Microsoft gets in on the rhythm game bandwagon

Microsoft announced today their Guitar Hero killer app; Alpine Legend. Now my friend, acquaintance, bum I know off the street, Ramon can finally relive his fantasy of blowing into something long and hard every waking moment AND earning achievement points while doing it.

Link: Microsoft asks players: "Are you ready to blow?"

New DS add-on announced

Japanese Nintendo fansite; N-styles.com has unveiled a new add-on for the Nintendo DS. This add-on will help make your DS into a usable cel phone. Although the link provided is in Japanese, I think the pictures of the peripheral speaks for itself.

Link: 通話機能を搭載！「二ンテンドーDSPhone」を発売

Note: If the link sends you to a picture of a ferret in a field or something, just reload the page by clicking the link right below it.

Kojima announces the next protagonist in the new Metal Gear Solid.

Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima released a new video today depicting the new protagonist in the next installment of the MGS series. The video shows the aforementioned protagonist kickin' ass and takin' names in ways that may seem a bit familiar for those who have played MGS4.

Link: Kojima's April 1st announcement

Now now, Japan. That's just mean.

Kotaku reported that the Japanese website Akiba Blog ran a blogpost stating that Dragon Quest IX for the Nintendo DS was going to be released at midnight today. Today being April 1st.

For those NOT in the know, Dragon Quest game releases in Japan are like Harry Potter opening weekends x10.

2000 people lined up outside stores in Akihabara... TWO THOUSAND! Akiba blog might as well have pissed in their cereal.

And apparently, according to the above picture, everyone who lined up has either a penis or a vagina instead of heads. At least, that's what Japanese porn taught me.

Link: ドラゴンクエスト９本日発売！秋葉原で2000人以上の行列が