Looking for something to watch after your Saturday  morning cartoons.  Check out the second part of a five part series from Discovery, “The Rise Of Video Games.” This Saturday at 11 am you can check out the already syndicated second part of the series.  The first half of the show talks a lot about Miyamoto and the rise of Nintendo. Check out the synopsis:

In the late ’70s, early ’80s, video games gained their face. Game creators became more liberated to create more complex video games and icons like Mario and Zelda began to give way to grittier characters. Learn how video game technology has evolved.

This year has seen the release of a slew of critically-acclaimed games: Halo 3, Rock Band, BioShock, Super Mario Galaxy, Uncharted, etc. It’s the best year ever for videogames… or is it?

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Really!!! I could not tell by all the weekly number of the Ps3 out selling the Wii these last 4 weeks. This is a sad day in-deed, but I will not sweat it. This is about all I have to say about this. So what do you have to say?

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NES

-Downtown Nekketsu Koushinkyoku: Soreyuke Daiundoukai (Technos)
-Super Mario Bros. 3 (Nintendo)
-Metal Slader Glory (Hal)
-Lunar Ball (Pony)

SNES

-Super Street Fighter II (Capcom)
-Treasure Hunter G (Square Enix)

-N64

-Pokemon Snap (Nintendo)

Genesis

-Rolling Thunder 2 (Bandai Namco)
-Columns III: Taiketsu! Columns World (Sega)
-Party Quiz Mega Q (Sega)
-Langrisser II (NCS)

TG16

-Gate of Thunder (Hudson)
-Ai-Choaniki (NCS)
-Image Fight II (Irem)
-Dragon Slayer: Eiyuu Densetsu (Hudson)

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That’s right after its absence last week because of the holidays. (I made my own Big Five) The Big five is back this week, and better then ever. Well I guess its the same, but its back, and that makes it better!

Nintendo Wii

North America:
1. Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo)
2. Wii Play (Nintendo)
3. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Sega)
4. Dance Dance Revolution: Hottest Party (Konami)
5. Game Party (Midway)

Japan:
1. Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo)
2. Wii Sports (Nintendo)
3. Mario & Sonic at Bejing Olympics (Sega)
4. Hajimete no Wii (Nintendo)
5. Swing Golf Pangya 2nd Shot! (Tecmo)

UK:
1. Big Brain Academy for Wii (Nintendo)
2. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Sega)
3. Carnival Funfair Games (2K Games)
4. Mario Party 8 (Nintendo)
5. FIFA 08 (EA Sports)

Nintendo DS

North America:
1. Brain Age 2 (Nintendo)
2. Brain Age (Nintendo)
3. Mario Party DS (Nintendo)
4. The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (Nintendo)
5. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)

Japan:
1. Layton Kyouju to Akuma no Hako (Nintendo)
2. Dragon Quest IV: Michibikareshi Monotachi (Square Enix)
3. Mario Party DS (Nintendo)
4. Layton Kyouju to Fushigi na Machi (Nintendo)
5. Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Monsters: World Championship 2008 (Konami)

UK:
1. Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training (Nintendo)
2. More Brain Training from Dr. Kawashima (Nintendo)
3. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
4. Cooking Mama (505 Games)
5. High School Musical: Makin’ the Cut (Disney)

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