer for video reviews? That’s up to you guys

Stayed up a tad later than usual to get this video to you guys. I hope it’s been worth the wait! I’m dead tired after all that, so I’m off to bed! See you all in a few, short hours. You guys have asked, and asked…and asked. We heard your cries, but we just didn’t have the means to put another series together. That is, until earlier this week. The gang has gotten together to record another set of our MST3K videos, but this time they’ve gotten an proper name. The series will be called ‘The Sprite Rippers’ from here on out. For your viewing pleasure, I’ve put together a little teaser of what’s to come. This video was painstakingly put together to sync up perfectly with the music. Unfortunately the timing is just a hair off after my YouTube upload. The source video is spot-on, but a slight delay is now present after the upload. Dailymotion decided to give me more trouble, so I was forced to take the YouTube route, and this is what happened. Hopefully you’ll still get the same impact that I was gunning for! WATCH IN HIGH QUALITY - CLICK THE HQ BUTTON! Direct link here

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GoNintendo ‘End of Day’ thoughts - MST3K videos get renamed, tease you for a return this Sunday!

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FFCC: The Crystal Bearers - ‘hot pursuit’

A little bit of mystery to leave you busy while I get some rest. I hope you all had a great Tuesday. Let’s hope Wednesday goes equally as well! See you all in a few, short hours. Here we have our final puzzle mission to solve for The Conduit. These are the details that I were sent… 1. Decipher the code within the image – and head to the destination website. 2. At the website, the task becomes a touch more difficult – find three codes that unlock special materials. Lucky for all of us, a few of our readers stumbled upon the website mentioned above, all because of their undying passion for all things The Conduit. Visit the site here (thanks Greenyz and Seacor!) Now all we have to do is find these three codes that unlock goodies. When you find those hidden gems, make sure you leave a comment. I’ll forward your answers over to our contact, and hopefully we’ll come away with an interview! But before I go, here’s that final audio message that was sent along with the info above.

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