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The new trailer for Super Mario Galaxy 2

Nintendo held a press conference today and dropped a nice Hot Karl of news onto our chests.  The big news, which old school gamers had been awaiting since last year’s E3, is that Super Mario Galaxy 2 will be released on May 23.  Metroid: Other M, a new look on Samus’ adventures, will drop from the loins of Nintendo on June 27.

Adding to the day’s news:

The Nintendo DSiXL, which boasts a bigger screen, will be available starting March 28.

Mega Man 10, a new “old school” Mega Man game, will be available for download on WiiWare on March 1.

Dragon Quest IX: Sentinel of the Starry Skies, will see release on the Wii

Pretty much all of the other news consisted of items only 8 year old girls and gaming grandparents would appreciate

ToeJam & Earl was originally released on the Sega Genesis in 1991. It also happens to be one of the most mental games I have ever played!  I recently started replaying the game on the Virtual Console (which you can too download for 800 Wii points) and its still a blast. The point of this dungeon-crawling game is to find all the pieces of their spacecraft  that have been wrecked, so they can get back to their home planet: Funkotron. (more…)

Look up some of your Game Casa pals and send them a friend invite on your favorite system!  Here’s how you do it:

1: Sign in to your profile

2: Click on the Friends button, located in the Me column (first column on the left)

3: Click on one of your friends and scroll down in their profile to the Gaming Goodness section (if they haven’t filled that section out, send them a message and yell at them!)

4: Take note of their Online ID–you can have Online ID’s set up for Xbox Live, PSN, Wii, Games For Windows and Other

5: Send them an invite from your system, making sure to put “Game Casa Bitches!” in your invite message and meet up for some real Gaming Goodness

THIS SUNDAY @ 3:00 PM EST (5 GMT)

TIME SUBJECT TO CHANGE

Will be broadcasting a new segment called Sessions on Justin.TV, this Sunday @ 3 PM EST (5 GMT).  This one will consist of Rake and co playing Mario Bros Wii.

Anyway, we’ll be taking calls via Skype, so you can send a friend request to gamecasa (please put justin.tv in the friend request message) and call in live. Check in tomorrow morning in case we have to change recording times.

(and remember you potentially heard it here first!)

When talking to one of my friends (a Nintendo rep), he recently he told me the next Zelda game may be a collaboration with another developer–much like what they’re doing with Metroid: Other M and Team Ninja. Now I couldn’t get him to spit (or swallow) too much out, like if this was for the next Legend of Zelda or a following game. Either way it could just all be rumor or an idea they have floating around.

Still, I’m wondering what ya guys think, or who’d you like to see Nintendo team up with for a Zelda game?

-JCTM

360 Live iPhone app–Abstract 360

After first releasing the 360 Live iPhone app for $1.99 and being griped at by Microsoft for it not complying with their agreements, creator Xavier Larrea has released a free version on the iTunes App Store. You can now view and reply to messages and see which friends are signed into xbox live via your iphone with this app.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/360-live/id329691437?mt=8