2006 Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG Youngest U.S. Champion Ever
Austin Kulman and Three Californians to Represent the U.S.
at the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG World Championship Tournament This
Summer in Japan
After 16 hours of fierce competition, the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING
CARD GAME now has its new National Champion. Defeating over
350 of the nation's best Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG players, 10- year-old
Austin Kulman of Bellvue, Washington has not only been
recognized as the" best of the nation's best," but as the
youngest ever official "Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG U.S. National
Champion." Kulman is one of four Duelists who will go on to
represent the United States in the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG World
Championship Tournament this summer in Tokyo, Japan.
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4Kids Deals Out 52 More YU-GI-OH! GX Episodes
Today at the LA Screenings, execs from 4Kids Ent. announced
a raft of international sales for the second season of its
hit anime series YU-GI-OH! GX. The 52 new episodes have been
picked up by Nickelodeon in the U.K., Latin America and
Spain; Media Set in Italy; RTE in Ireland; Canal J in
France; and YTV in Canada. The company is expected to
announce other major markets, including Germany, in the
coming weeks.
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Microsoft calms Xbox games fears
Comments by Xbox boss Peter Moore proved controversial
Microsoft has reassured players that it will continue to
make old Xbox games playable on its new Xbox 360 console.
An entry on one of the company's blogs sought to clarify
comments made by Xbox chief Peter Moore during an interview.
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Xbox 360 gets 125 new features
As if your Xbox 360 wasn't feature-packed enough, Microsoft
today unveiled a slew of new features. To be exact, 125 of
them.
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The Eye of Judgement brings characters/monsters of
fantasy trading cards to life for battle in 3D
The Eye of Judgment presents a new style of gameplay where
the player brings characters/monsters of fantasy trading
cards to life for battle in 3D. Through use of a 3' x 3'
board and trading cards - each encrypted with "cybercode",
players conquer the field by selecting a card and placing
the "cybercode" in front of the next generation camera for
their respective character to come to life and battle.
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Pokemon Diamond & Pearl Details
Plus, Japan will see Pokemon for Wii along with the DS
titles.
Some called it a fad way back when, but Pokemon is still one
of the most highly-demanded and successful franchises in
Nintendo's pocket full of games. The company is looking to
leverage the continued success of the franchise to help
bolster the runaway success of the Nintendo DS system as
well as ring in the inauguration of the upcoming Wii with
brand new proper Pokemon games on both consoles.
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Nintendo Is Giving Away GBA Games For Feedback
It looks like the GBA is still alive and kicking in Japan,
which is good because I'm sure it was having esteem issues
with all the attention heaped on the DS Lite. Nintendo Japan
has announced that they're recruiting Game Boy Advance
gamers to test out some new games under the "bit
Generations" banner.
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Destineer Signs 'Fullmetal Alchemist' License
FUNimation Entertainment, and Destineer Publishing announced
today a licensing arrangement that will bring a new line of
video games to North America based on the popular anime
title Fullmetal Alchemist.
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