A ‘flare red’ Nintendo 3DS will join the ‘aqua blue’ and ‘cosmo black’ varieties on July 14. The launch will be joined by the release of Star Fox 64 3D, also set for the 14th. As the first post-release color variation, the ‘flare red’ 3DS could be the must-have console of the summer.
Joining the red Nintendo Wii, the ‘flare red’ 3DS will make its debut in Japan next month. Pricing is set at ¥25,000 (£190), right in line with the other two color choices. In addition, Nintendo has outed a new Wii bundle, set to launch June 23rd.
The tree’s looking sparkly, the Turkey’s been defrosted and the kids are happily battering each other on the Wii. Just one minor issue: you’ve not got any presents. But fear not: here are some perfect gift ideas that’ll get the everyone cooing come Friday morning. Just remember if you buy ‘em online, Santa won’t deliver until after Christmas morn’!
With a slate of tradeshows coming up, the gadget news is picking up thick and fast and today is no different: we’ve got everything from new Nokia smartphones to word on the MacBook slate. Catch up with it all right here in the lunchtime lowdown.
It’s the modern holy grail for games gadgets: passing that magic million mark. And the latest to achieve that impressive milestone is Nintendo’s brilliantly bonkers 
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Halo: ODST and God Of War III were the game titles shown at E3, the world’s largest videogame trade show, that are most likely to be actually purchased by gamers, according to market research firm Nielsen’s “Video Game Tracking” survey.