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OK, MOST FIGURED IT OUT…  BUT WE’LL GO AHEAD AND SAY IT.  APRIL FOOLS!
NOW, WE JUST HOPE IT COMES TRUE (THINK BACK TO THE SONIC IN SMASH BROS JOKE).

I was enjoying one of my usual bouts of insomnia last night when I saw that my Square Enix RSS widget had updated. “SQUARE ENIX ANNOUNCES KINGDOM HEARTS III RELEASE DATE”, it said. That, of course, was the only thing that could possibly convince me to buy a PS3, so I opened up the article and took a look.

Well… here is the first paragraph:

LOS ANGELES and CALABASAS, Calif. (March 31, 2009) — Square Enix, Inc., the publisher of Square Enix® interactive entertainment products in North America (Square Enix), and Disney Interactive Studios® announces today the release date for KINDGDOM HEARTS III. The latest title in one of Square Enix’s most popular franchises will be available in December 2009 exclusively on the Wii home video game console. Additionally, the release of KINGDOM HEARTS III has been confirmed for a North American release in 2010.

This is what countless Kingdom Hearts fans have been dreaming of! Check out the original article here.

I guess Famitsu was correct when they said Square Enix would have an announcement this week.  Click here for GoNintendo’s article concerning this.

The following is a mock-up found online for a Wii boxart.  It is not the real boxart, as the game has just been announced.

[TheMinusWorld]

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Just a reminder that Gamestop is offering $70 when you trade in your DS Lite for a DSi.  Also, they are giving $50 for a DS “Phat” and $25 for a GBA SP.  How many of you plan on taking them up on this offer?  Discuss it below or in our forums by clicking here.

Want to pick up a Nintendo DSi at midnight?  We’ve got the list of GameStop’s that will be open.

Click here for the complete list.

Diatomic–a WiiWare action game that we got to see for the first time today. Inspired by the ’80s arcade game Sinistar, Diatomic is a shooter of sorts, set within the confines of a particularly dangerous petri dish.

Assuming the role of an organism, your mission in each level (75 are planned) is simply to kill all of the enemies on the screen so you can progress to the next. There’s an interesting twist, though: Large “spawner” enemies constantly introduce new enemies to the dish, so if you avoid destroying them you can score a lot of points killing the increasingly challenging waves of smaller enemies that they spawn.

Those enemies will purportedly include around 10 different organisms, including drones that fire projectiles at you, revolvers that spin around firing in every direction, and unusual “pregnant Mary” creatures that grow rockets and homing missiles inside their bellies. Like the spawners, these femmes fatales can be destroyed before they deliver, or you can wait for them to give birth to their deadly offspring and then earn points for destroying those. If you’re familiar with the Geometry Wars series, you’ll find that enemies in Diatomic–though clearly more complex–feel similar in that each species behaves differently but predictably. You’ll also know that being able to predict enemies’ behavior doesn’t always make them easier to deal with when you’re onscreen with two or three different species simultaneously.

[GameSpot]

Late last night, GameFocus.ca’s Japanese contact over at Nintendo sent them word about something really exciting: a Wii remake of the one of the greatest N64 games ever produced: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. They were also told that an official announcement would be made around April 5, which is the North American launch of the Nintendo DSi.

While the whole announcement made us really excited, announcing the game alongside the launch of the DSi made us ask ourselves one question that went unanswered: Is it going to have some kind of DSi inter-connectivity?

Mark your calendars people and get ready for probably one of the most cool announcements of the year.

[GameFocus]

[Craftster]

XSEED Games today announced that Drill Sergeant Mindstrong, a brain stimulating party game, will soon be available for download on WiiWare. Drill Sergeant Mindstrong is XSEED Games’ first title available on Nintendo’s downloadable games service.

Welcome to the army, Maggots! As a newly-enlisted cadet, your brain will be challenged by the toughest Drill Sergeant around, to see if you are worthy to wear the camouflage, or if you should crawl home like a Princess. Once players enroll in boot camp, they must instantly choose between two modes of gameplay – ‘Focus Training’ and ‘Basic Training.’ Regardless of the path the new recruit chooses, they will suddenly be thrust into life as a lowly Private, playing a variety of brain-intensive mini-games to advance their brain power and rise up the food chain to Sergeant, Lieutenant General, and eventually Field Marshall.

Players be warned, however; Drill Sergeant Mindstrong is here to ensure your boot camp experience is everything but a walk in the park. When players fail to answer questions correctly or do not answer in a timely matter, the Drill Sergeant’s anger level will increase. Once his anger has reached its limit, the Drill Sergeant is not afraid to embarrass players by making them do punishments right there on the spot.

[Press Release]