Play the New Ace Attorney Now!

If you have been playing Ace Attorney, you know that Miles Edgeworth is the rival of Phoenix Wright. The other series in Ace Attorney focuses on Phoenix Wright. In a previous Ace Attorney game, you play Apollo Justice. How about this time you play Miles Edgeworth's side?

Playing Ace Attorney has been favorable on my part. It is quite a game that can keep you glued to the Nintendo DS screen. Well, I have to admit, at the beginning when my analytical juices run dry I found the game frustrating. In this game you have to find contradictions. If your mind isn't open, you could think at first that everything is correct. Like there must be something wrong to get the game going so you have to find it out. You can get a free Ace Attorney Nintendo DS game to see for your self.

Anyway, going back to the new Ace Attorney Investigation series staring Miles Edgeworth. As you know in previous Ace Attorney series, the courtroom dramas are intense but there is real action at the crime scene itself. Being an attorney has been this exciting. The new Nintendo DS game is entitled Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth.

*Spoiler alert*

In the new Ace Attorney installment on Nintendo DS, the crime happens at Mile's doorstep. Nothing could be more exciting than a crime under an attorney's nose. Well for this case, under the attorney's feet. You play Miles as he walks freely around the crime scene hunting for evidence and questioning the witnesses. More or less like Sherlock Holmes, you wring out the truth from these people and prove a clear picture of what really happened. This is even harder than the previous series. That could spell more enjoyment for us Nintendo DS gamers.

At IGN.com, "Through the first two cases, Miles Edgeworth is showing itself to have just enough gameplay changes to keep this fresh. The real question is whether the cases can stand up to those from past titles. The first two cases are on par. Hopefully it gets even better."

The new Ace Attorney is set to be released on February 2010. You can pre-order the game here before it hits the store and amaze your friends. I'll be posting review and walkthrough here so stay tuned. Anyway, if you haven't tried Ace Attorney yet, you can get a trial version of the latest Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney for Nintendo DS free.

If you interested with other Nintendo DS games for download, you may start here

5 Interesting Things about Link of the Legend of Zelda

I am a fan of the Legend of Zelda series even when it was still in the GBA. Here are a few things you might be interested about the main character in Legend of Zelda, Link. This is from Asylum.com

1) Link is the strong, silent type

Outside of a few rare instances, Link is the most mute video game character ever, right up there with "Tetris"'s L-block and the little square from "Adventure." Sure, when cartoon Link debuts in "The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker" he shouts "come on!" to beak-nosed bird girl Medli, and he often yells unintelligible battle cries, but otherwise he keeps his mouth shut and his eye on the prize, which more often than not is saving Zelda's skin. Oh, and for the sake of argument, we're completely ignoring those Philips CD-i Zelda games that made us want to punch the TV in the vain hope Link would feel it.

2) The boomerang is Link's best friend

One of Link's most trusty side weapons, the boomerang has appeared in virtually every Zelda game to date. However, giving a green-tunic-wearing elf, who is able to cast magical spells and has a sword that shoots energy bolts, a boomerang does seem strange. It's like giving an Army Ranger a BB gun. Luckily, Link often has reason to use the weapon as it stuns certain enemies and retrieves far away items. We wish actual boomerangs could do that; we'd use 'em to fetch sandwiches and bottles of alcohol.

3) Link hates the movies

Despite being one of the longest-running, most popular video game series of all time, "The Legend of Zelda" has never been turned into a Hollywood film. Judging by some of Nintendo's other silver screen efforts (the "Super Mario Bros." film leaps to mind), this is probably a good thing. Can you imagine not only forcing Link to speak, but casting him? It'd be a nightmare for Zelda fanboys, who aren't just notoriously hard to please, but actually impossible to please. For what it's worth, our vote would go to Shia LaBeouf for his masterful ability to evoke raw emotion with as little dialogue as possible.

5) Link left his three hearts in Hyrule Castle

A staple of the series since its inception, Link begins each quest with a measly three hearts, which represent (obviously) his health. Taking hits from enemies decreases his life, giving an all-too-literal meaning to the term "heart attack." Link can refill his health by picking stray, floating hearts off the ground, which we'd like to think is a metaphorical call for health-care reform, specifically in regard to organ transplant waiting lists. Even Hyrule has socialized medicine, albeit in the form of smashable jars that hide healing fairies and rejuvenating elixirs brewed by witches.

5) Link travels in style

Through the years, Link's had to traverse myriad environments, from vast oceans to rolling plains. Some of the modes of transportation he's used, from least weird to weirdest: raft, horse, steam train, talking boat.

2009 Nintendo DS Game of the Year Award Nominees

this is by IGN.com. I'll post when they release the winners. 'Till then.

Best Action Game

Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
Peggle Dual Shot
Retro Game Challenge
The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks

Best Music Game

GH On Tour Modern Hits
LEGO Rock Band
Rhythm Heaven

Best Platform Game

Assassin's Creed 2
Henry Hatsworth
The Legendary Starfy

Best Puzzle Game

Art Style: Pictobits
Mario vs. Donkey Kong Minis
Mighty Flip Champs
Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box
Scribblenauts

Best Role-Playing Game

Dragon Quest V
Knights in the Nightmare
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story
Pokemon Platinum
Suikoden Tierkreis

Best Shooter

Big Bang Mini
Modern Warfare Mobilized
Moon
Space Invaders Extreme 2

Best Strategy Game

Blue Dragon
Devil Survivor
Fire Emblem
Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes

Best Multiplayer Game

FFCC Echoes of Time
Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes
Mixed Messages
Modern Warfare Mobilized
Zelda: Spirit Tracks

Award for Visual Excellence

Knights in the Nightmare
Moon
Suikoden Tierkreis
Zelda: Spirit Tracks

Award for Excellence in Sound

Knights in the Nightmare
LEGO Rock Band
Rhythm Heaven
Suikoden Tierkreis
Zelda: Spirit Tracks

Best Story

Dragon Quest V
GTA: Chinatown Wars
Knights in the Nightmare
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story
The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks

DS Game of the Year

GTA Chinatown Wars
Henry Hatsworth
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story
Scribblenauts
Zelda: Spirit Tracks